Neither of Canada's time trial champions were able to retain their titles on Tuesday, at the Canadian Road National Championships as Tara Whitten (The Cyclery-Opus) took the second women's title of her career.
The out-and-back course took the riders through the Gatineau national park outside of Ottawa, opening with a long rolling climb to the turnaround point and then a fast descent back to the finish. The women rode 26 kilometres and the men 36 kilometres.
Whitten, who was the top Canadian finisher on a modified version of the course a few weeks ago at the Gatineau Chrono, is in only her third race
this season after suffering a severe neck injury early in the season that put her in a neck brace. The 2012 Olympic bronze medalist on the track in the Team Pursuit, was clearly the fastest at every check point, beating defending champion Karol-Ann Canuel (Boels-Dolmans) by 48.47 seconds. Joelle Numainville (Cervelo Bigla) took third, a further 58 seconds back.
"I was really excited about this course, actually," said Whitten. "Riding in the Park was so nice, and I've been working on my climbing, so I thought I could do something here. I'm really happy with how my ride went. This is only my third race this season, so I was a little uncertain about how it would go."
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tara Whitten (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:37:41 |
| 2 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:48 |
| 3 | Joelle Numainville (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling | 0:01:47 |
| 4 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:01:59 |
| 5 | Annie Foreman-Mackey (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:03:27 |
| 6 | Ariane Bonhomme (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:04:04 |
| 7 | Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:04:04 |
| 8 | Kinley Gibson (Can) Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic | 0:04:22 |
| 9 | Diane Moug (Can) Folsom Bike / Trek | 0:04:26 |
| 10 | Sara Bergen (Can) Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic | 0:04:32 |
| 11 | Lindsay Sferrazza (Can) Kallisto-FCV p/b Toyo Tires | 0:04:38 |
| 12 | Gillian Ellsay (Can) Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic | 0:04:55 |
| 13 | Alizée Brien (Can) Team TIBCO - Silicon | 0:04:58 |
| 14 | Miriam Brouwer (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:05:01 |
| 15 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling | 0:05:04 |
| 16 | Sarah Anne Rasmussen (Can) SAS-Macogep-Acquisio p/p | 0:05:11 |
| 17 | Justine Clift (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:05:25 |
| 18 | Ellen Watters (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:05:31 |
| 19 | Emily Marcolini (Can) PHI Hotel Group/P-K | 0:05:38 |
| 20 | Calah Wright (Can) Euro-Sports | 0:06:39 |
| 21 | Catherine Ouellette (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:06:42 |
| 22 | Olivia Baril (Can) Équipe du Québec | 0:06:58 |
| 23 | Allyson Gillard (Can) TRJ Télécom - Desjardins | 0:07:08 |
| 24 | Véronique Labonté (Can) OGC/Opus | 0:07:22 |
| 25 | Luce Bourbeau (Can) SAS-Macogep-Acquisio p/p | 0:07:23 |
| 26 | Kaitlyn Steeves (Can) NCCH p/b DEC Express | 0:07:29 |
| 27 | Adriane Provost (Can) SAS-Macogep-Acquisio p/p | 0:07:42 |
| 28 | Emily Flynn (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:07:45 |
| 29 | Suzanne Hamilton (Can) Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic | 0:08:01 |
| 30 | Dafné Théroux-Izquierdo (Can) BZK | 0:08:02 |
| 31 | Erin Ruttan (Can) Bicisport | 0:08:18 |
| 32 | Ashley Barson (Can) Rise Racing | 0:08:59 |
| 33 | Sophie Bernard (Can) Cyclery Racing | 0:09:11 |
| 34 | Isabelle Mayrand (Can) Équipe Iris | 0:09:27 |
| 35 | Jodi Wendland (Can) Velo Outaouais | 0:09:43 |
| 36 | Caroline Boileau (Can) Nine2FivePro.com Cycling | 0:10:12 |
| 37 | Marina Aspen (Can) Team Saskatchewan | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Janie Rioux-Coulombe (Can) TRJ Télécom - Desjardins | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Elise Piedalue (Can) Équipe du Québec | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Beatrice Le Sauteur (Can) SAS-Macogep-Acquisio p/p | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Alison Jackson (Can) Twenty16 RideBiker | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
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