July 6, 2008 (Saint-Georges, QC) — Once again there’s fabulous weather in Beauce, bright, sunny and hot, for the Elite/U23 Men’s road race with over 150 starters who will complete 18 laps of the 9.6km circuit for a total of 172.8km. The men’s course is very challenging with lots of twists, turns, hills, and a 1km climb to the finish line.

Lap 1
The pace is quick from the get-go as the men are off and are ready to race. There’s an initial break as Eric Wohlberg (ON) Symmetrics Cycling, Martin Gilbert (QC) Équipe du Québec and Mark Pozniak (ON) Team Ontario have formed a break off the front.

Lap 2
Six riders have bridged to the break – Dominique Perras (QC), Andrew Randell (ON), Ryan Roth (ON), Mark Walter (ON), Jean-Sébastien Perron (QC) EVA-Devinci and Pascal Bussiere (QC) 2peer.com … the lead is now 41 seconds.

With 3km to go on lap 2 their lead is now 1:08.

Correction – Roth, Randell and Perras are NOT in the lead group – there was a foul up with the rider numbers – it’s Georges-Édouard Duquette (QC) EVA-Devinci and Jacob Erker (AB) Symmetrics Cycling – so 8 riders are in the lead break.

Lap 3
The leaders are at 1:38 but Dominique Rollin (QC) Toyota-United is at the front of the peloton leading the charge to reel them in.

Gilbert has crashed and is trying to get back on. Zack Garland (NL) Kona-Adobe and Mathieu Toulouse (QC) EVA-Devinci have also crashed – Toulouse is back on.

Lap 4
Gilbert is with Zach Bell (YK) Symmetrics about 30 seconds behind the lead break of 7 riders with the peloton behind them.

Gilbert and Bell have bridged to the leaders – 9-strong now – that has a 3:43 lead (we understand) over the peloton. Riders are approaching the end of lap 4.

Lap 5
Derrek Ivey (ON) Mazurcoaching.com has attacked and is 1:40 behind the leaders. Behind him at 2:04 there are two riders Derrick St. John (ON) Jet Fuel Coffee and Nicolas Lefran̤ois (QC) CIBC Wood-Gundy Рwith peloton at 2:20 (not 3:43 must have been 2:43 above).

Lap 6
As the riders begin the sixth lap the peloton has come alive and has caught the three riders and is now 1:20 behind the 9 leaders.

Five riders are trying to bridge to the leaders – Ivey, Kevin “Buck” Miller (ON) Team RACE Pro, Darko Ficko (ON) (La Bicicletta/J. Lindeberg, Bruno Langlois (QC) VW, Jeff Sherstobitoff (BC) Symmetrics Cycling. The pack is at 1:38.

Lap 7
As the riders start lap seven the 9 leaders have a 1:12 lead over the 5 chasers and the pack is at 2:08.

Four of the 5 chasers have made contact with the leaders… Ficko is still about 30 seconds back.

Lap 8
The gap to the 13 leaders is under 1 minute – Ficko was swallowed up by the pack – when this lap is completed the race will be 1/2 over.

We understand Andrew Randell (ON) Symmetrics and Jamie Sparling (AB) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Home have dropped out.

Lap 9
The 13 leaders are down to 12 as Pozniak was dropped – we understand there’s a group of 12-13 that are now chasing the leaders but the gap is unclear.

A group of 6 have now attacked jumped into the lead – Walters, Erker, Langlois, St. John, Christian Meier (BC) Symmetrics Cycling (? to be confirmed) and the 6th still to come.

Lap 10
Radio contact is spotty… we understand several splinter groups have formed behind the 6 leaders still in front.

Lap 11
The race has blown apart – the 6 leaders are still out front with a group of 4 chasing them at 1 minute followed by another group of 6-7 riders we believe, and then a group of about 25 riders which is the remnants of the main peloton. We hope to verify and update this shortly.

The 4 chasers are at 1:10 – Roth, Wohlberg, Perras, Jean-Michel Lachance (QC) VW (?)… the 25 riders are at 2 min (?).

Lap 12
With 6 six laps to go the leaders are still about 1 minute ahead of the 4 chasers with a 3rd group of 6-10 riders behind them with we think Rollin, Bell, Gilbert and Charles Dionne (QC) Équipe du Québec, followed by the larger group of 25 riders – it’s unclear which of the splinter groups contain 2007 champ Cam Evans (BC) Symmetrics and team mate Svein Tuft, 2008 ITT winner.

Lap 13
More re-shuffling with 5 laps to go… the leaders had 5 riders (not 6) and have dropped St. John so it’s 4 out front including Walters, Erker, Langlois and Meier with a 1:08 lead over a larger chase group now including Roth, Wohlberg, Perron, Keven Lacombe (QC) Équipe du Québec, Eric Boily (QC) Volkswagen, Toulouse, Dave Vukets (ON) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic, Will Routley (BC) Symmetrics and David Veilleux (QC) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast.

Laps 14-15
After almost 4 hours of racing the leaders have dropped Walter so it’s two Symmetrics riders, Erker and Meier, with Langlois out front – they’re 1:30 ahead of 4 chasers that include Walter, Roth, Wohlberg, St. John – a 3rd group is 35 seconds behind them including Vukets, Perron, Lacombe, Boily, Toulouse, Veilleux and Routley.

Lap 16
There are 3 laps to go and no change in race. Now Erker has been dropped by Meier and Langlois and is on his own at 23 seconds.

Lap 17
Two laps to go with Meier and Langlois out front and Erker at 40 sec. followed by Roth and Wohlberg about 1 minute behind him… it’s unclear how far back the other chasers are.

Lap 18 Final
One to go with Meier and Langlois out front and Erker in third at 1 minute with the chasers about 1 minute further behind.

Full Elite Men’s results pdf here.

Full U23 Men’s results pdf here.

Elite/U23 Men

1. Christian Meier (BC) Symmetrics Cycling 4:38:32
2. Bruno Langlois (QC) Volkswagen
3. Jacob Erker (AB) Symmetrics Cycling 1:08
4. Eric Wohlberg (ON) Symmetrics Cycling 2:45
5. Mathieu Toulouse (QC) EVA-Devinci
6. Keven Lacombe (QC) Équipe du Québec 3:01
7. David Veilleux* (QC) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 3:07
8. Mark Walters (ON) Team RACE Pro 3:37
9. Ryan Roth (ON) Team RACE Pro 4:05
10. Jean-Sébastien Perron (QC) EVA-Devinci 5:59
11. Will Routley (BC) Symmetrics Cycling 7:16
12. Éric Boily* (QC) Volkswagen 8:49
13. Dave Vukets* (ON) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes 10:02
14. Derrick St John (ON) Jet Fuel Coffee 10:24
15. Andrew Pinfold (BC) Symmetrics Cycling 10:39
16. Dominique Perras (QC) EVA-Devinci 10:49
17. Trevor Connor (BC) Chris Cookies/Swan Cycles 10:55
18. Georges-Édouard Duquette* (QC) EVA-Devinci 11:30
19. Charly Vives* (QC) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 12:23
20. Jean-Michel Lachance* (QC) Volkswagen 13:14
21. Guillaume Boivin* (QC) Équipe du Québec 13:38
22. Ryan Taylor* (PE) Atlantic Cycling Centre 13:39
23. Charles Dionne (QC) Équipe du Québec
24. Mark Batty* (ON) Team RACE Pro
25. Arnaud Papillon* (QC) Volkswagen 13:45
26. Michael Joanisse* (QC) Équipe du Québec 13:49
27. André Tremblay* (QC) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle 13:53
28. Dominique Rollin (QC) Toyota-United 14:01
29. Peter Morse (ON) Jet Fuel Coffee 14:05
30. Joel-Dion Poitras* (QC) Team RACE Pro 14:07
31. Jamie Riggs* (ON) Team Ontario 14:10
32. Francois Parisien (QC) Team RACE Pro 14:30
33. Rob Britton (BC) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes 14:41
34. Pascal Bussières (QC) 2peer.com 16:34
35. Adam Thuss* (QC) Team RACE Pro 18:29
DNF Cam Evans (BC) Symmetrics Cycling
DNF Andrew Randell (ON) Symmetrics Cycling
DNF Svein Tuft (BC) Symmetrics Cycling
DNF Dustin MacBurnie (NS) Team RACE Pro
DNF Darko Ficko (ON) La Bicicletta/J Lindeberg
DNF Martin Gilbert (QC) Équipe du Québec
DNF Matt Guse (ON) Calyon Pro Cycling Team
DNF Thierry Laliberté (QC) Sportif Bromont
DNF Jean-François Racine (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano
DNF Mathieu Roy (QC) Calyon Pro Cycling Team
DNF Maxime Vives (QC) Calyon Pro Cycling Team
DNF Ugo Lapierre (QC) 2peer.com
DNF Jonathan Arseneault (QC) CIBC Wood-Gundy
DNF Jean-Sebastien Beland (QC) Volkswagen
DNF Zach Bell (BC) Symmetrics Cycling
DNF Pierre Boilard (QC) 2peer.com
DNF Eli Chiasson (NS) Atlantic Cycling Centre
DNF G. Tommaso Cirella (BC) Hawaii-Imperia
DNF Alexandre Cloutier (QC) Volkswagen
DNF Matt Deluco (ON) Euro-sports.ca/Foodery
DNF Luc Dionne (QC) CIBC Wood-Gundy
DNF Chris Freeland (ON) La Bicicletta/ J. Lindeberg
DNF Dominic Hamel (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano
DNF Derrek Ivey (ON) Mazurcoaching.com
DNF Bradley Kerr (SK) Team Saskatchewan
DNF Matthew Knight (ON) Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny’s
DNF Jamie Lamb (NS) Atlantic Cycling Centre
DNF Hugues Lapointe (QC) Bluberi-Martin Swiss
DNF Philippe Leduc* (QC) CIBC Wood-Gundy
DNF Marco Li (ON) Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny’s
DNF Benoit Lussier (QC) CIBC Wood-Gundy
DNF Benjamin Martel (QC) Cycles Performances Cinelume
DNF Mark Pozniak (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Sébastien Rousseau (QC) Marinoni-Cadence
DNF Nathan Schnarr (ON) Waterloo Cycling Club/The Flyin
DNF Jeff Sherstobitoff (BC) Symmetrics Cycling
DNF Jamie Sparling (AB) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes
DNF Justin Steeds (ON) Aquila Racing/Racer Sportif
DNF Tyler Trace (BC) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes
DNF Giovanni Traina (QC) Marinoni-Cadence
DNF Nathan Underwood (SK) Team Saskatchewan/BCW
DNF Pierre-Olivier Boily (QC) Sleeman Clear/Énergie-Kuota
DNF Michael Bennett (ON) Euro-sports.ca/Foodery
DNF Martin Picard (QC) 2peer.com
DNF Mathew Bell* (QC) Calyon Pro Cycling Team
DNF Andrew Bradbury* (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Kevin Hazzard* (ON) JetFuel Coffee
DNF Antoine Matteau* (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano
DNF Vincent Quirion* (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano
DNF Ben Rempel* (SK) Team Saskatchewan
DNF Ryan Anderson* (BC) Symmetrics Cycling
DNF Ryan Béliveau* (NB) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Guillaume Bilodeau* (QC) Indépendant
DNF Mathieu Boudier-Revéret* (QC) Club Cycliste CGR
DNF Bruno Bourassa* (QC) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Bryson Bowers* (ON) Jet Fuel Coffee
DNF Dave Brooks* (SK) Team Saskatchewan
DNF Charles Bryer* (ON) Ciclo Werks Presents Tempo 88
DNF Dominic Cantin* (QC) 2peer.com
DNF François Chabot* (QC) Volkswagen
DNF Christian Deshaies* (QC) Volkswagen
DNF Thomas Devisscher* (QC) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Marc Dugas* (QC) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Geoffroy Dussault* (QC) Sports Bazar Inc
DNF Steffan Elzinga* (ON) Cyclingnews Jako
DNF Kyle Fry* (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Sandy Fulton* (ON) EVA-Devinci
DNF Simon Gagnon-Brassard* (QC) EVA-Devinci
DNF Zack Garland* (NL) Kona-Adobe
DNF Shane Gill* (PEI) Atlantic Cycling Centre
DNF Dominic Guiver* (ON) Team Ultralink
DNF Nic Hamilton* (BC) Team Aviawest
DNF Christopher Hillier* (BC) Indépendant
DNF Andrew Hunt* (ON) Team RACE Pro
DNF Maxime Joly-Smith* (QC) 2peer.com
DNF Stephen Keeping* (QC) Bluberi-Martin Swiss
DNF Louis-Charles Lacroix* (QC) Ste-Foy-Qc Métro
DNF James Larmer* (ON) Sudbury Cycling Club
DNF Nicolas Lefrançois* (QC) CIBC Wood-Gundy
DNF François-Charles Malo* (QC) Volkswagen
DNF David Maltais* (QC) EVA-Devinci
DNF Garrett Mc Leod* (NS) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Chris Mcgarity* (SK) Team Saskatchewan
DNF Stephen Meyer* (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Evan Mundy* (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Geoff O’toole* (NS) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Keir Plaice* (ON) Team RACE Pro
DNF Jonathan Prosser* (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Eric Robertson* (ON) Team RACE Pro
DNF Brian Robinson* (AB) Team Alberta/ CMC/ Bow Cycle
DNF Olivier Savaria* (QC) 2peer.com
DNF Joel Sidhu* (QC) Team Ultralink
DNF Spencer Smitheman* (AB) Creusot Cyclisme
DNF Duncan Sturz* (PE) Atlantic Cycling Centre
DNF Charles Thibault* (QC) EVA-Devinci
DNF Jean-Philippe Thibault-Roberge* (QC) Rocky Mountain/Procycle
DNF Brandon Throop* (ON) Mazurcoaching.com
DNF Kurtis Vallee* (BC) Team Aviawest
DNF Vincent Veilleux-Lessard* (QC) 2peer.com
DNF Jan Zak* (ON) Mazurcoaching.com
DNS Jim Tsilemos (ON) Ride With Rendall
DNS Buck Miller (ON) Team RACE Pro
DNS Devon Smibert (AB) Synergy Cycling Club
DNS Paul Benson* (MB) Alter Ego Sports/Manitoba
DNS James James* (BC) Kinesis UK

U23 Men

1. David Veilleux (QC) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast 4:41:39
2. Éric Boily (QC) Volkswagen 5:42
3. Dave Vukets (ON) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes 6:55
4. Georges-Édouard Duquette (QC) EVA-Devinci 8:23
5. Charly Vives (QC) Calyon Pro Cycling Team 9:16
6. Jean-Michel Lachance (QC) Volkswagen 10:07
7. Guillaume Boivin (QC) Équipe du Québec 10:31
8. Ryan Taylor (PE) Atlantic Cycling Centre 10:32
9. Mark Batty (ON) Team RACE Pro
10. Arnaud Papillon (QC) Volkswagen 10:32
11. Michael Joanisse (QC) Équipe du Québec 10:42
12. André Tremblay (QC) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle 10:46
13. Joel-Dion Poitras (QC) Team RACE Pro 11:00
14. Jamie Riggs (ON) Team Ontario 11:03
15. Adam Thuss (QC) Team RACE Pro 15:22
DNF Philippe Leduc (QC) CIBC Wood-Gundy
DNF Mathew Bell (QC) Calyon Pro Cycling Team
DNF Andrew Bradbury (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Kevin Hazzard (ON) JetFuel Coffee
DNF Antoine Matteau (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano
DNF Vincent Quirion (QC) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano
DNF Ben Rempel (SK) Team Saskatchewan
DNF Ryan Anderson (BC) Symmetrics Cycling
DNF Ryan Béliveau (NB) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Guillaume Bilodeau (QC) Indépendant
DNF Mathieu Boudier-Revéret (QC) Club Cycliste CGR
DNF Bruno Bourassa (QC) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Bryson Bowers (ON) Jet Fuel Coffee
DNF Dave Brooks (SK) Team Saskatchewan
DNF Charles Bryer (ON) Ciclo Werks Presents Tempo 88
DNF Dominic Cantin (QC) 2peer.com
DNF François Chabot (QC) Volkswagen
DNF Christian Deshaies (QC) Volkswagen
DNF Thomas Devisscher (QC) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Marc Dugas (QC) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Geoffroy Dussault (QC) Sports Bazar Inc
DNF Steffan Elzinga (ON) Cyclingnews Jako
DNF Kyle Fry (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Sandy Fulton (ON) EVA-Devinci
DNF Simon Gagnon-Brassard (QC) EVA-Devinci
DNF Zack Garland (NL) Kona-Adobe
DNF Shane Gill (PE) Atlantic Cycling Centre
DNF Dominic Guiver (ON) Team Ultralink
DNF Nic Hamilton (BC) Team Aviawest
DNF Christopher Hillier (BC) Indépendant
DNF Andrew Hunt (ON) Team RACE Pro
DNF Maxime Joly-Smith (QC) 2peer.com
DNF Stephen Keeping (QC) Bluberi-Martin Swiss
DNF Louis-Charles Lacroix (QC) Ste-Foy-Qc Métro
DNF James Larmer (ON) Sudbury Cycling Club
DNF Nicolas Lefrançois (QC) CIBC Wood-Gundy
DNF François-Charles Malo (QC) Volkswagen
DNF David Maltais (QC) EVA-Devinci
DNF Garrett Mc Leod (NS) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Chris Mcgarity (SK) Team Saskatchewan
DNF Stephen Meyer (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Evan Mundy (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Geoff O’toole (NS) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle
DNF Keir Plaice (ON) Team RACE Pro
DNF Jonathan Prosser (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Eric Robertson (ON) Team RACE Pro
DNF Brian Robinson (AB) Team Alberta/CMC/ Bow Cycle
DNF Olivier Savaria (QC) 2peer.com
DNF Joel Sidhu (QC) Team Ultralink
DNF Spencer Smitheman (AB) Creusot Cyclisme
DNF Duncan Sturz (PE) Atlantic Cycling Centre
DNF Charles Thibault (QC) EVA-Devinci
DNF Jean-Philippe Thibault-Roberge (QC) Rocky Mountain/Procycle
DNF Brandon Throop (ON) Mazurcoaching.com
DNF Kurtis Vallee (BC) Team Aviawest
DNF Vincent Veilleux-Lessard (QC) 2peer.com
DNF Jan Zak (ON) Mazurcoaching.com
DNS Paul Benson (MB) Alter Ego Sports/Manitoba
DNS James James (BC) Kinesis UK

*U23