June 28, 2014 (Lac Megantic, QC) – The Elite Men’s 175km road race is soon underway in Lac-Megantic, QC, with 129 riders on the start line. The course consists of a 40km out-and-back route follow by a 135km (9 x 15km) circuit up Mont Morne featuring a tough 11% grade. Zach Bell (YT) SmartStop is the defending champ and has his work cut out with lots of contenders including former champs Svein Tuft (BC) and Christian Meier (NB) both with Orica-GreenEdge, Ryan Roth (ON) Silber Pro Cycling and Will Routely (BC) Optum p/b Kelly Benefits among others… Start List here – Twitter feed below or here – full results link below.
Results
1. Svein Tuft (BC) Orica-GreenEdge 4:27:51
2. Ryan Roth (ON) Silber Procycling 1:00
3. Christian Meier (NB) Orica-GreenEdge
4. Mike Woods (ON) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 1:18
5. Guillaume Boivin (QC) Cannondale 4:11
6. Antoine Duchesne (QC) Europcar
7. Hugo Houle (QC) AG2R La Mondiale
8. Benjamin Perry* (ON) NCCH p/b DEC Express
9. Bruce Bird (ON) Wheels of Bloor/Graywood Developments 17:18
10. Geoffroy Dussault (QC) Garneau-Québécor 17:39
11. Kristofer Dahl* (AB) Team SmartStop 17:40
12. Jay Lamoureux* (ON) NCCH p/b DEC Express
13. Nigel Ellsay* (BC) Cycling BC
14. Leandre Bouchard* (QC) Transports Lacombe/Devinci
15. Julien Gagne* (QC) Equipe du Québec
16. Robert Gutgesell* (ON) Jet Fuel Coffee/Norco Bicycles 17:43
17. Stuart Wight* (NB) Team H&R Block 17:48
18. Derrick St-John (ON) Team Silber Pro Cycling 18:05
19. William Elliott* (ON NCCH p/b DEC Express
20. Peter Disera* (ON) Jet Fuel Coffee/Norco Bicycles 23:50
U23 Men
1. Benjamin Perry (ON) NCCH p/b DEC Express 4:32:02
2. Kristofer Dahl (AB) Team SmartStop 13:29
3. Jay Lamoureux (ON) NCCH p/b DEC Express
4. Nigel Ellsay (BC) Cycling BC
5. Leandre Bouchard (QC) Transports Lacombe/Devinci
FULL Results here.