Whitten comes back from head injury to win Canadian time trial title
Canuel second and Numainville third
Neither of Canada's time trial champions were able to retain their titles on Tuesday, at the Canadian Road National Championships as Tara Whitten (The Cyclery-Opus) took the second women's title of her career.
The out-and-back course took the riders through the Gatineau national park outside of Ottawa, opening with a long rolling climb to the turnaround point and then a fast descent back to the finish. The women rode 26 kilometres and the men 36 kilometres.
Whitten, who was the top Canadian finisher on a modified version of the course a few weeks ago at the Gatineau Chrono, is in only her third race
this season after suffering a severe neck injury early in the season that put her in a neck brace. The 2012 Olympic bronze medalist on the track in the Team Pursuit, was clearly the fastest at every check point, beating defending champion Karol-Ann Canuel (Boels-Dolmans) by 48.47 seconds. Joelle Numainville (Cervelo Bigla) took third, a further 58 seconds back.
"I was really excited about this course, actually," said Whitten. "Riding in the Park was so nice, and I've been working on my climbing, so I thought I could do something here. I'm really happy with how my ride went. This is only my third race this season, so I was a little uncertain about how it would go."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Tara Whitten (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:37:41 |
2 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:48 |
3 | Joelle Numainville (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling | 0:01:47 |
4 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:01:59 |
5 | Annie Foreman-Mackey (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:03:27 |
6 | Ariane Bonhomme (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:04:04 |
7 | Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:04:04 |
8 | Kinley Gibson (Can) Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic | 0:04:22 |
9 | Diane Moug (Can) Folsom Bike / Trek | 0:04:26 |
10 | Sara Bergen (Can) Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic | 0:04:32 |
11 | Lindsay Sferrazza (Can) Kallisto-FCV p/b Toyo Tires | 0:04:38 |
12 | Gillian Ellsay (Can) Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic | 0:04:55 |
13 | Alizée Brien (Can) Team TIBCO - Silicon | 0:04:58 |
14 | Miriam Brouwer (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:05:01 |
15 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling | 0:05:04 |
16 | Sarah Anne Rasmussen (Can) SAS-Macogep-Acquisio p/p | 0:05:11 |
17 | Justine Clift (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:05:25 |
18 | Ellen Watters (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:05:31 |
19 | Emily Marcolini (Can) PHI Hotel Group/P-K | 0:05:38 |
20 | Calah Wright (Can) Euro-Sports | 0:06:39 |
21 | Catherine Ouellette (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:06:42 |
22 | Olivia Baril (Can) Équipe du Québec | 0:06:58 |
23 | Allyson Gillard (Can) TRJ Télécom - Desjardins | 0:07:08 |
24 | Véronique Labonté (Can) OGC/Opus | 0:07:22 |
25 | Luce Bourbeau (Can) SAS-Macogep-Acquisio p/p | 0:07:23 |
26 | Kaitlyn Steeves (Can) NCCH p/b DEC Express | 0:07:29 |
27 | Adriane Provost (Can) SAS-Macogep-Acquisio p/p | 0:07:42 |
28 | Emily Flynn (Can) The Cyclery-Opus | 0:07:45 |
29 | Suzanne Hamilton (Can) Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic | 0:08:01 |
30 | Dafné Théroux-Izquierdo (Can) BZK | 0:08:02 |
31 | Erin Ruttan (Can) Bicisport | 0:08:18 |
32 | Ashley Barson (Can) Rise Racing | 0:08:59 |
33 | Sophie Bernard (Can) Cyclery Racing | 0:09:11 |
34 | Isabelle Mayrand (Can) Équipe Iris | 0:09:27 |
35 | Jodi Wendland (Can) Velo Outaouais | 0:09:43 |
36 | Caroline Boileau (Can) Nine2FivePro.com Cycling | 0:10:12 |
37 | Marina Aspen (Can) Team Saskatchewan | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Janie Rioux-Coulombe (Can) TRJ Télécom - Desjardins | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Elise Piedalue (Can) Équipe du Québec | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Beatrice Le Sauteur (Can) SAS-Macogep-Acquisio p/p | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Alison Jackson (Can) Twenty16 RideBiker | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
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