Jackson wins women's Canadian criterium title
Silber Pro Cycling sweep the men's race with Perry taking the jersey
The 2015 Canadian Road National Championships concluded on Sunday with the criterium, with Alison Jackson (Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air) taking the women's title.
The square 1.3-kilometre circuit consisted of four left turns with the finish on the same tough 200-metre climb used for the road races.
The women started in steady rain with gusting wind; conditions that made the riders cautious for the first few laps of the 28-lap race. Leah Kirchmann (Optum Pro Cycling) was the defending champion, but lost her supporting teammates, Annie Ewart and Lex Albrecht, by the halfway mark, leaving her vulnerable to repeated attacks by the strong Trek Red Truck squad.
When Denise Ramsden (Trek Red Truck) launched her attack with 10 laps to go, Jackson quickly bridged up. Kirchmann tried to respond, but couldn't shake Ramsden's teammates Guloien and Bergen, and had to watch the winning move go up the road.
Jackson and Ramsden worked well together until the final climb, when the Twenty16 rider jumped and Ramsden could not respond. Kirchmann salvaged a podium spot by winning the sprint for third. Only 11 of 45 starters finished.
"The rain and the course just set it up to be hard," Jackson said. "Trek Red Truck had a team to support any moves, and Leah [Kirchmann] had to do a lot of work. It was great to be up there with Denise, she's a strong riders, but I knew when it came to the hill, that it was mine. I've been climbing well all year, and I knew I could do the uphill sprint."
Perry leads Silber Pro Cycling sweep
Silber Pro Cycling swept the top five spots of the men's race, led by Ben Perry with the win.
The men's race saw the rain and wind that affected the women's race disappear, although the roads remained wet until the last third of the 33-lap race.
Silber, with eight riders in the field and coached from the sidelines by team manager and former pro Gord Fraser, took control of the race from the start.
Any break attempt had at least one Silber rider attached to it, and any rider considered dangerous was smothered by the orange jerseys of the team.
After multiple break attempts all failed, Perry rolled off the front with a little more than half the race remaining. Initially he just dangled 10-15 seconds ahead of the field, joined briefly by teammate Mike La Rossignol. Perrick Naud, the only member of the Optum team in the race, tried to get across multiple times, but he was rightly considered a major threat, and every move he made was covered by two or three Silber riders.
Perry then started to steadily pull away, attacking the climb every lap, as the peloton essentially gave up the chase. Emile Jean (Equipe de Quebec) tried to bridge with 12 laps to go, joined by Silber riders Nigel Ellsay and Alex Cataford, and later by a third teammate, Matteo Dal-Cin. As Jean tired, the three Silber riders dropped him to move into the second through fourth spots.
Perry rolled across the line solo for the win, followed by his three teammates, who came in together, with Ellsay taking second and Dal-Cin third, and then another Silber rider, Nicolas Masbourian, won the bunch sprint for fifth.
"I didn't expect to be out there so long," admitted Perry. "I was just taking my turn off the front to put pressure on the other teams, and I guess my move was the right timing. I didn't have much of a gap for quite a while, but then the pack cracked a bit, I think. My team mates were covering everything, and it is thanks to them that i was able to stay away."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alison Jackson (Can) TWENTY16 p/b Sho-Air | 1:06:01 |
2 | Denise Ramsden (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes | 0:00:07 |
3 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:17 |
4 | Sara Bergen (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes | 0:00:19 |
5 | Ellen Watters (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:00:22 |
6 | Sara Poidevin (Can) bicisport Calgary Bicycle Club | 0:00:24 |
7 | Diane Moug (Can) Folsom Bike/Trek | 0:00:27 |
8 | Leah Guloien (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes | 0:00:42 |
9 | Annie Foreman-Mackey (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:01:02 |
10 | Justine Clift (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling | 0:01:48 |
11 | Marie-Soleil Blais (Can) Acquisio-ACQ | 0:02:25 |
DNF | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lex Albrecht (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Meghan Grant (Can) Alete-FLC | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Megan Rathwell (Can) BMW p/b Happy Tooth | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Shoshauna Routley (Can) BMW p/b Happy Tooth | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Carrie Cartmill (Can) Cyclery Racing | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Amy Mausser (Can) Giant Toronto / Liv p/b Powerwatts | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Genevieve Krahn (Can) Holiday Inn Express and Suites | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sarah Rasmussen (Can) Team Ontario | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tatjana Zaharova (Can) Racer Sportif/ Mattamy Homes | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ashley Barson (Can) Rise Racing p/b Cyclepath | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stephanie Skoreyko (Can) Rise Racing p/b Cyclepath | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Catherine Dessureault (Can) SAS-MAZDA-MACOGEP- | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nattasha Elliott (Can) SAS-MAZDA-MACOGEP- | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adriane Provost (Can) SAS-MAZDA-MACOGEP- | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sarah Coney (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Suzanne Hamilton (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jamie Gilgen (Can) Rise Racing p/b Cyclepath | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gabrielle Pilote Fortin (Can) Equipe du Quebec | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dominique Danco (Can) Equipe du Quebec | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Catherine Ouellette (Can) Equipe du Quebec | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Élise Pieadalue (Can) Acquisio-ACQ | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hélène Pilote-Fortin (Can) indépendant | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marie-Pier Simard Ste-Marie (Can) La Vie Sportive - Apogée - Opus | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kaitlyn Steeves (Can) NCCH p/b Dec Express | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dafné Theroux Izquierdo (Can) SAS-MAZDA-MACOGEP- | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rosalie Cardin-Houde (Can) SAS-MAZDA-MACOGEP p\p | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roxanne Pepin (Can) SAS-MAZDA-MACOGEP- | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alizée Brien (Can) Team TIBCO-SVB | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ariane Bonhomme (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emily Flynn (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Amélie Bruneau (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kinley Gibson (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Joelle Numainville (Can) Equipe du Quebec | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Natascha Piciga (Can) Giant Toronto / Liv p/b Powerwatts | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Benjamin Perry (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:07:07 |
2 | Nigel Ellsay (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 0:00:47 |
3 | Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Alex Cataford (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 0:01:05 |
6 | Etienne Moreau (Can) Veloselect Racing Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Peter Disera (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Michael Le Rossignol (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Derrick St John (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Olivier Brisebois (Can) Garneau-Quebecor | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | David Drouin (Can) Equipe du Quebec | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Jack Burke (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | 0:01:10 |
13 | Jacob Schwingboth (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling | 0:01:12 |
14 | Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) La Vie Sportive - Apogée - Opus | 0:01:18 |
15 | Pierrick Naud (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:01:24 |
16 | Ryan Roth (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Emile Jean (Can) Equipe du Quebec | 0:01:56 |
18 | Cody Canning (Can) Accent Inns/Russ Hay's p/b | 0:02:00 |
DNF | Dylan Cunningham (Can) Accent Inns/Russ Hay's p/b | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Curtis Dearden (Can) Accent Inns/Russ Hay's p/b | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jordan Landolt (Can) Accent Inns/Russ Hay's p/b | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Normand Richard (Can) Accent Inns/Russ Hay's p/b | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jean-Francois Racine (Can) Garneau Quebec | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anton Varabei (Can) Garneau-Quebecor | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Massicotte (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Timothy Burton (Can) RealDeal/Gears p/b WASPcam | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Conor O'brien (Can) Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Justin Purificati (Can) Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Casey Roth (Can) Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robert Hargrove (Can) Sante Universelle // Marin Bikes | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bailey Mcknight (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stuart Wight (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexis Cartier (Can) Transports Lacombe/Devinci | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNF | William Blackburn (Can) Veloselect Racing Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Brazeau-Séguin (Can) Vélo-Station | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Danick Vandale (Can) Accent Inns/Russ Hay's p/b | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Étienne Dubuc (Can) Acquisio-ACQ | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Devon Moonie (Can) Team BC | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Victor Bourassa (Can) Equipe du Quebec | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jean Francois Girard (Can) Equipe du Quebec | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon-Pierre Gauthier (Can) Garneau-Quebecor | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | William Elliott (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brandon Etzl (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Fothergill (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eric Johnston (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | James Orton (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Rupes (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aaron Thomas (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tommy Waldeck (Can) OCTTO Cycling Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Antoine Breton (Can) Promutuel-VMBL-Alco TMI | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Lessard (Can) Promutuel/VMBL/Alco TMI | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexandre Simard (Can) Promutuel-VMBL-Alco TMI | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Edward Walsh (Can) Racer Sportif/Oakley Atlantic | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Trevor O'donnell (Can) Real Deal Gears p/b WASPcam | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Felix Cote Bouvette (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adam De Vos (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Travis Samuel (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Reid Mcclure (Can) Team Novo Nordisk Development | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joshua Kropf (Can) Team Saskatchewan | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Samuel Périgny (Can) Transport Lacombe/Devinci | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hendrik Pineda (Can) Transport Lacombe/Devinci | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Frédéric Cossette (Can) Transport Lacombe-Devinci | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Trevor Stothard (Can) Trek Red-Truck p/b Mosaic Homes | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tyler D'arcy (Can) Velorganic p/p Guru Cycles | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christian Ricci (Can) Team B1/EVO | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Ouellet (Can) Norco-PremierTech pb ChewPod | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Benoit Boulay (Can) Crimps Cycling Club | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Bruno Langlois (Can) Garneau-Quebecor | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Braydon Bourne (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Michael Woods (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Ben Andrew (Can) Sante Universelle // Marin Bikes | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mitchell Macdonald (Can) Transports Lacombe /Devinci | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Stephen Keeping (Can) Transports Lacombe/Devinci | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Logan Cornel (Can) Veloselect Racing Team | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Emmanuel Gagné (Can) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Chris Prendergast (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Luke Van Lauwe (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNS | William Dal Pra (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Nicolas Barriault (Can) Veloselect Racing Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
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