Vancouverites Jenny Lehmann and Zach Garland on Saturday won, respectively, the womens and mens Giro, the elite competition linked to the RBC Gran Fondo, set on a spectacular, 120-kilometre race course with a 2-km elevation gain from Vancouver to Whistler.
Lehmann and Garland are roommates and each takes home $3,000 prize money.
Lehmann, 24, was the fastest woman with a time of three hours and 51 minutes.
Garland, 25, clocked in the fastest time of 3:17.
It was just phenomenal. A euphoric feeling," said Garland, a Newfoundlander who relocated to Vancouver in April. "It was good. It was a hard ride. I rode the last 17 or 18 km by myself and that's the hardest part."
He said the hardest stretch was entering the final hills leading into Whistler.
More to come.
M.S.
With files from Postmedia News.
Twitter: @MHStewart
