ED WALSH, DAFNÉ THÉROUX-IZQUIERDO CROWNED JUNIOR ROAD RACE CANADIAN CHAMPIONS
Théroux-Izquierdo takes double title at Global Relay Canadian Road Championships
(Beauceville, QC – July 6, 2014) The 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Cycling Championships continued Saturday and Sunday in Beauceville with the presentation of the junior road races on Saturday, and criterium races on Sunday.
The women’s race finished in a three-women sprint with Dafné Theroux-Izquierdo (Équipe du Québec) winning the race, taking her second title of the weekend after earning the gold medal in the time trial on Thursday. Theroux-Izquierdo edged at the finish line Emeliah Harvie (Team Alberta) and teammate Laurence Dumais (Équipe du Québec)
In the men’s race, Ed Walsh (Atlantic Cycling Centre) won the race, crossing the finish line alone with a lead of 20 seconds on second place Jean-Simon d’Anjou (Equipe du Québec) and more than three minutes on third place Raphael Auclair (Promutuel/Alco TMI/Norco).
The road race for the master men 30-39 also took place on Saturday, and Jonathan Oligny (Trek-Fiera) won the title after a solo breakaway.
The criterium races took place on the closing day of the 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships. Alexander Cowan (Cyclemeisters/Bow Cycle) won the junior men race in a bunch sprint, while Katharine Maine (Team Ontario) took the title of the women’s race.
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RESULTS – ROAD RACES – GLOBAL RELAY CANADIAN ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
JUNIOR MEN
1. WALSH, Edward (Atlantic Cycling Center) 3:31:53
2. D.ANJOU, Jean Simon (Équipe du Québec) +0:20
3. AUCLAIR, Raphael (Promutuel/Alco TMI/Norco) +3:19
JUNIOR WOMEN
1. THEROUX IZQUIERDO, Dafne (Équipe du Quebec) 2:07:01
2. HARVIE, Emeliah (Team Alberta) ST
3. DUMAIS, Laurence (Equipe du Quebec) ST
MASTER MEN 30-39 (A)
1. OLIGNY, Jonathan (Trek-Fiera) 3:30:09
2. CHARRUAU, Mathieu (Trek-Fiera) +0:29
3. CHALIFOUX, Dominic (Trek-Fiera) +1:04
RESULTS – CRITERIUM – GLOBAL RELAY CANADIAN ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
JUNIOR MEN
1. COWAN, Alexander (Cyclemeisters/Bow Cycle) 55:49
2. JAMIESON, Adam (Team NCCH p/b DEC Express) ST
3. BOERSMA, Willem (Team Manitoba) ST
JUNIOR WOMEN
1. MAINE, Katherine (Team Ontario) 47:08
2. POIDEVIN, Sara (Team Alberta) +0:02
3. HARVIE, Emeliah (Team Alberta) +0:02
MASTER MEN 30-39 (A)
1. LAPOINTE, Hugues (OPUS/OGC) 59:23
2. FRADETTE, Jérôme Quilicot-Rackultra) ST
3. COSSETTE, Sebastien Quilicot-Rackultra) +0:25
MASTER MEN 40-49 (B)
1. DOYON, François (Quilicot-Rackultra) 59:56
2. BOWDEN, Todd P. (Exposition Weelmen) ST
3. BOUDREAU, Marc (Stevens – The Cyclery) ST
MASTER MEN 50+ (C-D)
1. AMOS, Ron (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme) 39:19
2. OSTIGUY, Michel (Powerwatts) +0:15
3. ADAMS, Sylvan (PowerWatts) +0:29
ABOUT GLOBAL RELAY
Global Relay is the world leader in cloud-based messaging, archiving and search technology for the financial sector. Global Relay is headquartered in Gastown, with offices in New York, Chicago, London and Singapore. In 2012, Global Relay invested $1 million to bring back and operate the Gastown Grand Prix, Canada’s most prestigious criterium which attracts some of North America’s top cyclists and crowds of 30,000 to the streets of historic Gastown in Vancouver each July, as part of BC Superweek.
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