Action in Beauce for Canadian Road Championships
The Canadian Road Championships for Junior, Elite and Para athletes are heading to Saint-Georges, QC, from June 21-24, where over 350 athletes from all over the country will be looking to secure Canadian titles in the individual time trial, road race and criterium over four days of racing.
“Our main goal is to provide an optimal sporting platform for the athletes to express their full potential and crown the best in Canada, as well as to provide them with an adequate welcome and showcase the region to the rest of Canada,” said Françis Rancourt, General Manager of the Corporation du Grand Prix Cycliste de Beauce. “Hosting such an event, a few days after the Tour de Beauce, is a challenge for everyone, but it is also very stimulating,” he added.
For the first time in the Canadian Road Championships history, titles will be awarded to athletes in the U17 category, both in the time trial and in the road race.
The Championships kick off on Friday, June 21, with the individual time trial for all categories over distances ranging from 11 to 34 kilometers.
The road races will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23, where athletes in the para categories will race on a 6.1-kilometer circuit, while the U17, junior, U23 and elite categories will race on an out-and-back course to a 27.9-kilometer loop for a course varying between 42.7 and 199.2 kilometers.
On Monday, June 24, riders in the elite and U23 (combined) and junior and U17 (combined) categories will loop around the 1.3-kilometer circuit in a bid for the criterium titles.
The competition promises to be fierce, with some of the biggest names in Canadian cycling expected to take part, including Mike Woods (Israel Premier Tech), stage winner at the Tour de France 2023, and reigning road race champion Alison Jackson (EF-Education-Cannodale), stage winner at the Vuelta España Feminina 2024 and winner of Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2023. Evolving internationally, Olivia Baril (Movistar), Magdeleine Vallières-Mill (EF-Education-Cannondale), Ava Holmgren (Lidl-Trek), Isabella Holmgren (Lidl-Trek), Pier-André Côté (Israel Premier Tech) and Riley Pickrell (Israel Premier Tech) will be looking to make their mark while on Canadian soil for the occasion.
Medal winners at the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games, Alexandre Hayward (men C3), Charles Moreau (men H3), Mike Sametz (men H3) and Nathan Clement (men T1) will be coming home to show their strength, along with Paralympian and 2022 World bronze medallist Joey Desjadins (men H3).
Many of the reigning Canadian champions, winners of the 2023 edition, will be lining up, in search of a place on the top step of the podium.
The full technical guide and important event information can be found on the Events Page of the Cycling Canada website.
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