LABRIE TOP CANADIAN IN WOMEN JUNIOR ROAD RACE AT ROAD WORLDS – Cycling Canada Cyclisme

LABRIE TOP CANADIAN IN WOMEN JUNIOR ROAD RACE AT ROAD WORLDS

Road World Championships continue with set of road races

(Limburg, NED – September 21, 2012) Audrey Labrie of Prévost, QC was the top Canadian performer finishing 43rd in the women junior road race today in Limburg, Netherlands, at the UCI Road World Championships.

Labrie crossed the finish line 32s after the winner and newly crowned World Champion Lucy Garner of Great Britain. Garner completed the 65-km course with a time of 2:11:26 to win the title.

Canada’s Allyson Gillard of Beaupré, QC and Ariane Bonhomme of Gatineau, QC crossed the line together in a small pack, 9:02 after the winner.

The event continues tomorrow with the road races for the elite women and junior men.

Full results can be found at www.uci.ch.

ROAD RACE – WOMEN JUNIOR

1. Lucy GARNER (GBR) 2:11:26

2. Eline Gleditsch BRUSTAD (NOR) ST

3. Anna STRICKER (ITA) ST

4. Sophie WILLIAMSON (NZL) ST

5. Jessy DRUYTS (BEL) ST

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43. Audrey LABRIE (CAN) +0:32

68. Allyson GILLARD (CAN) +9:02

69. Ariane BONHOMME (CAN) +9:02