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National News: National Road Championships
Published: Jul 10, 2007 - 12:18 PM
Zach Bell
<img border="0" align="right" src=http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races07/roadNats/parteight/images/_DSC0026.jpg>Under clear skies and perfect weather conditions Zach Bell, Yukon is seen here on his way to a third place finish in the Elite Men's Individual Time Trial at the Canadian Championships, held yesterday in Quebec.
photo courtesy Rob Jones, Canadian Cyclist Magazine
Canada's elite and espoir categories began their national road championships on Monday with the individual time trial, and the elites saw two new faces on the top step of the podium - though both are longtime top performers, surprisingly neither has won an elite national title.
Anne Samplonius (Expresscopy.com), took the women's title over an "unretired" Lyne Bessette (Equipe du Québec) at St-Georges de Beauce, Québec, while Ryder Hesjedal (Health Net-Maxxis), finally beat Svein Tuft (Symmetrics), for the men's title. David Veilleux (Jittery Joe's), repeated for the men's espoir title, while first-year espoir Julie Beveridge (Alberta), won the women's title.
The course was the same as used for the Tour de Beauce last month, with the women doing 20km, the espoir men 30km and the elite men 40km. After a steady gradual climb for the first 6km, the road leveled out, except for a further short climb before the elite men's turnaround ("leveled out" in Beauce terms means "constantly rolling terrain," by the way).
<img border="0" align="right" src=http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races07/roadNats/parteight/images/_DSC0026.jpg>Under clear skies and perfect weather conditions Zach Bell, Yukon is seen here on his way to a third place finish in the Elite Men's Individual Time Trial at the Canadian Championships, held yesterday in Quebec.
photo courtesy Rob Jones, Canadian Cyclist Magazine
Samplonius, Hesjedal seize Canadian ITT crowns
Canada's elite and espoir categories began their national road championships on Monday with the individual time trial, and the elites saw two new faces on the top step of the podium - though both are longtime top performers, surprisingly neither has won an elite national title.
Anne Samplonius (Expresscopy.com), took the women's title over an "unretired" Lyne Bessette (Equipe du Québec) at St-Georges de Beauce, Québec, while Ryder Hesjedal (Health Net-Maxxis), finally beat Svein Tuft (Symmetrics), for the men's title. David Veilleux (Jittery Joe's), repeated for the men's espoir title, while first-year espoir Julie Beveridge (Alberta), won the women's title.
The course was the same as used for the Tour de Beauce last month, with the women doing 20km, the espoir men 30km and the elite men 40km. After a steady gradual climb for the first 6km, the road leveled out, except for a further short climb before the elite men's turnaround ("leveled out" in Beauce terms means "constantly rolling terrain," by the way).
