September 21, 2015 (Richmond, VA) – Canada’s Gillian Ellsay claimed a stellar 8th and Emeliah Harvie finished a strong 10th for two maple leaf riders in the top 10 in the 15km Junior Women’s ITT won by American Chloe Dygert at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, VA. Emma White (United States) was second and Anna-Leeza Hull (Australia) won the bronze. Ellsay was in the hot seat for some time as the second rider on course with a time of 22:03.64. With 11 riders to go she was third and Harvie was 4th putting smiles on the Canadian camp.

Results (brief)

1. Chloe Dygert (United States of America) 0:20:18
2. Emma White (United States of America) 1:06
3. Anna-Leeza Hull (Australia) 1:26
4. Pernille Mathiesen (Denmark) 1:30
5. Juliette Labous (France) 1:36
6. Aafke Soet (Netherlands) 1:41
7. Daria Pikulik (Poland)
8. Gillian Ellsay (Canada) 1:45
9. Agnieszka Skalniak (Poland) 1:47
10. Emeliah Harvie (Canada) 1:49
11. Yumi Kajihara (Japan) 1:54
12. Camila Valbuena (Colombia) 1:56
13. Natalia Studenikina (Russian Federation) 2:02
14. Yara Kastelijn (Netherlands)
15. Nikola Noskova (Czech Republic) 2:03
16. Aline Seitz (Switzerland) 2:05
17. Lisa Morzenti (Italy) 2:07
18. Marion Borras (France) 2:13
19. Susanne Andersen (Norway)
20. Ida Jansson (Sweden) 2:14
21. Kseniia Tcymbaliuk (Russia)
22. Sofia Bertizzolo (Italy) 2:22
23. Abby-Mae Parkinson (Great Britain)
24. Georgia Catterick (Australia) 2:27
25. Frida Knutsson (Sweden) 2:30
26. Ema Manikaite (Lithuania) 2:34
27. Maria Eva Palm (Belgium) 2:39
28. Ciara Doogan (Ireland) 2:46
29. Maria Calderon (Spain) 3:02
30. Nathalie Bex (Belgium) 3:03
31. Elizabeth Holden (Great Britain) 3:06
32. Ingvild Gaskjenn (Norway) 3:07
33. Ana Suarez (Ecuador) 3:42
34. Teresa Ripoll (Spain) 4:14
35. Diana Ramos (Puerto Rico) 4:35
36. Helen Mitchell (Zimbabwe) 5:00
37. Christa Riffel (Germany) 5:22