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Matteo Dal-Cin delights hometown crowd at Canadian road championships

Ottawa's Matteo Dal-Cin captured the elite men's Canadian road race title with an aggressive ride through the final stretch on Sunday in front of a hometown crowd.

Ottawa native breaks away down final stretch to capture elite men's victory

Canada's Matteo Dal-Cin, pictured above at the UCI Pro Tour cycling Grand Prix in September, won the men's Canadian road title on Sunday in Ottawa. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)

In front of his hometown crowd, Ottawa's Matteo Dal-Cin captured the elite men's Canadian road race title with an aggressive ride through the final stretch on Sunday.

The 26-year-old broke away from the main pack withMarc-Antoine Soucywith less than15 kilometres remaining in the 160-kmrace.

Dal-Cinsprinted pastSoucyas the two approached the finish lineto seal a dramatic victory in three hours, 43 minutes and 29 seconds.

Pier-Andr Cotcompleted the podium.