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CANADA ANNOUNCES JUNIOR, UNDER-23 MEN AND ELITE WOMEN SQUADS FOR ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ottawa, September 6, 2017 – Cycling Canada is pleased to announce the team of athletes that will represent Canada at the 2017 UCI Road Cycling World Championships, to be held in Bergen, Norway, on September 16-24.  The Road World Championships are the culmination of the road season, with title winners awarded the Rainbow Jersey, which they will wear at competitions around the world for the following 12 months.

Team selections have been confirmed for Junior men and women, Under-23 men and Elite women, in both the Individual Time Trial and Road Race events.  The Elite men selection will be confirmed following the WorldTour races to take place in Quebec City and Montreal on September 8-10.

“The 2017 Road Worlds mark a special time for Cycling Canada,” commented Jacques Landry, Chief Technical Officer and Head Coach at Cycling Canada.  “It highlights the culmination of the first year that Cycling Canada has truly invested in our road athletes through the Maple Leaf Project.  Under the leadership of road manager Kevin Field, a team has been selected from among our best road athletes, as well as some track endurance riders.  They are equipped to battle both the gruelling time trial and road courses designed by the Bergen organizing committee, in addition to the challenging weather condition that only this part of the world can offer.”

The Junior squad includes recently crowned track world champion Maggie Coles-Lyster of Maple Ridge, BC, and national road champion Charles-Etienne Chretien of Amos, Quebec.  The Junior squad includes four women and four men, with all riders participating in the road races, and two from each team entered in the time trials.

The Under-23 men’s squad of five riders includes recent Canada Summer Games champion Pier-Andre Cote of St-Henri de Levis, QC, as well as Alec Cowan of Calgary, Alberta, who was 12th in the time trial at last year’s world championships.  All five are scheduled to start the road race, with Cowan and Jack Burke of Squamish, BC, entered in the time trial also.

Six riders will represent Canada in the Elite women, including Rio Olympians Karol-Ann Canuel (Gatineau, Quebec), Leah Kirchmann (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and Kirsti Lay (Montreal, Quebec).  Lay, who won a bronze medal on the track in Rio as a member of Canada’s Team Pursuit squad, has put more emphasis on road racing this season, with multiple podium appearances to her credit.  All six riders will compete in the road race, with Canuel and Kirchmann also racing the time trial.

“It’s always a thrill to bring our team to the World Championships,” said Kevin Field, Road Manager at Cycling Canada.  “We’re seeing really interesting progressions in our performances at Road Worlds and I’m excited for our outcomes in Norway.  I’m especially thrilled with the work happening across the cycling community in Canada at the regional, provincial and national level, through the work we’re doing with the Maple Leaf Project. We’re building fantastic relationships with new funders like Bob and Kim Disbrow, and Bernard Leroux, and we are working really closely with our provinces and trade teams to create more holistic and aligned athlete development.”

“We’re seeing our system-work pay off, notably in our U23 category, where we’ve established consistency with our ability to qualify for the world championships, and are developing athletes sooner. This year it was a particular pleasure for me to reconnect with our Junior categories while working closely with our provinces.”

Junior Women
Erin Attwell – Victoria, BC [Trek-Red Truck]
Simone Boilard – Quebec City, QC [Desjardins-Ford]
Maggie Coles-Lyster – Maple Ridge, BC [TAG]
Laurie Jussaume – Contrecour, QC [VC Contrecour]
TT: Attwell, Jussaume
Reserves: Ann-Pascale Ouellet, Dana Gilligan

Junior Men
Charles-Etienne Chretien – Amos, QC [IAM Gold]
Michael Foley – Milton, ON [La Bicicletta]
Kurt Penno – Brandon, MB [Trek-Red Truck]
Graydon Staples – Orillia, ON [Toronto Hustle]
TT: Chretien, Staples
Reserves: Guillaume Davidson, Noah Simms

U23 Men
Jack Burke – Squamish, BC [Aevolo]
Pier-Andre Cote – St-Henri de Levis, QC [Silber]
Alec Cowan – Calgary, AB [Silber]
Marc-Antoine Soucy – Amos, QC [Silber/Garneau-Quebecor]
Nickolas Zukowsky – Ste Agathe, QC [Silber]
TT: Cowan, Burke
Reserve: Adam Roberge, Will Elliot, Adam Jamieson

Elite Women
Lex Albrecht – Montreal, QC [Tibco-SVB]
Sara Bergen – Coquitlam, BC [Rally]
Karol-Ann Canuel – Gatineau, QC [Boels-Dolemans]
Alison Jackson – Vermilion, AB [Bepink]
Leah Kirchmann – Winnipeg, MB [Team Sunweb]
Kirsti Lay – Montreal, QC [Rally]
TT: Canuel, Kirchmann
Reserve: Sara Poidevin [Rally], Joelle Numainville [Cyclance]

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NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR CYCLING CANADA BOARD & COMMITTEE POSITIONS

Cycling Canada is pleased to announce that it is again time for elections to our Board of Directors and our Committees (High Performance, Events, Officials). This year, there are three (3) Board positions plus Board President, and two (2) positions on each Committee.

Cycling Canada is coming off of a high from the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics performances. We have opportunities ahead of us that can help grow the support for cycling IN Canada and help feed our journey to high level international performances. From this exciting position, we want to reach out to the broad base of cyclists in Canada to ensure that everyone is aware of our elections this year. We want to ensure all voices are heard and represented.

“More than ever, our future is bright and with your help working together toward a common goal has never looked so good,” says Pierre Lafontaine, CEO of Cycling Canada.

Some of the possible skills and experience that would be very helpful for positions on the Board and on certain Committees include: Legal, Finance, Human Resources and Events Activation. Revenue Generation and Fundraising is also an skill we always looking for, since we are always looking for more sources of revenues to help our programs and to possibly help feed some of those funds to our provincial partners.

Hannah Parish, Board member and Chair of the Nominations Committee, urges members of the cycling community to get involved: “Volunteering for Cycling Canada is one of the most fulfilling experiences I have had in the past five years. We are looking for people with diverse skills to join us on the Board and various Committees. Come have your voice heard and make a difference in cycling in this country!”

Forms (links to download below) and resumes can be e-mailed to anyone on the Nominations Committee (included on the forms). Please note the due dates – September 12th for Board and October 6th for Committees. For any questions, please reach out to Pierre (pierre.lafontaine@cyclingcanada.ca😉 or Hannah (hslparish@gmail.com).

Nomination Forms

Board and President
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Committees
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12 MEDALS FOR CANADA AT PAN AM TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

Trinidad & Tobago, September 5, 2017 – Team Canada won an incredible 12 medals, including five gold at the Pan Am Track Championships, the Continental Championships for North, Central and South America.  The Championships were held in Trinidad, over August 30th to September 3rd.  Canada and the United States tied at the top of the standings with 12 medals each.

Jenny Trew, Women’s NextGen Track Endurance Coach at Cycling Canada, said, “This last week was an exciting competition for Canada with all the programs bringing home medals and the team winning five Pan American titles. For the women’s NextGen program the Team Pursuit title was exciting, as it’s the program’s first in-competition ride with an exclusively development lineup, which is a great way to kick off the 2017 track campaign. It’s very exciting to see the depth in Canadian track cycling across all disciples.”

Canada’s Team Pursuit program showed its strength by taking both the women’s and men’s titles.  Other gold medals were won by Hugo Barrette in the Men’s Sprint, Derek Gee in the Men’s Individual Pursuit, and the Women’s Madison by Steph Roorda and Allison Beveridge.

Roorda was the most decorated Canadian athlete at the Championships, also winning a silver medal in the Team Sprint with Amelia Walsh, and a bronze medal in the Points Race.  Other silver medals went to Barrette in the Keirin, Kinley Gibson and Jay Lamoureux in the women’s and men’s Individual Pursuit, and Aidan Caves in the Men’s Omnium.  Beveridge added a bronze medal in the Scratch Race to her gold in the Madison.

“These past Pan Am Championships in Trinidad and Tobago have yielded some of our greatest results since we’ve started participating in the continental championships during the London Olympic quadrennial,” commented Jacques Landry, Chief Technical Officer and Head Coach for Cycling Canada.  “For our track program it is always hard to strike a balance between performing at the championships to qualify for world championships and offering this event to some of our Development Performance Pool athletes for development purposes. I think we’ve achieved this balance at these Pan Am Championships.”

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CANADA FINISHES PARA ROAD WORLDS WITH 5 WORLD TITLES

Pietermaritzburg, September 4, 2017 – Canada finished the Para Road Cycling World Championships on Sunday in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, with a historical fifth world title and seventh medal of the championships, when Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, BC, won the C2 men’s road race.

Chernove, who had earlier in the week won the C2 time trial title, took the road race title in a three up sprint after 60.7 kilometres of racing.  He finished ahead of Darren Hicks (Australia) and Francois Lacroix (France). Tristen initiated the winning move and led the winning break for most of the race.  This is his sixth title in six world championship events (4 Track, 2 Road) since he started racing two years ago.

“It’s been a dream come true kind of a season,” admitted Chernove. “Even leading up to the Rio Paralympics [where Chernove won gold, silver and bronze], and repeating [as champion] both years at Track Worlds … This was my first Road Worlds and I had high expectations. I’ve worked really hard since Rio without taking a break, training and racing, and came here more relaxed and prepared, and it paid off.  Today was a great race; I did a lot of extra work trying to keep the pace high and it seemed to work.  It’s my sixth rainbow jersey and I can’t get the smile off my face.”

Ross Wilson of Sherwood Park, Alberta, missed out on a chance for a second medal in the men’s C1 road race after he got caught behind a crash, with three riders who managed to avoid the incident winning the medals.  Wilson, who won silver in the time trial, chased for the rest of the race to finish fourth.

In other Canadian road race results, Marie-Claude Molnar of St Hubert, Quebec, took sixth in the women’s C4 category, Nicole Clermont of St Denis de Brompton, Quebec, was seventh in women’s C5, the women’s tandem team of Shawna Ryan (Saskatoon, SK) and Joanie Caron (Rimouski, QC) was sixth, and the men’s tandem team of Matthieu Croteau Daigle (Sherbrooke, QC) and Benoit Lussier (Montreal, QC) were tenth.

Sebastien Travers, Para Head Coach at Cycling Canada, summarized the project:  “It’s been a very successful world championships – obviously on results, but also on all performances.  Our main goal was to evaluate where we stood against our competitors, and this was very positive.  We have athletes who are stepping up their games, and we have athletes coming out of a post-Paralympic season and getting their groove back together.  So I cannot be more happy than with what we achieved here.  The most positive aspect is that our team is very cohesive, which is what we have been aiming for.”

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GAUTIER WINS SECOND GOLD MEDAL AT PARA ROAD WORLDS

Pietermaritzburg, September 3, 2017 – Shelley Gautier of Toronto, Ontario, won her second world title at the Para-cycling Road World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on Saturday, bringing Canada’s total medal count to six for these championships.

Gautier, who had earlier won the women’s T1 category time trial, won the 24.3 kilometre road race with a time of one hour, one minute and 41 seconds, finishing a lap ahead of Toni Mould of South Africa.

The only other Canadians competing on this third day of the world championships were in the men’s H3 60.7 kilometre race, where Charles Moreau of Victoriaville, Quebec, finished seventh, Alex Hyndman of Morpeth, Ontario, was tenth and Joey Desjardins of Hawksbury, Ontario, was 14th.  Moreau was with the winning break until he suffered a mechanical problem.

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CANADA TAKES MEDAL COUNT TO 5 ON DAY 2 OF PARA ROAD WORLDS

Pietermaritzburg, September 1, 2017 – Canada took its medal count to five after the second day of competition on Friday at the Para-cycling Road World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.  After winning gold and bronze on the opening day, Canadian athletes won two more gold medals and a silver in time trial competitions on Day 2.  Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, BC, and Michael Sametz of Calgary, Alberta, both won world titles, while Ross Wilson of Sherwood Park, Alberta, won a silver medal.

In the Men’s C2 category, Paralympic champion Chernove won his first Road title, to add to the four Track world titles he already holds.  Chernove’s winning time for the 23.3 kilometre race was 35 minutes and 32.72 seconds, 16.44 seconds ahead of silver medalist Darren Hicks of Australia.

“It was wonderful to win today at my first opportunity to compete at the Road world championships,” said Chernove.  “It’s my fifth world title, and what strikes me most today is how ideally set the atmosphere is amongst this amazing Canadian team.  Everything about the cohesion of this team is geared towards success, and we are seeing it across the board with all our great results. I’m loving it.”

Michael Sametz, a bronze medalist in Rio, racing in the 23.3 kilometre Men’s C3 category also won his first Road title, with a time of 32 minutes and 48.92 seconds.  Benjamin Watson of Great Britain finished second, 37.19 seconds behind.

“It feels really good to win the big one after winning a couple of World Cups this year,” admitted Sametz.   

Ross Wilson, a double silver medalist at the Rio Games, led his 23.3 kilometre C1 category race at the first split, but faded slightly to finish 28.21 seconds behind winner Michael Teuber of Germany.

“It was a great course and a lot of fun to be out there racing,” said Wilson.  “I felt I rode really well and my training is paying off as my performances continue to improve, but we obviously have more work to do.  I’m working with my coaches to devise a plan to find that half minute that I need to take the Rainbow Jersey next year.”

In other categories, Marie-Claude Molnar of St-Hubert, Quebec, was fifth in the Women’s C4 competition, Nicole Clermont of St Denis de Brompton, Quebec, was eighth in the Women’s C5 category, the women’s Tandem team of Shawna Ryan (Saskatoon, SK) and Joanie Caron (Rimouski, QC) was seventh, and the men’s Tandem team of Matthieu Croteau Daigle (Sherbrooke, QC) and Benoit Lussier (Montreal, QC) was 12th.

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GOLD & BRONZE FOR CANADA ON OPENING DAY OF PARA ROAD WORLDS

Pietermaritzburg, August 31, 2017 – Canada opened the Para-cycling world championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on Thursday with two medals, a gold and a bronze.  Shelley Gautier of Toronto won the gold medal in Women’s T1 time trial, while Charles Moreau won bronze in the H3 men’s time trial.

Gautier, who won a bronze medal at the Rio Paralympics last year, is Canada’s most decorated para-cyclist. This is her seventh time trial world title, bringing her total of Road (time trial and road race) world championship titles to 13.  Her winning time for the 15.5 kilometre race was 38 minutes and 3.35 seconds, 5.11 seconds faster than Yulia Sibagatova of Russia.

“It feels magical,” said Gautier, “to have a team of people who all do the little things that help me … we did it!  I’m really, really excited to be world champion, and I’ll treasure it and ride well wearing [the rainbow jersey] in the next year.”

Moreau, of Victoriaville, Quebec, was a two-time bronze medalist in Rio, and this is his first world championships medal.  Moreau finished the 23.3 kilometre race with a time of 40 minutes and 22.98 seconds, 52.39 seconds behind winner Paolo Cecchetto of Italy.  Alex Hyndman of Morpeth, Ontario, finished 11th and Joey Desjardins of Hawksbury, Ontario, was 14th.

“It feels really good to get my first [Worlds] medal,” admitted Moreau.  “This year being a post-Games year and me having a new baby … it’s been a year of ups and downs.  So it’s been hard to work [train] consistently, and I was not sure what to expect at these first Worlds after Rio.  Today was a great experience, with a bigger field than in Rio, actually.  I had a bit of stress at the start with some problems with my bike computer and I started a bit too strong.  I had to slow my pace if I wanted to last the whole race, but I did well against some really experienced racers, and I’m really happy about that.”

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KATE O’BRIEN CONTINUES STEADY RECOVERY FROM TRAINING CRASH

Ottawa, August 31, 2017 – Olympic track sprinter Kate O’Brien continues to make strides in her recovery from a serious crash one month ago.

Kate crashed during a motor pacing session at the Glenmore Velodrome in Calgary on July 24 and was taken to the Intensive Care Unit at the Foothills Medical Centre.

Since then, Kate has made a steady recovery. After two weeks in the ICU, Kate was moved to the neurosurgical ward, and last week she was moved to the rehabilitation unit.

Kate’s positive progress means she’s now been able to leave the hospital some days to spend time at her Calgary home. It is anticipated she will be able to resume some light exercise in the coming weeks. She has also been in regular contact with her friends and teammates, which has helped keep her spirits up.

Cycling Canada joins the rest of the Canadian cycling community in wishing Kate a speedy and complete recovery.

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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.”

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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

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