Disera brothers impress on home soil and abroad
Peter takes third at Albstadt World Cup while Quinton wins Baie-Saint-Paul Canada Cup
The cross country mountain bike season is officially in full swing with consecutive rounds of racing at both the World Cup and the Canada Cup going off on the last weekend of May. Many Canadians were in action with the Disera brothers—Peter, 22 and Quinton, 18—of Bradford, Ont. with stand-out performances
Albstadt, Germany played host to round two of the World Cup and on Saturday, the under-23 men hit the course. Canadian national U23 champion Peter Disera (Norco Factory) started strong riding with the lead group and by the second lap even positioned himself at the front of the race.
“I didn’t really attack but then people were telling me that I had 12 seconds,” Peter explained. “So I rode my own pace, because this is a hard course and, sure enough, they came back to me and we had a group of six.”
An attack by Nadir Colledani (Torpado Gabogas) and Georg Egger of Germany left Peter chasing with Gioele Bertolini of Italy. Colledani would win with Egger in second. Behind, Peter took a breakthrough performance earning his first U23 World Cup podium.
“On that last lap I just smashed every little pitch I could and wore down Bertolini who was with me until I got a gap. Then I messed up the last corner so we had a sprint finish, but I had a bit more of a kick,” he said. “I think this result fits my trajectory and where I want to be in three or four years. The Olympics is on the horizon and I have more self-belief now.”
Marc Andre Fortier (Team Canada) was 90th on the day with Sean Fincham (Team Canada) in 123rd after a crash hampered his start and Anthony Audet (Independent) finished 137th.
While brother Peter was busy racking up a third place result international, Quinton Disera took the win at the third round of the XC Canada Cup in Baie-Saint-Paul on Saturday. Quinton won by a narrow margin over Evan Guthrie (Team Solo Evan) with Davis Ross (Awi Racing) completing the podium.
In the elite women’s race, Maghalie Rochette (Clif Pro Team) had a breakthrough performance winning her first UCI mountain bike race taking the women’s title. Soren Meeuwisse (Trek Canada) was second over a minute in arrears and Rebecca Beaumont (Marin X Peppermint) completed the podium.
Sidney McGill (Focus CX Racing) won the junior women’s race and Brody Sanderson (Team Ontario) winning in the junior men’s race.
In the overall standings, Guthrie leads the elite men, Jayne Rossworn maintains her lead in the elite women’s competition, Holden Jones is atop the junior men’s standings and McGill leads the junior women.
