Gillian Ellsay, Derek Gee crowned 2015 Canadian junior time trial champions in Quebec

Thursday’s junior time trial in Thetford Mines, Que. kicked off the junior and master phases of the 2015 Canadian Road Championships, an event that saw strong performances from western Canadian riders in the women’s race.

In the junior men’s race, a two-lap, 28.4 km course, it was Derek Gee of Osgoode, Ont. who came out ahead.

Gee, riding with Team Ontario, took the title from 2014’s champion Pierre-Andrée Côté (Equipe du Quebec) of St-Henri de Levis, Quebec. Blazing the course with a lapsed time of 40:48, Gee won both the title and the coverted jersey, with Evan Burtnik of Team Alberta just behind — only 19 seconds from taking first place. Côté rolled in 1:15 behind, a comfortably wide margin making Gee this year’s new Canadian Champion.

In the junior women’s race, Cycling BC’s Gillian Ellsay, hailing from Courtenay, B.C., enjoyed a similarly commanding margin with her first place finish, rounding the single-lap 14.2 km course in 23:27 seconds. Ellsay’s lead put her 44 seconds ahead of Team Alberta’s Emilia Harvie, from Banff, Alta., and fellow Vancouver Islander Erin Attwell.

Today the master road race hits the pavement in Thetford Mines, with the junior road race happening on Saturday, July 4.

Podiums – Time Trial – 2015 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships
Junior Women
1. Ellsay, Gillian (Cycling BC) 23:27
2. Harvie, Emeliah (Team Alberta) 24:11 +00:44
3. Attwell, Erin (Cycling BC) 24:18 +00:51

Junior Men
1. Gee, Derek (Team Ontario) 40:48
2. Burtnik, Evan (Team Alberta) 41:07 +00:19
3. Côté, Pierre-Andrée (Equipe du Quebec) 42:04 +01:16

Master A
1. McNicoll, Jerome (Abc cycles/Honda centre-ville) 42:01
2. Doddy, Dan (Tower International Cycling Team 0:43:51 +01:50
3. Van Every, Russell (Tower International cycling team) 44:26 +02:25

Master B
1. Gazsi, David (TrueNorthMedicalRoadCorps) 41:45
2. McKeown, Brian (The Radical Edge) 43:00 +01:15
3. Boiteau, Alexandre (Trek-Fiera) 43:02 +1:17

Master C
1. Amos, Ron (Hammer/53×11) 21:17
2. Bauer, Steve (independent) 21:44 +00:27
3. Gee, Jon (Ride with Rendall) 22:04 +00:47

Master D
1. Amderson, Robert (Team Specialized Racing Masters) 22:45
2. Goulet, Alain (independent) 23:08 +00:23
3. Laird, James (Peak Racing / Gear Works Cyclery) 23:38 +00:53

Master E
1. Boileau, Caroline (Nine2FivePro.com Cycling Team) 27:38

Master F
1. Chisholm, Allison (Morning Glory) 25:00
2. Hayes, Judith (Martin Swiss) 25:29 +00:29
3. Masun, Katya (CYKL – Junek Velodromes) 25:35 +00:35