July 2, 2009 (St-Georges de Beauce, QC) – Paralympian Rico Morneau (HC B) took a fifth title at the time trials held today during the Canadian Road Championships in Saint-Georges-de-Beauce. Morneau had the best time in the handcycling event. His teammate on the Quebec team, Mark Beggs (HC B), had the second best time.

“I felt in good shape and I was confident. A few weeks ago I participated in the Marathon in Switzerland, where I came in fourth. It was a difficult race because the best were there”, said Morneau, who is looking for his fourth Canadian title in the road race.

The Quebec tandem team made up of Daniel Chalifour (B&VI) and Alexandre Cloutier took their third consecutive victory at these national championships. A team from British Columbia, Brian Cowie (B&VI) and Devon Simbert came in second place.

“It was a difficult course. There were a lot of hills. They weren’t too steep, but they were pretty long. In addition, I must mention that tandem climbs are harder. In short, I think that we were able to take advantage of the route”, said Chalifour.

Still with the paracyclists, Marie-Claude Molnar (CP 3-4) and Mathieu Parent (LC 1-4), both from Quebec, took the titles in their respective categories.

Full Day 1 results pdf here.

Results

Handcycling – 8.5km
1. Rico Morneau (HCB, Male) 17:20.5
2. Mark Beggs (HCB, Male) 18:29.6
3. Robert Labbé (HCA, Male) 24:12.0
4. Charles Moreau (HCB, Male) 20:09.1
5. Sébastien Fortier (HCB, Male) 20:17.8
6. Marc David (HCC, Male) 22:10.0
7. Richard Dufour (HCB, Male) 32:15.5

Cerebral Palsy CP1-2 – 8.5km
John Bereczki (CP2, Male) 23:58.8
Stephane Chaput (CP1, Male) 43:38.4

Cerebral Palsy CP1-2 – 20km
Marie-Claude Molnar (CP4, F) 36:09.7
Jean Quevillon (CP3, Male) 34:08.4
Brayden Mcdougall (CP3, Male) 36:09.7

Locomotor Disabilities – 20km
1. Mark Breton (LC1, Male) 31:33.0
2. Éric Bourgault (LC2, Male) 34:00.9
3. Matthieu Parent (LC3, Male) 34:14.8
4. Arnold Boldt (LC3, Male) 37:29.7
5. Jaye Miley (LC4, Male) 41:17.9
6. John-Paul Austring (LC3, Male) 42:22.0

Tandem – 20km
1. Daniel Chalifour/Cloutier (Tandem, M) 27:10.6
2. Brian Cowie/Simbert (Tandem, M) 28:35.5
3. Alexandre Carrier/Dionne (Tandem, M) 29:00.8
4. Stéphane Côté//Boily (Tandem, M) 29:53.9
5. Chris Maley/Deveer (Tandem, M) 31:06.7
6. Geneviève Ouellet/Hupin (Tandem, F) 35:50.3