I drove from Mt Ste Anne to Bromont via the back roads of Quebec yesterday to get a feel for the place. The feel I got was one of flatness, mile after mile of long straight roads with huge corn fields either side. Not a hill insight. Then towards Bromont a hillock appeared in the distance. It’s hard to believe it’s a ski resort in the middle of such a flat area.

The track opens for foot inspection tomorrow, so I’ll give you a run down then. Here’s the view from my motel window last night. The hill in the distance is where the track is.

Oh and the weather? We had thunderstorms last night, so it could be another wet one.

Mens standings so far.

1 MINNAAR Greg SCB 135 157 250 250 – – – 792
2 HILL Samuel MER 230 200 140 200 – – – 770
3 ATHERTON Gee ANC 107 250 200 170 – – – 727
4 PEAT Steve SCB 180 150 165 147 – – – 642
5 BAREL Fabien SUB 147 120 27 130 – – – 424
6 CAMELLINI Julien CRC 210 8 83 102 – – – 403
7 KOVARIK Chris CRC 107 106 77 96 – – – 386
8 LEOV Justin YET 95 62 103 96 – – – 356
9 BLENKINSOP Samuel YET 27 128 95 98 – – – 348
10 RENNIE Nathan SCB 52 12 142 108 – – – 314

Womens standings so far.

1 ATHERTON Rachel ANC 210 250 143 250 – – – 853
2 JONNIER Sabrina TMX 230 200 200 185 – – – 815
3 MOSELEY Tracy KBC 102 155 250 180 – – – 687
4 RAGOT Emmeline SCT 165 135 73 93 – – – 466
5 GRIFFITHS Fionn NWT 141 105 99 120 – – – 465
6 PUGIN Floriane PIH 150 156 62 66 – – – 434
7 SUEMASA Mio MSR 105 58 128 141 – – – 432
8 BUCHAR Claire 76 74 81 107 – – – 338
9 GROS Céline SAF 109 110 115 0 – – – 334
10 NICOLE Myriam 78 55 106 43 – – – 282

Bromont-Round 5 of the UCI World Cup