July 1/12 22:59 pm - Road nationals: Junior and Masters Criteriums

Posted by Editoress on 07/1/12
 

Lac Mégantic was host today to the sixth and final day of the 2012 COLD-FX Canadian Road Championships presented by Canadian Tire, and the fan-friendly criterium races were showcased during Canada Day celebrations.

The featured event was the Junior Men's criterium where Eliott Doyle achieved the top prize in the men’s race, after 36 laps of the 1.1km course. Emmanuel Gagné (Alma Acura Ultarviolet Devinci) took the second place, followed by Brendan Eztl (Team SpiderTech powered by PowerWatts) in third.

“I'm very happy. Yesterday, I wanted to perform well because I was second in the road race last year, and I put too much pressure on myself and crumbled. Today I was back, now a National Champion,” admitted Doyle.

“We expected to always have a member of the Quebec team in attacks. I am one of the best sprinters in Quebec, so I managed to get to the end and do my job.”

In the junior women's race, Audrey Labrie (Team Piste.ca) received the Maple Leaf jersey after crossing the finish line first in the bunch sprint after 30-laps. Labrie was followed by Kinley Gibson (Team Alberta) and Rosalie Cardin-Houle (CC I am Gold).

“I'm really happy since yesterday was such a disappointment for me not to win. To have the title now is a great victory because it allowed me to show others my sprinting abilities,” expressed Labrie. “I wanted to stay in the pack, since I was alone from my team, and I knew there would be a lot of attacks from other teams. I sneaked up to the front in the end. I had to be in second place of the last corner to start the sprint.”

The Master's races were held prior to the Junior races. In the Men’s 30-39 race, Dominic Picard had an amazing race, riding 32 laps in a solo breakaway, winning the gold medal and Canadian title. Stéphane LeBeau won the Masters Men 50+ race, while Olympian John Malois [1992, Barcelona, Points race] won the bunch sprint of the Masters Men 40-19 race. Julie Marceau won the Women’s Master race, which was held at the same time as the Junior women race.

Cycling Canada would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizing committee, le Tour de Beauce, for organizing top-notch races, the city of Lac Mégantic for the warm welcome into its charming city, as well as all the partners, collaborators and volunteers of the event, notably COLD-FX and Canadian Tire.

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