2024 Corduroy Enduro: Medaglia wins 70th anniversary of Canada’s biggest race

700 riders swarm on Gooderham, Ontario for the 70th annual Corduroy Enduro Tyler Medaglia took the overall win at Canada’s biggest and best enduro.

Run across two days in late summer, the Canadian National Championship Corduroy Enduro is a legendary event for enduro riders north of the North American border.

The 2024 Corduroy is one to mark in the record books for marking up 70th anniversary this year and attracting a record entry of near to 700 riders.

Day 1 on Saturday was the longer, tougher day at 164km in length and almost seven hours by the time the riders got their bikes in the impound. The tests were mostly tight and technical and with the leaves coming off the trees early this year and covering the rocks, it made it very difficult for the riders on the first few rows to go fast with confidence. The transit sections on day one consisted mostly of trails and very little road so there was really nowhere for the riders to rest.

Some of the obstacles from the tests…

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Day 2 was shorter and easier at 145km and 5.5 hours with one exception the transits on day two were made up of secondary roads. The event had a 67 % finishing rate and most of the riders who went out did so on the first day.

The Corduroy is a four-day event in reality with manufacturer demo rides on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Friday is a short enduro for the vintage, electric, E-mountain bikes and adventure sport bikes. This all is the lead up to the two-day National Championship Corduroy Enduro. This was the 70th running of the Corduroy and first year with a new title sponsor, Welder's Helper.

Tyler’s double

For the second year in a row Tyler Medaglia claimed the Corduroy crown and the National Enduro Championship. He won 14 of the 16 tests over the two days including the final MX test on Sunday aboard his GDR 450 Honda.

Second was KTM rider Phil Chaine and third on his Husqvarna Alex Gougeon. Chaine and Gougeon each one one test over the two days. All three of these riders along with Beta rider Ryder Heacock make up Canada’s trophy team for the ISDE in Spain in a couple of weeks.

Worth noting it has now been won 34 times by a Canadian verses 33 times by an American. One-up to the Canadians! (The Corduroy has also been won one Brit, one Kiwi and one Aussie have also won it – prizes on a post card if you can name those guys).

The Women’s Pro Class was an all KTM affair with the top three riders on the orange machines. Melissa Harten won, winning 7 of the 15 tests with Kristen Broderick winning 4 tests and finishing second. Rounding out the top three was Emma Sharpless who also won four tests over the weekend.