HOULE TOP CANADIAN IN 25TH PLACE IN ELITE MEN TIME TRIAL AT UCI ROAD WORLDS

(Ottawa, ON – September 23, 2015) Hugo Houle was the top Canadian in the elite men individual time trial race at the UCI Road World Championships, posting the 25th best time of the day. Ryan Roth finished in 44th place.

“I think I had a pretty good ride. I was right where I wanted to be on my watts. It was really hard to keep the momentum. The course was 53km long… After 30 minutes, I was suffering a lot, but I kept telling myself to keep going. I think at the end, I couldn’t have done much better. I gave it everything I had today. If I look at the guys around me, I think it’s a pretty good time and it shows that I progressed,” said Houle after the race.

The road races start on Friday and continue through Sunday.

RESULTS – INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL – ELITE MEN

1. KIRYIENKA, Vasil (BLR) 1:02:29.45

2. MALORI, Adriano (ITA) 1:02:38.53 +9.08

3. COPPEL, Jerome (FRA) 1:02:56.07 +26.62

4. CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS, Jonathan 1:02:58.81 +29.36

5. DUMOULIN, Tom (NED) 1:03:30.96 +1:01.51

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25. HOULE, Hugo (CAN) 1:05:05.32 +2:35.87

44. ROTH, Ryan (CAN) 1:06:20.59 +3:51.14