August 03, 2018 (Maniago, Italy) – Team Canada took home four more medals including two rainbow jerseys on Day Two of the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Italy, as Toronto’s Shelley Gautier and Calgary’s Michael Sametz, won gold defending their respective individual time trial titles.
“I took guidance from my coaches and my training partner and it all went as planned,” said Gautier. “It was a fun race when everything came together perfectly. I’d like to thank all of the Cycling Canada staff who helped Team Shelly win a seventh TT world championships!”
“I felt ok coming in to the Worlds,” said Sametz. “During the TT I realized how good I was feeling and went from there. It was a good fast course – it had everything. And it was great to have the locals coming out and cheering us on.”
Cranbrook, BC’s Tristen Chernove, the defending world champ, settled for silver in the men’s C2 TT race while Edmonton’s Ross Wilson took home silver in the 13.6km men’s C1 competition bringing Canada’s tally to five medals in two days.
“Silver is obviously a bittersweet pill to swallow,” admitted Wilson. “But the objective is Tokyo not Maniago, and I continue to progress towards my goals. Kudos to our whole support team – we’re building towards excellence at the Paralympics.”
With files from Cycling Canada
Results coming