Raphaël Gagné (Red Truck – Garneau p/b Easton Cyclocross Team) won the elite men’s Canadian Cyclocross Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Saturday. Peter Disera (Norco Factory Team) took the men’s U23 title and his brother Quinton Disera (CSAJCC p/b Norco & LG) won the junior men's title. Canada’s championships are held in the fall due to the country’s early winter. This year’s winners will own their titles for 2016.
Gagné became the first Canadian cyclocross champion from Québec Province in at least 18 years and his win came after an intense tactical competition between his team and Geoff Kabush’s SCOTT-3 ROX outfit which saw five-time champion Kabush repeat last year’s second place result.
Gagné attributed his first cyclo-cross national title to precise bike handling but mainly to the support of teammate van den Ham, saying he was “pretty stoked” about earning a maple leaf jersey for Québec.
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“It’s definitely a team win today thanks to van den Ham. We both attacked a few times and we both took some pulls and counter-attacked. It’s one of the only races in my career where team tactics was involved. That’s pretty awesome and it sets the tempo for 2015/16.”
“They (SCOTT-3 Rox) rode strong, and played their cards as well. They were trying tactics as well. I felt like Mike [van den Ham] and I were pretty strong in the sand pit and technically as well. Definitely we had the watts.”
A fast race
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