September 24, 2018 (Innsbruck, Austria) – Canada had a strong start to the Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria, on Monday, with Canadian national Junior women’s road champion Simone Boilard of Quebec City finishing fifth, 6.17 seconds out of the bronze medal.

Canada’s other entrant in the race, Magdeleine Vallieres Mill of Sherbrooke, Quebec, did not fare as well, crashing early in the race, but finishing despite what turned out to be a broken thumb.

“Coming to Worlds I didn’t know what to expect,” said Boilard. “I didn’t have a chance to compare myself to the other girls, so I really focused on being my best. Today I was feeling super good. I think I did too many technical mistakes and started way too slow, but I was able to finish really, really strong. I’m happy with fifth place, but I’m sure I can do even better.”

“There was a big tailwind today, and it was going stronger and stronger at the end of the course. I had to keep a very high cadence and it was hard to spin my legs that fast! I’m really confident now going into the road race, because I already know where I could have taken the seven seconds [to bronze] – I’m a little disappointed about those seven seconds – but I’m confident I can be a good contender for the next race.”

 

Results

1. Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (Netherlands) 27:02.95
2. Camilla Alessio (Italy) 0:06.8
3. Elynor Backstedt (Great Britain) 0:17.94
4. Pfeiffer Georgi (Great Britain) 0:21.89
5. Simone Boilard (Canada) 0:24.11
6. Vittoria Guazzini (Italy) 0:24.64
7. Aigul Gareeva (Russia) 0:24.66
8. Marie le Net (France) 0:25.69
9. Marta Jaskulska (Poland) 0:28.24
10. Hannah Ludwig (Germany) 0:28.93
11. Britt Knaven (Netherlands) 0:36.97
12. Olha Kulynych (Ukraine) 0:49.35
13. Mie Saabye (Denmark) 0:52.40
14. Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chile) 1:00.41
15. Sarah Gigante (Australia) 1:04.50
16. Anya Louw (Australia) 1:07.88
17. Jade Wiel (France) 1:09.65
18. Shari Bossuyt (Belgium) 1:10.42
19. Lara Gillespie (Ireland) 1:12.46
20. Tetyana Yaschenko (Ukraine) 1:21.22
21. Giorgia Bariani (Italy) 1:21.78
22. Dorothea Heitzmann (Germany) 1:24.74
23. Martine Gjos (Norway) 1:28.28
24. Akvile Gedraityte (Lithuania) 1:30.77
25. Abigail Youngwerth (USA) 1:31.20
26. Alina Abramenko (Belarus) 1:31.91
27. Svetlana Pachshenko (Kazakhstan) 1:35.39
28. Desiet Tekeste (Eritrea) 1:36.46
29. Marketa Hajkova (Czech Republic) 1:46.92
30. Mette Egtoft Jensen (Denmark) 1:51.14
31. Noemi Ruegg (Switzerland) 1:57.71
32. Vita Movrin (Slovenia) 2:09.18
33. Anastasiya Kolesava (Belarus) 2:10.37
34. Anzhela Solovyeva (Kazakhstan) 2:14.46
35. Silje Mathisen (Norway) 2:21.96
36. Lina Svarinska (Latvia) 2:25.20
37. Nika Jancic (Slovenia) 2:31.24
38. Marina Kurnossova (Kazakhstan) 2:44.16
39. Lorena de la Fuente Alcalde (Spain) 2:45.01
40. Veronika Jandova (Czech Republic) 2:47.30
41. Jasmine Soh (USA) 2:51.40
42. Petra Machalkova (Slovakia) 2:51.57
43. Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spain) 2:57.64
44. Radka Paulechova (Slovakia) 3:04.54
45. Daniela Leitane (Latvia) 3:06.68
46. Magdeleine Vallieres Mill (Canada) 3:10.09