July 6, 2007 (Saint-Georges de Beauce, QC) — It was the second day of competition at this year’s Tim Hortons National Road Championships and four criterium titles were up for grabs.

Maste Men

Racing got underway early today as the Master Men’s field took to the tight and bumpy course in St. Georges, Quebec. Team tactics proved the order of the day as several strong Quebec squads marked each other in the early going. With the stronger teams working against each other, attacks were quickly brought back and the stage was set for a field sprint. Kevin Davis (ON, Wheels of Bloor) ended up edging Jeff Bostad of Alberta at the line courtesy of a strong finishing kick.

Davis commented on his win saying that he doesn’t normally race against riders from Quebec so he chose to ride a smart race and eschewed any heroics off the front. “Kids these days forget what we’re here for, it’s not who can pull the strongest on the front or look the flashiest in the break. It’s who can get their wheel across the line first.” Mark Dufour (QC, Le Malliot Blue) rounded out the podium in third.

Junior Men

The junior men were the next to take to the streets and the racing was fast from the gun. Frayed nerves and high speeds were evident in the early going, as riders attempted to establish a break. Several found themselves in the unenviable position of picking themselves up off the ground or pulling themselves out of a nearby creek as they came to terms with the tight high-speed corners.

Equipe de Quebec riders were active throughout the race and their hard work was rewarded with both the first and second places on the podium. Guillaume Boivin (Equipe de Quebec) remarked that his team knew they were strong and capable of the win, he was just happy that it turned out to be him. Boivin outsprinted his teammate and breakaway companion Arnaud Papillion (Equipe de Quebec) for the win with Stephane Cossette (QC, EVA-Devinci) taking the field sprint for third.

Women’s Crit

With several strong riders toeing to the line in the women’s race it was anyone’s guess as to who was going to take the win. The riders spent several laps feeling each other out before Ontario’s Merrill Collins (La Biciceletta) went to the front and caused the decisive split. All the big names were present with the break comprising of Collins, Alex Wruebleski (AB, Colavita/Sutter Home) Alison Testroete (BC, Team Expresscopy.com), Joelle Numainville (QC, Team Expresscopy.com) and Laura Yoisten (BC, Webcor).

The break worked well together and distanced themselves from a rapidly splitting field. According to Collins, she worked hard in the early going and tried to ride a smart race. Echoing Kevin Davis’s earlier comments, Collins remarked that the win today wasn’t going to result from heroics but from playing it smart and biding one’s time. As the break exited the final corner Collins was able to hold off a hard charging Wruebleski and Testroete for what she called “The one thing missing from my resume,” – a national championship win.


Elite Men

Capping off a day of exciting racing, the elite men took to the streets for 40 laps of the challenging 1.2 km criterium course. What the peloton may have lacked in quantity, it more then made up for in quality; many of the riders, including eventual fourth place finisher, Ryan Anderson (Trek/Red Truck Racing) commented that this year’s race was notably harder and faster then last.

The racing really got underway when last years champion Cam Evans (BC, Symmetrics) launched an attack that was covered by Charles Dionne (QC, Colavita/Sutter Home). Several riders bridged up including Pan American Champ Martin Gilbert (QC, Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast ) and Zach Bell (BC, Symmetrics).

The break worked well together for several laps until a split was caused and once again Evans and Dionne found themselves alone in front of the field. Strong as the break may have been, it couldn’t hold off a hard-charging peloton and with several laps to go the break was brought back and riders began to set it up for the field sprint.

Symmetrics rode strong at the front to line it up for Bell, but Dionne came up the right side for a brilliant win. Dionne was happy with the victory, saying he had several friends and family there and it was nice to be able to take win for the hometown crowd. Kevin Lacombe (Equipe de Quebec) rode strongly in the final laps and crossed the line for a well-deserved third spot on the podium.

Results

Masters Men 30+ — 42 kms

1. Kevin Davis (ON) Wheels of Bloor 54:30
2. Jeff Bolstad (AB)
3. Marc Dufour (QC) LeMaillot Bleu
4. Paolo Eugein (ON) Hooters/Reynold Cycling Team
5. Greg Cavanagh (ON) Oakville Cyclepath
6. Jonathan Wood (ON) E.R.T.C./Redbike
7. Luc Blain (QC) La Cabosse d’Or 0:07
8. Sébastien Pilotte (QC) Sleeman Clear/TATV
9. François Brunelle (QC) Sleeman Clear/TATV
10. James Brooks (QC)
11. Garnett Abbey (ON) D’Ornellas
12. Brian McKeown (NB) Radical Edge Fredericton
13. Daniel Wood (AB) E.R.T.C./Redbike
14. Tim Woodcock (MB) Woodcock Cycle
15. Kevin Rokosh (AB) E.R.T.C./Redbike 0:11
16. Pascal Allie (QC) Drummond 0:11
17. François Doyon (QC) Cinélume-Cycles Performance 0:14
18. Geoff MacDonald (AB) E.R.T.C./Redbike 0:22
19. Éric Provost (QC) Opus-OGC 0:30
20. Marc Boudreau (ON) Ride with Rendall 0:32
21. Sean Wakefield. 0:40
DNF Brent Atkins (QC) West of Quebec Wheelers
DNF Patrick Allaire (QC) Rocky Mountain/Pro-cycle
DNF Stéphane Joncas (QC) Brunet
DNF Marc Lapointe (QC) Ride with Rendall
DNF Ed Makarchuk (ON) Sound Solutions
DNF David Munden (ON) Ride With Rendall
DNF Joël Samson (QC) Équipe Brunet
DNF Fred Perez (ON) Open Access/GRG Road Racing
DNF Chris Wood (ON) Sound Solutions
DNF Stéphane Chainé (QC) Sleeman Clear/TATV
DNF Nicolas Paquin (QC) Gaspésien Xcluziv (équipe cycliste)
DNF Chris Paton (ON) Cycle4MS
DNF Stirling McArthur (ON) Cycle4MS
DNF Éric Giroux (QC) Independant
DNF Éric Giroux (QC) Independant
DNF Peter Toth (AB) Juventus
DNF Andrew Arsenault (NB) Radical Edge Fredericton
DNF Chris Chambers (ON) Team Race.com
DNF André Lamarche (QC) Club Cycliste Drummond
DNF Robert Orange (QC) Ride with Rendall
DNF Daniel Gauthier (QC)
DNF Stéphane Le Beau (QC) Opus-OGC
DNF Mike Renneboog (ON) Silver Spokes
DNF Peter Kofman (ON) Coach chris.ca
DNF Daniel Bédard (QC) Espoirs Laval
DNF John Sullivan (BC) Vancouver Velo Vets
DNF Claudel Desroches (QC) Independant

Junior Men — 42 kms

1. Guillaume Boivin (QC) Équipe du Québec 1:04:10
2. Arnaud Papillon (QC) Équipe du Québec 0:01
3. Stéphane Cossette (QC) EVA-Devinci 0:08
4. Hugo Houle (QC) Équipe du Québec
5. Simon Lambert-Lemay (QC) Équipe du Québec
6. William Garneau (QC) Équipe du Québec
7. Vincent Quirion (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
8. François-Charles Malo (QC) Équipe du Québec
9. Evan Flater (BC) Aviawest-Rocky Mountain Bikes
10. Jérôme Boucher (QC) André Cycle/idcad
11. Devon Novakowski (ON) Team Ontario
12. Spencer Smitheman (AB) Team Alberta
13. David Boily (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
14. David Maltais (QC) EVA-Devinci
15. Marc Dugas (QC) André Cycle/idcad
16. Cody Campbell (BC) Cycling BC
17. Evan Mundy (ON) Team Ontario
18. François Chabot (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
19. Antoine Matteau (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
20. Thomas Devisscher (QC) CIBC/Wood Gundy
21. Garrett McLeod (NB) AtlanticCyclingCenter.com
22. Matthew Stein (ON) Maple Leaf Cycling
23. Jason Manning (BC) DEVO/Escape Velocity
24. Neal Gregory (AB) Team Alberta 0:15
25. Owen Harrison (BC) Team British Columbia
26. Guillaume Blais-Dufour (QC) Équipe Québec
27. David Larson (AB) Juventus 0:17
28. Dustin Andrews (AB) Team Alberta 0:20
DNF Sherwood Plant (AB) Team Alberta
DNF Kyle Harris (AB) Team Alberta
DNF Stephen Andrichuk (AB) Cyclemeister/Bow Cycle
DNF Pier-Luc Croteau (QC) Club Cycliste Dynamiks de Contrecoeur
DNF Kyle Fry (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Stephen Meyer (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Logan Cornel (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Jamie Riggs (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Andrew Lattimore (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Cédric Dion-Poitras (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
DNF Ludovic Fleury (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
DNF Gabriel Leboeuf (QC) CIBC/Wood Gundy
DNF Nicolas Lefrançois (QC) CIBC/Wood Gundy
DNF Ryan MacDonald (NB) AtlanticCyclingCenter.com
DNF Jonathan Daigle (NB) AtlanticCyclingCenter.com
DNF Ryan Crawford.
DNF Marco Côté. Maple Leaf Cycling
DNF John Lucente (ON) Maple Leaf Cycling
DNF Lenny Dion (QC) Eva-Devinci
DNF Guillaume Dubois (QC) Amos
DNF Marc Allard (QC) Volkswagen/Trek
DNF Yannick Bédard (QC) CIBC/Wood Gundy
DNF Marc-Olivier Bouchard (QC) Independant
DNF Frédérick Montplaisir (QC) Élicycle Sport Expert
DNF Cedric Bourgeois (QC) André Cycle/idcad
DNF Dominic Cantin (QC) Independent
DNF Matt Potma (BC) Cycling BC
DNF Daniel Peters (MB) AE Sport Development
DNF Michael Rothengatter (BC) DEVO/Escape Velocity
DNF Charles-Alexandre Cloutier (QC) André Cycle/idcad
DNF Kevin Thorpe (BC) DEVO/Escape Velocity
DNF Simon Gagnon-Brassard (QC) EVA-Devinci
DNF Louis-Philippe Leclerc (QC) CIBC/Wood Gundy
DNF Pier-Alexandre Marquette (QC) André Cycle/idcad
DNF Marshall Verbrugge (MB) Woodcock Cycle
DNF Jannes Wessels (SK) Moose Jaw Pavers
DNF Jason Doverspike (MB) Team Manitoba/Alter Ego
DNF James Mollison-Goddard (AB) Bow Cycle
DNF Thomas Hums (ON) Sudbury Cycling Club

Women — 42 kms

1. Merrill Collins (ON) La Bicicletta 1:12:18
2. Alex Wrubleski (SK) Colvaita Sutter Home
3. Alison Testroete (BC) Team Expresscopy.com
4. Laura Yoisten (AB) Webcor Builders Cycling Team
5. Joëlle Numainville (QC) Team Expresscopy.com
6. Leah Guloien (BC) Team Giant 0:44
7. Natasha Elliott (ON) The Cyclery
8. Johanie Garon (QC)
9. Geneviève Gagnon (QC) Team Ultranik
10. Anne-Marie Lefrançois (BC) Team Integrale
11. Kelly Murray (NB) Radical Edge Fredericton 0:49
DNF Heidi King (NB) Radical Edge Fredericton
DNF Jenny Trew (BC) Giant Bicycles Canada
DNF Alena Radomsky (BC) Giant Bicycles Canada
DNF Stéphanie Roorda (AB) Synergy
DNF Laura Brown (BC) Giant Bicycles Canada
DNF Andrea J. Bunnin (SK) Team Saskatchewan
DNF Sarah Coney (QC) EMD Serono Cycle Logik Racing
DNF Lila Fraser (QC) Équipe Cascades
DNF Catherine Hogan (QC) Espoirs Laval
DNF Jessica Kisell (AB) Team Alberta
DNF Céleste Jones-Baumgardt (ON) Mazurcoaching.com
DNF Krista Ruby (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Ellen Sparling (AB) Bicisport
DNF Émilie Ainsley-Perron (QC) Équipe du Québec
DNF Shanie Bergeron (QC) Équipe du Québec
DNF Lysanne Fratelli (QC) Élicycle Sport Expert
DNF Raphaelle Chrétien (QC) Équipe du Québec
DNF Valérie Crête (QC) Équipe du Québec
DNF Karlee Gendron (MB) AE Sport Development
DNF Gabrielle Duchesne (QC) Eva-Devinci
DNF Katherine Short (BC) Cycling BC
DNF Janie Fortin (QC) Eva-Devinci
DNF Laurie-Ann Dupont-Renaud (QC) Ann
DNF Vicki Thomas (ON) Ride with Rendall
DNF Martine Proulx (QC) Gaspésien Xcluziv (équipe cycliste)
DNF Heather Kay (AB) E.R.T.C./Redbike

Elite Men — 42 kms

1. Charles Dionne (QC) Colavita/Sutter Home
2. Zach Bell (BC) Symmetrics
3. Keven Lacombe (QC) Équipe du Québec
4. Ryan Anderson (BC) Trek/Red Truck Racing
5. Martin Gilbert (QC) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast
6. William Goodfellow (QC) Équipe du Québec
7. Cameron Evans (BC) Symmetrics
8. Maxime Vives (QC) Calyon/Litespeed
9. Philippe Abbott (AB) Ital Pasta Transport Belmire
10. Gavriel Epstein (QC) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25
11. Ugo Lapierre (QC) Le Yéti
12. Jeff Schiller (ON) Cyclepath Thunder Bay
13. Thierry Laliberté (QC) Sportif Bromont
14. Matthew Bell (ON) Team Ontario
15. Nick Friesen (AB) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast
16. Derrick C St John (ON) The Cyclery
17. Zach Garland (NL) Masi-Adobe
18. Jean-Michel Lachance (QC) Garneau-Crocs
19. Jamie Sparling (BC) La-Z-Boy
20. Jean-François Racine (QC) Garneau-Crocs
21. François Parisien (QC) Slipstream
22. Darko Ficko (ON) La Bicicletta
23. Aaron Schooler (AB) E.R.T.C./Redbike
DNF Michael Nash (ON) Ride with Rendall
DNF Glen Rendall (ON) Ride with Rendall
DNF Peter Sanowar (ON) Ital Pasta Transport Belmire
DNF Ryan McKenzie (AB) Volkswagen/Trek
DNF Ryan Roth (ON) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast
DNF Michel Jean (QC) Élicycle Sport Expert
DNF Stephen Ferris (BC) ERTC Redbike
DNF Tim Clarke (NB) AtlanticCyclingCenter.com
DNF Jean-François Landry (QC) Élicycle Sport Expert
DNF David Bergeron (QC) Equipe Blueberry-Martin Swiss
DNF Christian Deshaies (QC) Volkswagen/Trek
DNF Matthew Guse (ON) Calyon/Litespeed
DNF Dave Vukets (BC) Trek-Red Truck Racing
DNF Jackson Beuhler (BC) Trek-Red Truck Racing
DNF Jay Hawranik (MB) Team Integrale
DNF Kevin Hazzard (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Zack Morris (ON) Jet Fuel Coffee
DNF Michaël Joanisse (QC) Garneau-Crocs
DNF Brandon Crichton (ON) Symmetrics