Canadian Road Championships 2015: Time Trial - Women Results

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omen's podium: Jasmin Glaesser, Karol-Ann Canuel, Leah Kirchmann (Image credit: Robert Jones)

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Joelle Numainville (Bigla) was fourth (Image credit: Robert Jones)

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op U23 women Alizée Brien (Team TIBCO-SVB) finished fifth overall (Image credit: Robert Jones)

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Leah Kirchmann (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) riding to third (Image credit: Robert Jones)

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Jasmin Glaesser (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) finished 2nd in the women's ITT (Image credit: Robert Jones)

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Women's winner Karol-Ann Canuel (Velocio-SRAM) (Image credit: Robert Jones)

Karol Ann Canuel, a member of the world champion Team Time Trial squad of Velocio SRAM, came into the women's race at the Canadian Time Trial Championship in Saint-Georges, Quebec, on Thursday as the favourite, and she did not disappoint, taking her first national title with a dominant performance. Optum riders Jasmin Glaesser and defending champion Leah Kirchmann took the remaining two podium spots, but were well back, with Glaesser at 1:17 and Kirchmann at 2:03.

The 30 kilometre course featured multiple long rolling climbs, plus tough, gusting winds that pushed the riders around. Held on a new, unopened highway, riders had a perfect surface to race on.

Canuel showed flashes of her form at the Chrono Gatineau earlier in the month, finishing second to Carmen Small (2016 p/b Sho-Air) by eight seconds, but clearly continues to improve after a serious injury from a crash at the Road World Championships last fall that left her with a broken pelvis.

"This title was a big objective for me this season," explained Canuel, "and I am really thrilled to be Canadian Champion in the Time Trial. My progression really took off when I joined Specialized-Lululemon last year and Velocio-SRAM this season. I believed in my ability to time trial, and I knew I could do well today. It was such a hard course and I had to push right until the end."

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Velocio-SRAM	0:45:05
2	Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	0:01:17
3	Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	0:02:03
4	Joelle Numainville (Can) Equipe du Quebec	0:02:21
5	Alizée Brien (Can) Team TIBCO-SVB	0:02:49
6	Annie Foreman-Mackey (Can) The Cyclery-Opus	0:02:55
7	Alison Jackson (Can) TWENTY16	0:03:39
8	Lex Albrecht (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	0:03:50
9	Diane Moug (Can) Folsom Bike/Trek	0:03:55
10	Sara Bergen (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes	0:04:04
11	Ellen Watters (Can) The Cyclery-Opus	0:04:25
12	Denise Ramsden (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes	0:04:41
13	Sara Poidevin (Can) bicisport Calgary Bi	0:05:01
14	Annie Ewart (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	0:05:08
15	Justine Clift (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycl	0:05:14
16	Leah Guloien (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes	0:05:17
17	Brook Noble (Can) Holiday Inn Express	0:05:37
18	Gabrielle Pilote Fortin (Can) Equipe du Quebec	0:05:39
19	Kinley Gibson (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes	0:05:52
20	Catherine Dessureault (Can) SAS-Mazda-MACOGEP-Specialized	0:06:23
21	Miriam Brouwer (Can) Giant Toronto / Liv	0:06:23
22	Catherine Ouellette (Can) Equipe du Quebec	0:06:31
23	Emily Flynn (Can) The Cyclery-Opus	0:06:34
24	Adriane Provost (Can) SAS-Mazda-MACOGEP-Specialized	0:06:50
25	Dafné Theroux Izquierdo (Can) SAS-Mazda-MACOGEP-Specialized	0:07:11
26	Ariane Bonhomme (Can) The Cyclery-Opus	0:07:35
27	Suzanne Hamilton (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes	0:07:45
28	Sarah Rasmussen (Can) Team Ontario	0:07:48
29	Allyson Gillard (Can) Promutuel/VMBL/Alco	0:08:48
30	Zeina Loutfi (Can) SAS-Mazda-MACOGEP-Specialized	0:08:56
31	Genevieve Krahn (Can) Holiday Inn Express	0:08:59
32	Calah Wright (Can) euro-sports	0:09:32
33	Sarah Coney (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes	0:09:35
34	Natascha Piciga (Can) Giant Toronto / Liv	0:10:02
35	Suzie Brown (Can) Holiday Inn Express	0:10:22