Posted by Editoress on 07/4/09
Team Ontario's Kevin Massicotte won the road event in the junior category at the Canadian Championships being held in Saint-Georges. Virginie Gauthier of Quebec did the same in the women’s category.
The race, which took place under intermittent showers, experienced numerous crashes and flats. The cyclists chose a moderate tempo and kept a watchful eye on each other for most of the race. Though a few small attacks were made, it was in the final minutes of the race where the winning move was made.
Massicotte, who had tried to go it alone earlier in the race, eventually shook off most of the pack but was closely followed by two riders. He finally pulled ahead, finishing in front of Jacob Bouchard and Francis Desbiens, third.
“Toward the end, I was cramping, but I continued to push. Seven or eight kilometres from the finish, I attacked in the descent and two guys came with me. With 250 metres to go, one of them took off too early and jumped while the other fell back, which allowed me to win”, said the victor.
The women’s race was also run at a moderate speed. A few riders tried to break away from the main pack, but without success. With about ten kilometres to go, Virginie Gauthier broke away alone to take victory. Second place was hotly contested and it was Florence Laplante-Lamarche who had the last word at the expense of Laura Bietola.
“At the beginning, the speed was not very fast. A few attacks were made, but nothing serious. But with only 15 kilometres to go, Adrianne Provost was caught by the pack and I took advantage for a counterattack”, said Gauthier, who was aiming for the top of the podium
Reported by Catherine Barbeau
Junior Women - 85.5 km | |
1 Virginie Gauthier (QC) Équipe du Québec | 2:36:54 |
2 Florence Laplante-Lamarche (ON) Espoirs Saputo | at 0:57 |
3 Laura Bietola (ON) Team Ontario | |
4 Julia Garnet (SK) Team Saskatchewan | |
5 Élisabeth Albert (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | |
6 Véronique Drapeau Zgoralski (QC) Équipe du Québec | |
7 Annie Ewart (BC) Team Cycling BC | |
8 Evelyne Gagnon (QC) Indépendant | |
9 Genevieve Bourgeois (QC) Eva-Devinci (Club) | |
10 Anna Schappert (QC) Team Manitoba | |
11 Adriane Provost (QC) Équipe du Québec | |
12 Laurence Dufour (QC) Espoirs Saputo | all s.t. |
13 Elodie Gillard (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | 01:04 |
14 Krista Ruby (ON) Team Ontario | 03:50 |
15 Allison Beveridge (AB) Team Alberta | 06:20 |
16 Justine Levasseur (QC) Dynamiks de Contrecoeur | 08:36 |
17 Karlee Gendron (MB) Team Manitoba | 10:30 |
18 Stephanie Bester (ON) CoachChris.ca/Ted Velikonja | 14:38 |
19 Anne-Marie B. Morin (QC) Équipe du Québec | 14:49 |
20 Édith Levasseur (QC) Dynamiks de Contrecoeur | 18:12 |
21 Emily Mckenzie-Picot (ON) CoachChris.ca/Ted Velikonja | 20:18 |
22 Sonia Hurtubise (QC) Eva-Devinci (Club) | 20:29 |
DNF Jessica Garneau (QC) Espoirs Saputo | |
DNF Gina Kisell (AB) Synergy racing | |
DNF Frédérique Lord (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | |
DNF Geneviève Patry (QC) Dynamiks de Contrecoeur | |
DNF Katie Spittlehouse (ON) Team Ontario | |
Junior Men - 114 km | |
1 Kevin Massicotte (ON) Team Ontario | 3:00:05 |
2 Jacob Bouchard (QC) Eva-Devinci (Club) | at s.t. |
3 Francis Desbiens (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | 00:16 |
4 Pierrick Naud (QC) Équipe du Québec | 00:23 |
5 Jacob Schwingboth (BC) Team Cycling BC | |
6 Jordan Brochu (QC) Eva-Devinci (Club) | |
7 Stuart Wight (NB) Atlantic Cycling Centre | |
8 Andrew Lattimore (ON) Team Ontario | |
9 Ryan Aitcheson (ON) Team Ontario | |
10 Raphaël Massé Viau (QC) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | |
11 Philippe Nadon (QC) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | |
12 Mikael Bilodeau (QC) Espoirs Saputo | |
13 Laurent Dallaire (QC) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | |
14 Pierre-Étienne Boivin (QC) Eva-Devinci (Club) | |
15 Matteo Dal-Cin (ON) Team Ontario | |
16 Jean-Richard Cormier (NB) Atlantic Cycling Center | |
17 Jean-Michel Naud (QC) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | |
18 Antoine Duchesne (QC) Équipe du Québec | |
19 Frédéric Poisson (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | |
20 Kevin Thorpe (BC) Team Cycling BC | |
21 William Fontaine (QC) Eva-Devinci (Club) | |
22 James Winter (SK) Team Sask | |
23 Alex Cataford (ON) Team Ontario | |
24 Craig Logan (BC) Team Cycling BC | |
25 Karl Steppan (QC) D'Amos | |
26 Kyle Buckosky (BC) Team Picci | |
27 Christophe Riopel-Benoit (QC) Espoirs Saputo | |
28 Colter Young (AB) Team Alberta | |
29 Ryan Shaun Macdonald (NS) Atlantic Cycling Centre | |
30 Sam Loud (ON) Thunder Bay Cycling Club | all s.t. |
31 Christopher Bernard (QC) Ride With Rendall | 02:59 |
32 Trevor Damen (QC) Véloselect | 04:12 |
33 Zachary Taylor (BC) Team Cycling BC | s.t. |
34 John Carden (ON) Team Ontario | 04:36 |
35 Jeff Tompkins (ON) Team Ontario | 06:32 |
36 Joshua Hall (BC) Team Cycling BC | 08:09 |
37 Keith Jones (BC) Team Cycling BC | |
38 Boris Martin (BC) Team Cycling BC | both s.t. |
39 Philippe Lacasse (QC) Équipe du Québec | 09:54 |
40 Kris Dahl (AB) Team Alberta | 13:38 |
41 Mac Garvin (AB) Team Alberta | s.t. |
42 Benjamin Cowburn (BC) Team Cycling BC | 15:21 |
43 Devan Mcclelland (BC) Team Cycling BC | s.t. |
44 Brandon Spencer (ON) kawartha cycling club | 23:07 |
45 Maxime Bilodeau (QC) Dynamiks de Contrecoeur | 23:34 |
46 Curtis Jung (BC) Team Cycling BC | s.t. |
DNF Ty Andrews (AB) Cyclemeisters/Bowcycle | |
DNF Hugo Barette (QC) Espoirs Saputo | |
DNF Marc-André Bonneau (QC) Eva-Devinci (Club) | |
DNF Christopher Bradbury (ON) Darkhorse Flyers/ Gryphon Partners | |
DNF Makenzie Carson (AB) Team Alberta | |
DNF Jordan Cheyne (ON) Team Ontario | |
DNF Graham Courtney (AB) Team Alberta | |
DNF Michaêl Dalterio (QC) Espoirs Saputo | |
DNF Jean Samuel Deshaies (QC) Équipe du Québec | |
DNF Landon Fisher (NT) Atlantic Cycling Center | |
DNF Matthew Gallo (ON) MazurCoaching.com | |
DNF Willem Mackenzie (PEI) Atlantic Cyling Center | |
DNF Antoni Loignon (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | |
DNF Jean-Simon Houle (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | |
DNF Jason Massicotte (ON) Cyclepath Markham | |
DNF Kiernan Orange (QC) Ride With Rendall | |
DNF Frédéric Ouellet-Lacroix (QC) Eva-Devinci (Club) | |
DNF Brody Pasciullo (ON) Thunder Bay Cycling Club | |
DNF Julien Renaud-Belleville (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | |
DNF Philippe Roy-Couture (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | |
DNF Thomas Desjardins (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault | |
DNF Philippe-Antoine Alexandre (QC) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault |
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