OMNIUM TITLES DECIDED THROUGH BREATH-TAKING POINTS RACE
Jasmin Glaesser and Rémi Pelletier-Roy earn Red and White Jersey in dramatic fashion
(Milton, ON – October 09, 2015) The omnium events ended Friday as the Canadian Track Championships continued, and both could not have been closer heading into the last and final round.
Jasmin Glaesser, Canada’s sweetheart at the Pan-Am Games winning four medals, fought a close battle with Stephanie Roorda for the crown of women omnium. Glaesser led the omnium for most of the two days, with Stephanie Roorda taking advantage of the flying lap to take a small two-point lead heading into the critical Points race, where the omnium is typically decided.
Early in the active and intense Points race, Roorda made a solo attempt to gain a lap, but Glaesser very quickly reacted and followed her. With only meters before the intermediate sprint line, Roorda joined the pack, while Glaeser decided to wait before engaging. With this strategy to be patient, Glaesser took five sprint points as well as the 20 additional points for the overtaking the field while chasing Roorda. The 25 points put Glasser alone in the lead, and she never looked back. She made some critical sprints for points while tactfully managing Roorda and her attacks. Steadily, as the race unfolded, Glaesser increased her lead to ride away with the Red and White Jersey with 223 points. Roorda finished second with 215 points while Laura Brown won the tiebreaker against Kirsti Lay in the sprint for the finish at 173 points.
Remi Pelletier-Roy, the defending Champion in the men’s omnium, had his work cut out with Kris Dahl at the control of the standings prior to the men’s points race. But Pelletier-Roy is a specialist of the Points race, and he remained calm as he knew well in advance that the overall omnium would be decided in the ultimate race. With only four points separating the two, anything was possible.
Pelletier-Roy perfectly played his cards, attacked when necessary, followed the right moves on his way to defend his Canadian title with 231 points. The victory was largely due in part to two full lap gains on his main rival, Kristopher Dahl, including an unanswered lap gain midway throughout the 160-lap race. Dahl juggled with the second and third positions and ultimately managed to finish in second place with 204 points.
But credit must be given where credit is due. Ryan Roth jumped from ninth place prior to the ultimate race all the way to the third place. Roth demonstrated phenomenal athletic abilities and endurance, gaining a total of three laps for 60 points over the peloton, finishing his two-day event with 201 points. Thanks to an impressive sprint at the finish line to earn three points, Roth resisted the intense pressure set by Ed Veal, who similarly excelled in the points race, taking the fourth place with 200 points.
Triple Pan-Am Games medallist Hugo Barrette raced to his third gold medal of the week, easily winning the men’s keirin. Without a problem, Barrette advance to the final round with a convincing victory. In the gold medal race, he used his strength to overtake the six-man field and earn his third jersey and jug of apple cider of the weekend. The 2014 Champion in the Keirin, Joseph Veloce, did not participate in the individual sprint and keirin events, due to sickness.
In the women’s keirin, a photo-finish was required to determine the winner of the seven-lap race, with Lizanne Wilmot narrowly winning the five-woman race. Thanks to a late surge with half a lap to the finish line, Wilmot was the first to cross the line with a 0.0003s lead overtaking Kate O’Brien. With speeds reaching upward of 70 km/h, the difference between a gold and silver medal were merely millimeters. Wilmot raised eyebrows in her second Canadian Championships, sprinting her way to the silver medal in the individual event with the fastest qualifying time, and the gold medal in the keirin.
Kate O’Brien isn’t coming home empty-handed, winning her career first individual Red and White Jersey in the 500m time trial, which was also part of the omnium. Monique Sullivan finished just behind in second place with Kirsti Lay rounding up the podium in third place.
Kris Dahl won the kilo race Canadian title with a time of 1:05.437, his career first track cycling title. Throughout his cycling career, Dahl won Canadian titles in road cycling as a U23 and a cyclo-cross title in the junior category. He was fastest of the group, finishing in front of Aidan Caves and Remi Pelletier-Roy.
The Team Pursuit and Team Sprint races took place today for the U17 and U19 age categories. The young track cyclists showcased their talent and delivered some impressive performances under the watchful eyes of Cycling Canada talent scouting personnel.
The event also featured the time trial, scratch race and points race for Master cyclists.
Taking place at the velodrome of the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton, these Championships are proving that track cycling has its place within premier Canadian sports.The Championships continue throughout the weekend with more master, junior and u17 races. For more information, schedules, and up-to-the-minute results visit cyclingcanada.ca.
RESULTS – 2015 CANADIAN TRACK CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
1. GLAESSER, Jasmin (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 223pts
2. ROORDA, Stephanie (Cycling BC) 215 pts
3. BROWN, Laura (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) 173 pts
1. PELLETIER-ROY, Remi (Equipe du Quebec) 231 pts
2. DAHL, Kristofer (Team SmartStop) 204 pts
3. ROTH, Ryan (Silber Pro Cycling) 201 pts
1. O’BRIEN, Kate (Independent) 36.119s
2. SULLIVAN, Monique Independent) 36.424s
3. LAY, Kirsti (Equipe du Quebec) 36.855s
1. DAHL, Kristofer (Team SmartStop) 1:05.437
2. CAVES, Aidan (Cycling BC) 1:05.628
3. PELLETIER-ROY, Remi (Equipe du Quebec) 1:05.802
1. COMPOSITE ONTARIO 2 (LOWRY, Hillary/MAINE, Katherine)
2. COMPOSITE ONTARIO 1 (CRESWICKE, Farleigh/BELL, Amelia)
3. QUÉBEC (BARIL, Olivia/GENEST, Lauriane)
1 QUÉBEC (COTE, Pier-Andre/SOUCY, Jean Francois/KIROUAC MARCASSA, Thierry)
2 COMPOSITE (WILLCOX, John/BATISTA, Elói/MACLEOD, Chris)
1. COMPOSITE ONTARIO (MAINE, Katherine/BELL, Amelia/LOWRY, Hillary/CRESWICKE, Farleigh)
1. COMPOSITE ONTARIO 1 (SIMPSON, Bayley/ KELLY, Joseph/ JONES, Jordann / CURRIE, Ian)
2. COMPOSITE QUÉBEC (MACLEOD, Chris / COTE, Pier-Andre / SOUCY, Jean Francois/ KIROUAC MARCASSA, Thierry)
3. BC COMPOSITE (FITZMAURICE, Cameron/ WILLCOX, John / DUSO, Max / MORRIS, Rowan)
1. TRIPLE SHOT CYCLING (VAN DAM, Sarah/ATTWELL, Erin)
2. COMPOSITE ONTARIO (WEST, Ruby/DESOUSA, Naomi)
3. COMPOSITE ONTARIO 2 (CRESWICKE, Charlotte/VAN YZENDOORN, Ali)
1. COMPOSITE ONTARIO 2 (WAMMES, Nick/SHENKER, Josh/TAYLOR, Lucas)
2. TRIPLE SHOT CYCLING (ATTWELL, Adam/BROWN, Angus/PICKRELL, Riley)
3. QUÉBEC (DRAPEAU ZGORALSKI, Gabriel/GUILLEMETTE, Tristan/PELLETIER, Felix)
1. COMPOSITE ONTARIO 1 (VAN YZENDOORN, Ali/WEST, Ruby/DESOUSA, Naomi/KRIARAKIS, Kassandra)
2. BC COMPOSITE (ATTWELL, Erin/COLES-LYSTER, Maggie/VAN DAM, Sarah/OVENELL, Margaret)
3. COMPOSITE ONTARIO 2 (CRESWICKE, Charlotte/GIBSON, Julia/RAUWERDA, Kaitlyn/SLATER Victoria)
1. COMPOSITE ONTARIO 2 (ERNST, Chris/ MACDONALD, Dawson/ SHENKER, Josh/ TAYLOR Lucas)
2. COMPOSITE ONTARIO 3 (FOLEY, Michael/ FLAGEOLE-BRAY, Sydney/ CORREA, Justin/ MCKELLAR, Riley)
3. QUÉBEC (GUILLEMETTE, Tristan/ DRAPEAU ZGORALSKI, Gabriel/ DALTERIO, Antoine/ PELLETIER, Felix)
1. FONTANAUD, Jérémie (Scott Rackultra)
4. GILLIGAN, Mark (Nacsworld p/b WASPca)
3. HIGUCHI, Masa (Bicisport)
1. MCKEE, Steve (Wheels of Bloor Gray)
2. NASH, Mike (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme)
3. FIREK, Chris (Racer Sportif/Mattamy)
1. AMOS, Ron (Hammer/53×11)
2. BROOKS, James (West of Quebec Wheel)
3. KURZAWINSKI, Krzysztof (Kurzawinski Coach)
1. DEKINA, Vlada (Kurzawinski Coach)
2. WOZNY, Gail (Juventus Cycling Club)
3. ROY, Emilie (Independent)
1. CHARRUAU, Mathieu (Trek-Fiera) 1:10.613
2. NUTTALL, Michael (Cycles London Racing) 1:11.736
3. BAERG, Brent 1:12.035
1. ATKINS, Brent (West of Quebec Wheel) 52.395s
2. DEBELLEFEUILLE, Craig (Cyclemeisters / Bow Cycle) 52.506s
3. FIREK, Chris (Racer Sportif/Mattamy) 52.876s
1. BROOKS, James (West of Quebec Wheel) 37.326s
2. FRONER, Richard (Lapdogs) 37.503s
3. BAUER, Steve (Independent) 37.617s
1. ROY, Émilie (Independent) 40.439s
2. MAROIS, Manon (Velogare Helicodream) 41.787s
3. DEKINA, Vlada (Kurzawinski Coach) 42.006s
1. CHARRUAU, Mathieu (23 pts)
2. REID, Chris (17 pts)
3. FONTANAUD, Jérémie (13 pts)
1. MCKEE, Steve (26 pts)
2. D’ANGELO, Andy (12 pts)
3. FIREK, Chris (11 pts)
1. KURZAWINSKI, Krzysztof (18 pts)
2. BAUER, Steve (13 pts)
3. ABBEY, Garnett (3 pts)
1. DEKINA, Vlada (20 pts)
2. WOZNY Gail (11 pts)
3. ULRICH, Lisa (7 pts)
