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CANADIAN BMX CHAMPION LOSES LIFE IN WORK ACCIDENT

Ottawa, ON– It is with great sadness that the Canadian cycling community learned of the loss of one of its own late Sunday night. Aidan Webber, 18, was killed in a workplace accident at a fish farm in northern Vancouver Island. Webber, of Nanaimo, BC, was the reigning Canadian junior BMX champion after winning the […]

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TWO MEDALS FOR CANADA AT PARA TRACK WORLDS

Apeldoorn, NL – Canada opened the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on Thursday with silver and bronze medals. Defending men’s C2 world champion Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, BC, had to settle for silver in the Individual Pursuit.  Chernove qualified first, but in the medal final finished behind Australian Darren Hicks, who took the […]

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CHERNOVE WINS SECOND MEDAL AT PARA TRACK WORLDS

Apeldoorn, NL– Tristen Chernove took his second medal of the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships on Friday, in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.  The Cranbrook, BC, rider won the bronze medal in the men’s C2 1000 metre time, after winning the silver medal on Thursday in the Individual Pursuit.  Ross Wilson, winner of the bronze medal in the men’s […]

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CHERNOVE WINS GOLD AT PARA TRACK WORLDS

Apeldoorn, NL – Team Canada concluded the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships on Saturday in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, with gold and silver medals, bringing the total number of medals for the event to five – one gold, two silver and two bronze. In the men’s C2 category, Tristen Chernove finished his world championships by winning the Scratch […]

CYCLING CANADA ANNOUNCES THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Ottawa, Ontario – Cycling Canada is pleased to announce the appointment  of three new members to its Board of Directors following a Cycling Canada Board meeting held on Tuesday, March 12th.  The three appointments include Annie Foreman-Mackey, who was recommended by the Athlete Council as the National Team Athlete Representative and two Director positions which […]

CYCLING CANADA ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE OF CRAIG GRIFFIN

Ottawa, Ontario (March 22, 2019)– Cycling Canada is making changes to the leadership of its women’s track endurance program in the wake of the departure of head coach Craig Griffin. Griffin joined Cycling Canada in 2013 and led the program to Olympic bronze in the team pursuit in 2016, along with medals at the Pan […]

CYCLING CANADA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL SQUAD FOR XCO WORLD CUPS 1 & 2

Ottawa, ON (May 14, 2019) – Eight Elite and U23 athletes will be competing at the opening rounds of the UCI Mountain Bike XCO World Cup in Team Canada colours. Leading the squad are two time world champion Catharine Pendrel of Kamloops, BC, and reigning Pan American champion Raphael Gagne of Quebec City. The team will […]