FIVE CANADIAN ROAD TITLES AWARDED ON FRIDAY AT GLOBAL RELAY CANADIAN ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Road races showcased as Championships continue in Beauceville
(Beauceville, QC – July 4, 2014) The 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Cycling Championships continued Friday in Beauceville with the presentation of the road races for all women master and the men master 40 years old and above.
Five Red and White jerseys were awarded on Friday. In the women’s races, Zeina Loutfi (Acquisio) (30-39) and Brenda Sonnenberg (Orthocare Cycling Team) (40+) both won their race. The men’s races, Jean-Francois Blais (Trek-Fiera) (40-49), Jon Gee (Ride with Rendall) (50-59) and Charlie Squires (Team London) (60+) all ended their respective road races on top of the podium, earning the coveted Canadian titles.
The 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Cycling Championships continues tomorrow with the presentation of the road races for the junior categories, men and women, and the Master Men 30-39 category. The fast-paced criterium races will all take place on Sunday.
For additional information on the event, please visit www.championnatscanadiensroute.com
RESULTS – ROAD RACES – GLOBAL RELAY CANADIAN ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
MASTER MEN 40-49 (B)
1. BLAIS, Jean-François (Trek-Fiera) 2:52:26
2. JEAN, Michel Sports GTH) ST
3. McKEOWN, Brian (Radical Edge) +0:02
MASTER MEN 50-59 (C)
1. GEE, Jon (Ride with Rendall) 3:02:14
2. SANCHEZ, Miguel (Sports Maguire) +0:32
3. SULE, Robert (Erace Cancer Cycling Team p/b Bicicletta) +0:33
MASTER MEN 60+ (D)
1. SQUIRES, Charlie (Team London) 2:28:45
2. LAIRD, James (Independent) ST
3. L’ECUYER, Pierre (Independent) +0:56
MASTER WOMEN 30-39 (E)
1. LOUTFI, Zeina (Acquisio) 2:11:54
2. GOSSELIN, Chantal (Les Rouleurs de L’Outaouais) ST
3. MCKIBBON, Danielle (Orthocare Cycling Team) ST
MASTER WOMEN 40+ (F)
1. SONNENBERG, Brenda (Orthocare Cycling Team) 2:11:54
2. VANIER, Carole (La vie Sportive-Apogée) ST
3. ANGELES, Robyn (Independent) ST
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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