a seven-rider pileup on the

James St.

descent where riders frequently hit speeds of 70 km/h and higher.   Manon Jutras (Saturn) was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone and Andrea Hannos (Rona-Esker) suffered an extensive road burn on the buttocks.   The men also had a crash at the 90-degree angle turn at James and Main Streets but there were no injuries.

 

Although the course took its toll on the riders, they were enthusiastic about it.   They praised its technical difficulties as well as its challenges to individual fitness and endurance.

 

Lynne Bessette said after the Women's Road Race: "It's a great course for the Worlds -- it's awesome and challenging.    It's also quite pretty in places. I thought the security was terrific?. It was one of the best Nationals ever."

 

Bessette said she particularly appreciated riding along city streets lined with people cheering the riders.   "So often in
Canada we race in small places in rural areas.   We race for the cows.   I prefer people."

 

Eric Wohlberg, who won the Elite Men's time trial, said of the long time trial course: "This is the toughest course I've seen in a long time at the Nationals."

 

Sue Palmer-Kolmar pronounced the course "excellent . . . tough with a lot of different elements.   You have to be fit to succeed on this course with those two climbs.   There's not too much time to recover between them."  

 

Results:

 

ELITE MEN'S ROAD RACE:

- 15 laps x 12.4 km = 186 km

- 17 of 121 cyclists finished the race

 

O'NEILL Nathan, SATURN                    5:01:33.80

FRISCHKORN Will,   SATURN                 5:05:07.31

PERRAS Dominique, TEAM
QUEBEC 5:05:08.71

WALTERS Mark, NAVIGATORS              5:05:55.46

WOHLBERG Eric, SATURN                    5:05:55.49

 

ELITE MEN'S CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP:

PERRAS Dominique, TEAM
QUEBEC 5:05:08.71

WALTERS Mark, NAVIGATORS              5:05:55.46

WOHLBERG Eric, SATURN                    5:05:55.49

DIONNE Charles, SATURN                    5:05:55.61

BARRY Michael, TEAM
ONTARIO           5:05:55.77

 

ELITE WOMEN'S RACE:
- 9 laps x 12.4 km = 111.6 km

- 22 of 79 cyclists finished the race

 

JEANSON Genevieve RONA-ESKER   3:16:50

BESSETTE Lynn, SATURN                    3:16:50

PALMER-KOMAR Susan, GENESIS-SCUBA 3: 19:21

MOORE Amy, SATURN       3:25:45

ESPESETH
Sandy, VICTORY BREWING 3:25:45

 

ELITE MEN'S TIME TRIAL:
WOHLBERG, Eric   SATURN 0:54:50

TUFT, Svein SATURN 0:57:08

LAROCHE, Jean Francois   TREK-VOLKSWAGEN 0:57:33               

 

ELITE WOMEN'S TIME TRIAL:

BESSETTE, Lynne SATURN 0:29:18

JEANSON, Genevieve   ROMA 0:29:43

SOMPLENIUS, Anne   TEAM
QUEBEC 0:30:03