Ontario Athletes Take Home 14 National Titles at Canadian Road Championships
The Canadian Road Championships returned to Beauce, QC for 2024 with some challenging courses featuring long climbs and quick descents. Additionally, athletes, especially those competing on Sunday, had to navigate torrential rain and cooler temperatures in their pursuit of a podium result.
This was this first year the Championships included a dedicated U17 category for the Time Trial and Road Race (criterium combined results with U19). This proved to be beneficial for Ontario with a strong cohort of young riders coming through the system. On Friday, Team Ontario athletes captured gold in both the U17 Men (Jake McLean) and U17 Women (Elly Moore) as well as in several para-cycling categories with gold medal performances from Maarten Duif (M H1-H2), Joey Desjardins (M H3-H5), Shelley Gautier and Katty Abran (H3-H5).
In the road races, Ontario athletes continued their success taking home 8 national titles. Things got started with Alex Fangeat winning the U17 Women’s race with Eve Buczkowski right behind her finishing in 2nd and Jayden McMullen taking the top step in the U19 Men’s race. In the Men’s Elite race, Michael Woods used his strength on the climbs to attack enroute to capturing gold. In the para-cycling races, Team Ontario was well represented with five (5) gold medals including Shelley Gautier (W T1), Maarten Duif (M H1-2), Joey Desjardins (M H3-5), Lachlan Hotchkiss (M C4-5), and Katty Abran (W H3-5).
Congratulations to all Ontario Athletes and Coaches. A full list of Ontario medallists can be found below.
Time Trial
U17 Women
1st Elly Moore
3rd Eve Buczkowski
Junior Women
2nd. Larissa Pedersen
U17 Men
1st Jake McLean
3rd Carter de Veer
Junior Men
3rd Albert Taylor
U23 Women
2nd Ava Holmgren
3rd Isabella Holmgren
U23 Men
2nd Michael Leonard
H1-H2 Men
1st Maarten Duif H1
H3-H5 Men
1st Joey Desjardins H3
3rd Michael Trauner H4
H4 Women
1st Katty Abran H4
T1-T2 Women
1st Shelley Gautier T1
Road Race
U17 Women
1st Alexandra Fangeat
2nd Eve Buczkowski
Junior Women
3rd Addison Frank
Elite Men
1st Michael Woods
3rd Carson Miles
C4-C5 Men
1st Lachlan Hotchkiss – C4
H1-H2 Men
1st Maarten Duff H1
H3-H5 Women
1st Katty Abran H4
H3-H5 Men
1st Joey Desjardins H3
3rd Michael Trauner H4
T1-T2 Women
1st Shelley Gautier T1
U17 Men
2nd Sagan Goertz
Junior Men
1st Jayden McMullen
U23 Women
3rd Ava Holmgren
Criterium
U17/U19 Women
2nd Elly Moore