Reigning U23 males’s Pan-American cyclocross champion Ian Ackert (Trek Future Racing) dominated his first foray within the elite males’s race at Canadian Cyclo-cross Championships, introduced by Lazer, and rode solo for the maple leaf jersey on Saturday.
On a cool, cloudy afternoon in Lévis, Quebec, Ackert took management of the race after the third of seven laps. Gunnar Holmgren (KMC Ridley), the U23 champion 4 seasons in the past, took the silver medal at 1:04 off the successful tempo. Tyler Clark, the 2022 elite champion, settled for the bronze.
It was a 3rd nationwide title for Ackert, who gained the lads’s junior and U23 crowns in 2022 and 2023, respectively. This time he was the youngest competitor within the elite discipline of 26 riders.
The junior and U23 fields raced collectively on Saturday on the CX de Lévis course, positioned on the positioning of an outdated abbey close to the St Lawrence River which offered relentless quick climbs and tough descents in slippery situations from earlier rain.
Mika Comaniuk (Equipe Du Quebec) secured the lads’s U23 title with a solo effort. Emilien Belzile (Stimulus Trek) earned the junior males’s victory in a head-to-head dash towards Evan Moore (Collingwood Collective).
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