{"id":13999,"date":"2025-07-21T23:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/13999\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:02:08","slug":"the-dunbar-summer-series-delivers-another-wild-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/13999\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dunbar Summer Series delivers another wild round"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dunbar Summer Series rolled into Sun Peaks Resort<\/a> last weekend for a Canada Cup downhill race that lived up to its reputation: fast, rough and absolutely unforgiving.<\/p>\n

While the track may be familiar\u2014sections of this course date back more than a decade \u2014 it\u2019s no less challenging today. High-speed bike park terrain, slick corners, line choice and sheer commitment are what separated riders this weekend.<\/p>\n

Conditions keep riders guessing<\/p>\n

Heavy rain in the lead-up to finals made for slick conditions and unpredictable ruts, but as the race went on, the course dried out just enough to tempt riders into pushing harder.<\/p>\n

Helly\u2019s winning pace sets the mark<\/p>\n

In seeding runs, Jonathan Helly set a blistering pace at 4:33. The finals on Sunday promised even more chaos, with conditions constantly changing and riders testing their limits to find time on track. Helly ended up taking the win,\u00a0 beating his seeding time by about one second.<\/p>\n

For many, just surviving the run was an accomplishment: \u201cThat DH was probably the gnarliest thing I\u2019ve ever done in my life,\u201d said Helly after a white-knuckle effort.<\/p>\n

Eyes on next weekend\u2019s finale<\/p>\n

The Dunbar Series now heads into its final round \u2014 and riders are already preparing for that showdown. \u201cNext week is where all the marbles are at,\u201dsaid Helly. \u201cI\u2019ve been saving all my bike parts for the year just for that so I can have a fresh bike and let it hang.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a full list of results click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Elite Women<\/p>\n

1. Emmy Lan \u2014 5:22.039 (Forbidden Dunbar Racing Team, CAN)
2. Lauren Rosser \u2014 5:33.889 (+11.850) (CAN)
3. Joy Attalla \u2014 5:50.546 (+28.507) (Corsa Cycles \/ Dunbar Cycles Race Team, CAN)
4. Julia Gallant \u2014 5:54.947 (+32.908) (CAN)
5. Charlotte Gaudreau \u2014 5:56.442 (+34.403) (CAN)
6. Esme Eskelin \u2014 6:04.721 (+42.682) (Ride Outlaw, CAN)
7. Kate Brenan \u2014 6:10.886 (+48.847) (CAN)
8. Chantel Westguard \u2014 6:14.728 (+52.689) (CAN)<\/p>\n

Elite men<\/p>\n

1. Johnathan Helly \u2014 4:32.130 (CAN)
2. Jack Menzies \u2014 4:37.828 (+5.698) (CAN)
3. Jon Mozell \u2014 4:38.046 (+5.916) (Forbidden Dunbar Racing Team, CAN)
4. Jackson Frew \u2014 4:38.164 (+6.034) (AUS)
5. Henry Sherry \u2014 4:40.149 (+8.019) (Corsa Cycles \/ Dunbar Cycles Race Team, CAN)
6. Seth Sherlock \u2014 4:41.215 (+9.085) (CAN)
7. Kirk McDowall \u2014 4:43.950 (+11.820) (CAN)
8. Loick Hudon \u2014 4:45.767 (+13.637) (CAN)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dunbar Summer Series rolled into Sun Peaks Resort last weekend for a Canada Cup downhill race that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,1700,82],"class_list":["post-13999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-mtb-features","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}