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Tim Hortons (Canadian) National Championships - CN
Hamilton, Canada, June 27-30, 2003
Day 1 - June 27: Time Trials
Bessette and Wohlberg win Time Trials on Day 1
Individual Time Trials were the order of opening day for the Tim Hortons Road National Championships at Hamilton, Friday, June 27. Morning riders inaugurated the 15km. "Short" course while riders off in the afternoon used the 21km "Long" circuit. The urban loops were described by participants as, "technical, spectacular and safe."
Organizers of the World Road Championship will welcome these comments with enthusiasm. The Tim Hortons Road National Championships are serving as a dress rehearsal fro the October and the general consensus after the first day was positive.
In the Elite Men's event on two laps of the long circuit for 42kms, Eric Wohlberg of Ontario pulverized the course and thereby his adversaries on his way to winning an eighth consecutive individual time trial title. With an average speed of 46 km/h. despite the four climbs and gusting wind, Wohlberg clocked a time of 54:50, leaving Swein Tuft (BC) 2'18 behind. Jean-Francois Laroche (QC) was third with a time of 57:33.
Automatically selected for the World's Time Trial, Wohlberg is aiming for a place, "among the top 20. I would be happy to finish in the top 15 to 20 positions. This course suits me but we're talking about the World Championships. I'm realistic."
Lyne Bessette of Quebec shone in the Elite Women's race capturing a second title in three years. "I had a big day. The course was perfectly secured and I was able to do the full distance in my zone, without worries about potential hazards.
For the 21km. Bessette registered a time of 29:18 seconds to depose former Canadian TT champion, Geneviève Jeanson, who was second by 25 seconds.
"I was ordinary today," explained Jeanson laconically.
Anne Samplonius (QC), a former silver medalist at the World Championships in the time trial, was third at these Nationals in 30:03.
"I gauged my efforts well and caught Clara Hughes who started one minute before me. That contributed to my success," said Samplonius.
Dominique Rollin and Geneviève Leblanc, both of Quebec were winners in Men's and Women's Espoirs categories, respectively.
Results
Elite Men - 42 km 1 Eric Wohlberg (Saturn) 54.50 2 Svein Tuft (Prime Alliance) 2.18 3 Jean Francois Laroche (Trek VW) 2.43 4 Alexandre Cloutier (Trek VW) 3.11 5 Bruno Langlois (Trek VW) 4.17 6 Bruce Copeland (ABT) 4.45 7 Darko Ficko (BIC) 4.52 8 Osmond Bakker (BHI) 5.59 9 Matt Usborne (Symmetrics Cycling) 6.01 10 Heath Cockburn (BIC) 6.38 11 Min Van Valzan (Symmetrics Cycling)6.47 12 Jean Francois Racine (ELV) 6.49 13 Dylan Sebel (*) 7.01 14 Kenneth Johnson (ESC) 7.29 15 Pascal Choquette (Trek VW) 7.31 16 Cory Lange (Symmetrics Cycling) 7.56 17 Rick Minichiello (Symmetrics) 8.08 18 Michael Moore (GRC) 8.30 19 Scott Slater (ADB) 8.38 20 Noel Savage (PCC) 10.06 21 Paul Blanchette (ADB) 10.32 22 Jeff Bakal (MLR) 10.40 23 Stan Ambis (TSV) 11.50 Elite Women - 21 km 1 Lyne Bessette (Saturn) 29.18 2 Genevieve Jeanson (Rona/Esker) 0.25 3 Anne Samplonius (Quebec) 0.50 4 Manon Jutras (Saturn) 0.55 5 Clara Hughes (Trek VW) 1.39 6 Susan Palmer-Komar (GEN) 1.46 7 Cybil Diguistini (DRC) 2.06 8 Merril Collins (BIC) 2.14 9 Amy Moore (Saturn) 3.29 10 Sandy Espeseth (Victory Brewing) 3.52 11 Stephanie Bourbeau (Quebec) 4.14 12 Nicole Demars (Victory Brewing) 4.23 13 Samantha Nicholson (ABT) 4.25 14 Felicia Greer (OWS) 4.34 15 Suzanne Macht (Trek VW) 5.02 16 Christina Briante (OWS) 5.12 17 Chloe Black (Ontario) 5.31 18 Jessica Demars (ABT) 5.36 19 Julia Bradley (MBR) 5.45 20 Kathy White (ABT) 5.57 21 Anita Lagler (Ontario) 6.01 22 Moriah J MacGregor (Trek VW) 6.02 23 Diana Bladon (OWS) 6.11 24 Ann Turrin (Victory Brewing) 6.14 25 Holland Gidney (Ontario) 6.21 26 Marie-Claire Belanger (SFM) 6.27 27 Tara Mulder (Ontario) 6.40 28 Caroline Montminy (SFM) 6.53 29 Alena Radomsky (OWS) 7.20 30 Jenny Trew (OWS) 8.25 31 Amanda Cox (*) 32 Sophie Blanchette (RPR) 8.35 33 Maogosha Pyjor (Ontario) 9.16 34 Amy Maher (MBR) 10.24 35 Shelly Christensen (MBR) 11.11 U23 men - 30 km 1 Dominique Rollin (QCT) 41.54 2 Chris Isaac (GRC) 0.06 3 Martin Gilbert (QCT) 0.12 4 Ryan Roth (JET) 0.28 5 Marc Bomhof (ABT) 1.08 6 Murray Carter (MCA) 1.13 7 Derek Mcmaster (SAS) 1.18 8 Peter Sanowar (GRC) 1.23 9 Cory Jay (ELV) 1.30 10 Andrew Davidson (JET) 1.33 11 Phil Cortes (ACC) 1.40 12 Jean-Sebastien Maheu (QCT) 1.52 13 Dustin Macburnie (ACC) 2.01 14 Craig Degier (ACC) 2.36 15 Warren Tilbrook (GRC) 2.43 16 Taylor Little (ABT) 2.48 17 Maxime Vives (ELV) 2.54 18 Nathan St. Onge (ACC) 3.07 19 Eric Holland (BOW) 3.18 20 Colin Burn (JET) 3.22 21 Jimmy Oneschuk (SAS) 3.25 22 Will Routley (RMC) 3.37 23 Mathieu Roy (ELV) 3.56 24 James Sparling (BOW) 4.06 25 Ryan Mcnamara (SYM) 4.25 26 Rob Britton (SAS) 4.30 27 David Goosen (ESC) 4.36 29 Jeff Schiller (LCW) 4.59 30 Philip Edamura (POI) 5.14 31 Cameron McKnight (ERT) 5.54 32 Daniel Tomczak (SAS) 6.11 33 Doug Jenson (*) 6.40 34 Antoine Stundner (ELV) 7.01 Junior Men - 21km 1 Kevin Lacombe (QCT) 29.00 2 Bradley Fairall (RMB) 0.40 3 Jean-Luc Pilote (ELV) 0.42 4 Christian Meier (ACC) 0.53 5 Jeffrey Sparling (BOW) 0.55 6 Brandon Crichton (ONT) 1.02 7 Charly Vives (ELV) 1.13 9 Stefan Elzinga (BIC) 1.19 8 Marsh Cooper (DPR) 10 Max Plaxton (GRC) 1.26 11 Raphael Tremblay (QCT) 1.34 12 Jamie Lamb (ACC) 2.00 13 Tyler Holtzman (SCC) 2.09 14 Mark Pozniak (SCC) 2.24 15 Francois Sztuke (QCT) 2.27 16 Robert Gustavsson (BRO) 2.31 17 Philippe Abbott (ABT) 2.33 18 Michael Barylski (ONT) 2.36 19 Gavriel Epstein (SHO) 2.46 20 Adam Thuss (MCM) 2.51 21 JP Dunlop (TSC) 3.04 22 Cabrel Boucher (MCA) 3.07 23 Scott Crump (LAR) 3.16 24 Xavier Nadeau (ELV) 25 Guillaume Tanguay (CCG) 3.17 27 Jean-Francois Dionne (CCG) 3.20 26 Maxime Desrochers (ELV) 28 Brian Bain (BOW) 3.27 29 Ryan Belliveau (ACC) 3.37 31 David Roy (ELV) 3.48 32 Kirk Emery (ACC) 3.53 33 Spencer Atkinson (BCB) 3.55 34 Eric Scheepers (MCA) 3.57 35 Shaun Crump (LAR) 4.06 36 Mark Batty (ON3) 4.14 37 Jean-Simon Fortin (CCG) 4.17 38 Matthew Guse (ONT) 4.20 39 Ryan Taylor (ACC) 4.25 40 Abel Chouinard (ELV) 4.43 41 Dave Vukets (ONT) 4.52 42 Christopher Staniforth (MCA) 5.00 Junior Women 1 Audrey Lemieux (QCT) 22.55 2 Emilie Roy (ELV) 1.02 3 Kylie Case (MTV) 1.29 4 Emily Sandwith (KPA) 1.35 5 Anna Tratnyek (*) 2.12 6 Mylene Laliberte (QCT) 2.15 7 Marie-Pier Bedard (ELV) 2.28 8 Naomi Cooper (DPR) 2.31 9 Joelle Numainville (ELV) 2.54 10 Jessica Anderson (LAR) 3.31 11 Karine Chenard (ELV) 3.48 12 Jill Dobrinsky (*) 6.02 Master A - 21 km 1 Sean Scott (CER) 28.51 2 Brent Aquino (PAV) 0.24 3 John Tolkamp (ESC) 0.41 4 Michel Cyr (ROU) 0.53 5 Jay Murray (TVW) 1.05 6 Scott Buschcen (MBR) 1.38 7 James Brooks (*) 2.05 8 Douglas Chisholm (BMO) 2.27 9 Allan Becker (NEC) 2.28 10 Gordon Henderson (CER) 2.30 11 David Jack (*) 2.43 12 David Campbell (COR) 3.15 13 Paul Farrugia (MBR) 3.23 14 Mark Davies (CER) 3.37 15 Duncan Salisbury (SGR) 3.47 16 Paul Amaral (SGR) 3.55 17 Greg Palmer (BMO) 18 Marc Beaulieu (ROU) 4.10 19 Andre Charlebois (*) 4.18 20 David Woodfine (PCC) 4.30 21 Chris Kiziak (SGR) 5.11 22 John Sandre (SGR) 5.21 23 Brandon Whitby (CER) 5.33 24 Doug Richards (NEW) 5.46 25 Andrew Stewart (CER) 6.15 26 Ron Vanner (*) 6.51 27 Robert Mckerrell (CPO) 7.09 Master B Men - 21 km 1 Fred Pepper (*) 30.33 2 Craig Burge (WQW) 0.02 3 William Ralph (FOG) 0.14 4 Neil Hendry (SGR) 0.44 5 Garnett Abbey (DRT) 6 Robert Cheskey (HCC) 0.47 7 Gilbert Marois (ROU) 0.54 8 Craig Doucet (*) 1.13 9 David Woolley (SGR) 1.14 10 Scott Thomson (JOW) 1.18 11 Yves Bouchard (SFM) 1.20 12 Pierre C Lacoste (CCG) 1.29 13 Tony Abramavicius (MBR) 1.36 14 Rick Murphy (*) 1.49 15 Willem Vandenberg (FOG) 1.51 16 Colin Campbell (CYC) 2.21 17 Bob Steer (LCW) 2.22 18 Glenn Kirby (BCC) 2.31 19 Sylvan Adams (*) 2.37 20 David Harrison (HCC) 2.45 21 John Duncan (*) 3.32 22 Gord Avann (SKI) 4.21 23 Chris Chambers (*) 4.24 24 glen Laycock (*) 4.39 25 Paul Millar (RST) 5.32 26 Jay Darch (*) 6.13 Courtesy of Canadian Cyclist
