Event goes Sunday near Legislature
Downtown Victoria seems made for the tight corners of criterium cycle racing. For nearly a quarter century, cyclists negotiated the infamous Crash Corner in the Bastion Square Criterium with winners that included Olympic medallists Brian Walton and Alison Sydor, world champion Roland Green and Olympians Andreas Hestler, Erinne Willock and Gina Grain.
“It began in 1992 so we’ve been doing the criterium in Victoria for more than three decades,” Jon Watkin, organizer and race director. That includes Riley Pickrell of Victoria, winner of the Gastown Grand Prix in Vancouver on Wednesday, and a pro racer in Europe who won a stage of the U-23 Giro d’Italia last year and represented Canada in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games with many predicting a potential future for him in the Giro and Tour de France. Watkin said Pickrell has the potential to reach the heights of Giro champion and Tour de France top five Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria.
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