Gallery: Elite and under-23 men’s Canadian championships road race

RELATED: Gallery from the women’s elite Canadian national championship road race

On a windy and hot day in Ottawa, Garneau-Quebecor veteran Bruno Langlois won the elite men’s national road race. The day before, Annie Foreman-Mackey won the elite women’s title from the day’s breakaway and once again aggressive racing paid off. Langlois bridged across to the early break and a group of 10 riders formed. Lack of organization in the peloton saw the whole peloton pulled with only 18 finishers in the 180-km race. In the final laps, a group of four formed containing Langlois, Matteo Dal-Cin, Ben Perry and Will Routley. Dal-Cin was the first to go down in a crash in last corner of the race. Routley and Perry followed leaving Langlois, who rode aggressively all day, to ride to the championship title.

RELATED: Full results from the elite and under-23 men’s Canadian championship road race

Ben Perry of Silber Pro Cycling prepares with his teammates

Strong wind before the start blew a tent onto the course

Hugo Houle got a call up but was a DNF

The 2016 Canadian championships in Ottawa

A young spectator awaits the peloton

Svein Tuft drops the hammer on the peloton but he didn't get much help chasing the breakaway

Matteo Dal-Cin rode all day in the breakaway

Tuft was frustrated by the lack of cooperation in the chase group

Rob Britton rode in the days breakaway

Ryan Roth had teammates up the road

Bruno Langlois bridged to the early breakaway with Routley and Masbourian

Hugo Houle corners in Tunney's Pasture

Edward Walsh of Team RaceClean in the peloton

The breakaway of 10 riders

Ed Veal of Real Deal/D'Ornellas asks for a time gap

Bruno Langlois attacks at 2016 road nationals

In the final corner Dal-Cin, Routley and Perry went down

Bruno Langlois celebrates his win

Langlois is 37-years-old

Ben Perry picked himself up and finished in second

Routley's tubular came off in the crash so he ran his bike across the finishline

Routley's body language says it all

Dal-Cin is a local to Ottawa and after the race headed for the hospital

The under-23 men's podium: 1. Ben Perry 2. Olivier Brisebois 3. Nicholas Masbourian

Perry wins the under-23 title for the third year in a row

The elite men's podium: 1. Bruno Langlois 2. Ben Perry 3. Will Routley

Bruno Langlois celebrates one of the biggest victories of his career