Canuel secures Canadian time trial title
Velocio-SRAM rider dominates 30km course
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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 |
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