Gatineau Racing Action

The La Grande Visite de Gatineau wrapped up in fine form today with top-level racing action for both the men and the women. The day started with criterium races for all categories, concluding with the elite men’s and Masters 30-39 Criterium de Gatineau. The flat course featured two traffic circles which made positioning and bike handling skills the must haves over the 45 minute plus 5 lap race. After multiple attacks that always featured the local Ottawa team of Scott Racing and Spidertech p/b SpiderTech, the winning break got away and stuck with four riders: winner Eric Boilly (Spidertech p/b Planet Energy), second place team mate Charly Vives, third place racer Shaun Adamson (Scott Racing), and coming in fourth Osmond Bakker (LaBicicletta).

The feature event of the weekend was the elite women’s road race featuring teams from North America and Europe. Amongst the starters for 99 kilometer Grand Prix Gatineau road race were HTC-Colombia, Webcor Builders Cycling Team, Tibco/To the Top, Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team, Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery, Hitec Products UCK – Norway, 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic, Team Canada, Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil, Nanoblur Gears, BMW – Bianchi, Australian National Team, Eat-Clean Diet Women’s Cycling Team, and Equipe Cascades. Covering a 12.4 kilometer course, numerous attempts were made to establish breaks but in the end the race finished in a bunch sprint.

Canadian Joelle Numainville of Webcor Builders Cycling Team took the win with Jo Kiesanowski of TIBCO/To the Top in second and
Modesta Vzesniauskaite of Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team rounded out the podium in third place.

Full results:
1 Joelle Numainville (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 2:26:44
2 Jo Kiesanowski (NZl) TIBCO/To the Top
3 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team
4 Alison Testroete (Can) Team Canada
5 Isabelle Soderberg (Swe) Hitec Products UCK – Norway all s.t.
6 Leah Kirchman (Can) Team Canada 2:26:48
7 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC-Columbia
8 Kelly Benjamin (USA) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team
9 Tara Whitten (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil all s.t.
10 Heather Logan-Sprenger (Can) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team 2:26:51
11 Andrea Graus (Aut) Webcor Builders Cycling Team
12 Ruth Corset (Aus) TIBCO/To the Top
13 Amber Neben (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team
14 Carmen Small (USA) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team
15 Jacqueline Hahn (Aut) Hitec Products UCK – Norway
16 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Nanoblur Gears
17 Denise Ramsden (Can) Team Canada
18 Sarah Coney (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery
19 Lex Albrecht (Can) Equipe Cascades
20 Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Equipe Cascades
21 Carrie Cartmill (Can) Nanoblur Gears
22 Megan Guarnier (USA) TIBCO/To the Top
23 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic
24 Leah Guloien (Can) Team Canada
25 Kathleen Billington (USA) BMW – Bianchi
26 Michelle Gauthier (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic
27 Laura Brown (Can) Team Canada
28 Valerie Crete (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil
29 Michelle Paiement (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery
30 Julia Bradley (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery
31 Alexandra Carle (Aus) Australian National Team
32 Virginie Gauthier (Can) Equipe Cascades
33 Maria Grandt Petersen (Den) Hitec Products UCK – Norway
34 Cinthia Lehner (USA) BMW – Bianchi
35 Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team all s.t.
36 Anne Samplonius (Can) Eat-Clean Diet Women’s Cycling Team 2:26:59
37 Krista Ruby (Can) Eat-Clean Diet Women’s Cycling Team
38 Rebecca Much (USA ) TIBCO/To the Top
39 Katheryn Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team
40 Bromwyn Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team
41 Rachel O’Reilly (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery
42 Leigh Bianco (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery
43 Adriane Provost (Can) Team Canada all s.t.
44 Evelyn Stevens (USA) HTC-Columbia 2:27:10
45 Linda Villumsen (NZl) HTC-Columbia
46 Jessica Phillips (USA) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team both s.t.
47 Joanie Caron (Can) Nanoblur Gears 2:27:19
48 Kim Anderson (USA) HTC-Columbia s.t.
49 Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia 2:27:55
50 Alison Starnes (USA) TIBCO/To the Top 2:28:04
51 Rachel Warner (USA) BMW – Bianchi 2:28:16
52 Jenny Trew (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil 2:28:33
53 Kirsty Brouin (Aus) Australian National Team 2:29:59
54 Miriam Gaudreault (Can) Team Quebec 2:30:19
55 Cynthia Wilson (Can) Eat-Clean Diet Women’s Cycling Team 2:30:24
56 Allison Lampi (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic 2:32:50
57 Veronique Labonte (Can) Nanoblur Gears s.t.
58 Julia Farell (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic lapped
59 Paula Powell (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic lapped
60 Ariane Larocque- Patenaude (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil lapped
61 Kyla Rollinson (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil lapped
62 Jessica Joly (Can) Equipe Cascades lapped
63 Emma Peterson (NZl) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic lapped
64 Leigh Hargrove (Can) Eat-Clean Diet Women’s Cycling Team lapped
DNF Clair Michel (Can) BMW – Bianchi
DNF Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team
DNF Evelyn Gagnon (Can) Team Quebec
DNF Jessie Maclean (Aus) Australian National Team
DNF Johanne Cyr (Can) Team Quebec
DNF Krystal Jeffs (Can) Nanoblur Gears
DNF Leigh Hobson (Can) Nanoblur Gears
DNF Martine Amundsen (Nor) Hitec Products UCK – Norway
DNF Sophie Matte (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery