The 2014 Global Relay Canadian road cycling championships in pictures

Photographer Ivan Rupes followed the complete 2014 Global Relay Canadian road cycling championships, which wrapped up on Sunday. Below are eight representative photos of the country's newest champions.

Canadian Cycling Magazine July 7, 2014

Photographer Ivan Rupes followed the complete 2014 Global Relay Canadian road cycling championships, which wrapped up on Sunday. Below are eight representative photos of the country’s newest champions.

Leah Kirchmann (Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies) waits at the start before heading out on the individual time trial run that would win her the championship. Photo credit: Ivan Rupes

Svein Tuft crests Mont Morne during the elite road race. Tuft would spend more the 100 km ahead of the bunch before taking the win. Photo credit: Ivan Rupes

Rémi Pelletier-Roy (Garneau-Québécor) rides in the lead of the winning breakaway of the elite men’s criterium. Pelletier-Roy would go on to take the championship race. Photo credit: Ivan Rupes

Zeina Loufti (Acquisio) rides a climb in the Master E women’s road race. She would ride on to the win. Loufti finished second in the Master E individual time trial, 22 seconds behind Pascale Legrand (Vélo 2000 Peak Centre). Photo credit: Ivan Rupes

Master B road race podium — Jean-Francois Blais (Trek-Fiera) takes the national champion jersey in the Master B road race. Michel Jean (Sports GTH, on left) takes second. Brian McKeown (Radical Edge, on right) takes third. Photo credit: Ivan Rupes

Dafne Theroux-Izquierdo — Dafné Theroux-Izquierdo (Équipe du Québec, left) rides in a leading breakaway on a steep climb near Beauceville, Que., in the junior women’s road race. Theroux-Izquierdo won the individual time trial two days before, and would come in sixth in the criterium the next day. Photo credit: Ivan Rupes

Edward Walsh (Atlantic Cycling Centre) takes the junior road race title in a solo finish. Photo credit: Ivan Rupes