Road Nationals Recap

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