COMMONWEALTH CHAMP CATHARINE PENDREL EARNS TICKET TO OLYMPIC GAMES
COMMONWEALTH CHAMP CATHARINE PENDREL EARNS TICKET TO OLYMPIC GAMES
Raphaël Gagné ends dream season with Top-20 at UCI World Championships
(Ottawa, ON – September 05, 2015) Catharine Pendrel is going to race her third Olympic Games in Rio.
The Kamloops, BC resident punched her ticket to Rio today – the first Canadian cyclist to do so –by posting a Top-5 result at the UCI World Championships in Vallnord, Andorra.
Pendrel finished the gruelling race with a time of 1:54.59, taking the fifth place. Emily Batty finished in seventh place, posing a time of 1:56.26. French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prevot was crowned the new World Champion.
In the men’s race, Raphael Gagné ended the season of his dreams with an 18th spot. Gagné flirted with the Top 12 in laps 3 and 4, but dropped a few positions towards the end. He crossed the finish line just over five minutes after Nino Schurter of Switzerland.
“We had really strong rides from Pendrel, Batty and Gagne today. This was an extremely tough course. Even though the weather improved, there were a lot of areas that were still slick. There were also a lot of tough battles for position today. I’m happy to see that our riders were prepared for that and fought hard to the end. It may not have been a medal day, but it definitely shows that we are strong and have lots of momentum heading toward 2016.”
RESULTS – CROSS-COUNTRY – ELITE MEN
1. SCHURTER, Nino (SWITZERLAND) 1:29:22
2. ABSALON, Julien (FRANCE) +0:10
3. CINK, Ondrej (CZECH REPUBLIC) +1:15
4. FUMIC, Manuel (GERMANY) +1:22
5. FLUCKIGER, Mathias (SWITZERLAND) +2:08
6. MAROTTE, Maxime (FRANCE) +2:25
7. NAEF, Ralph (SWITZERLAND) +3:13
8. VOGEL, Florian (SWITZERLAND) +3:14
9. DRECHOU, Hugo (FRANCE) +3:48
10. VAN HOOVELS, Kevin (BELGIUM) +3:54
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18. GAGNE, Raphael (CANADA) +5:11
42. KABUSH, Geoff (CANADA) +10:28
RESULTS – CROSS-COUNTRY – ELITE WOMEN
1. FERRAND PREVOT, Pauline (FRANCE) 1:52:44
2. KALENTYEVA, Irina (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) +0:58
3. BELOMOINA, Yana (UKRAINE) +1:36
4. DAHLE FLESJAA, Gunn-Rita (NORWAY) +2:15
5. PENDREL, Catharine (CANADA) +2:15
6. WLOSZCZOWSKA, Maja (POLAND) +2:52
7. BATTY, Emily (CANADA) +3:42
8. SPITZ, Sabine (GERMANY) +4:02
9. NEFF, Jolanda (SWITZERLAND) +4:57
10. DAVISON, Lea (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) +5:14
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27. WALTER, Sandra (CANADA) +14:20
DOWNHILL – OFFICIAL TIMED SESSION – ELITE WOMEN
1. ATHERTON, Rachel (GREAT BRITAIN) 5:39.829
2. HANNAH, Tracey (AUSTRALIA) +19.232
3. CARPENTER, Manon (GREAT BRITAIN) +19.684
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7. BROWN, Casey (CANADA) +53.006
8. MILLER, Miranda (CANADA) +1:03.348
19. BUCHAR, Claire (CANADA) +1:48.073
27. VERBEECK, Vaea (CANADA) +2:54.936
DOWNHILL – SEEDING TIME – JUNIOR MEN
1. MINNAAR, Greg (SOUTH AFRICA) 4:49.202
2. THIRION, Remi (FRANCE) +0.145
3. BRYCELAND, Josh (GREAT BRITAIN) +0.311
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18. SMITH, Steve (CANADA) +13.324
19. WALLACE, Mark (CANADA) +15.097
30. BEER, Matthew (CANADA) +22.724
