Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) won his first road race title at the Canadian Road Championships, surging ahead of newly-crowned Canadian time trial titlist Pier-André Coté (Israel-Premier Tech Academy) in a two-up sprint.
Carson Miles (Team N’side) came away with the bronze medal, finishing just over 10 minutes behind.
“I’m super proud to have won today and claim the national champion’s jersey,” he says. “To be wearing the maple leaf jersey for the next year is something that I’m really excited about.”
With 75km to go, Coté took a solo flyer but Woods was able to work his way back and the two worked in tandem to distance Miles.
“I couldn’t have done it without the help of Pier-André, it was awesome to have him in the race. He was a star, he was super strong,” Woods added. “To win side by side with him was special.”
Coté won the road race at nationals in 2022. Woods, now in his 13th season as a professional cyclist, had his previous best finish in the road race in 2014 when he finished fourth.
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'We could only have come back if they had started looking at each other' - Wout van Aert settles for fourth in Tour of Flanders
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Tour of Flanders Women: Demi Vollering sails to victory with solo attack on Oude Kwaremont
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot out-sprints Puck Pieterse for second -
As it happened: The race is made with the Oude Kwaremont producing the winner of the Tour of Flanders Women
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Tour of Flanders: Indomitable Tadej Pogačar solos to repeat victory after Oude Kwaremont attack
Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel round out podium in Oudenaarde
