Canadian track cycling championships results from Day 3 at the Milton velodrome
On Monday, the third day of competition of the Canadian track cycling championships at the Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am velodrome saw the country's top racers in individual and omnium competitions, as well as the start of the paracycling competition.
The third day of the Canadian track cycling championships at the Cisco Milton PanAm/ParapanAm Velodrome included action in both the men’s and women’s omnium competition.
Allison Beveridge of the Trek-Red Truck team dominated the women’s 500 m time trial competition that makes up the fourth phase of the women’s omnium event. More than a second faster than her closest rival, Beveridge took a clear lead in the women’s omnium standings. Stephanie Roorda finished second, representing Cycling BC. A further 0.659 seconds back, Jamie Gilgen finished third. While this event is part of the omnium, it is also a title event, with Beveridge the new champion.
Jasmin Glaesser, tied for lead in the omnium standings after Day 2, did not start the 500 m race. Glaesser has been feeling sick and chose to withdraw from the remainder of competition.
The men’s kilo race was very closely contested. Joakim Albert of Équipe Québec raced in the final heat, setting the winning time of 1:06.437, narrowly taking the winner’s jersey in the men’s 1 km time trial. Albert is not racing in the omnium.
“It was very helpful to see people’s times before I race,” said Albert. “It’s still my own race and I do what I do, but it’s helpful to see what the guys did, and I knew I could do a better time. It wasn’t the best performance of my life, but I was able to get the win by just a little bit.”
During the seventh heat, Aiden Caves took the lead in a time of 1:06.444. Ultimately, the Cycling BC rider had to settle for the second step of the podium.
Eric Johnstone set the early time to beat, of 1:06.531, which held up well enough for a third place in the time trial. The result will help improve Johnstone’s standings in the omnium.
“Yesterday was a rough day for me for sure,” said Johnstone. “Today’s feeling better. I haven’t done a kilo in a year and a half or so, so I’m happy with that.”
Steve Bauer won the men’s Masters C scratch race in a close sprint against Garnett Abbey. Bauer is the director of the new national cycling academy that is set to call the velodrome home.
Racing as an independent, Bauer stayed in the mix through the race, moving to the front to control things in the final laps.
Charles Cormier from New Brunswick finished third, and was the only other rider to finish on the same lap as Bauer and Abbey.
The 7.5 km race runs over 30 laps of the track, with winners based on position only, while times are not kept.
In the men’s Masters B scratch race, Ontarians swept the podium. Chris Firek won handily over Steve Grundy. Steve McKee finished third in the 10-km, 40-lap race.
Mathieu Charruau won the scratch race in the Masters A division in dominant fashion, more than a lap up on his closest rival at the end of the 40-lap competition. Chris Reid finished second, ahead of Mark Palma.
Beveridge extended her lead in the women’s omnium by setting the fastest time in the flying lap.
“It’s a little nerve wracking with the new format, but it’s interesting. It makes everyone go out and race hard, which is kind of nice. We’ll see what happens, it’s anyone’s game,” said Beveridge.
Roorda finished second overall, four tenths back from Beveridge. Gilgen rounded out the top three in the race.
Caves blitzed through the men’s flying lap to win the fifth round of the men’s omnium. Jacob Schwingboth suffered a slow start, but recovered to finish second, just more than one-tenth back from Caves.
Eric Johnstone had a strong start and despite a slight wobble coming out of the banking, claimed third.
During the women’s paracycling time trial, American Megan Fisher won the gold medal. Born in B.C., Fisher now lives in Missouri and races for the U.S.A. Canadian Marie Claude Molnar finished second to earn the silver medal.
In the men’s time trial, Canadian’s swept the podium. Calgary’s Brayden McDougall won the gold medal, ahead of Jaye Milley, also of Calgary.
“I haven’t been on a track for months, and it was great to be able to hit the track and do it in Canada,” said Milley. “I was so excited and the anticipation was killing me last night. To race on it and really push the limits, it’s a great track.”
Third in the men’s time trial went to Ross Wilson.
For the Masters C points race, Steve Bauer was unable to capture another jersey. He tied for points with Charles Cormier. Bauer got silver; Cormier, bronze. The win went to Garnett Abbey of Team Erase Cancer. “I’ve been waiting all my life for this,” Abbey said about the new velodrome. He compared it to the facility in Sydney, Australia. Abbey got into cycling in his ’30s. It started with mountain, then road and now track. The points race sees riders trying to lap the field, for 20 points, and contesting sprints every 10 laps. Bauer admits that he lost track of the sprints. He won two of the four sprints, but didn’t pick up any points on one contest.
Former Hamilton Tiger Cats linebacker Steve McKee won the Master B points race. He earned 50 points in 60 laps. Paul Beit was second (32 points); Steve Grundy third (26 points).
Mathieu Charruau won the Masters A points race with 15 points in 30 laps. Chris Reid was second (9 points); Mark Palma, third (-14 points).
The final event in the women’s omnium, the points race, seemed to start out at tempo, the racers just ramping things up for the sprints. Bevridge won the first few sprints extending her overall ominum lead. At roughly 75 laps in, Alizee Brien went on a flyer. She eventually caught the bunch and got 20 points. Brenna Pauly and Sarah Anne Rasmussen tried match Brien’s move, but the group caught them. During Lap 15, the track saw its first crash. Malanie von Stetten, Meghan Grant and Pauly want down. Only Grant got back into the race. “I had to re-focus and start pedalling my bike. It’s the national championships, so you don’t want to give up. I just wanted to get back in there an finish the race,” Grant said after. She wasn’t exactly sure how the crash happened, as fatigue in the later stages in the event can take its toll.
Most of the sprints were between national teammates Beveridge and Steph Roorda. Beveridge took enough to keep her ominum lead for the overall win with 224 points. “My teammate Steph—because I had to play a bit of a defensive role—I’m sure she’s pretty sick me right now. I watched her and nipped some points from her at the line to maintain that lead,” Beveridge said.
“It’s always fun to go head to head with your teammates. She’ll have a rematch next week with me. I’m sure she’s looking forward to that,” Beveridge added already looking ahead to the Milton International Challenge, Jan. 9-11.
Ed Veal lead the men’s omnium ahead of the points race. But the race of 40 km, or 160 laps, was quite volatile. Sean Mackinnon and Zayne Hayes both captured the lead at one point. Remi Pelletier-Roy, the winner of the individual pursuit and the elimination race, picked up enough points by lapping the field twice and gaining sprint points to take the race and the omnium. “It was one of the hardest races I’ve done,” he said of the points race. While he’s raced the Pan Am Games and the Commonwealth Games, he’s not a marked rider in those events as he was at the national event.
“I’m always nervous in a race. There’s no easy race.I lost the lead and got pretty antsy. Then, I got myself together to find the right place to attack,” he said.
Women’s omnium Race IV – 500 m time trial
| Place | Name | Team | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allison Beveridge | Trek Red-Truck | 36.847 | 48.851 km/h |
| 2 | Stephanie Roorda | Cycling BC | 38.285 | 47.016 km/h |
| 3 | Jamie Gilgen | Team Ontario | 38.944 | 46.220 km/h |
| 4 | Marie Soleil Blais | Equipe de Quebec | 39.359 | 45.733 km/h |
| 5 | Allie Guenther | Cycling BC | 40.17 | 44.810 km/h |
| 6 | Sarah Mason | Team Ontario | 40.626 | 44.307 km/h |
| 7 | Brenna Pauly | Cycling BC | 40.781 | 44.138 km/h |
| 8 | Meghan Grant | Cycling BC | 40.792 | 44.126 km/h |
| 9 | Emily Flynn | The Cyclery-Opus | 40.937 | 43.970 km/h |
| 10 | Sarah Anne Rasmussen | Team Ontario | 41.029 | 43.871 km/h |
| 11 | Alizee Brien | Equipe de Quebec | 41.161 | 43.731 km/h |
| 12 | Sarah Coney | Trek Red-Truck | 41.361 | 43.519 km/h |
| 13 | Stephanie Bester | CoachChris.ca | 41.686 | 43.180 km/h |
| 14 | Melanie Von Stetten | Team Atac | 43.18 | 41.686 km/h |
| 15 | Jasmin Glaesser | Cycling BC | DNS |
Men’s 1 km time trial
| Place | Name | Team | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joakim Albert | Equipe de Quebec | 01:06.437 | 54.187 km/h |
| 2 | Aidan Caves | Cycling BC | 01:06.444 | 54.181 km/h |
| 3 | Eric Johnstone | Team Alberta | 01:06.531 | 54.110 km/h |
| 4 | Ed Veal | RealDeal/Gears | 01:06.532 | 54.109 km/h |
| 5 | Remi Pelletier-Roy | Equipe de Quebec | 01:06.770 | 53.916 km/h |
| 6 | Jeff Schiller | To Wheels Epic Sports | 01:06.978 | 53.749 km/h |
| 7 | Jacob Schwingboth | Cycling BC | 01:07.189 | 53.580 km/h |
| 8 | Zayne Heyes | Cycling BC | 01:07.337 | 53.462 km/h |
| 9 | Sean Mackinnon | Racer Sportif/Mattamy Homes | 01:07.641 | 53.222 km/h |
| 10 | Emile Jean | Equipe de Quebec | 01:08.021 | 52.925 km/h |
| 11 | Guillaume Roussel | Equipe de Quebec | 01:08.023 | 52.923 km/h |
| 12 | Benjamin Perry | Silber Pro Cycling | 01:08.216 | 52.774 km/h |
| 13 | Daniel Nesbitt | Team NCCH | 01:08.511 | 52.546 km/h |
| 14 | Alec Cowan | Cyclemeisters | 01:08.589 | 52.487 km/h |
| 15 | Jean Michel Lachance | Equipe de Quebec | 01:09.199 | 52.024 km/h |
| 16 | Adam Jamieson | Team NCCH | 01:09.229 | 52.001 km/h |
| 17 | Alexander Cataford | Silber Pro Cycling | 01:09.258 | 51.980 km/h |
| 18 | Marc Antoine Noel | Equipe de Quebec | 01:09.439 | 51.844 km/h |
| 19 | Andrew Cullingham | Synergy Racing | 01:09.499 | 51.799 km/h |
| 20 | Marc Antoine Soucy | Equipe de Quebec | 01:09.714 | 51.640 km/h |
| 21 | Jason Abbott | Golden Sports | 01:09.752 | 51.611 km/h |
| 22 | Ryan Roth | Silber Pro Cycling | 01:09.790 | 51.583 km/h |
| 23 | Curtis Dearden | Cycling BC | 01:10.241 | 51.252 km/h |
| 24 | Ryan Aitcheson | Astellas Cycling | 01:10.292 | 51.215 km/h |
| 25 | Dylan Davies | Trek Red-Truck | 01:10.648 | 50.957 km/h |
| 26 | Eric Macdonald | CoachChris.ca | 01:10.838 | 50.820 km/h |
| 27 | Fabien Parent | Veloselect | 01:10.992 | 50.710 km/h |
| 28 | Khyl Orser | Tin Horn Creek | 01:11.222 | 50.546 km/h |
| 29 | Jack Burke | Team NCCH | 01:11.267 | 50.514 km/h |
| 30 | James Orton | Team NCCH | 01:11.719 | 50.196 km/h |
| 31 | Benoit Lussier | Independent | 01:11.803 | 50.137 km/h |
| 32 | Robert Hargrove | Cycling BC | 01:13.577 | 48.928 km/h |
| 33 | William Elliott | Team NCCH | 01:14.199 | 48.518 km/h |
| 34 | Charlie Gorman | Nine2FivePro.com | 01:14.757 | 48.156 km/h |
| 35 | Robert Mccarty | Independent | 01:15.466 | 47.704 km/h |
Women’s omnium Race V – Flying lap
| Place | Name | Team | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allison Beveridge | Trek Red-Truck | 14.951 | 60.197 km/h |
| 2 | Stephanie Roorda | Cycling BC | 15.365 | 58.575 km/h |
| 3 | Jamie Gilgen | Team Ontario | 15.893 | 56.629 km/h |
| 4 | Sarah Mason | Team Ontario | 16.156 | 55.707 km/h |
| 5 | Marie Soleil Blais | Equipe de Quebec | 16.219 | 55.490 km/h |
| 6 | Allie Guenther | Cycling BC | 16.426 | 54.791 km/h |
| 7 | Brenna Pauly | Cycling BC | 16.441 | 54.741 km/h |
| 8 | Sarah Coney | Trek Red-Truck | 16.567 | 54.325 km/h |
| 9 | Alizee Brien | Equipe de Quebec | 16.808 | 53.546 km/h |
| 10 | Meghan Grant | Cycling BC | 16.888 | 53.292 km/h |
| 11 | Emily Flynn | The Cyclery-Opus | 16.992 | 52.966 km/h |
| 12 | Sarah Anne Rasmussen | Team Ontario | 17.067 | 52.733 km/h |
| 13 | Stephanie Bester | CoachChris.ca | 17.506 | 51.411 km/h |
| 14 | Melanie Von Stetten | Team Atac | 17.817 | 50.514 km/h |
Men’s omnium Race V – Flying lap
| Place | Name | Team | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aidan Caves | Cycling BC | 13.841 | 65.024 km/h |
| 2 | Jaco Schwingboth | Cycling BC | 13.932 | 64.599 km/h |
| 3 | Eric Johnstone | Team Alberta | 14.048 | 64.066 km/h |
| 4 | Zayne Heyes | Cycling BC | 14.108 | 63.794 km/h |
| 5 | Sean Mackinnon | Racer Sportif/ Mattamy Homes | 14.163 | 63.546 km/h |
| 6 | Remi Pelletier-Roy | Equipe de Quebec | 14.177 | 63.483 km/h |
| 7 | Ed Veal | RealDeal/Gears | 14.267 | 63.083 km/h |
| 8 | Jeff Schiller | To Wheels Epic | 14.343 | 62.748 km/h |
| 9 | Emile Jean | Equipe de Quebec | 14.358 | 62.683 km/h |
| 10 | Benjamin Perry | Silber Pro Cycling | 14.556 | 61.830 km/h |
| 11 | Curtis Dearden | Cycling BC | 14.556 | 61.830 km/h |
| 12 | Alec Cowan | Cyclemeisters | 14.648 | 61.442 km/h |
| 13 | Adam Jamieson | Team NCCH | 14.665 | 61.371 km/h |
| 14 | Jean Mich Lachance | Equipe de Quebec | 14.668 | 61.358 km/h |
| 15 | Ryan Aitcheson | Astellas Cycling | 14.815 | 60.749 km/h |
| 16 | Marc Antoine Noel | Equipe de Quebec | 14.845 | 60.626 km/h |
| 17 | Dylan Davies | Trek Red-Truck | 15.037 | 59.852 km/h |
| 18 | Alexander Cataford | Silber Pro Cycling | 15.232 | 59.086 km/h |
| 19 | Robert Hargrove | Cycling BC | 15.389 | 58.483 km/h |
| 20 | Jack Burke | Team NCCH | 15.563 | 57.829 km/h |
| 21 | William Elliott | Team NCCH | 15.886 | 56.654 km/h |
Masters C scratch race
| Place | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Bauer | Independent | |
| 2 | Garnett Abbey | Erase Cancer | |
| 3 | Charles Cormier | Mikes Bike Shop | |
| 4 | James Brooks | West of Quebec Wheelers | -1 lap |
| 5 | Mark Hopper | Newmarket Eagles | -1 lap |
| 6 | Richard Ugalde | La Bicicletta | -1 lap |
| 7 | Roger Waithe | Dornellas Cycling | -2 laps |
| Gerard-Louis Robert | ASEA Sport | DNF |
Masters B scratch race
| Place | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Firek | Racer Sportif / Mattamy Homes | |
| 2 | Steve Grundy | Kallisto-FCV | |
| 3 | Steve Mckee | Wheels of Bloor | |
| 4 | Julian Base | BOC Racing | |
| 5 | Brent Atkins | West of Quebec Wheeler | |
| 6 | Paul Beit | Team NCCH | |
| 7 | Mark Buckaway | Midweek Cycling Club | |
| 8 | Conrad Mrowiec | Kallisto-FCV | |
| 9 | Murray Solem | Independent | |
| 10 | Gary Wright | Team NCCH | |
| 11 | Hans Loeffelholz | Nine2FivePro.com | -2 laps |
Masters A scratch race
| Place | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu Charruau | Trek-Fiera | |
| 2 | Chris Reid | The Cyclery | -1 lap |
| 3 | Mark Palma | Team NCCH | -1 lap |
| 4 | Mark Gilligan | NacsWorld p/b WASPCa | -1 lap |
| 5 | Enrico Traini | RCC | -4 laps |
