Gallery: Kicking Horse seeding starts off Canada Cup weekend
High Rockies racing as Dunbar Summer Series resumes second half of calendar
Photo by:
Sara Kempner / Dunbar Summer Series
Gabe Neron and Ainhoa Ijurko set the fastest seeding times as Canada Cup / Dunbar Summer Series racing returned to the iconic Kicking Horse Mountain Resort on Saturday. The two Squamish, B.C. racers tamed new turns at the top of KHMR’s long-serving track as well as the classic corners and slabs down to the resort village finish line.
Saturday’s seeding sets start order for Sunday. It also set the stage for a solid day of downhill racing, with Jack Pelland and Hayden Wynter chasing close behind Neron in the elite men’s racing.
On the junior side, Cory Fitchett and Kiero Melnechuk led seeding while Julian Moutinho just put himself on the top of a tight under-17 men’s field.
Gallery: Kicking Horse Canada Cup / Dunbar Summer Series
Brock Hawes is back in action at Kicking Horse. Photo: Sara Kempner
Kiera Melnechuk, top junior woman.
Patrick Laffey is poised in fifth to move up the standings on Sunday.
Julian Moutinho leads the u17 men.
Ivan Hanchard
The top of the Kicking Horse Gondola
Rolling down to the start line
What a place to race!
All photos: Sara Kempner
While Saturday was only UCI categories, Sunday sees the full roster of amateur, age group and masters racers join the elites on the gondola at Kicking Horse for finals. This is the third stop of the 2023 Dunbar Summer Series, and fourth Canada Cup downhill stop of the season. Dunbar Summer Series returns with a long-awaited return to Sun Peaks Resort outside Kamloops, B.C. next weekend.
