The more experience Olivia Baril has in time trials, the more she will be able to stand out in this type of event. This is what the cyclist retains from her 19th place signed Thursday at the World Championships.
The Quebecer fell 3 minutes 11 seconds behind American Chloe Dygert, world champion thanks to a stopwatch of 46 min 59 s.
“I’m not happy with the result or my performance, but I realize that to be good in time trials, you need a lot of experience,” Baril told Sportcom. Especially at races like today (Thursday), which was a particularly long one. »
The 36.2 kilometer route was presented in Stirling, north of Glasgow, UK.
“50 minutes of time trial is a long time! Especially among women, where we don’t do it often, “said the athlete from Rouyn-Noranda.
For comparison, the women’s Tour de France time trial, 22.6 km long, was won in 29 min 15 s. In two weeks, the Tour of Scandinavia will be contested over 16.4 kilometers.
“It varies a lot, so it’s really the experience that’s going to make me better over time. I think there are a lot of things I can work on, but I have a lot of potential. […] I felt good all day, but the others felt better. »
The other Canadian in action, Paula Findlay, finished 25th, 3 minutes 41 seconds behind the American. Australian Grace Brown (6 seconds) and Austrian Christina Schweinberger (1 minute 13 seconds) completed the podium.
It was a first time trial for Olivia Baril at the World Championships.
“Already being selected, I was really happy! It was fun and it gives me another time trial in my baggage of experience. »
In juniors, Éloïse Camiré of Saint-Jérôme finished 24th in the time trial, 1 minute 51.28 seconds behind gold medalist Felicity Wilson-Haffenden of Australia.
In road para-cycling, Tarek Dahab finished 18th in the C2 class time trial. The Quebecer, who has taken part in all the track events in his category in the last few days, covered the 17 kilometers in 3 minutes 57.05 seconds faster than the winner, the Frenchman Alexandre Leaute.
The latter posted a time of 23 min 10.91 s and beat the Australian Darren Hicks (6.17 seconds) as well as the Belgian Ewoud Vromant (25.40 seconds).
Dahab is taking part in his first World Championships in Glasgow. He will be back on Saturday for the road race.
