July 5, 2009 (St-Georges de Beauce, QC) – Jean Samuel Deshaies (QC) Équipe du Québec and Anne-Marie B. Morin (QC) Équipe du Québec won the 2009 National Challenge Criterium on Sunday as the Road Nationals wrapped up. Deshaies took the Junior men’s 36-lap race (1.2km course) in 1:04:10 while B. Morin scored in the women’s 25-lap race with a time of 53:10.

CCA Crit Report
Jean-Samuel Deshaies and Pierrick Naud, both from Quebec, took first and second place respectively in the criterium event that concluded the Canadian Championships being held in the Beauce.

From the beginning of the junior race, the two riders let their intentions be known by breaking away from the pack. Two others were quick to imitate and joined the leaders. Several others tried in vain to follow. The quartet, made up of three Quebec cyclists, maintained their lead over the main group. At the end, Deshaies was the fastest, followed by Naud. Ontarian Andrew Lattimore nosed out Antoine Duchesne at the finish line.

“I suffered two flats yesterday during the road race. That’s why I really wanted to win”, explained the new Canadian champion.

“The guy from Ontario wouldn’t take his turn so we tried to lose him, but it didn’t work. So it came down to the sprint. I was confident to win, and that’s what happened”, he added.

If the men were traveling at a lightening pace, the women adopted a more leisurely one. Spectator had to wait until the last six laps to see any action. It was Anne-Marie B. Morin who decided to make a solo move, all the way to the finish line. Katie Spittlehouse won the sprint of the pack over Florence Laplante-Lamarche.

“Yesterday, I didn’t have a great race. I was counting on coming back today. Because nothing much was happening, I told myself I had to create some opportunities. I really didn’t want it to come down to the sprint. I decided to try something because I had nothing to lose”, said Morin, wearing a beautiful smile, and obviously thrilled with the outcome of the race.

Results

Junior Women – 24 laps
1. Anne-Marie B. Morin (QB) Équipe du Québec 53:10:00
2. Katie Spittlehouse (ON) Team Ontario 0:09
3. Florence Laplante-Lamarche (ON) Espoirs Saputo
4. Karlee Gendron (MB) Team Manitoba
5. Genevieve Bourgeois (QB) Eva-Devinci (Club)
6. Drapeau Zgoralski (QB) Véronique Équipe du Québec
7. Allison Beveridge (AB) Team Alberta
8. Élisabeth Albert (QB) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault
9. Laurence Dufour (QB) Espoirs Saputo
10. Adriane Provost (QB) Équipe du Québec
11. Elodie Gillard (QB) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault 0:16
12. Anna Schappert (QB) Team Manitoba 0:18
13. Virginie Gauthier (QB) Équipe du Québec 0:38
DNF Evelyne Gagnon (QB) Indépendant
DNF Jessica Garneau (QB) Espoirs Saputo
DNF Sonia Hurtubise (QB) Eva-Devinci (Club)
DNF Gina Kisell (AB) Synergy racing
DNS Julia Garnet (SK) Team Saskatchewan
DNS Frédérique Lord (QB) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault
DNS Krista Ruby (ON) Team Ontario
DNS caroline Messier (QB) Haut Richelieu Megavolt/Atac

Junior Men – 36 laps
1. Jean Samuel Deshaies (QB) Équipe du Québec 1:04:10
2. Pierrick Naud (QB) Équipe du Québec
3. Andrew Lattimore (ON) Team Ontario
4. Antoine Duchesne (QB) Équipe du Québec
5. Stuart Wight (NB) Atlantic Cycling Centre 0:25
6. Jordan Brochu (QB) Eva-Devinci (Club)
7. Kevin Massicotte (ON) Team Ontario
8. Jean-Richard Cormier (NB) Atlantic Cycling Center
9. Pierre-Étienne Boivin (QB) Eva-Devinci (Club)
10. Philippe Nadon (QB) Pro Bike Pool Kuota 0:34
11. Matteo Dal-Cin (ON) Team Ontario 0:37
12. Ryan Aitcheson (ON) Team Ontario 0:40
13. Frédéric Poisson (QB) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault
14. Marc-André Bonneau (QB) Eva-Devinci (Club)
15. Mikael Bilodeau (QB) Espoirs Saputo
16. Christophe Riopel-Benoit (QB) Espoirs Saputo
17. Laurent Dallaire (QB) Pro Bike Pool Kuota
18. Kris Dahl (AB) Team Alberta
19. Karl Steppan (QB) D’Amos
20. Antoni Loignon (QB) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault
DNF Ty Andrews (AB) Cyclemeisters/Bowcycle
DNF Hugo Barette (QB) Espoirs Saputo
DNF Christopher Bernard (QB) Ride With Rendall
DNF Jacob Bouchard (QB) Eva-Devinci (Club)
DNF John Carden (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Makenzie Carson (AB) Team Alberta
DNF Alex Cataford (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Jordan Cheyne (ON) Team Ontario
DNF Graham Courtney (AB) Team Alberta
DNF Michaêl Dalterio (QB) Espoirs Saputo
DNF Trevor Damen (QB) Véloselect
DNF Francis Desbiens (QB) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault
DNF Landon Fisher (NT) Atlantic Cycling Center
DNF William Fontaine (QB) Eva-Devinci (Club)
DNF Mac Garvin (AB) Team Alberta
DNF Willem Mackenzie (PEI) Atlantic Cyling Center
DNF Philippe Lacasse (QB) Équipe du Québec
DNF Sam Loud (ON) Thunder Bay Cycling Club
DNF Ryan Shaun Macdonald (NS) Atlantic Cycling Centre
DNF Jean-Simon Houle (QB) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault
DNF Raphaël Massé Viau (QB) Pro Bike Pool Kuota
DNF Jean-Michel Naud (QB) Pro Bike Pool Kuota
DNF Kiernan Orange (QB) Ride With Rendall
DNF Frédéric Ouellet-Lacroix (QB) Eva-Devinci (Club)
DNF Brody Pasciullo (ON) Thunder Bay Cycling Club
DNF Philippe Roy-Couture (QB) Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault
DNF Jeff Tompkins (ON) Team Ontario
DNF James Winter (SK) Team Sask
DNF Colter Young (AB) Team Alberta
DNF Thomas Desjardins Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault
DNF Philippe-Antoine Alexandre Garneau-Club Chaussures-Ogilvy Renault
DNS Curtis Jung (BC) Team Cycling BC
DNS Kevin Thorpe (BC) Team Cycling BC