National Championship Day in the land of the Maple Leaf sees the riders take on a flat course. Houle or Boivin seems to be the likely outcome. With a win Houle will have back-to-back titles.
Startlist
Spoiler
Last name
First name
2022 Team
Cheyne
Jordan
Glanbia
Juneau
Francis
Glanbia
De Vos
Adam
HelloFresh - Lampre
Boivin
Guillaume
Le Creuset
Piccoli
James
Le Creuset
Matte
Charles
McCormick Pro Cycling
Naud
Patrick
Volcanica - Fox
Houle
Hugo
Xero Racing
Zukowsky
Nickolas
Zara - Irizar
Burke
Jack
Zwift Pro Cycling
Stroll
Lewis
Zwift Pro Cycling
It is literally a bunch of amateurs in the break. With 25k to go Le Creuset and Zara are on the front shutting the last of them down.
No further attacks and with 2.5k to go Houle has a couple of teammates in front of him and Boivin, Zukowsky, Cheyne, Burke and Naud behind him.
Under the 1k banner Boivin is the first to launch. Houle, who was a little slower to launch, is a few lengths back. Cheyne and Zukowsky are next.
500 meters, Boivin still has a good lead over Houle, as expected it is between those two.
200 meters to go and it looks much the same.
Boivin celebrates a national championship for Le Creuset. Houle fails in his bid for back-to-back titles and settles for 2nd.
Zukowsky completes the podium.
Results
1
Guillaume Boivin
Le Creuset
1h24'26
2
Hugo Houle
Xero Racing
s.t.
3
Nickolas Zukowsky
Zara - Irizar
s.t.
4
Jordan Cheyne
Glanbia
s.t.
5
Jack Burke
Zwift Pro Cycling
s.t.
6
Adam De Vos
HelloFresh - Lampre
s.t.
7
Lewis Stroll
Zwift Pro Cycling
s.t.
8
Patrick Naud
Volcanica - Fox
s.t.
9
Charles Matte
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
10
Francis Juneau
Glanbia
s.t.
11
James Piccoli
Le Creuset
s.t.
Time Trial
With defending champion Cataford not here, Cheyne is a strong favorite to take the TT title.
There are 3 riders most likely to challenge Cheyne, the second of those on the course is Matte, who takes the hot seat from the first of them, Zukowsky.
Next is Stroll. He was tied with Matte at the 2nd check and is still tied with him at the finish
But who is ahead won’t matter as right behind Stoll is Cheyne who wins it by 1’59.