race.
He gave the race its unusual
name because he thought the roadways around Nova Scotia resembled a
The five day race has five stages, composed of four legs winding
around the province of approximately 200 km each and one day of
time trials.
.
The event coordinator, Heather LeBlanc,
intentionally made early stages easier for the contestants and the
final stretch difficult.
Each team must be composed of four people—three riders and one
support person. The support person is not allowed to ride. The
three riders take turns completing the distance of the race. The
rider cannot be switched over the first 10 kilometres of each
race day. After that, the team has full discretion as to how often
they want to switch riders.
In 2008, the inaugural race began on June 16, with 104 riders (124
had qualified) on 35 teams from fourteen countries.
with contestants
reaching the finish line between 5–7 pm on June 20. The winner was
awarded $5,000 in cash and prizes.
|
| Team |
Team Name |
| #0 |
Smart Fellas (Erik Doane, Aaron Nutten, Jacob
Sprague, Alex Chiappone) |
| #1 |
Goonies (James Amon, Joe Marshall, Spencer
Owen, Stephanie Thornton) |
| #2 |
Korean Dream Team (Ji Won Kang, Jin Bong Kim,
KiSook Kim, DaeHeon Kang) |
| #3 |
Team Venus (Irene Genelin, Louise Lovelle,
Michele Manna-Hastings, Andy Cotter) |
| #4 |
Texacali (Kevin Chang, Corbin Dunn, AJ Greig,
Sondra Grisham) |
| #5 |
UFO (Hyun Uk Jung, Kyung Soo Kim, Byung Gon
Lee) |
| #6 |
Team Balance (Geoff Elder, Richard Dawson,
Perry Woodin, Kelly Elder) |
| #7 |
Yellow Line Fever (Scot Cooper, Beau Hoover,
Nathan Hoover, Geoffrey Faraghan) |
| #8 |
Masticating Bunnies From Hell (Jiahui Cai,
Xuyuan Kee, Wen Jun Shuan Sim, Michaël Montplaisir ) |
| #9 |
Team Venture (Frank Brown, Ian Gallant, Claude
Magnuson, Holly Gallant) |
| #10 |
HURT (David Davis, Heather Marriott, Will
Murray, Athena Pappas Davis) |
| #11 |
West Coast Cokers (John Bain, Jim Dugue, Jamey
Mossengren, Carol Bricker) |
| #12 |
Hans Islanders (Signe Gjerding Jensen, Thomas
Olsen, Todd Sankey, Neville Sankey) |
| #13 |
Atlas (Roman Allemann, Jeff Groves, Mike
Thaler, Jason Allemann) |
| #18 |
Team Flirt (Tim Lee, Joe Lind, Ryan Woessner,
Jason Heimann) |
| #23 |
Lost Wheelers (Steve Colligan, Tue Johansen,
Paul Royle, Richard Wroot) |
| #25 |
Team Tricycle (Russell Davis, Matt Burns, Levi
Pounds, Kerri-Lynn Pineau) |
| #27 |
NZUNI (Ken Looi, Tony Melton, William
Sklenars, Véronique Grégoire) |
| #28 |
Team Manly Legs (Jordan Armstrong, David Cox,
Eric Pulvermacher, Peter Van Thiel) |
| #33 |
Team Unicycle.com(Scott Arnold, Dustin Kelm,
Joshua Torrans, Jody Arnold) |
| #38 |
Nova Scotia High Rollers (Beth Amiro, Eric
Morneau, Stephen Plumridge, Heather Plumridge) |
| #39 |
Surly Speed Goats (Morgan Griffith, Dan
Hansen, Dave Krack, Michael Sabourin ) |
| #42 |
Yam Power (Ashley Foster, Rachel Kalmar, Jim
Sowers, Heather Noone) |
| #43 |
2Y2D (Emily McCormick, Joshua McCormick, Scott
Wilton, Eric Moncrieff) |
| #44 |
German Speeders (Jan Logemann, Johannes Helck,
Arne Tilgen, Holger Summer) |
| #56 |
The Old Peculiers (Alan Chambers, Keith
Griffiths, Mark Wiggins, Chris Dobbie) |
| #69 |
Totally Doable (Tom Holub, Chris LaBonte,
Michael Scalisi, Nancy Finkle) |
| #77 |
American Mojo (Bill Merrylees, Mark Premo,
Eric Scheer, Dawn DiCecco) |
| $78 |
Smile (Geoffrey Huntley, Chuck Edwall, Sam
Wakeling, Jonathan 'Rocket' Marshall) |
| #86 |
Unicycle Max (Charles DeMilner, Kyle DeMilner,
Maxwell DeMilner, Courtney Bengtson) |
| #87 |
Personal Roller Coaster (Roland Kays, Vincent
Lemay, Steve Relles, David Kays) |
| #97 |
North American Youth (Nick Allred, Eric
Evenchick, James Spurling, Allison Maher) |
| #98 |
Detroit 'RTUC' Busters(Bryan Alexander, Marcus
Sternberg, Jason Wieske, Ben Comerzan) |
| #99 |
Pudget Sounders (Bruce Dawson, Jeff Sloan,
Joseph Myers, Lana Myers) |
| #100 |
The Centurians (John Foss, David Stone, Dave
White, Jacquie Foss) |
, Canada
was first
conceived by Edward Wedler. He gave the race its unusual
name because he thought the roadways around Nova Scotia resembled a
lobster.
to Annapolis Royal
. The second stage goes to St.
Margarets. The third stage is composed of two time
trials, Hubbards
in the morning and Truro
in the early evening. The fourth stage is
from Truro
. The final stage goes from Port
Hawkesbury
to Baddeck
. The event coordinator, Heather LeBlanc,
intentionally made early stages easier for the contestants and the
final stretch difficult.
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