GUILLAUME BOIVIN SPRINTS TO CANADIAN ROAD RACE TITLE IN EXCITING RACE
Benjamin Perry earns Jersey in U23 category
(Saint-Georges, QC – June 27, 2015) Guillaume Boivin (Longueuil, QC) of Team Optum-Kelly Benefits Strategies sprinted to victory today in the Elite Men Road Race at the 2015 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships in Saint-Georges, QC.
Boivin outsprinted his teammate Ryan Anderson (Spruce Grove, AB) and Ryan Roth (Cambridge, ON) of Silber Pro Cycling after 4:34:00 of racing the 185-km challenging course.
The race started with repeated attacks in the first kilometers of racing. Quickly a solid breakaway formed, which included Kris Dahl (Team Smartstop), Derek St-John (Silber Pro Cycling), Michael Woods (Optum-KBS) and Adam de Vos (H&R Block Pro Cycling). The four of them rode away for most the day through the circuits, gaining upwards of four minutes on the peloton.
Eventually, the lead group was joined by Hugo Houle (AG2R La Mondiale), Will Routley (Optum-KBS), Alex Cataford (Silber Pro Cycling) and Rob Britton (Team Smartstop), adding much strenght to the breakaway, which lasted through to 40 kilometre left of racing.
At that point, Routley and St-John attacked the lead group. Responding, a second chase group propelled out of the peloton and joined the main chase group, an bridge attempt that included Boivin, Anderson, Roth, Antoine Duchesne (Team Europcar) Zach Bell (Team Smartstop), and Christian Meier (Orica GreenEDGE).
The group gained upwards of 1m40s on the chase group with less than 15 km to go. Working together well, the duo stayed ahead until the last two kilometers to go when Duchesne managed to pull the chase and bridge to the two attackers.
At the finish line, 12 riders went all out to contest for the coveted Red and White jersey, and it’s Boivin who managed to pull the victory by more than a bike length, winning his first official Canadian Road Race title.
PERRY TAKES U23 TITLES BY CENTIMETERS
Benjamin Perry (Silber Pro Cycling) took the title and Canadian Champion jersey in the Men’s U23 category finishing in fifth place of the combined race, edging Adam de Vos (H&R Block Pro Cycling) by a few centimeters, requiring a photo finish to determine the winner. Alex Cataford (Silber Pro Cycling) crossed the finish line third of the U23 riders, just behind Perry and de Vos.
- A VIDEO NEWS RELEASE is available with the race highlights.
- COMPLETE RESULTS are available.
PODIUM – ELITE MEN – ROAD RACE
- BOIVIN, Guillaume (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 4:34:00
- ANDERSON, Ryan (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) +0:00
- ROTH, Ryan (Silber Pro Cycling) +0:00
PODIUM – U23 MEN – ROAD RACE
- PERRY, Benjamin (Silber Pro Cycling) 4:34:02
- DE VOS, Adam (H&R Block Pro Cycling) +0:00
- CATAFORD, Alex (Silber Pro Cycling) +0:00
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