{"id":250031,"date":"2026-06-25T17:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/nadia-gontova-claims-career-first-elite-womens-time-trial-title-at-canadian-road-championships\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:54:09","slug":"nadia-gontova-claims-career-first-elite-womens-time-trial-title-at-canadian-road-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/nadia-gontova-claims-career-first-elite-womens-time-trial-title-at-canadian-road-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadia Gontova claims career-first elite women&#8217;s time trial title at Canadian Road Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-372597eb-3a5f-42b0-9bc5-e2bedf67d989\">Nadia Gontova (Liv AlUla Jayco) secured a career-first elite women&#8217;s individual time trial title at the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/canadian-road-championships\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/canadian-road-championships\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/canadian-road-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Road Championships<\/a> held in Saint Georges, Qu\u00e9bec, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Gontova covered the 27.8km course with a winning time of 38:08, beating by just one second both runner-up and former three-time champion Paula Findlay and third-placed Emily Driedger (The Cyclery Racing).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-372597eb-3a5f-42b0-9bc5-e2bedf67d989-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Gontova has experienced a rapid rise to the top step of the podium in only her first year racing on the World Tour with Liv AlUla Jayco. 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