A good time was had by all at the YXY Cross cycling event last weekend.

The YXY Cross took place at the stadium at Mt. Mac. in Whitehorse.

Twenty-nine riders competed in the senior class and 36 children aged six-12 did one to three laps on their own course.

Willie Bell won the 6 Lap senior race. After the race, he said he was “pretty tired.”

“It was great. Really fun. Liked all the features. Tiring though.”

When asked what his key to winning was, Bell replied “not falling off.”

Bell figured this was the third time he raced in the event.

“I think this is my best result. I don’t think I won before.”

Simon Connell won the 4 Lap category of the senior race.

Ian Parker, last week’s King of the Canyon at the Yukon XC Mountain Bike Championships, finished third in the 6 Lap category. When asked how his race went, he said “It’s hard to say. My heart rate’s still coming down. I’ve still got lactic acid filling up to my eyelids at the moment.

“It was hard. Cycling cross is such a unique discipline. You sort of redline off the start and then you just keep it there as long as you can while you’re trying to ride all these technical features.

“It’s a technical, tough course and it’s not the type of riding that we practice in town very much. That’s why it’s so unique and has a great levelling effect, because some people are great technical riders … other people just have that fitness, especially the skiers and it’s the people that have both that really, really excel at this kind of event.”

Parker, one of the event organizers, added “All in all, couldn’t ask for a better day and a better vibe, a better course. We’re pretty stoked with how it’s all gone … to see it all come together and see the people on the course, hear the music and feel the vibe – it’s pretty gratifying. It’s pretty rad.”