CYCLING CANADA ANNOUNCES ROSTER FOR 2020 CYCLOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ottawa, ON (January 17, 2020) – Cycling Canada has selected 12 athletes to compete at the 2020 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Dübendorf, Switzerland on February 1 and 2. Two Canadian riders will compete in each category including in the inaugural women’s Junior world championship race. Leading up to the championships, the team will also compete at the final UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup of the season in Hoogerheide on January 27.
“We’re really excited about our team this year. We have a very strong women’s team with the potential for great results in Elite with Maghalie Rochette and Jennifer Jackson, U23 with Ruby West and Junior with Emilly Johnson,” said Scott Kelly, Cyclocross Program Manager for Cycling Canada. “Michael van den Ham also had one of his strongest and most consistent blocks over Christmas of his career so he’ll be hoping for a strong result in the Elite men’s field.”
After Cycling Canada’s Christmas Cross program had a great camp over the holidays, the Hoogerheide World Cup and the 2020 Championships represent another opportunity for Canadian athletes to continue their develop by going up against the strongest fields in the world.
Team Canada
Emilly Johnson (Comox, BC) – Junior Women
Claire Steciuk (Midhurst, ON) – Junior Women
Dana Gilligan (Oro Medonte, ON) – U23 Women
Ruby West (Dundas, ON) – U23 Women
Jennifer Jackson (Horseshoe Valley, ON) – Elite Women
Maghalie Rochette (St-Jérôme, QC) – Elite Women
Cody Scott (North Vancouver, BC) – Junior Men
Matthew Leliveld (Mulmer, ON) – Junior Men
Malcolm Barton (Uxbridge, ON) – U23 Men
Tyler Orschel (Uxbridge, ON) – U23 Men
Cameron Jette (Toronto, ON) – Elite Men
Michael van den Ham (Abbotsford, BC) – Elite Men
Our national cyclo-cross team is extremely grateful to our partners Paris to Ancaster, Maghalie Rochette and her CX Fever fund, and our generous donors and volunteers. As a non-Olympic sport, Cycling Canada’s cyclo-cross program does not receive government funding to support programming. Our partners’ support affords us the ability to develop the next generation of world class Canadian cyclists. If you too would like to make a difference, please consider donating. As a not-for-profit organization Cycling Canada can issue tax receipts for any donation greater than $25.
