Dal-Cin claims Canadian road title
Soucy and Cote round out podium
The road race portion of the Canadian national road championships in Ottawa concluded on Sunday with the Elite and Under-23 men's road race. Ottawa native Matteo Dal-Cin (Rally Cycling) made up for last year's crash in the final corner by taking the title after a day of torrential rain.
The road races were held on a ten kilometre circuit west of the city center, along the Ottawa River. The 160 kilometre race began in sunny conditions, but roughly 65 kilometres into the race heavy rain swept in from the west. Racing continued for another lap before officials neutralized the competition due to nearby lightning, with riders taking shelter in tents and team vehicles at the start line.
After approximately 20 minutes, the worst of the storm had passed and the race was restarted, with the roads drying out and the sky turning sunny and hot. However, black clouds were again rolling in from the west, and with about 40 kilometres to go even heavier rain returned, only slackening off for the finish.
Attacks earlier in the race had not worked, but the rain led to even more aggressive racing. A small group opened a gap with three laps to go, but WorldTour pro Svein Tuft (Orica-Scott) went to the front of the rapidly disintegrating peloton to pull it back. Dal-Cin attacked with Under-23 rider Marc-Antoine Soucy (Garneau Quebecor) as the race went under 20 kilometres to go, and this move stuck, opening up 30 seconds as they started the final lap. It was shrinking through the lap, but there was no organization in the chase, in the teeming rain.
Dal-Cin, who had crashed going into the final corner while in the lead last year, took the last turn more cautiously this time, but was able to pass Soucy in the final 100 metres to win the title. Soucy took the Under-23 title with his second place. Third place went to Pier-André Côté of Silber Pro Cycling.
"It was a crazy day out there," agreed Dal-Cin, "from sun to rain, to sun and then back to rain. But I don't really care at this point, I'm just over the moon. To be honest, I don't even know how it happened [the winning break]. We just ended up out there with a lap and a half to go, and we just rolled really well together and duked it out in the sprint. I definitely didn't hot rod the corner this year! I waited until we were free and clear of it before I started my sprint. It's pretty amazing; there are just so many friends and family here."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Rally Cycling | 3:43:29 |
2 | Marc-Antoine Soucy (Can) Garneau Québecor | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Pier-André Côté (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 0:00:06 |
4 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Conor O'brien (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Thi Kirouac-Marcassa (Can) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Olivier Brisebois (Can) Garneau Québecor | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jean Simon D'anjou (Can) Garneau Québecor | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Emile Jean (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Derek Gee (Can) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Elliot Doyle (Can) Garneau Québecor | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Felix Coté Bouvette (Can) Garneau Québecor | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | James Gene Piccoli (Can) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | William Elliott (Can) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Jean-François Soucy (Can) Garneau Québecor | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Adam Roberge (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Christopher Prendergast (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Anton Varabei (Can) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Simon-Pierre Gauthier (Can) Garneau Québecor | 0:00:11 |
22 | Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 0:00:13 |
24 | Ryan Roth (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 0:00:14 |
25 | Bruno Langlois (Can) Garneau Québecor | 0:00:48 |
26 | Robert Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:02:51 |
27 | Jordann Jones (Can) | 0:03:56 |
28 | Hendrik Pineda (Can) | 0:04:52 |
29 | Edward Walsh (Can) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Kyle Buckosky (Can) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Mark Brouwer (Can) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Mitch Ketler (Can) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Trevor O'donnell (Can) | 0:04:55 |
34 | Derrick St John (Can) | 0:04:56 |
35 | William Goodfellow (Can) | 0:04:59 |
36 | Ryan Primeau (Can) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Olivier Péloquin (Can) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Pierrebernard Thiffault (Can) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Alexander Amiri (Can) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Connor Toppings (Can) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Adam Jamieson (Can) An Post Chain Reaction | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Robert Gutgesell (Can) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Jack Burke (Can) Aevolo | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Gaelan Merritt (Can) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Laurent Gervais (Can) Aevolo | 0:05:10 |
47 | Julien Gagne (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Benoît Boulay (Can) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:05:34 |
50 | Travis Samuel (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Matthew Sherar (Can) | 0:06:23 |
52 | Jean-Denis Thibault (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | 0:09:59 |
53 | François Chabot (Can) | 0:10:04 |
54 | Christian Ricci (Can) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Max Rubarth (Can) | 0:10:39 |
56 | André Tremblay (Can) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Samuel Blanchette (Can) | 0:12:14 |
DNF | Ed Veal (Can) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jesse Jarjour (Can) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Keith Brouillette (Can) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Derek Oosterveen (Can) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Joannisse (Can) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jean Gabriel Dumais (Can) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexis Cartier (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Courtemanche (Can) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Philip Guimond (Can) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pierre-Olivier Santerre (Can) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthew Staples (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robert Starrs (Can) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Garrett Belanger (Can) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc-Antoine Nadon (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christian Trenchev (Can) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Havill (Can) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benjamin Hewins (Can) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tommy Waldeck (Can) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Navarro Fong Roy (Can) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arnaud Mercier (Can) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Timothy Austen (Can) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christian Gomes (Can) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Cowan (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lukas Conly (Can) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jake Cullen (Can) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc Dupuis (Can) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joshua Kropf (Can) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Macleod (Can) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kellen Viznaugh (Can) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | James Grant (Can) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Caleb Winn (Can) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Willem Boersma (Can) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Félix Dolbec (Can) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Ducharme (Can) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Hamel (Can) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francis Izquierdo (Can) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Ouellet (Can) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthew Kamermans (Can) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Laurent Levasseur (Can) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Horn (Can) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Plenderleith (Can) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adam Lefebvre (Can) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christian Deshales (Can) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sacha Cantor (Can) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc Allard (Can) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jason Hall (Can) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dylan Davies (Can) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ben Andrew (Can) | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dominic Cantin (Can) | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jules Cusson-Fradet (Can) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cameron Mcphaden (Can) | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sjaan Gerth (Can) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ben Mcnabb (Can) | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brendan Gorman (Can) | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Charles Gorman (Can) | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Warren Macdonald (Can) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Douglas Van Den Ham (Can) | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marcus Davies (Can) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mathieu Gabriel (Can) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jason Cheney (Can) | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Justin Purificati (Can) | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nigel Ellsay (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Derek O'farrell (Can) | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Osmond Bakker (Can) | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Greg Boileau (Can) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Shaun Clarke (Can) | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrew Lees (Can) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kyle Boorsma (Can) | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Geoffrey Chambers-Bedard (Can) | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | William Blackburn (Can) | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Dalterio (Can) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guillaume Walsh (Can) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc-Antoine Beaudoin (Can) | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bruce Bird (Can) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aaron Hamill (Can) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stephen Keeping (Can) | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brad Bradford (Can) | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
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