Six hundred riders from around the world got a taste of the North Shore's famous mountain bike trails Thursday during Stage 5 of the B.C. Bike Race, an epic seven-day single-track competition that winds its way along the West Coast.
The course took the racers from the start/finish line at Argyle secondary through a two-mountain loop of Mount Seymour and Mount Fromme, ending with a blast down the wildly popular Expresso Trail, an old route that got a new facelift from a team led by famous North Shore trail builder Todd "Digger" Fiander.
Tristan Uhl from Austin, Texas, won the men's solo race, topping Spencer Paxson by nearly 12 seconds.
"Going down Expresso I caught (Paxson) right at the base of it after a few sketchy moments - I went over the bars at one point," Uhl said in a release. "We were together on the final road stretch. He blew a turn and I got in front and got like five seconds."
Katerina Nash from the Czech Republic won the women's solo race. The event also included the highly popular Kids Race held on a track set up at Argyle secondary.
The annual race, organized by a crew that includes many North Shore mountain bike legends, finishes up today in Whistler.
