July 2, 2009 (St-Georges de Beauce, QC) – It did not seem like the rain, which was getting heavier, had any affect on the new junior men’s national time trial champion. Antoine Duchesne (QC) Equipe du Quebec simply flew over the St-Georges de Beauce 20km course. Being the last one to depart, everyone was on their toes awaiting his arrival.

It was Stuart Wight, from the Atlantic Cycling Centre, who took an early lead recording a sub 29-minute time of 28:47. For a long time the first year junior held the hot seat at the event. “I was a bit nervous. It’s a great position to be holding in your first year as a junior. I knew some strong guys were yet to come, and we never knew what to expect every time another rider would cross the line,” commented Wight.

His lead held until Ontario rider Matteo Dal-Cin (Team Ontario) came in with a new best time of 28:48. A few minutes later, the commentator caught the attention of the crowd by announcing that Antoine Duchesne (Team Quebec) had actually passed the halfway point with a lead of almost a minute!

One by one Duchesne was catching up his minute men. Everyone knew the time would be fast, and it was – 27:55 – 52 seconds over second place.

On the women’s side, the race was also very interesting offered a different perspective than the usual scenario of the big provinces dominating. Two of the top three spots were taken by riders from the Prairie provinces.

Saskatchewan’s Julie Garnet took gold with a time of 32:27. Just like in the junior men’s competition she dominated winning by almost 40 seconds over second-place rider Adriane Provost of Team Quebec. Manitoba’s Karlee Gendron took home the bronze medal with a final time of 33:52.

“I am very happy about this medal. I’ve worked very hard and everything seemed to fall into place well today,” commented Gendron who will represent Manitoba at the Canada Games later this summer.

The junior men and women are off tomorrow and will resume competition on Saturday for the road races. The junior men will complete four laps of the 28.5 km course for 114km, while the women will complete three laps for a total of 85.5 km.

Full Day 1 results pdf here.

Results

Junior Women – 20 Km
1. Julia Garnet (Team Saskatchewan) 32:37.3
2. Adriane Provost (Æ’quipe du Qu_bec) 39.93
3. Karlee Gendron (Team Manitoba) 01:15.0
4. Evelyne Gagnon (Ind_pendant) 01:18.4
5. Allison Beveridge (Team Alberta) 01:23.8
6. Annie Ewart (Team Cycling BC) 01:30.2
7. Krista Ruby (Team Ontario) 01:44.4
8. Jessica Garneau (Espoirs Saputo) 01:47.1
9. Anne-Marie B.Morin (Æ’quipe du Qu_bec) 01:58.5
10. Stephanie Bester (CoachChris.ca/Ted Ve) 02:03.8
11. Laura Bietola (Team Ontario) 02:14.4
12. Anna Schappert (Team Manitoba) 02:15.8
13. Laurence Dufour (Espoirs Saputo) 02:54.7
14. Genevieve Bourgeois (Eva-Devinci (Club)) 03:12.5
15. Katie Spittlehouse (Team Ontario) 03:16.5
16. florence Laplante-Lamarche (Espoirs Saputo) 03:23.9
17. Sonia Hurtubise (Eva-Devinci (Club)) 04:00.0
18. Elodie Gillard (Garneau-Club Chaussu) 04:05.0
19. Æ’lisabeth Albert (Garneau-Club Chaussu) 04:06.9
20. Emily Mckenzie-Picot (CoachChris.ca/Ted Ve) 04:22.4
21. Fr_d_rique Lord (Garneau-Club Chaussu) 05:01.1
22. Virginie Gauthier (Æ’quipe du Qu_bec) 05:07.5
23. Gina Kisell (Synergy racing) 06:06.3
24. V_ronique Drapeau Zgoralski (Æ’quipe du Qu_bec) 09:44.5

Junior Men – 20 Km
1. Antoine Duchesne (Æ’quipe du Qu_bec) 27:55.7
2. Matteo Dal-Cin (Team Ontario) 52.89
3. Stuart Wight (Atlantic Cycling Cen) 01:02.0
4. Ryan Aitcheson (Team Ontario) 01:04.3
5. Kevin Thorpe (Team Cycling BC) 01:07.8
6. Jordan Cheyne (Team Ontario) 01:10.4
7. Andrew Lattimore (Team Ontario) 01:14.7
8. Jean Samuel Deshaies (Æ’quipe du Qu_bec) 01:15.4
9. Kris Dahl (Team Alberta) 01:22.6
10. Kevin Massicotte (Team Ontario) 01:29.8
11. Alex Cataford (Team Ontario) 01:30.5
12. Boris Martin (Team Cycling BC) 01:48.8
13. Jacob Schwingboth (Team Cycling BC) 01:51.5
14. Pierrick Naud (Æ’quipe du Qu_bec) 01:53.9
15. Jordan Brochu (Eva-Devinci (Club)) 01:56.5
16. Zachary Taylor (Team Cycling BC) 02:00.3
17. Fr_d_ric Poisson (Garneau-Club Chaussu) 02:17.1
18. Curtis Jung (Team Cycling BC) 02:19.2
19. Craig Logan (Team Cycling BC) 02:26.1
20. Antoni Loignon (Garneau-Club Chaussu) 02:32.9
21. Trevor Damen (V_loselect) 02:37.5
22. Philippe Lacasse (Æ’quipe du Qu_bec) 02:38.3
23. Pierre-Æ’tienne Boivin (Eva-Devinci (Club)) 02:40.6
24. Jacob Bouchard (Eva-Devinci (Club)) 02:46.7
25. Mikael Bilodeau (Espoirs Saputo) 02:47.0
26. Colter Young (Team Alberta) 02:48.8
27. William Fontaine (Eva-Devinci (Club)) 02:49.3
28. Philippe Nadon (Pro Bike Pool Kuota) 02:49.9
29. Makenzie Carson (Team Alberta) 02:53.0
30. Benjamin Cowburn (Team Cycling BC) 03:02.6
31. Jeff Tompkins (Team Ontario) 03:06.0
32. Brody Pasciullo (Thunder Bay Cycling) 03:11.2
33. Rapha’l MassÆ’Viau (Pro Bike Pool Kuota) 03:11.4
34. Laurent Dallaire (Pro Bike Pool Kuota) 03:11.4
35. Jean-Michel Naud (Pro Bike Pool Kuota) 03:14.5
36. Marc-Andr_ Bonneau (Eva-Devinci (Club)) 03:19.5
37. John Carden (Team Ontario) 03:19.7
38. Joshua Hall (Team Cycling BC) 03:33.2
39. Micha_l Dalterio (Espoirs Saputo) 03:37.1
40. Karl Steppan (D’Amos) 03:37.7
41. Fr_d_ric Ouellet-Lacroix (Eva-Devinci (Club)) 03:45.4
42. Ryan Shaun Macdonald (Atlantic Cycling Cen) 03:49.1
43. James Winter (Team Sask) 03:52.0
44. christopher Bradbury (Darkhorse Flyers/ Gr) 03:52.2
45. Sam Loud (Thunder Bay Cycling) 04:04.2
46. Louis Leclerc (V_loselect) 04:12.8
47. Christophe Riopel-Benoit (Espoirs Saputo) 04:17.6
48. Kiernan Orange (Ride With Rendall) 04:18.2
49. Graham Courtney (Team Alberta) 04:19.6
50. Hugo Barette (Espoirs Saputo) 04:21.9
51. Jean-Simon Houle (Garneau-Club Chaussu) 04:22.3
52. Ty Andrews (Cyclemeisters/Bowcyc) 04:34.3
53. keith Jones (Team Cycling BC) 04:38.6
54. Mac Garvin (Team Alberta) 04:42.9
55. Francis Desbiens (Garneau-Club Chaussu) 04:49.5
56. Maxime Bilodeau (Dynamiks de Contreco) 04:55.2
57. matthew Gallo (MazurCoaching.com) 05:16.9
58. landon Fisher (Atlantic Cycling Cen) 05:31.4
59. Devan Mcclelland (Team Cycling BC) 08:50.6

Master Men 30-39 – 20 Km
1. St_phane Le Beau (Opus/OGC) 28:52.9
2. Peter Mogg (The Hub Race Team) 4.33
3. Olivier Beauvais (Nativo Concept) 01:00.6
4. Marc-Wayne Addison (Bluberi-Martin Swiss) 03:04.5

Master Men 40-49 – 20 Km
1. David Gazsi (Team Ultralink) 28:07.3
2. Ilija Petrovski (Wheels of Bloor Cycl) 15.27
3. David Albert (CC Powerwatts-Moishe) 01:14.2
4. Ron Amos (Ride With Rendall) 01:17.9
5. William Ralph (Bikes & Beyond) 01:38.5
6. Erwan Peres (Ind_pendant) 02:30.5
7. Carlos Goncalves (Team London) 02:43.8
8. Rob Nishman (Cyclepath.Markham.Co) 02:46.8
9. richard Boudreault (Pro Bike Pool Kuota) 03:33.2
10. Brian Jones (Rio Tinto-Martin Swi) 04:39.5
11. Christian Boutin (Ind_pendant) 05:56.5
12. Robert Guenther (Portage Junk Yard Do) 06:10.1

Master Men 50-59 – 20 Km
1. Charlie Squires (Team London) 29:54.3
2. Joe Narciso (Team London) 10.51
3. Robert Anderson (Team Specialized Rac) 36.4
4. Marc Lapointe (Bluberi-Martin Swiss) 40.84
5. Will Vandenberg (CoachChris.ca/Ted Ve) 01:02.9
6. Dave Viney (Orlando Road Club) 01:06.3
7. Pierre Lacoste (VCOM inc) 01:09.3
8. Alain Gravel (VCOM inc) 01:15.6
9. Alain Goulet (Rio Tinto-Martin Swi) 01:58.8
10. Neil Farish (Ride With Rendall) 02:07.4
11. Tommy Mak (Eurotech Cycle) 03:04.6
12. David Watson (Velocity Cycling Clu) 03:21.8
13. Jose Martins (Bicycles Plus Cyclin) 03:33.9
DNS Tony Abramavicius (Wheels of Bloor)
DNS St_phane Lacasse (Ind_pendant)
DNS Andr_ Rodrigue (Rocky Mountain Bicyc)
DNS Sylvan Adams (CC Powerwatts-Moishe)

Master Men 60+ – 20 Km
1. Roger Lessard (Beauce) 32:06.9
2. Ga’tan Boulanger (MazurCoaching.com) 01:43.2
3. Claudel Desroches (Ind_pendant) 03:05.2
4. Denis CïtÆ'(Ind_pendant) 03:55.5
5. Patrick Lesbats (Novabrik) 07:54.6
DNS Michael Mccann (VeloNorth Cycling Cl)

Master Women 30-39 – 20 Km
1. Rachel Carbonneau (Æ’quipe Brunet) 35:50.5
DNS Annick-Isabelle Marcoux (AIM-Club Mansfield)

Master Women 40+ – 20 Km
1. Lisa Dorian (Mighty Riders) 33:41.1
2. Nettie Neudorf (Portage Junkyard Dog) 57.41
3. Anne-Marie Dupras (Novabrik) 01:24.4
4. Karen Thompson (Spoke O’Motion) 01:55.8
5. Dianne Marleau (Ride With Rendall) 01:56.8