Gallery: Svein Tuft and Leah Kirchmann smash their way to Canadian ITT championship titles
Silber and Rally sweep the U23 podiums in the men's and women's categories respectively
Riders warm up on a cool morning in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Leah Kirchmann had a big day of travel before arriving in Saguenay coming directly from The Women's Tour in Britain.
Defending champion Karol-Ann Canuel
Leah Kirchmann on her way to victory.
Stage winner at the Tour de Beauce Jack Burke warms up.
The course required a hard effort.
Silber are one of the biggest teams at nationals.
Blue sky and deep aero wheels.
Alex Cataford finished on the podium of the ITT championships in Saguenay.
James Piccoli finished far off the pace of the leader. Perhaps saving his legs for Saturday.
Rob Britton was the closest to Tuft but still 35 seconds back.
Adam Roberge in 2018.
Svein Tuft left it all on the road on his way to his 11th career Canadian ITT victory.
A Silber Pro Cyling sweep of the U23 podium.
The elite men's podium with Tuft on the middle step for the 11th time in his career,
Rally Cycling sweep the women's U23 podium.
The elite and U23 ITT Canadian champions.
The 2018 Canadian road championships kicked off on Thursday with the individual time trials. The course was 37-km on undulating roads for the men and 25-km for the women.
In the elite men’s race, Svein Tuft (Mitchelton-Scott) performed flawlessly besting the time of Rob Britton (Rally Cycling) by 35-seconds to take his 11th and likely his final career Canadian time trial title. Alex Cataford (UnitedHealthcare) finished third while Adam Roberge (Silber Pro Cycling) won the U23 title.
In the women’s race, Leah Kirchmann (Sunweb) took her second career Canadian ITT title by eight seconds over defending champion Karol-Ann Canuel (Boels-Dolmans). Kirsti Lay (Rally Cycling) rounded out the podium in third. Sara Poidevin (Rally Cycling) won her third straight U23 title.
The racing for the elite and U23 riders continues on Saturday with the road races in La Baie. Follow the action live at 8:15 a.m. EDT for the women’s road race and 12:30 p.m. EDT for the men’s here.
