Canadian National Championships - CN
Dieppe, New Brunswick, July 25-29, 2001
Schedule
- Day 1 - July 25: Time Trials
- Day 2 - July 28: Road Races
- Day 3 - July 29: Criteriums
Day 1
- July 25: Time Trials
Bessette takes title
by 10 seconds
By Daniel Larouche, Team RONA
On a day marred by car accidents (two cyclists were injured seriously
enough to be sent to hospital after collisions with cars), Lyne Bessette
(Saturn Timex) took the Canadian national time-trial title today, speeding
through the 27.6 km with a time of 38.41 at an average speed of 42.81
km/h.
Geneviève Jeanson (RONA) finished second, 10 seconds behind
Bessette, and British Columbia's Beah Goldstein (800.com) came third,
15 seconds behind the new Canadian champion.
The race took place in hot, windy weather on an urban circuit through
the streets of Dieppe, near Moncton, New Brunswick.
André Aubut, Team RONA's directeur sportif, had trouble hiding
his frustration, which wasn't primarily caused by Jeanson's second-place
finish. Jeanson was held up several times by cars, but the main source
of his frustration centered on Amy Jarvis, another RONA cyclist who
was hit by a car and injured severely enough to be rushed to the emergency
room of the hospital. She will undergo an operation tonight for multiple
injuries to her right thigh, including deep lacerations.
"It's entirely unacceptable that participants in a national time-trial
championship should have to break in mid-race and almost come to a full
stop to avoid cars right in the middle of the track," he fumed after
the race. I'm furious that this kind of thing has to happen to us, to
Team RONA, naturally, but that's not the problem. The problem is that
the safety of Canada's best cyclists, of all the top cyclists in the
whole country, be not properly ensured in a race of this scope."
The race organizers told the media that the number of volunteers was
sufficient to ensure safety.
The problem was the course itself, which went down Dieppe's main street,
a very busy, four-lane road. This road was not closed to traffic: only
one lane was reserved for the race, blocked off by plastic markers and
guarded by volunteers. But despite all their best intentions, the volunteers
(teenagers, for the most part) could not control the flow of the cars.
The traffic was heavy enough to disrupt the competition, with cars coming
in and out of driveways along the entire main street.
Luckily not all of the cyclists came up against the same difficulties.
Team RONA's Mélanie Nadeau and Raphaële Lemieux had no major
problems. But in addition to Jarvis colliding with a car, both Manon
Jutras and Geneviève Jeanson had to brake several times when
cars crossed the track or even made a stop right across the corridor
reserved for the cycling competition.
Jeanson's main traffic problems arose in the second 13.8-km lap. After
completing the first lap in 19'04, leading Leah Goldstein (800.com),
Lyne Bessette and Sandy Espeseth (Intersports) by 4, 8 and 23 seconds
respectively, Geneviève Jeanson took 43 seconds longer to complete
the second lap, during which Bessette made up 18 seconds on Jeanson.
It was during this second lap, when she was speeding along at over 50
km/h, that Jeanson was obliged to come to an almost complete halt, start
back up at less than 10 km/h and then work to regain speed, only to
have to brake again and start all over.
"Several times during the race," explained Manon Jutras, "I had to
brake because a car was crossing the track in front of me, either going
into a driveway or coming out."
"I'm not trying to excuse myself," said Jeanson after the race, "no
more today than any other day. I never do. But I'll never know how this
race would have ended if it hadn't been for those two cars blocking
my way."
"This is the second year in a row that we've had problems with the
Canadian national-time trials," concluded André Aubut. "And this
year it is even worse than last year: there are serious injuries. These
accidents could have easily been avoided. What are they waiting for?
For someone to be killed before they decide to hold the races on proper
courses, with a secure perimeter?"
Saturn report
Lyne Bessette and Eric Wohlberg added to the collection of national
titles for Saturn Cycling Team members on Wednesday by winning the women's
and men's Canadian individual time trial races.
Bessette bested the sport's newest sensation, 19-year-old Genevieve
Jeanson, by 10 seconds over 26 kilometres, finishing with a time of
38.41 to Jeanson's 38.51. Third was Leigh Goldstein at 38.51.
Wohlberg took the men's 40 km race in 48.05 over Svein Tuft at 49.56.
Roland Green was third at 51:08. Michael Barry also raced in the event;
his results were not available as of the time of this release.
Earlier in the season, Anna Millward took the Australian time trial
crown while Kimberly Bruckner and Trent Klasna won the U.S. time trial
championships. Bruckner went on to win the American road race title
as well. Bessette, Wohlberg and Michael Barry will also compete in the
road race.
Results
Elite Men
1 Eric Wohlberg (Saturn) 48.05
2 Svein Tuft (Broadmark Capital) 1.51
3 Roland Green (US Postal) 3.03
4 Alexandre Cloutier (Volkswagen les ailes) 3.06
5 Mark Walters (Navigators Pro Cycling) 3.27
6 Min van Velzen (Trek-VW) 3.43
7 Peter Wedge (Sympatico.ca) 4.09
8 Darko Ficko (Wodbridge Italia) 4.59
9 Paolo Saldana (vb Saeco) 5.03
10 Josh Hall (Sympatico.ca) 6.34
11 Nat Faulkner (Kissena/MultiLaser) 6.55
12 Pascal Choquette (Volkswagen les ailes) 7.21
13 Kent Coates 7.23
14 Ross Hooker (Dr. Walker Chiropractic) 7.56
15 Aaron Fillion (indépendant) 8.11
16 Greg Boileau (indépendant) 8.16
17 Jason Eagles (Bicycles Plus) 9.53
18 Dan Martin (Webcor-Alto vélo) 10.03
19 Chad Lennon (Bicycles Plus) 10.11
20 André Charlebois (Radical Edge) 11.01
DNF Scott Bonnell (Valley Stove&Cycle)
DNF Gregory Harris (Dr. Walker Chiropractic)
DNF Hajdu Attila (Lndon Cent. Wheelers)
DNS Christian De Vries (Bow Cycle)
DNS Michael Moore (Gears Racing)
DNS Martin Nuckle (Volkswagen les ailes)
Elite Women
1 Lyne Bessette (Saturn) 38.41
2 Geneviève Jeanson (Équipe Cycliste Rona) 0.10
3 Leah Goldstien (800.com) 0.15
4 Sandy Espeseth (Intersports) 0.41
5 Anne Samplonius (Intersports) 1.04
6 Manon Jutras (Équipe Cycliste Rona) 1.22
7 Andrea Hannos (verizon wireless) 2.07
8 Merrill Collins (Woodbridge Italia) 3.01
9 Carrie TUCK 3.20
10 Mélanie Nadeau (Équipe Cycliste Rona) 3.29
11 Raphaelle Lemieux (Équipe Cycliste Rona) 4.10
12 Erinne Willock (Indépendant) 4.19
13 Allyson Fox (Talgoamerica.com) 4.31
14 Darnelle Moore 5.31
15 Ruth Coates 5.32
16 Stéphanie Bourbeau 5.49
17 Julia Farell (Team Asteria Freewheel) 7.15
18 Mélissa Lunstead (Team Ontario) 7.17
19 Susan Portengen (Indépendant) 8.02
20 Cara Gillis (LCW Merrill Lynch) 9.34
21 Amy Pryse-Phillips (Canada Games Team) 10.33
22 Kim Pike (Canada Games Team) 11.26
23 Megan Coleman (Canada Games Team) 12.38
24 Heather Ayles (Cycling PEI) 13.07
DNF Amy Jarvis (Équipe Cycliste Rona)
DNF Clare Hall-Patch (Norco)
Espoir Men
1 Charles Dionne (Équipe du Québec) 35.48
2 François Parisien (Équipe du Québec) 0.23
3 Martin Gilbert (Équipe du Québec) 1.32
4 Jean-François Laroche (Équipe du Québec) 1.49
5 Cameron McKnight (ERTC) 1.58
6 Jean-Philippe Houle-Paradis (Ste-Foy) 2.22
7 Ian Condron (Trek VW) 2.27
8 Murry Certer (Team Manitoba) 2.38
9 Martin St-Laurent (Équipe du Québec) 2.53
10 Dominique Rollin (Sympatico.ca) 3.06
11 Enrico Traini (Toronto Cycling) 3.13
12 Marc-André Salois (Volkswagen les ailes) 3.27
13 Peter Sanowar (Team Ontario) 3.29
14 Miller Buck (Team ontario) 3.36
15 Andrew Elgar (Oakville) 3.36
16 Bruno Langlois (Volkswagen les ailes) 3.36
17 Stuart Hughes (Bow Cycle-CMC) 3.40
18 Scott Slater (Dr. Walker Sports Chiro) 3.40
19 Nicholas Jendzjowsky (Juventus) 3.44
20 Cory Jay (Volkswagen les ailes) 3.49
21 Travis Brown 3.58
22 Philippe Viau (André Lalonde) 4.14
23 Phil Cortes (Team New Brunswick) 4.15
24 Scott Stevens (Yukon Team) 4.16
25 Chris Price (Nova Scotia) 4.32
26 Dustin MacBurnie (SpokeBEnders) 4.42
27 Philippe Rollin (Argon 18) 4.46
28 Chris Reid 4.47
29 Smid Rod 5.07
30 Brad Slater (Dr.Walker Sports Chiro) 5.16
31 Mark Foster (Cyclesmith) 5.17
32 Andrew Scott (Sobey's / Hughes) 5.48
33 Nathan Jonathan St-Onge (Indépendant) 5.58
34 Steve Simmons (Canada Games Team) 6.55
35 Bruno Richard (Incline Sports/TeamNB) 7.00
36 Marcel Vautour (Mike's Bike Shop) 7.10
37 Kevin Noiles (Sports wheel) 9.30
38 Trevor Beck (Canada Games Team) 10.57
39 Peter Ollerhead (Canada Games Team) 11.27
40 Shawn Thibodeau (Mike's Bike Shop) 12.51
DNF Mathieu Béliveau (vb saeco)
Master A
1 John Tolkamp (Prince George Cycling) 38.29
2 Terry Tomlin (Cycle Smith) 0.37
3 James Brooks (West Quebec Wheeler) 1.09
4 Garnett Abbey (Halton Road) 1.17
5 Jean-Marc Léger (Médico Sportif) 2.02
6 Chris Kiziak (Halton Road and Trail) 2.27
7 Adrian Campbell (Cyclsesmith CC) 2.32
8 Glenn Trites (Alternatives) 2.54
9 Mark Mosher (Darlings Island Race) 4.17
10 Jeffrey Currie (Radical Edge/Dieppe Auto) 5.28
11 Erik Gingles (Cake (self)) 6.04
12 Norman Lai (Bicycles Plus) 8.29
13 Michael LeBlanc (Radical Edge/Dieppe Auto) 8.29
14 Kris Wierzchoslawski (Incline Sports Race) 9.22
15 Paul Goobie (Radical Edge Moncton) 9.45
DNF Eric Frenette (Cyclist Chaleur)
DNS Bernard Roussel (Mike Bike Shop)
Master B
1 Olav Stana (Independent) 37.08
2 Fred Pepper (Hamilton Cycl Club) 1.10
3 Gerry Van Gaans (Radical Edge/Dieppe Auto) 1.40
4 Charlie Squires (LCW Merril Lynch Cycl) 1.41
5 William Vandenberg (FOG Manitoba) 1.44
6 Gregg Menard (Juventus) 1.45
7 Craig Burge (West Quebec Wheeler) 2.34
8 Gilbert Marois (Independent) 2.49
9 David Trickett (Escape Velocity) 2.52
10 Marc Lapointe (Médico-Sportif) 3.04
11 Marc C?té (Médico-Sportif) 3.13
12 Pierre Lacoste (Médico-Sportif) 3.18
13 Yves Bouchard (Ste-Foy Que Metro) 3.23
14 Ted Ritter (Escape Velocity) 3.55
15 David Watson (Velocity Cycling) 4.12
16 Scott Cranston (Cycledelia Racing Club) 4.35
17 Richard Hinz (Ottawa Bicycle Club) 4.46
18 Detlef Hess (OBC) 5.39
19 Jean Leger (Independent) 7.53
20 Garry McDonald (Radical Edge/Dieppe Auto) 10.01
21 Bill Goobie (Radical Edge/Dieppe Auto) 10.35
22 Ronald LeBlanc (Radical Edge/Dieppe Auto) 10.51
23 Bill Curry (Ramsay's Cycle&Sport) 11.37
24 Fernand Arseneau (Independent) 11.55
DNF Ambrose Delaney (Ramsay's Cycle&Sport)
DNS Jean-Marc Léger (Médico Sportif)
Master C
1 Gordon Clarke (Newmarket Eagles) 40.15
2 Michael McCann (Cycling Assoc Yukon) 0.30
3 Pierre L'Écuyer (Medico-Sportif) 3.00
4 Scallion Bryan (SpokeVEnder) 5.29
DNF Roger Lessard (Oryx Procycle)
Master D
1 Tim Porter (Independent 45,15)
Masters women
1 Elisabeth Seiffert (Independent) 44.22
2 Pamela Egger (Independent) 0.09
3 Sophia Radecki (RNH Racing Team) 0.12
4 Karen Murphy (Metro Cycling Club) 2.42
5 Sherry Huybers (Spokebenders) 3.25
6 Gwen Rowlands (Lunenburg Bicycle Club) 5.48
7 Susan Fenzel (Independent) 7.52
Junior Men
1 Duncan Gavin (Fort Frames) 38.24
2 Ryan Roth (Ontario) 0.06
3 Warren Tilbrook (Ontario) 0.55
4 Marc Bomhof (Headwinds) 1.44
5 Jean-Luc Pilote (Cycliste Chaleur) 1.45
6 Maxime Vives (Équipe du Québec) 1.53
7 Jean-Philippe Marion (vb Saeco) 1.58
8 Craig de Gier (Bicycles Plus) 2.11
9 Derek Zandstra (Ontario) 2.16
10 Keir Pitman (Eurotech) 2.27
11 Andrew Davidson (Olympic Oval) 2.31
12 Shawn Bunnin (Trek/Cycledelia) 2.39
13 ugues Lapointe (Dynamiks) 2.39
14 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Équipe du Québec) 2.39
15 Corey Wallace (Indépendant) 2.47
16 Jamie Lamb (Spokebenders) 2.51
17 Gergely Hegedus (Bow Cycle) 3.02
18 Guillaume Fausse (Dynamiks) 3.06
19 Olivier Trempe (Ste-Foy) 3.30
20 Remi Belliveau (Radical Edge Moncton) 3.33
21 Peter Steenaerts (Eurotech) 3.35
22 Jean Francois Geoffrion (Dynamiks) 3.41
23 Eric Tremblay (Ste-Foy) 3.41
24 Ben Crook-Hanna (Hughes Sobeys) 3.53
25 Terry Garnett (Rocky Mountain Bicyl) 4.27
26 Charles Martineau (Dynamiks) 4.39
27 Jari Jamsa (Ontario) 4.45
28 Ryan Deboer (Ontario) 4.58
29 Alex Brochet (Ste-Foy) 5.29
30 Tyler Rodd (Hughes/Chrysler) 6.00
31 Frédéric Millette (Équipe du Québec) 6.15
32 Kris Graham (Hubcycle) 6.45
33 Dominic Pepin (CC de Sherbrooke) 6.48
34 Nick Coleman (Canada Games Team) 6.58
35 Jean-Nicolas Bertrand (Winners Edge) 7.10
36 Scott Deibel (Canada Games Team) 7.21
37 Justin St-Onge (Indépendant) 7.26
38 Thierry Lavoie (Fte-Foy) 8.05
39 Geoff Power (Canada Games Team) 8.18
40 Pascal Tetreault (Espoir Laval) 8.20
41 Daniel Clarke (Newmarket Eagles CC) 8.49
42 David Bourques (Dynamiks) 9.59
DNF Jordan Crawford (Peak Central)
DNS Gordan Standeven (Maple Leaf Cycle)
DNS Ian Case (Team Manitoba)
Junior Women
1 Cydney Galbraith (Team Ontario) 21.13
2 Geneviève LeBlanc (Équipe du Québec) 0.08
3 Julie Bélanger (NB Team) 0.14
4 Heather Parrott (Devo-Powerbar-Ryders) 1.13
5 Lynne Wolfson (Ottawa Bicycle Club) 1.21
6 Rachel Morris (Indépendant) 1.23
7 Magalie Boulay (Équipe du Québec) 1.29
8 Geneviève Gagnon (Ste-Foy) 1.33
9 Holly Thomkins (Indepndant) 1.39
10 Martine Lacasse (Espoirs Laval) 1.52
11 Renelle Daigle (Mike's Bike Shop) 2.00
12 Catherine Vipond (Ontario Team) 2.43
13 Rae-Anne Hardie (Manitoba) 2.56
14 Laura Button (Canada Games Team) 2.56
15 Jodi Smith (Smooth Cycle) 3.54
16 Kate Scallion (Spokebenders) 4.04
17 Caroline Mazerolle (Mike's Bike Shop) 5.15
HC 1-2 men's
1 Andrew Reid 29.20
2 Randy Upper 4.49
3 Alain Patenaude 6.24
4 Jacques Millette 9.25
5 Stéphane Tremblay 13.54
6 David Couturier 14.02
7 Grenier. Denis 15.03
8 Raymond. Serge 15.21
9 Sylvie Potvin 16.50
10 Alain Baillargeon 18.28
11 Mark Beggs 35.14
Tandem
1 Brian Cowie 25.51
2 Stéphane Cote 1.15
3 Craig De Veers 1.18
4 Jene Della Siega 2.46
5 Sylvain Nadeau 3.03
6 Julie Cournoyer 3.19
7 Linda Bolduc 6.47
Day 2
- July 28: Road Races
Elite Men
1 Mark Walters (Navigators Pro Cycling) 4.02.01
2 Michael Barry (Saturn)
3 Min van Velzen (Trek-VW) 1.53
4 Alexandre Lavallée (indépendant)
5 Bruno Nella (Kia Suisse)
6 Ross Hooker (Dr. Walker Chiropractic)
7 Eric Wohlberg (Saturn) 4.24
8 Peter Wedge (Sympatico.ca) 7.06
9 Domonique Perras (FCC Ficonseils) 7.08
10 Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (Servisco) 7.13
11 Jeff Hansen (Atlas Cold/Ital pasta/CC) 7.43
12 Andrew Pinfold (Atlas Cold/Ital pasta/CC) 7.48
13 Martin Nuckle (Volkswagen les ailes)
14 Josh Hall (Sympatico.ca)
15 Nat Faulkner (Kissena/MultiLaser)
16 Mathew Kings (indépendant)
17 Aaron Fillion (indépendant)
18 Paolo Saldana (vb Saeco)
19 Daniel Mggiacomo (Sympatico.ca)
20 Svein Tuft (Broadmark capital)
21 Simon Small (Atlas Cold/Ital pasta/CC)
22 Paul Rego (Atlas Cold/Ital pasta/CC)
23 Shannon Hunt (Apollo)
24 Pat Shea (Atlas Cold/Ital pasta/CC) 10.20
25 Michael Moore (Gears Racing) 22.50
26 Stephen Hunt (Apollo) 26.04
27 Shannon Hunt (Apollo) 26.11
28 Nathan Chown (Radical Edge) 26.43
29 Dan Martin (Webcor-Alto vélo)
30 Attila Hajdu (LCCW) 27.49
31 Kent Coates
32 Jason Eagles (Bicycles Plus)
33 Corey Gladish (Volkswagen les Ailes)
34 Martin Gosselin (Oryx Procycle TTN)
35 Francis Paradis (Oryx Procycle)
36 Martin Savard (Carrefour Chevrolet)
37 Jodi Isenor (Cyclesmith)
Elite Women
1 Lyne Bessette (Saturn) 2.54.00
2 Sandy Espeseth (Intersports)
3 Geneviève Jeanson (Équipe Cycliste Rona)
4 Susan Palmer-Komar (Jane Cosmetics)
5 Clare Hall-Patch (Norco)
6 Mélanie Nadeau (Équipe Cycliste Rona)
7 Leah Goldstien (800.com)
8 Darnelle Moore (Indépendant)
9 Mélanie Dorion (Équipe du Québec) 0.25
10 Andrea Hannos (verizon wireless) 4.22
11 Raphaelle Lemieux (Équipe Cycliste Rona)
12 Julia Farell (Team Asteria Freewheel)
13 Marni Prazski (Trek VW)
14 Merrill Collins (Woodbridge Italia)
15 Anne Samplonius (Intersports)
16 Manon Jutras (Équipe Cycliste Rona)
17 Carrie Tuck (AB)
18 Allyson Fox (Talgoamerica.com)
19 Sophie St-Jacques (Volkswagen les Ailes) 14.14
20 Susan Portengen (Indépendant)
21 Mélissa Lunstead (Team Ontario)
22 Julie Hutsebaut (Équipe du Québec)
23 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Indépendant)
24 Sue Trimble (Ontario)
25 Cara Gillis (LCW Merrill Lynch)
26 Ruth Coates (Indépendant)
27 Amy Pryse-Phillips (Canada Games Team) 34.48
28 Megan Coleman (Canada Games Team)
29 Heather Ayles (Cycling PEI) 45.18
DNF Erinne Willock (Indépendant)
DNF Kim Pike (Canada Games Team)
DNF Cybil Diguistini (Cam V 78)
DNS Elisa Gagnon (Trek)
Espoirs
1 Charles Dionne (Équipe du Québec) 4.03.54
2 Peter Sanowar (Team Ontario) 6.05
3 Jean-François Laroche (Équipe du Québec)
4 Martin Gilbert (Équipe du Québec)
5 Christian Devries (BOW Cycles)
6 Racine Jean-Frs (Ste-Foy)
7 Martin St-Laurent (Équipe du Québec) 7.22
8 Philippe Rollin (Argon 18) 8.07
9 Stuart Hughes (Bow Cycle-CMC) 17.32
10 Philippe Viau (7 UP Colorado) 19.04
11 Travis Brown 24.19
12 Nicholas Jendzjowsky (Juventus)
13 Smid Rod (Ontario)
14 Scott Slater (Dr. Walker Sports Chiro)
15 Scott Stevens (Team Yukon) 24.50
16 Andrew Scott (Sobey's / Hughes) 24.56
17 Mark Foster (Cyclesmith)
18 Dustin MacBurnie (SpokeBEnders)
19 Dominique Rollin (Sympatico.ca)
20 Steve Simmons (Canada Games Team)
21 Tom Watt (Radical Edge)
22 Nathan Jonathan St-Onge (Indépendant)
23 Kevin Noiles (Sports wheel)
24 Cameron McKnight (ERTC)
25 Trevor Beck (Canada Games Team) 1.03.26
26 Peter Ollerhead (Canada Games Team)
27 Shawn Thibodeau (Mike's Bike Shop)
Day 3
- July 29: Criteriums
Women
1 Allyson Fox (Ontario) 25 pts
2 Andrea Hannos (BC) 19
3 Raphaelle Lemieux (QC) 10
4 Carrie Tuck (AB) 5
5 Marnie Prazsky (BC) 5
Men
1 Charles Dionne (QC) 21 pts
2 Peter Wedge (NB) 12
3 Andrew Pinfold (ON) 12
4 Michael Stickland (AB) 10
5 Min Van (Velzen BC) 7
Master Men
1 Yannick Cojan (QC) 16 pts
2 Hans Loeffelholz (ON) 14
3 Marc Lapointe (QC) 10
Results courtesy of Canadiancyclist.com
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