JOELLE NUMAINVILLE AND JACK BURK CRACK TOP 20 AT ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Numainville posts 19th best time among elite women, while Burke takes 19th place in junior men
(Tuscany, ITA – September 24, 2013) Reigning Canadian Time Trial Champion Joëlle Numainville of Laval, QC rode to the nineteenth place in the elite women individual time trial at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships in Tuscany, Italy, posting the fastest Canadian time of the day.
Numainville completing the 21.8km course with a time of 29:46.77, while Denise Ramsden, who represented Canada in the event at the 2012 Olympic Games, finished 24th with a time of 30:0646
“I would have been much happier with a top 15, so I am a little disappointed. Now, I’ll turn and refocus for the road race, which is my main objective this week,” said Numainville, who was the top Canadian finisher in the road race at the 2012
In the men’s junior individual time trial race, Jack Burke of Toronto, ON finished as the top Canadian with a nineteenth position, while Adam Jamieson took the 37th place.
“I wish I had known the course better. I think I lost time in the more technical sections. I still managed to leave everything out there, but at the end I just wasn’t as efficient with my output,” commented Jack Burke.
These UCI Road World Championships continues tomorrow with the elite men individual time trial race. No Canadians will be taking part in the race. For more information, please visit: http://www.toscana2013.it/?lang=en
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RESULTS – INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIALS – 2013 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Elite Women (21.8km)
1. VAN DIJK, Ellen (NED) 27:48.18
2. VILLUMSEN, Linda (NZL) 28:12.28 +24.10
3. SMALL, Carmen (USA) 28:16.92 +28.74
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19. NUMAINVILLE, Joelle (CAN) 29:46.77 +1:58.59
24. RAMSDEN, Denise (CAN) 30:06.46 +2:18.28
Junior Men (21.8km)
1. DECRAENE, Igor (BEL) 26:56.83
2. KRIGBAUM, Mathias (DEN) 27:05.49 +8.66
3. MOSTOV, Zeke (USA) 27:17.80 +20.97
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19. BURKE, Jack (CAN) 28:10.14 +1:13.31
37. JAMIESON, Adam (CAN) 28:40.74 +1:43.91
