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CANADIAN BMX SEASON CONCLUDES WITH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS & CANADA CUP #7

Calgary, August 29, 2017 – The 2017 domestic BMX season concluded on August 26-27 in Calgary, Alberta, with the BMX Canadian Championships and the final round of the Canada Cup series.

On Saturday, over 550 male and female athletes, starting as young as five years old, took part in the Canadian Championships. In the premier Elite women’s category, Drew Mechielsen of Langley, BC, won the women’s title ahead of Daina Tuchscherer of Chestermere, AB, and Chelsea Kingston of Medicine Hat, AB. The Elite men’s title was taken by two-time Olympian Tory Nyhaug of Coquitlam, BC, with James Palmer of North Vancouver, BC, winning silver and Alex Tougas of Pitt Meadows, BC, winning bronze. The Junior titles went to Avriana Hebert of Edmonton, AB for the women, and Josh Samells of Milton, ON for the men.

Full results can be found at https://cyclingcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Canadian-Championships-2017.htm

On Sunday, riders returned for the seventh and final round of the season-long Canada Cup series. Series Champions were crowned in Elite, Junior and Junior Development categories, as follows:

Elite Men: James Palmer
Elite Women: Daina Tuchscherer
Junior Men: Josh Samells
Junior Women: Avriana Hebert
Junior Development Men: Ryan Tougas
Junior Development Women: Madelin Ogilvie

Full Series standings can be found at https://cyclingcanada.ca/bmx/canada-cup-series

“In their second year of hosting the Canadian BMX Championships, Calgary BMX did not disappoint,” said Josh Peacock, Competitions Coordinator at Cycling Canada. “Riders of all ages were treated to an action packed weekend of racing, with over 550 of the nation’s best competing for the title on Saturday. Sunday’s Canada Cup rounded off a successful summer of series racing, with champions crowned in all categories.”

August 29, 2017/by Communications

TEAM CANADA BRINGS EXPERIENCE & YOUTH TO GPCQM

Ottawa, August 28, 2017 – Cycling Canada is pleased to announce the athletes who will ride in the colours of Team Canada for the eighth edition of the Grands Prix Cyclistes de Québec et Montréal (GPCQM), Canada’s two only WorldTour races, that will take place on Friday, September 8th, in Quebec City and Sunday, September 10th, in Montreal.

Since the inception of GPCQM in 2010, the race organizer has invited the national men’s road racing team to these events, allowing the riders to experience competition of the highest calibre and perform under the eyes of the UCI WorldTour Teams. This year’s team is a mix of experienced professional World Tour veterans and Under-23 future stars.

Team Canada will be led by WorldTour riders Ryan Anderson and Antoine Duchesne, both of whom ride for the Direct Energie team. Duchesne was a member of Canada’s Olympic squad in Rio last year, and won the Climber’s Jersey at Paris-Nice. Anderson finished second at Polynormande last year and was fifth overall at the Tour of Alberta in 2014.

Team Canada also includes three current Canadian national champions – Matteo Dal-Cin is the current Elite road champion, Marc-Antoine Soucy is the Under-23 champion and Pier-Andre Cote is the Criterium champion, as well as the Canada Summer Games champion. Rounding out the team are Under-23 riders Jack Burke and Alec Cowan, plus 2016 national road champion Bruno Langlois.

“We’re thrilled to be back again this year,” said Kevin Field, Road Head Coach at Cycling Canada. “Marcel [Leblanc], Serge [Arsenault], Sebastien [Arsenault] and the whole team at GPCQM are awesome to work with. We have a strong team, and we think Antoine, Ryan and Matteo can be strong riders for the finishes – especially in Quebec. We are again bringing our U23s to gain critical experience before the World Championships. Like past years, we’ll look to animate the race and be aggressive in breakaways in both Quebec and Montreal. Racing at home at this level of race is extremely motivating for our athletes, they can’t wait for the opportunity.”

“It has always been very important for the GPCQM to support the next generation of cyclists at the national level,” said Marcel Leblanc, Executive Vice-President of GPCQM. Again this year, it is with great pride that we welcome Canada’s National Team into our races. We hope they have a memorable experience alongside the best riders in the world.”

THE TEAM
Ryan Anderson – Spruce Grove, AB
Jack Burke – Squamish, BC
Alec Cowan – Calgary, AB
Pier-Andre Cote – St-Henri de Levis, QC
Matteo Dal-Cin – Ottawa, ON
Antoine Duchesne – Saguenay, QC
Bruno Langlois – Quebec City, QC
Marc-Antoine Soucy – Amos, QC

August 28, 2017/by Communications

CANADA CONCLUDES JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS WITH TWO MEDALS

Montichiari, August 28, 2017 – Canada finished the Junior Track Cycling World Championships on Sunday after five days of racing in Montichiari, Italy, with a gold medal and a silver medal, plus multiple new Canadian records.

On the final day, Canadians competed in the women’s and men’s Madison races. The women’s team of Maggie Coles-Lyster and Laurie Jussaume finished seventh, while the men’s team of Chris Ernst and Michael Foley finished tenth.

Craig Griffin, Track Endurance Coach at Cycling Canada, said at the conclusion of the Championships, “The 2017 Junior Track Worlds was a success for all our athletes that competed, in that they all came away with personal bests in their respective timed events, and national records in the men and women’s team pursuit and women’s individual pursuit.”

“While the women’s team pursuit squad fell short of their top-4 goal, placing fifth, and the team pursuit men missed their top-8 goal by placing ninth, we’re really excited about the talent assembled and the future of these athletes moving forward into the senior ranks.”

“Obviously, the highlight of the trip was Maggie’s gutsy ride in the Points Race for the gold medal. Her skill and determination prevailed against a field that was marking her the entire race and this result definitely made up for her disappointment of winning silver in the Omnium.”

“The number of world records that were broken is proof of the ever increasing level of competition at the Junior level. We have work to do, but the fine efforts of the athletes’ personal coaches to get them to the level they are at can’t go unmentioned.”

August 28, 2017/by Communications

COLES-LYSTER WINS WORLD TITLE AT JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS

Montichiari, August 27, 2017 – Maggie Coles-Lyster of Maple Ridge, BC, became the first Canadian rider to win a world title at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Saturday, in Montichiari, Italy, with her victory in the women’s Points Race. It was Coles-Lyster’s second medal, after winning silver a day earlier in the Omnium event.

Coles-Lyster was one of six riders to gain a lap on the field in the 80 lap race, and also won intermediate sprints in four of eight sprints for a total of 41 points. Marii Novolodskaya of Russia finished a distant second with 29 points, tied with Chiara Consonni of Italy.

“It’s unreal,” admitted Coles-Lyster. “I’ve been dreaming about this, I could see it in my mind and I knew I could do it today. I was hoping it would happen in the Omnium, but after the silver medal, I knew I wouldn’t be happy leaving the Worlds without the Rainbow stripes. I just went into it to have fun, because the more I do, the better I race. So I was just trying to enjoy myself.”

In the other Canadian action on Saturday, Laurie Jussaume of Contrecoeur, QC finished sixth in the Individual Pursuit and Erin Attwell of Victoria, BC, was eighth. Both beat the previous Canadian record, with Jussaume setting a new record of two minutes and 24.838 seconds. Michael Foley of Milton, ON, competed in the Men’s Omnium, but did not advance past the qualifying round.

August 27, 2017/by Communications

ILES WINS SIXTH DH WORLD CUP & OVERALL TITLE

Val di Sole, August 27, 2017 – Junior Downhill world champion Finn Iles (Specialized) of Whistler, BC, concluded the World Cup season in Val di Sole, Italy, on Saturday with his sixth win in the seven round series to cement his hold on the overall World Cup title.

In the Elite men’s category, Mark Wallace (Canyon) finished seventh, his fourth top-10 of the season in what is proving to be the best season of his career. Wallace finished eighth overall for the 2017 World Cup.

Canadian champion Miranda Miller (Specialized), despite missing two rounds due to injury, finished ninth overall in the women’s category after placing seventh in the final round.

August 27, 2017/by Communications

COLES-LYSTER WINS SILVER AT JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS

Montichiari, August 26, 2017 – Team Canada won its first medal of the 2017 UCI Junior Track World Championships on Friday, with Maggie Coles-Lyster of Maple Ridge, BC, winning the silver medal in the women’s Omnium.

In the four event Omnium, riders accumulate points based on their results in each event, with the top points getter winning the title after the final event. Coles-Lyster finished fourth in the first event (Scratch Race) and won the second race (Tempo), putting her in a tie for the lead with Letizia Paternoster of Italy at the halfway point. However, Coles-Lyster could only manage fifth in the Elimination Race, won by Paternoster, putting Coles-Lyster eight points back going into the final Points Race. In the Points Race, Coles-Lyster took eight points while her Italian rival took 11, giving Paternoster the gold medal with 125 points to Coles-Lyster’s 115. Mylene de Zoete of the Netherlands took the bronze medal, three points behind Coles-Lyster.

“This was the first time I had done a complete Omnium like that,” revealed Coles-Lyster, “and it had many highs and lows. It started well with fourth in the Scratch Race and then I won the Tempo, despite crashing with two laps to go. I went into the Elimination tied for first and I had very high expectations for myself, but I got boxed in and I was a little sore from my crash, so I didn’t make the smartest move and ended up fifth. This put a lot of pressure for the Points Race, where I was marked by riders from behind me but had to make up those points. I rode my heart out in that race and just managed to hold onto second.”

In other results over the first three days of competition, both the women’s and men’s Team Pursuit squads sent Canadian records, with the women riding 4:32.600 and the men 4:09.813.

August 26, 2017/by Communications

CYCLING CANADA ANNOUNCES PARA ROAD WORLDS TEAM

Ottawa, August 23, 2017 – Cycling Canada is pleased to announce the team of 13 athletes who will represent our nation at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The athletes will travel to South Africa on August 24-25, with competition taking place on August 31st to September 3rd. The team includes multiple Rio Paralympic and world championship medalists. All athletes are scheduled to compete in both Time Trial and Road Race events.

The women’s squad is led by Rio bronze medalist and multi-time world champion Shelley Gautier of Toronto, who will compete in the T1 category. Other women on the team include Marie-Claude Molnar (C4), Nicole Clermont (C5) and the tandem team of Shawna Ryan and Joanie Caron. Missing from the squad are former world and Paralympic champion Robbi Weldon and her tandem pilot Audrey Lemieux, who had to decline their selection as they recover from a crash at a World Cup earlier in the season.

The men’s squad includes Tristen Chernove in the C2 category, who won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Rio Games. He is joined by fellow Rio medalists Ross Wilson (C1), who won two silver medals, Charles Moreau (H3), with two bronze medals and Michael Sametz (C3), who won a bronze medal. The team also includes Alexander Hyndman and Joey Desjardins, both H3, and the tandem team of Matthieu Croteau Daigle and his pilot Benoit Lussier.

Para head coach Sebastien Travers said, “We are impatient to compete against the top international Elite athletes; this will be the first major event since the Rio Paralympic Games in September last year. The Canadian team is composed of very strong athletes and we are really looking forward to seeing them perform and step onto the podium in Pietermaritzburg.”

Shelley Gautier – T1 [Toronto, ON]
Marie-Claude Molnar – C4 [St Hubert, QC]
Nicole Clermont – C5 [St Denis de Brompton, QC]
Shawna Ryan – Tandem [Saskatoon, SK]
Joanie Caron – Tandem Pilot [Rimouski, QC]
Matthieu Croteau Daigle – Tandem [Sherbrooke, QC]
Benoit Lussier – Tandem Pilot [Montreal, QC]
Ross Wilson – C1 [Sherwood Park, AB]
Tristen Chernove – C2 [Cranbrook, BC]
Michael Sametz – C3 [Calgary, AB]
Charles Moreau – H3 [Victoriaville, QC]
Alexander Hyndman – H3 [Morpeth, ON]
Joey Desjardins – H3 [Hawksbury, ON]

August 23, 2017/by Communications

CYCLING CANADA TO HOST FUNDRAISING GALA IN VICTORIA

Victoria, August 21, 2017 – Cycling Canada is pleased to announce that it will host its second annual fundraising gala at Bear Mountain Resort in conjunction with its Annual Conference on October 21^st, 2017. Join Cycling Canada athletes, staff, sponsors and leaders from Canada’s provincial cycling bodies in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, the home for Canada’s national mountain bike team.

The 2017 Cycling Canada Summit featuring the Lexus Ride with Legends and the Road to Glory Fundraising Gala will be held at the Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa as part of Cycling Canada’s Annual Conference activities. The Conference will include annual meetings for Cycling Canada’s Board of Directors and Provincial Organizations, a Partner Summit which will bring together key Cycling Canada corporate sponsors, as well as a year-end training camp for a select group of Canada’s top road athletes.

Unique to this year’s event will be the inaugural Western Canadian edition of Cycling Canada’s Ride with Legends presented by Lexus. Participants will have the unique opportunity of joining some of Canada’s top national team athletes, alumni and coaches for a VIP road ride around Victoria starting and finishing at Bear Mountain. The ride will be followed by the fundraising gala which will feature a gourmet dinner, live and silent auctions and exclusive opportunities to engage and interact with Canada’s national team athletes.

“There is lots of excitement among all of us riding pro in Europe about the new direction of the road program at Cycling Canada,” said Mike Woods. “The sense of optimism for the future of cycling in Canada at the international level is high. We’re getting more girls and guys racing at the World Tour. More importantly we can’t do without generous support from our community. We’re looking forward to seeing you in Bear Mountain!”

Proceeds from the event will be invested in Cycling Canada’s National Team programs. All contributions will directly benefit Canada’s athletes in their pursuit of excellence while also supporting the next generation of champions targeting the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond. A portion of the event proceeds will also be invested in local development programming through Cycling BC.

For tickets and additional information please visit https://www.roadtoglorycycling.com/.

WHAT:            2017 Cycling Canada Summit ft. Legends Ride & Road to Glory Fundraising Gala
WHERE:         The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, Victoria, BC
WHEN:            Saturday, October 21^st

Ride – 2pm to 5pm
Gala Dinner – 7pm to 10pm

WHY: Fundraise for Cycling Canada National Team and Development Programs

TICKETS: GALA ONLY: $250 per ticket or $2,000 per table (group of 10 ppl)
RIDE & GALA: $350 per ticket (includes official Team Canada Jersey by Louis Garneau – tax receipts available for allowable portion)

ATHLETES: Legends: Alex Steida & Ron Hayman
Canadian Athletes: Mike Woods, Ryan Anderson, Adam deVos, Leah Kirchmann, Alison Jackson & Sara Bergen to name a few.

August 21, 2017/by Communications

LEXUS RIDE WITH LEGENDS & CYCLING CANADA HALL OF FAME LUNCHEON – SECOND EDITION

Cycling Canada and Lexus invite you to ride with Canada’s finest cyclists. Join current National Team athletes as well as Cycling Canada Hall of Fame inductees for a VIP supported road ride through the beautiful Halton Hills, starting and finishing at RattleSnake Point Golf Club in Milton. The ride will be followed by Cycling Canada’s 3rd annual Hall of Fame induction luncheon, celebrating the 2017 class of inductees including Gary Longhi, Albert Schelstraete-Coulier, Karen Strong and Steve Smith.

When: Sunday, October 1, 2017 from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm
Where: RattleSnake Point Golf Club, Milton, ON

Tickets:
Ride & Luncheon – $200
Luncheon only – $100
Ride Only – 100$

Registration / breakfast: 8:00 am – 9:00 am (baked goods, fruit tray, yogurt, coffee/tea/juice)
Ride: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Hall of Fame Luncheon: 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Please note:

Two ride options will be available (50km and 80km). Support vehicles will follow the cycling groups
All participants will receive an official Canadian National Team cycling jersey from Louis Garneau
Water, sports beverages, nutrition and mechanical services will be provided
Locker and shower service will be available for all guests
Must bring: Bike in good working order (rentals and demo bikes available upon request), cycling shoes, helmet, weather-appropriate cycling apparel, change of clothes for luncheon

Routes:
50K – http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/1779856778/
80K – http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/1779861971/

The ride will be followed by the Cycling Canada Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon at 12:30 pm celebrating the 2017 inductees.

Menu:

Roasted acorn and buttercup squash puree with cinnamon spiked apples
Stuffed chicken supreme (8oz) with oregano whipped Yukon potatoes, seasonal vegetables, herbed goat cheese, garlic confit and caramelized leeks and cider mustard glaze
Tahitian vanilla New York style based cheesecake with blueberry reduction and seasonal berries
Tea or coffee

For any dietary requirements or allergies (gluten free, vegetarian, etc.) please contact karine.bedard@cyclingcanada.ca.

August 21, 2017/by Communications

QUEBEC DOMINATES PARA ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Bromont, August 18, 2017 – The 2017 Global Relay Para Road Championships p/b Lexus concluded on Thursday with national titles awarded in the road races for multiple categories. Held in Bromont, Quebec, the national championships bring together para-cycling athletes from across Canada to compete for the opportunity to become Canadian champion.

The road races were held on a 10 kilometre out-and-back course along Chemin Adamsville, west of Bromont and near Saint-Alphonse, with riders doing laps of the circuit over distances ranging from 30 to 80 kilometres.

“The past two days have been gorgeous conditions,” said Championships organizer Nicolas Legault. “The athletes were impressive and put on a really good show. We are really pleased with the help of the city and the local people.”

In the Tandem events, Rio Paralympians Shawna Ryan of Saskatchewan and her pilot Joanie Caron of Quebec won the 70 kilometre women’s race by nearly five minutes over the team of Annie Bouchard and Evelyne Gagnon of Quebec. Matthieu Croteau-Daigle and Benoit Lussier led a Quebec podium sweep in the men’s 80 kilometre competition as they took their second gold medal of the Championships.

The title for the combined women’s and men’s Tricycle category race of 30 kilometres saw Quebec’s Louis-Albert Corriveau (T2) take the title with a time of one hour and 56 seconds, finishing two seconds ahead of Mike Shetler (T2) of Quebec, with the bronze medalist going to time trial gold medalist Shelley Gautier (T1), the first woman finisher.

The Handcycle competition was divided into two categories, with women’s H2/H3/H4 and men’s H1/H2 racing together for 30 kilometres, and was won by Quebec’s Myriam Adam (H3) ahead of Kara Douville (H4) of Alberta. The 50 kilometre men’s H3/H4 competition was won by Rio Paralympic double bronze medalist Charles Moreau (H3) of Quebec, followed by Joey Desjardins (H3) of Ontario.

The final championship category was the 50 kilometre combined women’s C4/C5, with Quebec team mates and Rio Paralympians Nicole Clermont (C5) and Marie-Claude Molnar (C4) taking gold and silver, the reverse of their finishing order in the time trial.

Sébastien Travers, Head Coach of Para-cycling at Cycling Canada, said, “we had no specific expectations for our top riders at the Nationals, since we are leaving for the world championships in the next two weeks and they having been preparing for that. The positive thing is that we have some new athletes from the NextGen program and other provinces that are showing great signs of progress.”

August 18, 2017/by Communications