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Canadian Championships - CN
St. Georges de Beauce, Quebec, Canada, June 27-July 6, 2008
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Day 7 - July 6: Elite men and U23 road race, 172.8km
Meier upgrades to elite champion, Veilleux U23
Christian Meier (Symmetrics) held off a charging Bruno Langlois (Volkswagen) in the dying moments of the men's 172.8 kilometre road race to win the gold medal at the Tim Hortons Road championships. Meier, last year's under-23 national champion, will wear the maple leaf jersey for another year.
After Meier and Langlois crossed, Jacob Erker (Symmetrics), who cramped up with a lap to go to lose Meier and Langlois at the front, held on to third place finishing over a minute behind.
"This is the most amazing feeling I've had in my career," said Meier. "It's beautiful. I have to thank my Symmetrics Cycling teammates so much because anybody could have won out there today and it just happened to be me. Jacob rode his heart out for me in the break."
The race was held on a 9.6 kilometre loop which the riders lapped 18 times. It was a challenging course used for the Tour de Beauce which includes a steep one kilometre climb to end the lap.
"This course is so tough," said Meier. "Some of us knew it from the Tour just a couple of weeks ago so we may have had an advantage that way. It's a hard course to chase and sometimes it's actually easier to be in a breakaway and ride in a controlled tempo. I'm not a sprinter type of guy, so I try to roll a breakaway."
Meier joined the lead group with eight laps to go and stayed up front until it whittled down to a showdown between himself and Langlois on the final lap.
"With 500 metres to go I kind of jumped and got a gap on Bruno," said Meier. "He came up again a bit but I was pretty confident I was going to get it. I really started to believe with two-three laps to go I would have an opportunity to challenge for the gold."
In the Under-23 standings, David Veilleux (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast) earned his fifth national title and completed a golden sweep this weekend in the age group. He also won the time trial on Friday. Eric Boily (Volkswagen) was second and Dave Vukets (Trek Red Truck) third.
"It was a very tough race," said Veilleux. "The heat and the length of the race made it a very challenging day. That last climb at the end of the loop used up a lot energy and on such a short lap it kept coming back fast."
Veilleux, 20, was particularly pleased with how he fought back after falling behind early.
"I did a really good job catching up," said Veilleux. "In the second half of the race I was at the front a lot more. My teammate and I did a good job moving up in the standings. It was very important for me to get the under-23 title and I certainly raced with that in mind."
Results
Overall 1 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 4.38.32 2 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen 3 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 1.08 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 2.45 5 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Eva-Devinci 6 Keven Lacombe (Can) Équipe du Québec 3.01 7 David Veilleux* (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifa 3.07 8 Mark Walters (Can) Team RACE Pro 3.37 9 Ryan Roth (Can) Team RACE Pro 4.05 10 Jean-Sébastien Perron (Can) Eva-Devinci 5.59 11 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 7.16 12 Éric Boily* (Can) Volkswagen 8.49 13 Dave Vukets* (Can) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes 10.02 14 Derrick St John (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 10.24 15 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 10.39 16 Dominique Perras (Can) Eva-Devinci 10.49 17 Trevor Connor (Can) Chris Cookies/Swan Cycles 10.55 18 Georges-Édouard Duquette* (Can) Eva-Devinci 11.30 19 Charly Vives* (Can) Calyon pro cycling team 12.23 20 Jean-Michel Lachance* (Can) Volkswagen 13.14 21 Guillaume Boivin* (Can) Équipe du Québec 13.38 22 Ryan Taylor* (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 13.39 23 Charles Dionne (Can) Équipe du Québec 24 Mark Batty* (Can) Team RACE Pro 25 Arnaud Papillon* (Can) Volkswagen 13.45 26 Michael Joanisse* (Can) Équipe du Québec 13.49 27 André Tremblay* (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle 13.53 28 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-united pro cycling team 14.01 29 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 14.05 30 Joel-Dion Poitras* (Can) Team RACE Pro 14.07 31 Jamie Riggs* (Can) Team Ontario 14.10 32 Francois Parisien (Can) Team RACE Pro 14.30 33 Rob Britton (Can) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes 14.41 34 Pascal Bussières (Can) 2peer.com 16.34 35 Adam Thuss* (Can) Team RACE Pro 18.29 DNF Cam Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNF Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNF Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNF Dustin Macburnie (Can) Team RACE Pro DNF Darko Ficko (Can) La Bicicletta/J Lindeberg DNF Martin Gilbert (Can) Équipe du Québec DNF Matt Guse (Can) Calyon pro cycling team DNF Thierry Laliberté (Can) Sportif Bromont DNF Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano DNF Mathieu Roy (Can) Calyon pro cycling team DNF Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon pro cycling team DNF Ugo Lapierre (Can) 2peer.com DNF Jonathan Arseneault (Can) CIBC Wood-Gundy DNF Jean-Sebastien Beland (Can) Volkswagen DNF Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNF Pierre Boilard (Can) 2peer.com DNF Eli Chiasson (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre DNF G. Tommaso Cirella (Can) Hawaii-Imperia DNF Alexandre Cloutier (Can) Volkswagen DNF Matt Deluco (Can) Euro-sports.ca/Foodery DNF Luc Dionne (Can) CIBC Wood-Gundy DNF Chris Freeland (Can) La Bicicletta / J. Lindeberg DNF Dominic Hamel (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano DNF Derrek Ivey (Can) Mazurcoaching.com DNF Bradley Kerr (Can) Team Saskatchewan DNF Matthew Knight (Can) Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny's DNF Jamie Lamb (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre DNF Hugues Lapointe (Can) Bluberi-Martin Swiss DNF Philippe Leduc* (Can) CIBC Wood-Gundy DNF Marco Li (Can) Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny's DNF Benoit Lussier (Can) CIBC Wood-Gundy DNF Benjamin Martel (Can) Cycles Performances Cinelume DNF Mark Pozniak (Can) Team Ontario DNF Sébastien Rousseau (Can) Marinoni-Cadence DNF Nathan Schnarr (Can) Waterloo Cycling Club/The Flyin DNF Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNF Jamie Sparling (Can) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes DNF Justin Steeds (Can) Aquila Racing/Racer Sportif DNF Tyler Trace (Can) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes DNF Giovanni Traina (Can) Marinoni-Cadence DNF Nathan Underwood (Can) Team Saskatchewan/BCW DNF Pierre-Olivier Boily (Can) Sleeman Clear/Énergie-uota DNF Michael Bennett (Can) Euro-sports.ca/Foodery DNF Martin Picard (Can) 2peer.com DNF Mathew Bell* (Can) Calyon pro cycling team DNF Andrew Bradbury* (Can) Team Ontario DNF Kevin Hazzard* (Can) JetFuel Coffee DNF Antoine Matteau* (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano DNF Vincent Quirion* (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano DNF Ben Rempel* (Can) Team Saskatchewan DNF Ryan Anderson* (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNF Ryan Béliveau* (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Guillaume Bilodeau* (Can) Indépendant DNF Mathieu Boudier-Revéret* (Can) Club Cycliste CGR DNF Bruno Bourassa* (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Bryson Bowers* (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee DNF Dave Brooks* (Can) Team Saskatchewan DNF Charles Bryer* (Can) Ciclo Werks Presents Tempo 88 DNF Dominic Cantin* (Can) 2peer.com DNF François Chabot* (Can) Volkswagen DNF Christian Deshaies* (Can) Volkswagen DNF Thomas Devisscher* (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Marc Dugas* (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Geoffroy Dussault* (Can) Sports Bazar Inc DNF Steffan Elzinga* (Can) Cyclingnews Jako DNF Kyle Fry* (Can) Team Ontario DNF Sandy Fulton* (Can) Eva-Devinci DNF Simon Gagnon-Brassard* (Can) Eva-Devinci DNF Zack Garland* (Can) Kona-Adobe DNF Shane Gill* (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre DNF Dominic Guiver* (Can) Team Ultralink DNF Nic Hamilton* (Can) Team Aviawest DNF Christopher Hillier* (Can) Indépendant DNF Andrew Hunt* (Can) Team RACE Pro DNF Maxime Joly-Smith* (Can) 2peer.com DNF Stephen Keeping* (Can) Bluberi-Martin Swiss DNF Louis-Charles Lacroix* (Can) Ste-Foy-Qc Métro DNF James Larmer* (Can) Sudbury Cycling Club DNF Nicolas Lefrançois* (Can) CIBC Wood-Gundy DNF François-Charles Malo* (Can) Volkswagen DNF David Maltais* (Can) Eva-Devinci DNF Garrett Mc Leod* (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Chris Mcgarity* (Can) Team Saskatchewan DNF Stephen Meyer* (Can) Team Ontario DNF Evan Mundy* (Can) Team Ontario DNF Geoff O'toole* (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Keir Plaice* (Can) Team RACE Pro DNF Jonathan Prosser* (Can) Team Ontario DNF Eric Robertson* (Can) Team RACE Pro DNF Brian Robinson* (Can) Team Alberta/ CMC/ Bow Cycle DNF Olivier Savaria* (Can) 2peer.com DNF Joel Sidhu* (Can) Team Ultralink DNF Spencer Smitheman* (Can) Creusot Cyclisme DNF Duncan Sturz* (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre DNF Charles Thibault* (Can) Eva-Devinci DNF Jean-P Thibault-Roberge* (Can) Rocky Mountain/Pro-Cycle DNF Brandon Throop* (Can) Mazurcoaching.com DNF Kurtis Vallee* (Can) Team Aviawest DNF Vincent Veilleux-Lessard* (Can) 2peer.com DNF Jan Zak* (Can) Mazurcoaching.com DNS Jim Tsilemos (Can) Ride With Rendall DNS Buck Miller (Can) Team RACE Pro DNS Devon Smibert (Can) Synergy Cycling Club DNS Paul Benson* (Can) Alter Ego Sports/Manitoba DNS James James* (Can) Kinesis UK * Denotes U23 rider Under 23 results 1 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifa 4.41.39 2 Éric Boily (Can) Volkswagen 5.42 3 Dave Vukets (Can) Trek Red Truck P/B Mosaic Homes 6.55 4 Georges-Édouard Duquette (Can) Eva-Devinci 8.23 5 Charly Vives (Can) Calyon pro cycling team 9.16 6 Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Volkswagen 10.07 7 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Équipe du Québec 10.31 8 Ryan Taylor (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 10.32 9 Mark Batty (Can) Team RACE Pro 10 Arnaud Papillon (Can) Volkswagen 11 Michael Joanisse (Can) Équipe du Québec 10.42 12 André Tremblay (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle 10.46 13 Joel-Dion Poitras (Can) Team RACE Pro 11.00 14 Jamie Riggs (Can) Team Ontario 11.03 15 Adam Thuss (Can) Team RACE Pro 15.22 DNF Philippe Leduc (Can) CIBC Wood-Gundy DNF Mathew Bell* (Can) Calyon pro cycling team DNF Andrew Bradbury (Can) Team Ontario DNF Kevin Hazzard (Can) JetFuel Coffee DNF Antoine Matteau (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano DNF Vincent Quirion (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Suzano DNF Ben Rempel (Can) Team Saskatchewan DNF Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNF Ryan Béliveau (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Guillaume Bilodeau (Can) Indépendant DNF Mathieu Boudier-Revéret (Can) Club Cycliste CGR DNF Bruno Bourassa (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Bryson Bowers (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee DNF Dave Brooks (Can) Team Saskatchewan DNF Charles Bryer (Can) Ciclo Werks Presents Tempo 88 DNF Dominic Cantin (Can) 2peer.com DNF François Chabot (Can) Volkswagen DNF Christian Deshaies (Can) Volkswagen DNF Thomas Devisscher (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Marc Dugas (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Geoffroy Dussault (Can) Sports Bazar Inc DNF Steffan Elzinga (Can) Cyclingnews Jako DNF Kyle Fry (Can) Team Ontario DNF Sandy Fulton (Can) Eva-Devinci DNF Simon Gagnon-Brassard (Can) Eva-Devinci DNF Zack Garland (Can) Kona-Adobe DNF Shane Gill (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre DNF Dominic Guiver (Can) Team Ultralink DNF Nic Hamilton (Can) Team Aviawest DNF Christopher Hillier (Can) Indépendant DNF Andrew Hunt (Can) Team RACE Pro DNF Maxime Joly-Smith (Can) 2peer.com DNF Stephen Keeping (Can) Bluberi-Martin Swiss DNF Louis-Charles Lacroix (Can) Ste-Foy-Qc Métro DNF James Larmer (Can) Sudbury Cycling Club DNF Nicolas Lefrançois (Can) CIBC Wood-Gundy DNF François-Charles Malo (Can) Volkswagen DNF David Maltais (Can) Eva-Devinci DNF Garrett Mc Leod (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Chris Mcgarity (Can) Team Saskatchewan DNF Stephen Meyer (Can) Team Ontario DNF Evan Mundy (Can) Team Ontario DNF Geoff O'toole (Can) Apogee-Kuota/Elicycle DNF Keir Plaice (Can) Team RACE Pro DNF Jonathan Prosser (Can) Team Ontario DNF Eric Robertson (Can) Team RACE Pro DNF Brian Robinson (Can) Team Alberta/ CMC/ Bow Cycle DNF Olivier Savaria (Can) 2peer.com DNF Joel Sidhu (Can) Team Ultralink DNF Spencer Smitheman (Can) Creusot Cyclisme DNF Duncan Sturz (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre DNF Charles Thibault (Can) Eva-Devinci DNF Jean-P Thibault-Roberge (Can) Rocky Mountain/Pro-Cycle DNF Brandon Throop (Can) Mazurcoaching.com DNF Kurtis Vallee (Can) Team Aviawest DNF Vincent Veilleux-Lessard (Can) 2peer.com DNF Jan Zak (Can) Mazurcoaching.com DNS Paul Benson (Can) Alter Ego Sports/Manitoba DNS James James (Can) Kinesis UK
