April 18, 2018 (Wallonia, Belgium) – Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors scored the biggest triumph of his career at one of the hardest ever editions of Flèche Wallonne, 198.5km, after jumping clear from a stretched out peloton with 150 meters to go and leaving everyone else trailing on the double-digit gradients of the Mur de Huy, the iconic climb of the Belgian Classic which this year ran its 82nd edition.

Men
1. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 4:53:37
2. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 00:04
3. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:06
4. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott
5. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
6. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
7. Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
8. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
9. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:12
11. Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 00:15
12. Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 00:19
13. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:21
14. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:25
15. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:28
16. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
17. Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
18. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 00:30
19. Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:32
20. Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:34
21. Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:36
22. Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 00:39
23. Jesus Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
24. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 00:42
25. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:44
26. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:47
27. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 00:49
28. Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 00:54
29. Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 01:05
30. Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 01:08
31. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 01:13
32. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 01:18
33. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 01:22
34. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
35. Mathias Frank (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale 01:25
36. Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 01:27
37. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:29
38. IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 01:34
39. Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo 01:43
40. Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 01:46
41. Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 01:55
42. Mikel Landa (Esp) Movistar Team 01:59
43. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 02:13
44. Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 02:23
45. Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
46. Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 02:51
47. Omar Fraile (Esp) Astana Pro Team 03:01
48. Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 03:06
49. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 03:07
50. Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team
51. Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 03:27
52. Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 03:56
53. Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data 04:03
54. Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 04:12
55. Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida 05:37
56. Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 07:32
57. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 07:37
58. Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 09:23
59. Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 09:29
60. Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 09:37
61. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
62. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
63. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
64. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
65. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
66. Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
67. Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
68. Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
69. Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
70. Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 09:45
71. Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal
72. Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
73. Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
74. Willie Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin
75. Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 09:52
76. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
77. Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
78. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
79. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Team Sky 09:56
80. Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team 10:02
81. Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
82. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
83. Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Club
84. Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo
85. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
86. Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
87. José Joaquin Rojas (Esp) Movistar Team
88. Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
89. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 10:17
90. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 10:21
91. Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
92. Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
93. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
94. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
95. Stef Clement (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
96. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 10:27
97. Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
98. Jose Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10:31
99. Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
100. Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
101. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida 10:44
102. Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 11:15
103. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 11:18
104. Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 11:52
105. Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 12:54
106. Julien Mortier (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
107. Stephen Cummings (Gbr) Dimension Data 13:06
DNF Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Thomas Deruette (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Dion Smith (Nzl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors
DNF James Knox (Gbr) Quick-Step Floors
DNF Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNF Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
DNF Tanguy Turgis (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Patrick Müller (Sui) Vital Concept Club
DNF Justin Mottier (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNF Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
DNF John Anderson Rodriguez Salazar (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNF Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNF Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNF Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNF Antoine Warnier (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
DNF Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Michael Albasini (Sui) Mitchelton-Scott
DNF Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
DNF Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky
DNF Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
DNF Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
DNF Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team
DNF Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
DNF Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
DNF Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
DNF Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team
DNF Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
DNF Scott Davies (Gbr) Dimension Data
DNF Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
DNF Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
DNF Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data
DNF Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Kim Magnusson (Swe) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
DNF Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNS Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise

 

April 18, 2018 (Wallonia, Belgium) – Karol-Ann Canuel (Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam) was the top Canadian in 22nd as she helped her teammate Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam who seems unstoppable claiming her 4th consecutive victory at La Fleche Wallonne Feminine, 118.5 km.

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team was second and Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam finished third. Van der Breggen leads the 2018 UCI Women’s WorldTour overall.

Results
1. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 3:10:14
2. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team 00:02
3. Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
4. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott Women 00:06
5. Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women 00:17
6. Shara Gillow (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 00:19
7. Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team 00:22
8. Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women’s Team
9. Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana 00:25
10. Margarita Victoria Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team Women 00:28
11. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5
12. Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
13. Janneke Ensing (Ned) Ale Cipollini 00:35
14. Asja Paladin (Ita) Valcar PBM 00:37
15. Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women
16. Ane Santesteban (Esp) Ale Cipollini
17. Lara Vieceli (Ita) Astana Women’s Team
18. Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport
19. Brodie Chapman (Aus) 00:42
20. Erica Magnaldi (Ita) BePink
21. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing
22. Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 00:47
23. Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 00:50
24. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Canyon-SRAM Racing
25. Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 00:52
26. Ruth Winder (USA) Team Sunweb Women
27. Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling 00:55
28. Anabelle Dreville (Fra) Lotto Soudal Ladies 01:01
29. Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team 01:08
30. Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Wiggle High5
31. Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
32. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 01:19
33. Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Drops 01:20
34. Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
35. Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women 01:24
36. Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5 01:50
37. Spela Kern (Slo) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team 02:15
38. Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar PBM 03:11
39. Lorena Llamas (Esp) Movistar Team Women 03:18
40. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team 03:40
41. Paulien Rooijakkers (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team 05:13
42. Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 05:21
43. Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Trek-Drops
44. Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 05:23
45. Emma Grant (Gbr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 05:27
46. Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 05:29
47. Lauren Stephens (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling 05:32
48. Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling
49. Eva Buurman (Ned) Trek-Drops 05:34
50. Omer Shapira (Isr) Cylance Pro Cycling 05:44
51. Alison Jackson (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 05:45
52. Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women
53. Alice Cobb (Gbr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 05:50
54. Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 05:55
55. Urska Zigart (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana 05:58
56. Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport 06:03
57. Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Team Virtu Cycling
58. Severine Eraud (Fra) Experza-Footlogix 06:07
59. Sheyla Gutierrez (Esp) Cylance Pro Cycling
60. Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM Racing 06:14
61. Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini 06:19
62. Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle High5
63. Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini 06:27
64. Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 06:33
65. Chiara Zanettin (Ita) Valcar PBM 06:36
66. Demi de Jong (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 06:46
67. Marion Sicot (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport 08:23
68. Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Ale Cipollini 08:41
69. Martina Ritter (Aut) Wiggle High5
70. Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
71. Katia Ragusa (Ita) BePink
72. Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
73. Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing 08:46
74. Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women
75. Anna Plichta (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 08:50
76. Lourdes Oyarbide (Esp) Movistar Team Women
77. Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 08:53
78. Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 08:56
79. Flavia De Oliveira (Bra) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team 08:59
80. Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 09:04
81. Alicia Gonzalez (Esp) Movistar Team Women
82. Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team 09:10
83. Abby-Mae Parkinson (Gbr) Trek-Drops 09:11
84. Doris Schweizer (Sui) Team Virtu Cycling 09:14
85. Louise Norman Hansen (Den) Team Virtu Cycling
86. Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana Women’s Team 09:18
87. Charlotte Bravard (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 09:25
88. Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) Experza-Footlogix 09:36
89. Hannah Payton (Gbr) Trek-Drops 10:15
90. Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar PBM 10:17
91. Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar PBM 10:42
DNF Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Tereza Medvedova (Svk) BePink
DNF Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) BePink
DNF Annabel Simpson (Gbr) Trek-Drops
DNF Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar PBM
DNF Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF Gloria Rodriguez (Esp) Movistar Team Women
DNF Lex Albrecht (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
DNF Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team
DNF Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini
DNF Sara Mustonen Lichan (Swe) Experza-Footlogix
DNF Jessy Druyts (Bel) Experza-Footlogix
DNF Axelle Dubau-Prevot (Fra) Experza-Footlogix
DNF Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Experza-Footlogix
DNF Christina Perchtold (Aut) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team
DNF Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team
DNF Marieke van Witzenburg (Ned) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team
DNF Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink
DNF Daniela Reis (Por) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Mia Radoti? (Cro) Btc City Ljubljana
DNF Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
DNF Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women
DNF Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Mitchelton Scott Women
DNF Greta Richioud (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
DNF Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
DNF Marie Vilmann (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
DNF Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women
DNF Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana
DNF Tanja Elsner (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
DNF Lisa Morzenti (Ita) BePink
DNF Anouska Koster (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
DNF Riejanne Markus (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
DNF Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
DNF Marcella Toldi (Bra) Cylance Pro Cycling
DNF Christina Malling Siggaard (Den) Team Virtu Cycling
DNF Claudia Koster (Ned) Team Virtu Cycling
DNF Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport
DNF Sofia Beggin (Ita) Astana Women’s Team
DNF Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5
DNS Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank –

April 18, 2018 (Albany, New York) – We’re pleased to report that we’re two-for-two at the David Brinkerhoff race in Albany, New York earning our second podium of the season. Veloselect-Apogée rider Alexandre Latil finished 2nd behind winner Michael Margarite from CRCA/The Weather Network Cycling Team with Curtis White of the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis in 3rd.

William Goodfellow (Veloselect-Apogée) finished 6th following a very good performance by all members of the team. Guillaume L. Walsh was in the early break. Michaël Dalterio, Michael Owens and Laurent Levasseur did a great job to manage the gap with the break.

Thanks again for all your support in what looks to be a great year ahead… what a way to start it.

Best,
Lyall and Czeslaw

 

April 17, 2018 (Milton, ON) – National records were broken over the weekend at the 2018 Canadian Track Championships p/b Lexus for Under-17 and Junior athletes, which took place at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton, Ontario. The Para-cycling International Challenge also took place during the weekend.

Five Canadian records were broken, including three in Team Sprint, for the Under-17 Men (Team Ontario – Dylan Bibic/Andrew Scott/Tyler Rorke), Under-17 Women (Team Ontario – Nicole Bradbury/Madison Dempster) and Junior Men (Cycling BC – Tyler Davies/Ethan Ogrodniczuk/Riley Pickrell).  Additional national records fell in the Under-17 Women’s 500 metre time trial (Madison Dempster, Midweek Cycling, Ontario) and Under-17 Women’s Sprint 200 metre time trial (Madison Dempster, Midweek Cycling, Ontario).

Ontario took the most national titles, with 19, followed by British Columbia at 14. The only other provinces to score multiple titles were Quebec with three and Alberta with two.

Individually, three athletes dominated their categories. Ontario’s Dylan Bibic (Midweek CC) won an incredible seven gold medals in Under-17 men, winning every single event except Sprint and 500 metre time trial, where he also medaled. Cycling BC’s Sarah van Dam was as dominant in Junior Women, also winning seven national titles, while her teammate Riley Pickrell took six titles in Junior Men.

Dylan Bibic, who is still only 14 years old, said, “It was a good weekend. I don’t have the really fast acceleration for the sprint events; I like to get going while I’m already up to speed, so the sprints were challenging for me. I expected to get on the podium for most events, but I didn’t expect to get as many first places as I did.”

 

Sarah van Dam, racing in her first year as a Junior rider, stated, “It’s pretty unreal. I came into this competition thinking that there were so many good riders here, so I was just taking it race by race. I just worked on good positioning for every race and it turned out well. I knew I came here near the top, but I didn’t know I was going to be at the very top; there’s so many strong riders here.”

Riley Pickrell also moved up to Junior for this season. “I came into the weekend expecting to do well, and I think I achieved what I came to do. I was moving up a category [to Junior], so I thought the competition would be as hard as it was. I’m super excited about the Canadian record [in the Team Sprint].  My team mates and I have been working hard all winter for it, nailing the exchanges, and it all came together.”

In the Para events, the C4 500/1000 metre time trials and individual pursuits were won by Canadian Rio Paralympian Marie-Claude Molnar (Equipe du Quebec) for the women, and John Terrell of the United States for the men.

The men’s tandem 1000 metre time trial and individual pursuit were both won by the Quebec duo of Matthieu Croteau Daigle and his pilot Benoit Lussier, while Kavisha Barran and her pilot Petrina Tulissi won the women’s 1000 metre time trial, and Stela Trudeau with her pilot Carrie Cartmill won the women’s individual pursuit.Jessika Grand Bois, Technical Delegate for the Championships, said, “I am always excited about these Championships. There is something amazing about seeing these athletes race at that level and see them progress through the years, as well as witnessing the camaraderie between them and the support of their family. We are happy to see the fields grow every year and saw some amazing racing this weekend.”

April 17, 2018 – Israel Cycling Academy has chosen Canadian rider Guillaume Boivin as its 4th rider to secure a place in the ICA lineup to the historic Giro d’Italia. At the same time, the team staff has decided to narrow its list of candidates for the Giro. Israeli champion Roy Goldstein and Dutchman Dennis van Winden will no longer be considered.

April 17, 2018 (Toronto. Ont.) – Upwards of four in ten Ontarians – enough to elect a majority government – say they are likely to vote for provincial candidates if they make public commitments to fund cycling infrastructure, according to a poll released this week. The Share the Road Cycling Coalition commissioned the poll, which was conducted by Nanos Research.

“Ontarians have spoken clearly about cycling,” said Jamie Stuckless, Executive Director of Share the Road. “We are telling all political parties that our goal of new and improved cycling infrastructure will be a game changer in this spring’s election.”

The poll will officially be released this Wednesday on the final day of the 10th Annual Ontario Bike Summit, which runs Tuesday and Wednesday, April 17 and 18. It will be held at the Toronto Centre InterContinental Hotel at 225 Front Street West.

In addition to the release of the poll on Wednesday, the keynote breakfast will feature remarks from Transportation Minister Kathryn McGarry.

The poll indicates that 6 per cent of respondents – representing more than 650,000 people – cycle “every day or almost every day.” That is up from 4 per cent in 2014.

“With a growing number of people cycling daily, investments in safe cycling are more important than ever before,” said Stuckless.

The idea that the Government of Ontario should invest in a new cycling education program – much like swimming lessons – was strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with by 61 per cent.

The poll also found that 41 per cent would prefer to ride a bicycle more often than they already do, with 74 per cent saying that if they did, they would definitely or probably ride recreationally.

“While recent provincial investments have been made in commuter cycling, we also see real growth potential for investments in recreational trails,” said Stuckless.

Cycling to or from work was cited by 32 per cent as something they would definitely or probably like to do more of.

“Representing almost 3.5 million Ontarians, these people have enormous potential to reduce congestion on our roads if cycling was a safe transportation choice for them,” said Stuckless.

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The April 2018 Nanos Research study found the following:

– 42 per cent of Ontarians strongly agree or somewhat agree they are more likely to vote for a candidate who makes a public commitment to fund new cycling infrastructure, compared to 20 per cent who strongly disagree or somewhat disagree;

– 67 per cent strongly agree or somewhat agree that the provincial government should invest in cycling infrastructure;

– 70 per cent strongly support or somewhat support making it more convenient to take their bikes on buses; and

– Nine out of 10 do not believe municipalities do a “very good” job at investing in adequate infrastructure for cycling.

“Ontarians clearly see the need for more cycling safety efforts,” said Stuckless.

10th Annual Ontario Bike Summit

One other highlight of the Summit will be the Share the Road’s Awards Dinner on Tuesday at 6 pm. It is being sponsored by The Co-operators.

The keynote address will be delivered by Dale Bracewell, Manager of Transportation Planning at the City of Vancouver.

Speakers will also include the Members of Provincial Parliament who serve as co-chairs of the Provincial All Party Cycling Caucus – Treasury Board President Eleanor McMahon, Norm Miller and Michael Mantha.

Sponsors of the summit include the 10th Anniversary Sponsor WSP Canada as well as The Co-operators, the Government of Ontario, Develotech, the Canadian Automobile Association (South Central Ontario), Uber Canada, Urban Systems, GGI Road & Traffic, Alta Planning + Design and IBI Group.

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About the poll

Nanos conducted an online survey of 1,004 Ontarians, 18 years of age or older, between April 5th and 10th, 2018. The results were statistically checked and weighted by age and gender using the latest Census information and the sample is geographically stratified to be representative of Ontario.

The full report can be found here: http://www.nanos.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-1126-Cycling- Populated-Report-with-Tabs-April-16.pdf

 

 

 

 

April 16, 2018 (Milton, ON) – Here’s a selection of photos and brief results from Day 3 of the 2018 U17/Junior/Para Track Championships held this weekend at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton, Ontario which featured over 100 athletes from five provinces across Canada – results below.

Results

Team Pursuit

U17 Women

1. Ontario 03:52.100
Emma Lazenby
Kathleen Turbitt
Natasha Badertscher
Nicole Bradbury

2. Teams of BC 04:00.540
Megan Barnes
Lilly Ujfalusi
Caitlin Wallin
Maia Matson

U17 Men

1. Team Ontario 03:28.840
Dylan Bibic
Rich Elliot
Daniel Gregory
Carson Mattern

2. Tripleshot Cycling/Red Devils OVR
Connor Bosenberg
Erik Haaheim
Jacob Rubuliak
Reid Kinnburgh

3. Kallisto-Red
Noah Sprenger
William Grundy
Finlay MacEwan
Matthew Hogan

4. Madonna/Alberta OVR
JD Archbold
Owen Gill
Lukas Bonkowski
Aedan Crocker

Junior Women

1. Team Ontario
Kaitlyn Rauwerda
Victoria Slater
Neve Van Daele
Kassandra Kriarakis

2. Équipe du Québec OVR
Lily Plante
Josephine Peloquin
Adele Desgagnes
Iris Gabelier

3. Cycling BC 05:04.714
Casey Garrison
Elizabeth Gin
Bronwen Campbell
Sarah Van Dam

4. Composite 1 5:14.896
Micaiah Besler
Elizabeth Archbold
Abbey McGill
Samantha Hargreaves

Junior Men

1. Team Ontario
Ethan Sittlington
Axel Froner
Daniel Nordemann-Da Silva
Oliver Campbell

2. NCCH OVR
Jack Sirman
Caleb Bender
Christopher Merrick
Ronan Johnson

Team Sprint

U17 Women

1. Team Ontario 37.775
Nicole Bradbury
Madison Dempster

2. BC/Quebec Team 40.589
Megan Barnes
Seneca Paquette Jager

3. Team Alberta 40.958
Annie Scott
Ngaire Barraclough

4. Team Normand REL
Adele Normand
Florence Normand

U17 Men

1. Team Ontario 48.828 CR
Dylan Bibic
Andrew Scott
Tyler Rorke

2. Équipe du Québec 51.749
Mikael Goh
Mathias Guillemette
Gregory Santiago Zapata Cordoba

3. Tripleshot Cycling/Red Devils 53.709
Connor Bosenberg
Erik Haaheim
Jacob Rubuliak

4. Team Kallisto-FCV REL
Quinn Fedor
Finlay MacEwan
William Grundy

Junior Women

1. Team Ontario 37.434
Ainsley Black
Victoria Slater

2. Cycling BC 37.990
Sarah Van Dam
Casey Garrison

3. Équipe du Québec 1 38.454
Lily Plante
Adele Desganagnes

4. Team Sask/Madonna 38.522
Micaiah Besler
Elizabeth Archbold

Junior Men

1. Cycling BC 47.848
Tyler Davies
Ethan Ogrodniczuk
Riley Pickerell

2. Team Ontario 51.739
Justin Correa
James Hedgcock
Jack Sirman

3. Team Quebec 50.245
Antoine Dalterio
Alexis Rochette
Tristan Jussaume

4. Team Alberta 50.960
Mathieu Meurer
Lukas Bonkowski
Chris Heinemann

Para C4 500m Time Trial

Women
1. Marie-Claude Molnar (QC) Équipe du Québec 43.727

Para C4 Kilo Time Trial

Men
1. John Terrell (USA) Independent 1:14.477

Para Tandem Kilo Time Trial

Women
1. Barran/Tulissi 1:18.522
Kavisha Barran (Stoker)
Petrina Tulissi (Pilot)

2. Trudeau/Cartmill 1:18.696
Stela Trudeau (Stoker)
Carrie Cartmill (Pilot)

3. Miller/Thompson 1:23.665
Megan Miller (Stoker)
Chantal Thompson (Pilot)

Men
1. Croteau Daigle/Lussier 1:06.806
Matthieu Croteau Daigle (Stoker)
Benoit Lussier (Pilot)

2. Taylor/Davidson 1:11.599
Lowell Taylor (Stoker)
Andrew Davidson (Pilot)

3. Taylor/Traini 1:14.886
Nathan Taylor (Stoker)
Enrico Traini (Pilot)

4. Cook/Miller 1:15.122
Joshua Cook (Stoker)
Andrew Miller (Pilot)

5. Ibrahim/Hogan 1:15.379
Nadar Ibrahim (Stoker)
Matthew Hogan (Pilot)

Time Trial

500m

U17 Women
1. Madison Dempster (ON) Midweek Cycling Club 37.140 CR
2. Ngaire Barraclough (AB) Team Alberta 39.259
3. Nicole Bradbury (ON) NCCH p/b Franklin Templeton 39.284
4. Kathleen Turbitt (ON) NCCH p/b Franklin Templeton 40.447
5. Adele Desgagnes (QC) Équipe du Québec 40.604

U17 Men
1. Andrew Scott (ON) Midweek Cycling Club 34.122
2. Tyler Rorke (ON) Kallisto-FCV p/b Peloton Contracting 34.575
3. Dylan Bibic (ON) Midweek Cycling Club 35.096
4. Mikael Goh (AB) Juventus Cycling Club 35.369
5. William Grundy (ON) Kallisto-FCV p/b Peloton Contracting 35.941

Junior Women
1. Sarah Van Dam (BC) Cycling BC 37.738
2. Victoria Slater (ON) NCCH Elite p/b MGCC 38.491
3. Ainsley Black (ON) NCCH Elite p/b MGCC 38.646
4. Casey Garrison (BC) Team BC 39.319
5. Kylie Starrs (ON) Kallisto-FCV p/b Peloton Contracting 39.795

Kilo

Junior Men
1. Riley Pickrell (BC) Cycling BC 1:05.366
2. Ethan Ogrodniczuk (BC) Cannondale p/b Fortius 1:05.821
3. Tyler Davies (BC) Alete 1:07.163
4. Antoine Dalterio (QC) Équipe du Québec 1:07.563
5. James Hedgcock (ON) Madonna Wheelers Cycling Club 1:07.791

Madison

Junior Women
1. Cycling BC 25 pts
2. NCCH Elite p/b MGCC 20
3. Équipe du Québec 1 10
4. Madonna – La Bicicetta 10
5. Kallisto/Midweek 3

Junior Men
1. Cycling BC 2 30 pts
2. Kallisto 1 17
3. Cycling BC 1 17
4. Équipe du Québec 1 13
5. NCCH 10

April 16, 2018 (Fayetteville, Arkansas) – Canada’s Marc-Antoine Nadon (H&R Block Pro Cycling Team) landed 3rd on the podium  on the final 30.90km Stage 4 Criterium in Fayetteville to finish 4th overall. Fellow Canuck, Alexander Cowan (Silber Pro Cycling) was 7th on the final GC while Ruben Companioni (Cub) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources won the overall.

Results

1. Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Victoria (Mex) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling 1:27:34
2. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare
3. Marc-Antoine Nadon (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
4. Bryan Steve Gomez Peñaloza (Col) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
5. Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) UnitedHealthcare
6. Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
7. Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
8. Luke Mudgway (Nzl) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
9. Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
10. Noah Granigan (USA) CCB Foundation – Sicleri
11. Alexander Cowan (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
12. Lance Haidet (USA) Aevolo
13. Brendan Rhim (USA) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
14. Anton Varabei (Can) Toronto Hustle
15. Ruben Companioni (Cub) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
16. Christopher Winn (Aus) 303 Project
17. Tyler Stites (USA) Aevolo
18. Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane
19. Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo
20. Evan Hartig (USA) Project Echelon Racing
21. Evan Murphy (USA) Toronto Hustle
22. Scott McGill (USA) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development
23. Ben Carman (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane
24. Denzel Stephenson (USA) Aevolo
25. Angus Lyons (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane
26. Conor Schunk (USA) CCB Foundation – Sicleri
27. Julio Padilla Miranda (Gua) Guatemala National Team
28. Laurent Gervais (Can) Aevolo
29. Jarret Oldham (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling
30. Dorian Javier Monterroso (Gua) Guatemala National Team
31. Dillon Caldwell (USA) 303 Project
32. Kevin Girkins (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
33. Hugo Scala Jr. (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling
34. Matthew Zimmer (USA) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development
35. Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
36. Lionel Mawditt (Aus) Project Echelon Racing
37. Jason Saltzman (USA) Aevolo
38. George Simpson (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
39. Peter Livingstone (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane
40. Declan Irvine (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk Development
41. Ben Schmutte (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling
42. Will Cooper (USA) CS Velo Racing p/b Cannondale
43. Robert Sroka (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling
44. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
45. Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) UnitedHealthcare 00:15
46. Conor Murtagh (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane
47. Richard Arnopol (USA) Project Echelon Racing
48. Pier Andre Cote (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 00:18
49. Corey Davis (USA) Cyclus Sports
50. Alfredo Esteban Ajpacaja Tax (Gua) Guatemala National Team
51. Ethan Palamerek (Can) Toronto Hustle
52. Jonah Mead-Van Cort (USA) CCB Foundation – Sicleri
53. Cory Lockwood (USA) Project Echelon Racing
54. Manuel Oseas Rodas Ochoa (Gua) Guatemala National Team
55. James Piccoli (Can) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
56. Noah Simms (Can) Toronto Hustle
57. Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
58. Connor Sallee (USA) Cyclus Sports 00:26
59. Timothy Savre (USA) Project Echelon Racing 00:34
60. Jure Rupnik (Slo) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 00:39
61. Sean Burger (USA) CS Velo Racing p/b Cannondale 00:47
62. Morgan Schmitt (USA) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 00:50
63. Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
64. Alexis Cartier (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 01:03
65. Zachary Carlson (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team 01:10
66. Kyle Swanson (USA) Elbowz Racing 01:15
67. Travis Samuel (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 01:26
68. Ryan Knapp (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling 01:52
69. Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 01:59
70. Danick Vandale (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
71. Michael Gearren Ii (USA) Cyclus Sports 03:04
72. Rolly Weaver (USA) Support Clean Sport-Guttenplan Coaching
73. Stefan Rothe (USA) Elbowz Racing 03:08
74. Daniel Holloway (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team
75. Austin Gomes (USA) Project Echelon Racing
76. Grant Koontz (USA) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 03:48
77. Nicholas McKey (USA) Aevolo
78. Conor O’Brien (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
79. Marc-Antoine Soucy (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 04:14
80. Vivien Rindisbacher (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 04:23
81. Alder Torres (Gua) Guatemala National Team 04:37
82. Eric Hill (USA) Project Echelon Racing
83. Preston Glace (USA) Elbowz Racing
84. Samuel Lear (USA) Elbowz Racing
85. Parker Kyzer (USA) Cyclus Sports
86. Will Gleason (USA) CS Velo Racing p/b Cannondale
87. Justin Prior (USA) Support Clean Sport-Guttenplan Coaching
88. Ulugbek Saidov (Uzb) Team Novo Nordisk Development 06:15
89. Oliver Behringer (Sui) Team Novo Nordisk Development
90. Evan Bausbacher (USA) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development 06:44
91. Ricky Randall (USA) Cyclus Sports 07:58
92. Winston David (USA) Cyclus Sports
93. Spencer Downing (USA) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development
94. Samuel Kieffer (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team
95. Pablo César Cruz (Hon) Elbowz Racing
96. Evan Clouse (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team
OTL Brayan Ríos (Gua) Guatemala National Team
OTL Lucas Dauge (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk Development
OTL Wyatt Goral (USA) CCB Foundation – Sicleri
DNF Eric Marcotte (USA) UnitedHealthcare
DNF Jayson Valade (Fra) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
DNF Austin Stephens (USA) 303 Project
DNF Jake Silverberg (USA) 303 Project
DNF Grant Ellwood (USA) 303 Project
DNF Jonathan Sandoval Ulloa (Mex) CCB Foundation – Sicleri
DNF Dennis Ramirez (USA) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development
DNF Reece Robinson (Aus) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development
DNF Kurt Penno (Can) Toronto Hustle
DNF Brad Bradford (Can) Toronto Hustle
DNF Jake Magee (Aus) Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team
DNF Caleb Aoake (Nzl) Team Novo Nordisk Development
DNF Lukas Conly (Can) Support Clean Sport-Guttenplan Coaching

Final GC

1. Ruben Companioni (Cub) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 10:14:36
2. Brendan Rhim (USA) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 00:15
3. Lionel Mawditt (Aus) Project Echelon Racing 00:40
4. Marc-Antoine Nadon (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 00:59
5. Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) UnitedHealthcare 01:01
6. Angus Lyons (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane 01:03
7. Alexander Cowan (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 01:14
8. Ben Carman (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane 01:20
9. Luke Mudgway (Nzl) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 01:21
10. Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 01:22
11. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
12. Noah Granigan (USA) CCB Foundation – Sicleri
13. Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling 01:31
14. Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling 01:36
15. Will Cooper (USA) CS Velo Racing p/b Cannondale 01:42
16. Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 01:49
17. Matthew Zimmer (USA) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development 01:53
18. Dillon Caldwell (USA) 303 Project 02:07
19. Lance Haidet (USA) Aevolo 02:08
20. Scott McGill (USA) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development 02:12
21. Dorian Javier Monterroso (Gua) Guatemala National Team 02:13
22. Hugo Scala Jr. (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling 02:17
23. Jason Saltzman (USA) Aevolo 02:19
24. Manuel Oseas Rodas Ochoa (Gua) Guatemala National Team 02:31
25. Conor Murtagh (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane
26. Anton Varabei (Can) Toronto Hustle 02:37
27. Ben Schmutte (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling 02:41
28. Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo 02:46
29. Corey Davis (USA) Cyclus Sports 02:48
30. Jure Rupnik (Slo) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
31. Alfredo Esteban Ajpacaja Tax (Gua) Guatemala National Team 02:56
32. Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Victoria (Mex) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling 03:22
33. Timothy Savre (USA) Project Echelon Racing 03:24
34. George Simpson (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling 03:43
35. Jarret Oldham (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling 03:44
36. Conor Schunk (USA) CCB Foundation – Sicleri 03:45
37. Peter Livingstone (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane 03:58
38. Denzel Stephenson (USA) Aevolo 04:24
39. Connor Sallee (USA) Cyclus Sports 04:26
40. Laurent Gervais (Can) Aevolo 04:27
41. Evan Murphy (USA) Toronto Hustle 04:37
42. Noah Simms (Can) Toronto Hustle 04:53
43. Declan Irvine (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk Development 05:52
44. Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) UnitedHealthcare 06:56
45. Kevin Girkins (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling 07:30
46. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare 07:35
47. Samuel Lear (USA) Elbowz Racing 07:42
48. James Piccoli (Can) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling 07:43
49. Rolly Weaver (USA) Support Clean Sport-Guttenplan Coaching 07:52
50. Alder Torres (Gua) Guatemala National Team 08:00
51. Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane 08:13
52. Ethan Palamerek (Can) Toronto Hustle 08:14
53. Justin Prior (USA) Support Clean Sport-Guttenplan Coaching 08:18
54. Preston Glace (USA) Elbowz Racing 08:40
55. Sean Burger (USA) CS Velo Racing p/b Cannondale 08:44
56. Tyler Stites (USA) Aevolo 09:40
57. Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 09:59
58. Morgan Schmitt (USA) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 10:11
59. Michael Gearren Ii (USA) Cyclus Sports 10:13
60. Evan Bausbacher (USA) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development 10:16
61. Christopher Winn (Aus) 303 Project 10:58
62. Danick Vandale (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 11:22
63. Bryan Steve Gomez Peñaloza (Col) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 11:41
64. Parker Kyzer (USA) Cyclus Sports 12:07
65. Ryan Knapp (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling 12:09
66. Robert Sroka (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling 12:37
67. Julio Padilla Miranda (Gua) Guatemala National Team 13:56
68. Austin Gomes (USA) Project Echelon Racing 14:54
69. Richard Arnopol (USA) Project Echelon Racing 14:55
70. Nicholas McKey (USA) Aevolo 14:56
71. Stefan Rothe (USA) Elbowz Racing 15:26
72. Zachary Carlson (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team 15:27
73. Pablo César Cruz (Hon) Elbowz Racing 15:51
74. Conor O’Brien (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 16:03
75. Grant Koontz (USA) Holowesko | Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 16:04
76. Travis Samuel (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 16:05
77. Vivien Rindisbacher (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 16:59
78. Evan Hartig (USA) Project Echelon Racing 18:12
79. Oliver Behringer (Sui) Team Novo Nordisk Development 18:39
80. Pier Andre Cote (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 18:42
81. Spencer Downing (USA) Gateway Harley-Davidson Trek Development 18:55
82. Kyle Swanson (USA) Elbowz Racing 19:31
83. Winston David (USA) Cyclus Sports 19:49
84. Will Gleason (USA) CS Velo Racing p/b Cannondale 20:04
85. Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 20:45
86. Cory Lockwood (USA) Project Echelon Racing 21:26
87. Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling 22:28
88. Alexis Cartier (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 22:57
89. Jonah Mead-Van Cort (USA) CCB Foundation – Sicleri 23:07
90. Evan Clouse (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team 23:42
91. Eric Hill (USA) Project Echelon Racing 24:42
92. Ricky Randall (USA) Cyclus Sports 25:36
93. Daniel Holloway (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team 26:24
94. Marc-Antoine Soucy (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 28:44
95. Ulugbek Saidov (Uzb) Team Novo Nordisk Development 38:44
96. Samuel Kieffer (USA) Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team 41:16

April 15, 2018 (San Dimas, California) – Raphael Auclair (Can) Pivot Cycles-OTE took home a top result finishing second in the Pro Men’s Short Track race at the Bonelli Park 2018 US Cup #2, while recent Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, Haley Smith (Can) Norco Factory Team, finished third in the Pro Women’s competition. Vincent Thiboutot (Can) Pivot Cycle-OTE was second on the podium in the Junior Men’s race while Marianne Theberge (Can) Equipe du Québec grabbed another podium claiming 2nd in the Junior Women’s race.

Results

Junior Men
1. Seth Saxton (USA) Rouleur Devo Pb Dna Cycling 0:17:48
2. Vincent Thiboutot (Can) Pivot Cycle-OTE 0:17:49
3. Paul Fabian (USA) Bear Development Team 0:17:49
4. Kade Brasher (USA) Rouleur Devo pb DNA Cycling 0:17:50
5. Colton Sacket (USA) Pivot-Competitive Cyclist 0:17:50

6. Charles Antoine St-Onge (Can) Equipe du Quebec / Dalbix 0:17:54
15. Owen Clark (Can) 0:18:36

Junior Women
1. Gabrielle Richardson (USA) Independent 0:18:32
2. Marianne Theberge (Can) Equipe du Québec 0:18:33
3. Madeline Robbins (USA) ATX Bikes 0:18:37
4. Skyler Perry (USA) Independent 0:18:43
5. Alexis Bobbitt (USA) Independent 0:18:54

7. Natalie Fernau (Can) Equipe du Québec 0:19:34
8. Mireille Larose Gingras (Can) Equipe du Québec lapped

Pro Women
1. Erin Huck (USA) CZ Racing-SCOTT 0:21:22
2. Eva Lechner (Ita) Clif Pro Team 0:21:23
3. Haley Smith (Can) Norco Factory Team 0:21:23
4. Haley Batten (USA) Clif Pro Team 0:21:23
5. Kate Courtney (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 0:21:23

7. Sandra Walter (Can) Liv Cycling Canada 0:21:24
11. Catharine Pendrel (Can) Clif Pro Team 0:21:30
12. Maghalie Rochette (Can) Clif Pro Team 0:21:48
14. Emily Batty (Can) Trek Factory Racing Team 0:22:01
16. Juliette Tetreault (Can) 0:22:12
19. Anne Julie Tremblay (Can) Equipe du Quebec 0:22:29.
22. Jenn Jackson (Can) AWI Racing 0:22:31
24. Elyse Nieuwold (Can) Pendrel Racing 0:22:48
25. Rebecca Beaumont (Can) Marin X Peppermint 0:22:54
26. Emilly Johnston (Can) 0:22:54
27. Mackenzie Myatt (Can) Cyclesmith Cycling Club 0:22:55
28. Sidney Mcgill (Can) Focus CX Canada 0:23:18
32. Ruby West (Can) Tenspeed Hero/Specialized lapped
41. Cindy Montambault (Can) lapped

Men
1. Christopher Blevins (USA) Specialized Racing 0:20:54
2. Raphael Auclair (Can) Pivot Cycles-OTE
3. Jonas Lindberg (Den) Danish Cycling Federation
4. Luke Vrouwenvelder (USA) Lukevcoaching.com 0:20:55
5. Sean Fincham (Can) Forward Racing 0:20:57

8. Peter Disera (Can) Norco Factory Team 0:20:58
16. Quinton Disera (Can) Norco Factory Team 0:21:20
17. Andrew L’Esperance (Can) Forward Racing 0:21:24
19. Marc Andre Fortier (Can) Pivot Cycles-OTE 0:21:38
24 Gunnar Holmgren (Can) Hardwood Next Wave 0:21:40
27. Felix Belhumeur (Can) Pivot Cycles 0:21:42
30. Carter Woods (Can) Dodge City Cycles Racing 0:21:44
40. Tyler Clark (Can) Whole Ahtlete 0:21:59
45. Holden Jones (Can) Pendrel Racing lapped
DNF Leandre Bouchard (Can) KMC Ekoi SR Suntour
DNF Alexandre Vialle (Can) Equipe du Quebec

April 15, 2018 (Fayetteville, Arkansas) – Canada’s Sara Bergen (Rally Cycling) took home another podium finishing 3rd on the final 30.90km Stage 4 Criterium in Fayetteville to claim 2nd overall. She also won the Sprint Classification green jersey for good measure.

Chloe Dygert (USA) Twenty20 Pro Cycling won the final Stage as Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Women took second to capture the overall GC victory.

Results (brief)

1. Chloe Dygert (USA) Twenty20 Pro Cycling 51:02
2. Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Women
3. Sara Bergen (Can) Rally Cycling
4. Samantha Schneider (USA) Iscorp P/B Progress Software
5. Jennifer Valente (USA) Twenty20 Pro Cycling

Final GC

1. Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Women 6:32:11
2. Sara Bergen (Can) Rally Cycling 0:18
3. Leah Thomas (USA) UnitedHealthcare Women 0:49
4. Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Women 0:54
5. Edwige Pitel (Fra) Wolfpack p/b Hyperthreads 1:01

Sprint Classification
1. Sara Bergen (Can) Rally Cycling

April 15, 2018 (Milton, ON) – Here’s a selection of photos and brief results from Day Two of the 2018 U17/Junior/Para Track Championships being held this weekend at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton, Ontario featuring  over 100 athletes from five provinces across Canada – results below.

 

Results (brief)

Sprint

U17 Women
1. Madison Dempster (ON) Midweek Cycling Club 13.036, 13.062
2. Adele Desgagnes (QC) Équipe du Québec
3. Ngaire Barraclough (AB) Team Alberta 13.751, 13.259

U17 Men
1. Andrew Scott (ON) Midweek Cycling Club 11.555, 11.466
2. Dylan Bibic (ON) Midweek Cycling Club
3. Tyler Rorke (ON) Kallisto-FCV p/b Peloton Contracting 11.772, 12.022

Junior Women
1. Sarah Van Dam (BC) Cycling BC 13.090, 12.805
2. Neve Van Daele (ON) Midweek Cycling Club
3. Samantha Hargreaves (AB) Team Alberta 13.268, 13.102

Junior Men
1. Riley Pickrell (BC) Cycling BC 11.595, 11.612
2. Tyler Davies (BC) Alete
3. Ethan Ogrodniczuk (BC) Cannondale pb Fortius 11.813, 11.545

Points Race

U17 Women
1. Ngaire Barraclough (AB) Team Alberta 10 points
2. Adele Desgagnes (QC) Équipe du Québec 10
3. Emma Lazenby (ON) NCCH Elite pb MGCC 9

U17 Men
1. Dylan Bibic (ON) Midweek Cycling Club 35 points
2. Mathias Guillemette (QC) Équipe du Québec 14
3. Jacob Rubuliak (BC) Cycling BC 14

Junior Women
1. Kaitlyn Rauwerda (ON) NCCH Elite pb MGCC 21 points
2. Sarah Van Dam (BC) Cycling BC 19
3. Micaiah Besler (SK) Team Sask 8

Junior Men
1. Jackson Kinniburgh (AB) Team Alberta 35 points
2. Alexis Rochette (QC) Équipe du Québec 32
3. Ethan Sittlington (ON) NCCH Elite pb MGCC 27

Elimination Race

U17 Women
1. Adele Desgagnes (QC) Équipe du Québec
2. Emma Lazenby (ON) NCCH Elite pb MGCC
3. Iris Gabelier (QC) Équipe du Québec

U17 Men
1. Dylan Bibic (ON) Midweek Cycling Club
2. Mathias Guillemette (QC) Équipe du Québec
3. Jacob Rubuliak (BC) Cycling BC

Junior Women
1. Sarah Van Dam (BC) Cycling BC
2. Kaitlyn Rauwerda (ON) NCCH Elite pb MGCC
3. Lily Plante (QC) Équipe du Québec

Junior Men
1. Riley Pickrell (BC) Cycling BC
2. Jackson Kinniburgh (AB) Team Alberta
3. Brennan Hodgins (WA) Corner 4 Racing

Full results here.

April 15, 2018 (Valkenburg, The Netherlands) – Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale finished 20th at the 264.6km Amstel Gold Race won by Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team over Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott in second with Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 3rd on the final podium.

Canuck Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy was 52nd while his teammate and fellow Canadian Benjamin Perry did not finish.

Results (brief)

1. Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team
2. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott
3. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
4. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
5. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team
6. Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
7. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
8. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
9. Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
10. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal

20. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:53
52. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 3:26
DNF Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy

April 14, 2018 (Fontana City, California) – Canada’s Carter Woods (Dodge City Cycles Racing) from B.C. took the win in the Junior Men’s 5-lap race at the Bonelli Park 2018 US Cup XCO UCI #2 Goldstate #4 in San Dimas, California. The victory is the biggest result in the young rider’s career.

In the Elite/U23 Men’s 7-lap competition Canadians Andrew L’Esperance (Forward Racing-Norco) and Leandre Bouchard (KMC Ekoi SR Suntour) were on the final podium in 3rd and 4th respectively with Peter Disera (Norco Factory Team XC) almost joining them in 6th.

Results (brief)

Junior Men
1. Carter Woods (Can) Dodge City Cycles Racing 1:04:19
2. Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Whole Athlete p/b DNA 1:04:28
3. Alexander Young Andersen (Den) 1:05:33
4. Paul Fabian (USA) Bear Development Team 1:06:49
5. Quinn Simmons (USA) Whole Athlete p/b DNA 1:07:51

17. Vincent Thiboutot (Can) Pivot Cycle-OTE 1:10:27
19. Tyler Clark (Can) Whole Ahtlete 1:10:42
20. William Cote (Can) Equipe du Quebec 1:10:49
47. Jeremie Baron (Can) Mathieu Performance 0:50:03
DSQ Holden Jones (Can) Pendrel Racing Development

Elite/U23 Men
1. Christopher Blevins (USA) Specialized Racing 1:26:24
2. Nicola Rohrbach (Sui) Goldwurst-Power/Felt 1:26:32
3. Andrew L’Esperance (Can) Forward Racing-Norco 1:27:11
4. Leandre Bouchard (Can) KMC Ekoi SR Suntour 1:27:16
5. Jonas Lindberg (Den) Danish Cycling Federation 1:27:22
6. Peter Disera (Can) Norco Factory Team 1:27:48
7. Sebastian Carstensen (Den) Independent 1:29:26
8. Alex Wild (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 1:29:36
9. Reece Tucknott (USA) Perth MTB Club 1:29:55
10. Luke Vrouwenvelder (USA) Lukevcoaching.com 1:30:00

April 12, 2018 (Gold Coast, Australia) – Team Canada’s Haley Smith raced to a bronze medal in the women’s MTB XC event held on the Nerang Mountain Bike trails at her Commonwealth Games debut for the biggest result of her young career. It was Canada’s third medal at these prestigious Games held every four years. Emily Batty finished fourth and Leandre Bouchard was sixth in the men’s race.

The Nerang Trails, just west of Gold Coast, featured a fast and flowy 4.6km course that’s not as technical as World Cup circuits taking riders on two long out-and-back loops from the start-finish.

The women’s 6-lap 27.6 km race saw Smith challenge at the front with England’s Annie Last and Evie Richards taking the lead, followed closely by Canada’s Emily Batty. A mistake on one the steep climbs forced Smith to lose ground and she had to work her way back from seventh.

Through the second lap Batty was in third at 45 seconds behind Last and Richards as Smith moved up steadily into fourth joining Batty on Lap 4. A small miscue saw Batty touch down on a climb allowing Smith to pass and take over third.

On the next lap Smith dropped her teammate but the leaders were out of reach as Last took the gold ahead of Richards with Smith claiming the bronze. Batty, the silver medalist in 2014, settled for 4th followed by Scotland’s Isla Short in 5th.

“I didn’t have a lot of expectations for a specific performance when I came here,” said Smith. “I struggled this week with believing that I deserved to be here, so my Games experience was about feeling the atmosphere and being confident in myself and my preparation.

“When I got to the start line, all I wanted to do was race and it worked out. The first climb has three technical up sections and I think everybody had problems at least once during the race, but unfortunately mine was on the first lap. Annie and Evie got a gap there and I fell back to about seventh. From that point on, I was just chasing. I kept my head down and kept at it, and it played out,” added Smith.

“This is a very different event [from world championships]; this is a major Games, but it is a smaller field. There are some top international performers here, and I didn’t really know what to expect of myself, and I don’t know I can compare it to a world championships. But I’m really happy, and this is something I will have for the rest of my life. I feel very proud and humbled, and fulfilled,” she concluded.

Dan Proulx, National Mountain Bike Coach, commented, “It was a strong race for our women; the start was pretty challenging with lots of traffic and a tight climb. If you missed it, it was a game changer. I’m proud of the girls for fighting back and they rode the last quarter of the race strongly. It is early, early season for us, and we have a lot of work to do as the World Cups start.”

In the men’s 7-lap, 32.2km race, the New Zealand duo of Anton Cooper and Sam Gaze quickly opened a gap on the field with Alan Hatherly of South Africa joining them. Bouchard got caught up in traffic, missing the front group but managing to bridge up to the chasers. He tried to attack a few times but could not open a gap on English rider Frazer Clacherty, finishing sixth in a sprint just behind Clacherty.

“My start was so-so,” said Bouchard, “I was stuck behind some other riders on the first climb, so I lost contact with the front group. I kept charging and was able to make contact with the chase group. I tried to attack on the third lap, but there wasn’t enough space to pass and I crashed. I kept pushing to try and get in medal contention, but the gap was too big.

I attacked on the last lap, but it wasn’t enough to get rid of the English guy and he won the sprint for fifth. It was a great experience to be here with the national team and represent Canada.”

Results

Women

1. Annie Last (England) 1:18:02
2. Evie Richards (England) 0:48
3. Haley Smith (Canada) 2:24
4. Emily Batty (Canada) 3:00
5. Isla Short (Scotland) 3:32
6. Rebecca McConnell (Australia) 4:30
7. Mariske Strauss (South Africa) 4:48
8. Michelle Vorster (Namibia) 5:35
9. Samara Sheppard (New Zealand) 5:44
10. Antri Christoforou (Cyprus) – 1 lap
11. Cherie Redecker (South Africa)
12. Likeleli Masitise (Lesotho) – 4 laps
DNS Flora Duffy (Bermuda)

Men

1. Samuel Gaze (New Zealand) 1:17:36
2. Anton Cooper (New Zealand)
3. Alan Hatherly (South Africa) 0:20
4. Ben Oliver (New Zealand) 1:05
5. Frazer Clacherty (England) 1:38
6. Leandre Bouchard (Canada) 1:39
7. Daniel McConnell (Australia) 2:23
8. Cameron Orr (Northern Ireland) 2:30
9. Grant Ferguson (Scotland) 4:53
10. Nicholas Corlett (Isle of Man) 8:44
11. Dylan Kerfoot-Robson (Wales) 9:01
12. Tristan de Lange (Namibia) 9:23
13. James Roe (Guernsey) 9:30
14. Rhys Hidrio (Jersey) 0:16
15. Andreas Miltiadis (Cyprus) 0:10:42
16. Michael Serafin Guernsey – 1 lap
17. Marc Potts (Northern Ireland)
18. Phetetso Monese (Lesotho) – 2 laps
19. Tumelo Makae (Lesotho)
20. Oliver Lowthorpe (Jersey) – 3 laps
21. Andrew Colver (Guernsey)

April 11, 2018 (Gooik, Belgium) – Canada’s Leah Kirchmann (Team Sunweb) took home her best result of the 2018 season landing second on the podium at the first edition of the Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik, 136km, as Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale Cipollini took the win with Marianne Vos (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team in third.

It was an aggressive race that opened with an 8-rider breakaway going clear of the bunch. The group managed to open up a one-minute advantage over the peloton but a 16-rider group led the charge to reel them in.

Immediately after the catch was made, Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb went on a counter attack as another break formed. The group stayed away until the final lap, where a reduced peloton made the catch setting up the final sprint.

“It was a really strong race from the team today. We wanted to race aggressively, and succeeded in having representation in several breakaways during the race as we battled on the cobbles and climbs. In the end, it came back together for a reduced bunch sprint, and the team did a fantastic job leading me out for the uphill finish. I gave it everything and can be happy with a podium finish,” said Kirchmann post race.

 

Results

1. Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale Cipollini 3:37:56
2. Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women
3. Marianne Vos (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
4. Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Mitchelton Scott Women
5. Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM
6. Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia Vaiano
7. Kelly Druyts (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
8. Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar PBM
9. Monique van de Ree (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
10. Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
11. Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
12. Jessy Druyts (Bel) Experza-Footlogix
13. Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
14. Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
15. Demi de Jong (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
16. Nathalie Bex (Bel) Experza-Footlogix
17. Argiro Milaki (Gre) Servetto – Stradalli Cycle – Alurecycling
18. Lara Defour (Bel)
19. Sara Mustonen Lichan (Swe) Experza – Footlogix
20. Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate – Cyclelive Team
21. Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb
22. Angelica Brogi (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano
23. Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Btc City Ljubljana
24. Febe Schokkaert (Bel)
25. Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb
26. Anabelle Dreville (Fra) Lotto Soudal Ladies
27. Anna Henderson (Gbr)
28. Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
29. Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar Pbm 00:10
30. Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar Pbm
31. Janneke Ensing (Ned) Ale Cipollini 00:20
32. Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton Scott 00:25
33. Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb
34. Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton Scott 00:44
35. Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Experza – Footlogix 03:45
36. Ruth Winder (USA) Team Sunweb 05:37
37. Lotte Rotman (Bel) Experza – Footlogix 05:38
38. Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) Experza – Footlogix
39. Marlies Van Der Lugt (Ned)
40. Nancy Van Der Burg (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
41. Caroline Thorvik Olsen (Nor)
42. CÈline Van Houtum (Ned)
43. Evelien Debboudt (Bel)
44. Amanda Jamieson (Nzl)
45. Kylie Waterreus (Ned)
46. Pauline Allin (Fra)
47. Fien Delbaere (Bel)
48. Nicole Steigenga (Ned)
49. Paulien Rooijakkers (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
50. Kirsten Peetoom (Ned)
51. Katie Van Geyte (Bel)
52. Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Servetto – Stradalli Cycle – Alurecycling
53. India Grangier (Fra)
54. Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
55. Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
56. Flavia De Oliveira (Bra) Health Mate – Cyclelive Team
57. Alessia Bulleri (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano
58. Michela Balducci (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano
59. Tanja Elsner (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana
60. Ur aka }igart (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana
61. Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Esp) Ale Cipollini
62. Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Doltcini – Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling
63. Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar Pbm 05:50
64. Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar Pbm
65. Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini
66. Laura Vainionp‰‰ (Fin) Health Mate – Cyclelive Team
67. Jet Wildeman (Ned) 05:56
DNF Julie Stockman (Bel)
DNF Chayenne Vranken (Bel)
DNF Bente Van Teeseling (Ned)
DNF Mia Radoti? (Cro) Btc City Ljubljana
DNF Senna Feron (Ned)
DNF Evy Kuijpers (Ned)
DNF Demmy Druyts (Bel) Doltcini – Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling
DNF Winanda Spoor (Ned)
DNF Nathalie Verschelden (Bel)
DNF Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate – Cyclelive Team
DNF Marissa Baks (Ned)
DNF Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini
DNF Holly Flannery (Gbr)
DNF Demi Vollering (Ned)
DNF Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini
DNF Kelly Kalm (Est)
DNF `pela Kern (Slo) Health Mate – Cyclelive Team
DNF Quinty Van De Guchte (Ned)
DNF Tara Gins (Bel) Health Mate – Cyclelive Team
DNF Nienke Wasmus (Ned)
DNF Nike Beckeringh (Ned)
DNF Keira Mcvitty (Gbr)
DNF Kerry Jonker (Aus)
DNF Kate Wightman (Nzl)
DNF Guusje Waalboer (Ned)
DNF Rosalia Ortiz Hano (Esp) Servetto – Stradalli Cycle – Alurecycling
DNF Charmaine Porter (Gbr)
DNF Tsubasa Makise (Jpn)
DNF Marianne Van Leeuwen (Ned)
DNF Rosa Tˆrm‰nen (Fin)
DNF Bianca Lust (Ned)
DNF Pernilla Van Rozelaar (Ned)
DNF Margot Dutour (Fra)
DNF Sarah Borremans (Bel)
DNF Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott
DNF Bronwyn Macgregor (Nzl)
DNF Paula Sanmartin Rodriguez (Esp) Servetto – Stradalli Cycle – Alurecycling
DNF Roos Hoogeboom (Ned)
DNF Belle De Gast (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Esther Van Veen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Anne De Ruiter (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Giulia Marchesini (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano
DNF Nicole Nesti (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano
DNF Lone Meertens (Bel)
DNF Elise Vander Sande (Bel)
DNF Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto – Stradalli Cycle – Alurecycling
DNF Laura Camps (Fra)
DNF Sarah Michielsen-Stevens (Bel)
DNF Emmy Andersson (Swe)
DNF Kelly Lambrechts (Bel)
DNF Laurence Thill (Lux)
DNF Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb
DNF Robin Driehuijs (Ned)
DNF Dominique Van Der Stelt (Ned)
DNF Tessa Van Der Velden (Ned)
DNF Lauren Murphy (Gbr)
DNF Juliette Vandekerckhove (Fra)
DNF Lynn Marien (Bel)
DNF Virginie Loyer (Fra)
DNF Sophie De Muynck (Fra)
DNF Jessica Finney (Gbr)
DNF Lensy Debboudt (Bel)
DNF Ione Johnson (Nzl)
DNF Veronika Kormos (Hun)
DNF Holly Waymark (Gbr)
DNF Iris Sachet (Fra)
DNF Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
DNF Puck Moonen (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF DËvon Kuijstermans (Ned)
DNS Kelly Markus (Ned) Doltcini – Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling
DNS Hetty Niblett (Gbr)
DNS Valerie Demey (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies

Men
1. Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:42:48
2. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 00:09
3. Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
4. Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
5. Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
6. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
7. Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
8. Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 00:12
9. Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 00:14
10. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
11. Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo
12. Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
13. Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
14. Carlos Verona (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott
15. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
16. Jesus Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
17. Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
18. Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
19. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club 00:19
20. Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
21. Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
22. Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
23. Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 00:23
24. Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
25. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:29
26. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
27. Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
28. Scott Davies (Gbr) Dimension Data
29. Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 00:36
30. Jose Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
31. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo
32. Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
33. Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 00:47
34. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 00:51
35. Mathias De Witte (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
36. Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Club
37. Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
38. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
39. Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
40. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:55
41. Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 01:15
42. Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 01:17
43. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 01:18
44. Patrick M¸ller (Sui) Vital Concept Club
45. Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
46. Julien Mortier (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
47. Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
48. Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
49. Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
50. Aaron Gate (Nzl) Aqua Blue Sport
51. RÈmi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
52. Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
53. Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
54. Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data
55. Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
56. Edward Dunbar (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 01:25
57. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
58. JÈrÙme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
59. Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 01:37
60. Dion Smith (Nzl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 01:49
61. Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:00
62. Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept Club 02:01
63. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
64. Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 02:05
65. Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors 02:26
66. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 02:35
67. Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 02:40
68. Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors
69. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
70. Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
71. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
72. Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
73. Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 03:17
74. Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 03:28
75. Zico Waeytens (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 03:44
76. Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 04:22
77. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 04:35
78. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
79. Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
80. Marco Tizza (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 06:26
81. Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
82. Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport 07:57
83. Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
84. Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
85. Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
86. Tyler Williams (USA) Israel Cycling Academy
87. August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy
88. Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
89. Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 09:18
90. Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
91. Casper Phillip Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport
92. Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
93. Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 16:12
94. Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 17:15
95. Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 17:44
96. Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
97. Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
98. Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
99. Tom Bohli (Sui) BMC Racing Team
100. David Lozano (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Reid McClure (Can) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Hendrikus van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Rein Taaram‰e (Est) Direct Energie
DNF Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
DNF Tanguy Turgis (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team
DNF Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Ludovic Robeet (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Antoine Warnier (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
DNF Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott
DNF Justin Mottier (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNF Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
DNF Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
DNF Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
DNF Robbert de Greef (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors
DNF Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF StÈphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Mark Christian (Gbr) Aqua Blue Sport
DNS Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida

April 11, 2018 (Toronto, ON) – Toronto cyclist, Anthony Smith, recently injured in an accident is coming out in support of a renewed call by New Democratic Party MPP Catherine Fife for greater protection for cyclists and pedestrians, including stiffer penalties for drivers who kill or injure vulnerable road users, according to a CBC report.

Smith, a transportation planner, was hit by the driver of a transport truck in Barrie, Ontario and ended up underneath suffering major injuries including a fracture spine.

Following the accident, the driver received only a $125 fine for an license violation not even pertaining to Smith’s incident despite being at fault, and charged at the scene with, according to Smith, “making an illegal left-hand turn, improper brake function, and a hidden license plate.” After learning that the driver would only receive a minor fine and all other charges were withdrawn, Smith put up an on-line petition demanding change.

“The driver will walk away from nearly killing me, with a minor traffic ticket,” he wrote on the petition. “I was never even asked a single question by the crown.”

The petition, which has already received more than 3,600 signatures, coincides with Fife’s plan to reintroduce a private member’s bill at Queen’s Park – Bill 158 Protecting Vulnerable Road Users Act – which failed to pass when it was introduced last fall.

The bill, according to a summary from the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, “…amends the Highway Traffic Act. It is about the legal consequences of a collision that seriously injures or kills a pedestrian, a cyclist, a mobility device user, a roadway worker, an emergency responder outside their motor vehicle or another individual listed in the Bill.”

CBC report here.
Anthony Smith petition here.
Bill 158 The Vulnerable Road User Act here.

April 11, 2018 (Gold Coast, AUS) – Team Canada’s Emily Batty, Haley Smith and Leandre Bouchard were on the Nerang course earlier in the week preparing for the MTB events up next at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Batty won silver in 2014 at the Glasgow Games with Catharine Pendrel taking home gold continuing the Canadian women’s Commonwealth domination having won mountain bike gold at the Games since the sport was introduced in 2002. Both Smith and Bouchard are racing at their first Games.

 

 

April 10, 2018 (Brisbane, Australia) – Cycling switched from the track to the road at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, with the individual time trial competition taking place at Currumbin Beach, south of Gold Coast.  Annie Foreman-Mackey was Canada’s top finisher, in seventh place in the women’s competition.

The main circuit was a single 25.5 kilometre loop, with two significant climbs; the first with a steep 10% grade. The women did this loop, while the men also tacked on an out-and-back section that took their race up to 38.5 kilometres.

Foreman-Mackey was the ninth rider to start out of 19 competitors, and her time of 38 minutes and 59.91 seconds put her in the Hot Seat as the leading rider when she finished. Foreman-Mackey stayed in the lead through four riders before she was knocked out of the top spot.

In other Canadian results, Ariane Bonhomme was 13th and Steph Roorda was 14th. Katrin Garfoot of Australia took the gold medal, ahead of defending Games champion Linda Villumsen of New Zealand and Hayley Simmonds of England.

“I’m pretty happy with my ride,” said Foreman-Mackey. “It’s my first time trial of the year, and you have to see where you are at. I’m pleased with how I paced my ride; I was trying to ride controlled for the first 11 kilometres leading into the climb. We’ve been training for a shorter effort [in the 4000 metre Team Pursuit], so it felt a little long today, but I’m pleased with this as a starting point that I can build on during the season.

We had some wind and some rain, and you just had to keep your head up and be ready for everything. It was amazing on every climb; they were lined with people and they somehow knew my name! On the final straight it was pretty amazing to hear the crowds. I even got to spend a little time in the Hot Seat, my first time doing that!”

In the men’s race, Jay Lamoureux was the top Canadian rider, finishing 14th out of 56 starters. Other Canadian results were Derek Gee in 18th and Adam Jamieson in 43rd.

“I think I was able to ride pretty consistently,” said Lamoureux. “I was going for riding a certain wattage [power output], and I executed quite nicely. I had better legs than I thought I would after the four days of track racing. I had no expectations on a placing, so I’m overjoyed with 14th.  The crowds were great, yelling ‘Go Canada’, and a lot of people were even yelling ‘Go Jay’, which was really cool.”

Results here.

April 10, 2018 (Tel Aviv) – Israel Cycling Academy has selected its young uprising talent Krists Neilands as the first confirmed rider for the historic Giro d’Italia, along with Ben Hermans and Rubén Plaza, and named three Israelis as candidates for the five undecided spots in the final lineup.

“The Israelis will be required to meet the same criteria as all the other riders selected,” says Team Manager Kjell Carlström. “They’ve already proved that they can help this team significantly.”

The decision to select the Latvian national champion is seen by the team’s hierarchy as both a sound decision and a symbolic one. “Krists is Academy DNA: a young rider who grabbed the opportunity with both hands and has developed remarkably,” explains General Manager Ran Margaliot. “He has come a long way since he joined us sixteen months ago. His selection to our Giro squad is therefore very natural, yet it is going to be his first Grand Tour so we won’t put any pressure on him. We will let him grow with the race and take it step by step based on his sensations in the second and third weeks.”

Carlström is impressed with Neilands’ recent progress. “He showed us especially in Milano Sanremo. He did a great race and was on the attack on the Poggio which was the winning move. Krists is a strong guy and he’s getting even stronger so he has a place in the Giro.”

“The Giro is one of the biggest races in the world and one of my dreams is to take part in a Grand Tour,” Neilands says. “Riding the Giro means a lot to me. I am super happy I can be a part of this team for Giro.”

Peloton veteran Rubén Plaza and climber Ben Hermans have also been confirmed to the eight man Giro roster.

There are now a dozen riders on the long list contending the five remaining spots. “We need to have a look at what our sprinters can do. They’ve had a rough start to the season,” Carlström admits.

With the Giro opening in Jerusalem, there is much speculation about which of the Israeli riders will earn a place. Roy Goldstein (24), Guy Niv (24), and Guy Sagiv (23) are the three Israelis vying for selection. Carlström says that any Israeli selected must “have the same spirit: we are a team, helping each other. We want to be on the attack. We start in Israel but we finish in Italy. On top of being able to help the team and being maybe in a breakaway, he has to be able to make it through the whole Giro with the team. I’m sure he can do it.”

The team will select the last five riders in late April after a two-week altitude camp in Sierra Nevada, Spain and racing Amstel Gold, the Tour of Croatia, and the Tour of the Alps.

“I prefer not to see myself contending for a spot against my Israeli teammates,” says Israeli climber Guy Niv, “but proving that I deserve it compared to the other riders in the team. I want to be picked because I am a good rider, not because I am Israeli. If we Israelis will be good enough, we can get two spots in the Giro lineup. Why not?”

“Selection for ICA’s Giro team is difficult due the talent and commitment of our riders,” says team co-owner Sylvan Adams. “The final cut will necessarily disappoint some riders who are working hard. From the riders announced so far, Ben and Rubén were signed largely in anticipation of this race, our first participation in a Grand Tour. As for Krists’ early selection, he earned his position through his excellent season start. For the remaining five rider selections, we will not necessarily be choosing the five best riders, but rather those that will complete our eight man Giro squad, and provide the best opportunity to achieve our goals in this historic Giro that begins on home soil next month.”

While Neilands is understandably nervous about his Grand Tour debut, he jokes that he has a solid preparation plan. “Potato power helps me all the time. Just have some potatoes before the race and go for it full gas!”

Israel Cycling Academy riders on the Giro long list:
– Edwin Avila (Colombia)
– Guillaume Boivin (Canada)
– Zak Dempster (Australia)
– Nathan Earle (Australia)
– Sondre Holst Enger (Norway)
– Roy Goldstein (Israel)
– August Jensen (Norway)
– Guy Niv (Israel)
– Guy Sagiv (Israel)
– Kristian Sbaragli (Italy)
– Daniel Turek (Czech Republic)
– Dennis van Winden (Netherlands)

Israel Cycling Academy riders confirmed for the Giro:
– Ben Hermans (Belgium)
– Krists Neilands (Latvia)
– Rubén Plaza (Spain)

April 09, 2018 (Gran Canaria) – Today the clock strikes 12, and launches another new era in engineering greatness for Campagnolo, the legendary Italian cycling component manufacturer. For 85 years, Campy has been an industry leader in producing high quality, durable bicycle componens. This year Movement 12 was presented as we experienced bicycle frames and wheels in motion via Campy’s exciting and innovative 12-speed shifting technology.

For the past three years, Campagnolo has invited media from all over the globe to Gran Canaria to launch their latest creations. They choose Gran Canaria for it’s warm weather, amazing hostpitality and a road network that boasts post-card scenery, epic climbs and roller coaster descents to highlight the performance of their latest products – we heartily agree and appreciate the invite each year.

Super Record and Record

Their new 12-speed groupset has been in the works for close to two years and comes in Super Record and Record models, for both rim and disc brakes. Italian cycling icon, Alessandro Ballan, was involved with the project, providing his insight and expertise from the Pro peloton. And like all Campy products, they are designed at their Italy headquarters in Vicenza, and every part is manufactured and assembled in the EU.

Both Super Record and Record share the same design with the only differences being in the materials used and with Record having it’s own crankset.

The Ergopower rim brake shifters beam with performance, adjustability and beauty. Refinements in the internals reduce free stroke, allowing smooth, real-time shifing. The larger up-swing lever allows greater control when finding that low gear, while the larger down-shift button provides easier access when in the drops. The Ultra Shift mechanism allows for three upshifts and five downshifts with one press of the levers.

The brake levers feature a slight outswing with a subtle, pressed edge that allows for the natural placement of your fingers to modulate braking. The up-shift lever tucks nicely behind this brake lever for a clean, aesthetic design. With the simple push of a button you’ve got 3-position reach adjustability, a feature my short fingers appreciated as I negotiated the tight switch-back descents on our test rides.

The Ergopower disc brake shifters have their own new internals to reflect their specific performance needs and work with the new 12-speed derailleur. These shifters are 8 mm taller than the rim brake model to allow more room for the vertical master cylinder and bleed port. This placement allows for optimal bleeding and reduces the chance of air bubbles.

The Ergopower disc brake shifters are also fully customizable. Reach can be easily adjusted with the use of an allen key, while that same tool adjusts the AMS system to dial in braking force.

The front derailleur has been re-worked to allow a more horizontal pathway as it floats over the chain rings, due in part to a new 3-pivot design. A narrower cage and 2-position adjustment for each ring keeps chain rub at bay. To compensate for the many unique frame designs on the market, disc brakes and wider tires, the new front derailleur cable bolt can be placed either in front or behind the arm to maximize shifting performance.

The gleaming aero profile cranksets have been lovingly prepared with Campy’s in-house, unidirectional carbon lay-up, infused with a special UV protection agent to prevent any fade to the rich, black finish. The narrower chainring profile has been chemically treated for durability. The improved 4-arm, 8-bolt spider design maximizes stiffness and component integrity and reliability. Super Record has a built-in brace for increased stiffness, while Cult Ceramic Bearing allow spinning 9x faster than traditional steel bearings. There are three chainring options, 53/39, 52/36 and 50/34 and both cranks come in four sizes, including the new 165, allowing for multiple gear and custom length options.

Big changes have been made in the rear derailleur. Campy has created 3-D Embrace Technology which provides vertical and horizontal positioning, bringing the new larger, 12-tooth pulley wheels closer to the cassette and more forward to increase chain contact with the pulley wheels with each up-shift. This also prevents the need to alter chain length when moving between the two cassettes. The cage walls have been machined thinner, then chemically treated to accommodate the narrower spacing, while providing additional strength to the derailleur.

A new upper body return spring absorbs road vibrations maintaning smooth, precise shifting even as your hammering on classic cobble roadways. The rear derailleur has the ability to work with the current hanger mounting system, or the newer direct mount option.

The new 12-speed cassette is available in 11-29 and 11-32 combination. The extra cog allows for better gearing options and covers all gaps. The first eight independent cogs step one tooth at a time, while the remaining cogs are in two units containing three gear clusters and all are made of monolithic steel providing maximum stiffness to the larger cogs.

With the need to narrow the teeth while improving shifting performance, the cassette teeth are chemically treated, with new aluminum spacers supporting the cogs. While designing Movement 12, the enginereers designed the cassette to be compatible with Campagnolo’s 11-speed wheels, allowing current owners of Bora wheelsets to use their existing wheels if they wish to upgrade to 12-speed.

Like all of the re-designed parts, the chain maintains performance and strength while narrowing to accommodate the 12 gears. Bringing the plates closer actually makes the chain stronger, and refinements in the pins and rollers along with a chemical treatment will see the new chain performing for many quality kilometres.

In addition to these innovations the newly designed cables and housing provide maximum smoothness and durability while ensuring 100% Campagnolo integration between all of the moving parts.

With a new aerodynamic design the rim brake comes with the choice of traditional or direct mount systems. The traditional mount offers smoothness and improved modulation from bearing-assisted lever movements, while the addition of a brace to the direct-mount system adds increased rigity and frame integrity. Both brake versions feature Campy’s brake pads.

The disc brake version features a 160mm front rotor along with the choice of 140 or 160 mm for the rear. The calipers are compable with all flatmount frames through the use of bolt kits that come in six sizes, thus elimitating the need for adapters. With attention to heat dissipation being placed on the calipers, organic resin brake pads and rotors, Campagnolo engineers keep things cool, when the braking gets hot.

Test Report

It was a real treat to test Movement 12 on the roads of Gran Canaria.  The 60 km rides with over 1,000 metres of elevation allowed the opptunity to review the many features that the Movement 12 Super Record and Record groups have to offer.

As a first-time Campagnolo user, I was immediately impressed by the smooth, precise movements of the shifting. I was especially taken with their Ulta Shift that offers instant 3-upshift and 5-downshift options, which I used quite frequently with the sudden changes in elevation.

Once I dialed in the lever reach to accommodate my small hands, I found comfort and ease with braking, both with the rim and disc models. The long, twisty descents were perfect to test all-important brake modulation quality including hard braking when faced with unexpected traffic situations even around corners – both brake offerings performed flawlessly.

The gearing set-up for our test bike featured a 50-34 on the front along with an 11-32 on the rear. This user-friendly gearing option was much appreciated on those long, 10 km+ climbs with grades ranging from 7 to 14% as I was able to maintain a smooth, easy cadence without the need for additional lower gears. The descents on Gran Canaria were breathtaking and with Campy on board the smiles kept coming.

Movement 12 Super Record and Record groupsets will be available from May to July 2018 with EPS versions coming in the fall of 2018.

SRP pricing for the respective groupsets are as follows Super Record Rim Brake $4,060; Record Rim Brake $2,760; Super Record Disc Brake $4,570; Record Disc Brake $3,480.

Read more on Movement 12 here; Disc; Rim

 

April 09, 2018 (Gold Coast, Australia) – We caught up with Team Canada’s Kinley Gibson, Lauriane Genest, and Amelia Walsh following the track competitions at the Commonwealth Games. All made their debut at these prestigous Games and have strong results to show for their efforts. Gibson was 8th in the women’s Points Race, Genest was 4th in the women’s Sprint and seventh in the Keirin, and Walsh made the Keirin final finishing 5th overall.

Kinley Gibson

How you feel about your Points Race…you got away off the front what was the strategy?
Kinley Gibson: I was pretty happy with my race today, I went in knowing that I definitely didn’t have the turn of speed that was going to be required to contest any sprints, so I wanted to mostly follow wheels and try to get in as many smart moves as I could and if the opportunity presented itself just see if I could pick up some points here or there. And so, the field kind of sat up at one point and I kinda just saw a moment and went and was able to just ride, you know, not to hard not gas myself. It was early on and I picked up five points, so I was pretty happy about that – it was pretty exciting.

Yes I believe it was eight points.
KG: Yes (laughs).

I noticed later your teammates worked to help you go for more points.
KG: Yeah going in, we weren’t totally sure what everyone would have in their legs. Obviously Steph [Roorda] and Ali [Beveridge] are super experienced and have some really good kicks and really good strength. But I think they went out there and weren’t feeling it in the legs, you know they’ve had a long season. So our roles kind of reversed, I went out there trying to look out for them, and they started trying to take care of me a little bit more about half way through and they did a really great job just kind of watching out for me and helping me position myself a bit better. So, yeah, it was great to be out there with a couple teammates.

Lauriane Genest

How did the Time Trial as you seemed to have a bit of difficulty at the start.
Lauriane Genest: Yes the time trial is one of my favourite actually and I was hoping for more than that.

What happened, was it the wrong gear or..?
LG: No, I just went too early as I wasn’t synchronized with the gate and I got a bit destabilized. After that I was just, “oh I have to go” so I went all out anyway, but it was too late.

How did your time compare to other times you’ve done in the event?
LG: Well, my last time in competition was at Nationals so that was the last time trial I did and it was three tenths lower. But I’ve gotten a lot better since then. I was hoping for 34.5 which didn’t happen, but I’m going to keep working at and with the gate to improve.

So you have the Keirin left for tomorrow?
LG: Yeah, tomorrow is the Keirin, and just a good night of sleep and I’ll be back tomorrow.

How are you’re legs feeling after four days of racing.
LG: Yeah, I’m not used to racing so much, and I was actually thinking about that and will speak with Frank about it so he can tell me what to do to be ready tomorrow.

Amelia Walsh

How long before you know that you’re back in the Keirin final?
Amelia Walsh: Ten minutes actually, I went to the athlete lounge because I was trying to cool down a bit, and Frank came running in and he’s like; “no, you got ten minutes, don’t eat!” I knew I would be racing the B Final but after watching the video and stuff, Frank was like “no she needs to be relegated” and he confirmed that with the commissaires and it ended up in my favour.

So making it to the medal final at a major Games, that’s pretty big.
AW: Yeah, it was a bit of a roller coaster this week, getting disqualified in the Team Sprint. I’ve been struggling with the sprint eventhough it was a PB. Last night I was not happy with myself whatsoever, so I kinda had to go home and regroup. But, I still wasn’t happy, it wasn’t clean whatsoever. So, yeah I was really happy to come away with a final today. I think this is my first Keirn final, so I’m pretty happy.

So overall how was your Games experience after four pretty intense days of racing?
AM: It’s quite a pleasure being able to represent the maple leaf and it actually didn’t quite sink in until I walked into the stadium – like Laurieane said the other day, the stands were full – and both her and I looked at each other like; “Woahh! Alright this is big.” It’s the last race of my season, and it’s been very long and rather emotional so I was happy to come out with a decent result.

I guess you are referring to your team sprint partner Kate O’Brien who was injured?
AW: Yeah, it was a very tough thing to go through, probably one of the hardest things I have been though, and I really miss having her here. I know it was one of her goals even after the crash, we talked about racing Commonwealths together. But I have no doubt we will see her again on a bike.

Now you have Lauriane, so that would be three sprinters for Canada.
AW: Yeah it would be great to have three of us as we’re seeing a lot of the other teams starting to mix it up… girls are riding different parts, like one would ride the qualifier, and one would ride the final. So I think if we do have three sprinters, it would be fabulous for us to complete with the rest of the world. And if not “Lau” and I are ready to tackle it for the next two years… so it’ll be good.

April 08, 2018 (Gold Coast, Australia) – Team Canada’s Amelia Walsh made the medal final in the women’s Keirin and finished 5th overall as the track events wrapped up on Sunday at the Commonwealth Games. Canada was one of six nations to win medals in the track competitions, finishing with two bronze medals.

The last day of competition at the Anna Meares velodrome near Brisbane had four medal events, with Canadians entered in every one. The first medal was awarded in the women’s Scratch Race, with Allison Beveridge finishing seventh after a last lap surge. Amy Cure of Australia won the title.

“It’s been a long season, and we peaked for Worlds,” said Beveridge, “so unfortunately we came here not feeling as physically prepped as we would have liked. I knew I didn’t have too many bullets to spend in the race, and I couldn’t quite get around the other sprinters at the end of the race.”

The Australians continued to dominate in the women’s Keirin, finishing 1-2. Walsh, who originally did not make the six rider medal final – missing by one spot – was moved up to ride in the final after another rider was relegated in the semi-final round. In the final, Walsh was at the front for the early part of the race, before being caught and passed in the final lap and a half. Lauriane Genest did not make the medal final, but won the ‘small final’, to finish seventh overall.

“I found out ten minutes before the Final that I was back in the race,” said Walsh. “I had gone to the athlete lounge to cool down a bit, and Franck [Durivaux, head coach] came running in. It was a bit of a rollercoaster this week after getting disqualified in Team Sprint [after qualifying for the bronze medal final]. So I was really happy to make the Final today; I believe this is my first Keirin final at the international level. It’s always a pleasure to represent the maple leaf, and it didn’t quite sink in until I walked in the velodrome the other day and the stands were full.”

Australia added a third medal for the day in the men’s 1000 metre time trial, with Keirin champion Matt Glaetzer setting a Games record time. Stefan Ritter was Canada’s top finisher in 14th place.

“The Kilo is one of my favourite events and I gave it everything,” said Ritter. “Unfortunately, I didn’t go as fast as I would have liked to. We’ve changed the gear I ride since Apeldoorn [world championships], and it’s faster off the start, but I think I pushed too hard in the second half, and I really didn’t have anything in the last lap. This was an incredibly special event to participate in; the fans are absolutely amazing, they really push you.”

The track session concluded with the men’s Points Race, and Canada was able to put two riders through qualifying and into the final – Michael Foley and Jay Lamoureux. Lamoureux featured in a couple of breakaways, and eventually finished in 14th place, while Foley did not finish.

Results here.

April 05, 2018 (Gold Coast, Australia) – Canada opened the cycling events at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Thursday with two bronze medals in both the men’s and women’s Team Pursuit at the Anna Meares velodrome in Brisbane. The Team Sprint competitions were also held.

The women’s Team Pursuit is a new event for the Commonwealth Games, and Canada came in as a definite medal contender after multiple World Cup and world championship medals, plus bronze at the last two Olympic Games.

The team of Allison Beveridge, Ariane Bonhomme, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Steph Roorda were disappointed to miss qualifying for the gold medal final by 0.153 seconds, but regrouped to take the bronze medal against England, with a time of 4:21.493.  Host Australia won the gold medal after catching New Zealand and setting a new Games record.

“We were definitely more satisfied with our second ride,” said Roorda.  “The goal was to win the bronze medal, and we reassessed and improved on some stuff from the first ride, which was positive. It’s pretty great to get the first cycling medal.”

Canada came into the men’s Team Pursuit having finished fourth at the 2014 Games in Glasgow, and were looking to improve. The team of Michael Foley, Derek Gee, Adam Jamieson and Jay Lamoureux originally qualified fourth, but moved up to third after New Zealand was disqualified for having non-regulated equipment.

In the bronze medal race against Wales, the Canadian team replaced Jamieson with Aidan Caves, and recorded a time of 4:00.440. Australia took the gold medal in a world record time, defeating England.

“One spot better than four years ago and 13 seconds faster, so everyone’s really excited about that,” said Gee. “It’s just unreal to be a medalist at the Commonwealth Games.”

Caves, the only rider returning from the 2014 team, said “It feels amazing. We got pretty lucky that the Kiwis had an unfortunate disqualification. In the final, we basically just rode our first schedule but a little faster. Third feels amazing; to come back four years later with a new group of guys is incredible.”

In the women’s Team Sprint, the Canadian duo of Amelia Walsh and Lauriane Genest recorded the fourth fastest time, but were subsequently disqualified for exchanging outside of the regulated zone, and did not advance to the medal round. Australia won the gold medal ahead of New Zealand.

“I kind of knew when Lauriane came past me that we would probably get relegated,” admitted Walsh. “I’m very impressed with our time, regardless of the relegation and it’s very encouraging for the future. I’m really looking forward to training and competing more with Lauriane.”

The schedule concluded with the men’s Team Sprint, where the squad of Hugo Barrette, Stefan Ritter and Patrice St-Louis Pivin qualified for the bronze medal final. The team lost to Australia in the medal race, to finish fourth. New Zealand beat England for the gold medal.

“For the second ride we made a choice to go up a gear and unfortunately it didn’t pan out the way we hoped it would,” explained Ritter. “We know it doesn’t work now, and that the gear I used in Round 1 was a solid ride. This is a whole new ballgame, the crowd is absolutely brilliant, and just to perform at this level, on this stage, is an honour.”

Results here.

April 05, 2018 (Zarautz, Spain) – Canada’s Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) sits 34th overall following Stage 4 at the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco in Spain. His best result was a strong 20th-place finish on the 162.1km Stage 1 opener in Zarautz won by Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors who also took Stage 2 from Zarautz to Bermeo, 168km.

Race leader Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo won today’s Stage 4 ITT in Lodosa, 19.4km, to take over the race lead from Alaphilippe with Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo in third.

Results

Stage 1 – April 2 – Zarautz-Zarautz – 162.1km
1. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 4:17:46
2. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo
3. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:23
4. Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors
5. Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
6. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
7. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
8. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
9. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team

20. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:51

Stage 2 – April 3 – Zarautz-Bermeo – 168km
1. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 4:11:37
2. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo
3. Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
4. Mikel Landa (Esp) Movistar Team
5. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:25
6. Eduard Prades Reverter (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
7. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team
8. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
9. Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors
10. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida

45. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 1:45

Stage 3 – April 4 – Bermeo-Valdegovia – 184.8km
1. Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:49:29
2. Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:04
3. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:06
4. Michael Albasini (Sui) Mitchelton-Scott 0:10
5. Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
6. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
7. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
8. Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Esp) Burgos BH
9. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team
10. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo

48. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale

Stage 4 – April 5 – Lodosa – Lodosa (ITT) – 19.4km
1. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:22:26
2. Patrick Bevin (Nzl) BMC Racing Team 0:09
3. Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:11
4. Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp) Team Sky 0:14
5. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:20
6. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:36
7. David De La Cruz (Esp) Team Sky 0:37
8. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:42
9. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:43
10. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team

97. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 2:31

GC after Stage 4
1. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 13:41:26
2. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:34
3. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 1:33
4. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:36
5. Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida 1:42
6. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:48
7. Mikel Landa (Esp) Movistar Team 1:51
8. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team 1:57
9. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 2:08
10. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida 2:11

34. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 5:06

April 05, 2018 (Gold Coast, Australia) – Team Canada’s Aidan Caves from Vancouver is the sole member at these Games who was also on the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games team pursuit squad, their first major race. At Glasgow he was the youngest member of the team and now at 23 he’s the oldest and is also the squad’s most experienced rider. A lot of new faces have come on board like Adam Jamieson, Derek Gee, Jay Lamoureux and last year Michael Foley. Caves will race on both the track and the road events. We caught with the talented B.C. rider prior to the Games getting underway.

Are you also in the road race and if so have you ridden on the course?
Adain Caves: Yeah…no, we haven’t ridden on the course yet.

When did you arrive?
AC: We arrived three days ago.

Are you going to do course recon?
AC: Yes we’re going to do course recon. I think they close the road course the day before so we’ll definitely hit it then. We might go see it tomorrow because we have a rest day so we might see the first little bit of it before we go back to the hotel.

How do you like the track here – is this your first time on the track today?
AC: It’s my second day on the track. It’s a really nice facility, first off. We didn’t have any issues with coming in and finding a line, it was pretty easy to ride on it so we’re doing our first standing effort here today so we’ll see how that goes. I’m not worried at all, how it’s going to run. It’s pretty fast.

Compared to Glasgow?
AC: It’s a little better for riding team pursuit. This track is better than Glasgow’s because that one was built for sprinting. This has wider corners, it’s a little easier to exchange for team pursuit. It was pretty easy to hold the lines here.

Youngest in Glasgow and the oldest here in the Gold Coast… tell us about the changes on the team?
AC: There’s been a lot of new faces. Actually Glasgow was the first race the Canadian men’s team pursuit ever did. After that first year a couple of riders retired so we filled the gaps with Adam Jamieson, then Derek Gee joined a couple years ago. This past season we had Michael Foley step in – I guess I’ve kind of just been the constant in the group. It’s pretty awesome to see it evolve now four years later for these Commonwealth Games… and we’ve dropped a ton of seconds off what we did in Glasgow.

How much time is that?
AC: Fourteen seconds. I mean it was our first race at the time, so obviously there was going to be a big difference.

How about your chances here in the competition?
AC: We came fourth in Glasgow so we’re definitely looking for a podium. I think our chances are fairly good if we can piece together a perfect ride but obviously we’ll have New Zealand and England giving us a run and we’re hoping to give them a run as well.

And Australia, the home squad?
AC: They didn’t go to Worlds so I think they’ve put a big focus on these Games at home. They also won it in Glasgow so we’re kind of thinking it’s going to be the same. We’re definitely looking to edge onto a podium spot for this one.

Your individual events – which will they be?
AC: Scratch Race and Kilo.

How do you think about your chance there?
AC: The Scratch Race is always a toss up and there’s a different dynamic with bunch races at the Commonwealth Games where you’re allowed to enter multiple teammates. so it’s a lot faster, a lot steadier racing. We’re going to race it hard and I got a couple of strong boys with me so hopefully we an put something together there. And the Kilo… I haven’t done one for a while but I’ve been pretty good at them in the past so hopefully I can get together a good four laps. I mean, there’s not much you can do tactically with those, it’s just like four laps.

You only have to get 58 to beat Matt….
AC: Yeah, exactly. It shouldn’t be that big of an issue. Hopefully I can get him on home soil too, that would be good.

How is the Canadian road team fairing?
AC: It’s actually the same team as the team on the track and the Scratch Race.

But not the sprinters?
AC: Not the sprinters… as much as they want to.

So it’s the same team.
AC: Yeah, the same team. I think we’re all kind of secretly hoping for – I know it’ll sound weird – but a little bit a rain to cool it down for us. The heat in the past couple days of road riding has been really hot. But the road races are so far in the future of the Games I’m sure we’ll adapt to the weather. It should be good. I know Adam Jameson, he’ll be looking for something so I’ll probably just be there more in support role.

Jameson will be your anchor for the road race?
AC: Yes, I think so – him and Gee.

Who are the favourites for the road race – have you seen the start list yet?
AC: No. We haven’t seen that start list yet but there’s a couple WorldTour guys racing that we’ll have our eyes on…perhaps they’ll be super jet lagged.

Back to the team pursuit and your high points in Glasgow (bronze) and Apeldoorn (gold) in 2016.
AC: Yeah, that was a breakthrough for the team, really. Just to get onto the world stage and break onto the podium twice in a row. We also got on the podium at the Minsk World Cup and broke four minutes a couple times…so a lot of big things.

As the oldest rider have you naturally taken on a leadership role?
AC: I hope so…I’ve come in with the mind set of how I looked up to the older guys like Remi [Pelletier-Roy] and Zach [Bell] and when I was coming to Glasgow. I’ve tried to take on a role in a similar way and if anyone had questions I tried to help.

You’ve also done some World Cups on your own – do you think that’s helped you prepare for these Games?
AC: It’s always good to get in some high quality races. That’s really the only way to learn how to race, especially as some of the same guys are here. I think every event is a good race to get under your belt to help you win at this.