After missing the Canadian road championships last year, Orica-GreenEdge's Sven Tuft returned to capture his ninth time trial title on Thursday in Lac-Mégantic, Québec. The Langley, BC native won the elite men's 40.4km course in 53:25, besting his nearest competitors, runner-up Hugo Houle (Ag2r La Mondiale) by 2:04 and third placed Ryan Roth (Silber Pro Cycling) by 2:21 minutes.
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies' Leah Kirchmann secured a head-turning win at the Canadian time trial championships. She muscled her way along the elite women's 28.8km course in 43:28 minutes beating track team pursuit specialist Jasmin Glaesser (Tibco-To The Top) by two seconds and her teammate Anika Todd by 1:01 minutes.
Last year, Kirchmann won the national criterium title and had been her American-based trade team's designated sprinter for much of the season. This year, she showed her capabilities as an all-rounder and a time trialist after spending two days in the leader's jersey at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, where she took two stage wins and a second place in the stage 2 Big Bear time trial. She also won the prologue at the Tuscon Bicycle Classic and placed second at the UCI 1.1 Chrono Gatineau.
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEDGE | 0:53:25 |
| 2 | Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:04 |
| 3 | Ryan Roth (Can) Team Silber Pro Cycling | 0:02:21 |
| 4 | Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop | 0:04:14 |
| 5 | Rémi Pelletier-Roy (Can) Garneau-Québécor | 0:04:20 |
| 6 | Jordan Cheyne (Can) Accent Inns-Russ Hay's p/b Scotiabank | 0:05:04 |
| 7 | Kristofer Dahl (Can) Team SmartStop | 0:05:19 |
| 8 | Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Team Silber Pro Cycling | 0:05:28 |
| 9 | Curtis Dearden (Can) Accent Inns-Russ Hay's p/b Scotiabank | 0:05:31 |
| 10 | Nigel Ellsay (Can) Cycling BC | 0:05:38 |
| 11 | Aaron Fillion (Can) Ride With Rendall p/b Biemme | 0:05:40 |
| 12 | Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Team Silber Pro Cycling | 0:05:47 |
| 13 | Bruce Bird (Can) Wheels of Bloor/Graywood Development | 0:06:01 |
| 14 | Michael Woods (Can) | 0:06:12 |
| 15 | Peter Disera (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee/Norco Bicycles | 0:06:20 |
| 16 | Garrett Mcleod (Can) Team H&R Block | 0:06:27 |
| 17 | Jordan Landolt (Can) IRC p/b Robert Camereron Law | 0:06:28 |
| 18 | Bailey Mcknight (Can) Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes | 0:06:39 |
| 19 | Frake David (Can) RealDeal/Gears p/b Waspcam | 0:06:41 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:43:28 |
| 2 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) TIBCO-To the Top | 0:00:03 |
| 3 | Anika Todd (Can) TIBCO-To the Top | 0:01:01 |
| 4 | Gillian Carleton (Can) Vanderkitten | 0:01:07 |
| 5 | Alizée Brien (Can) TIBCO-To the Top | 0:01:20 |
| 6 | Annie Foreman-Mackey (Can) Stevens-The Cyclery | 0:01:31 |
| 7 | Ellen Watters (Can) Stevens-The Cyclery | 0:02:17 |
| 8 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Equipe du Québec | 0:02:32 |
| 9 | Kinley Gibson (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing | 0:02:34 |
| 10 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:02:38 |
| 11 | Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:03:13 |
| 12 | Paolina Allan (Can) Holiday Inn Calgary | 0:03:33 |
| 13 | Catherine Dessureault (Can) SSAS-Mazda-MACOGEP-Specialized | 0:03:34 |
| 14 | Jamie Gilgen (Can) RealDeal-Gears p/b Waspcam | 0:04:22 |
| 15 | Brook Noble (Can) Holiday Inn Calgary | 0:04:26 |
| 16 | Justine Clift (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycles | 0:04:31 |
| 17 | Stephanie Skoreyko (Can) Java Blend Racing | 0:05:15 |
| 18 | Adriane Provost (Can) SSAS-Mazda-MACOGEP-Specialized | 0:05:16 |
| 19 | Saskia Kowalchuk (Can) NCCH p/b DEC express | 0:05:18 |
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