MOUNTAIN BIKE ATHLETES HEAD TO UCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ottawa, ON (Aug. 22, 2024) – Cycling Canada is pleased to announce the team that will represent Canada at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships to be held in Pal Arinsal, Andorra, from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1.
Fresh from their Olympic experience in Paris 2024, the brother-and-sister duo of Isabella Holmgren and Gunnar Holmgren will compete on a course well known to athletes, located at an altitude of 2,000 meters.
Isabella, who currently holds the world junior title, will be looking to make her mark in the U23 category alongside her sister, Ava Holmgren. Junior World Championship 2023 medallists Marin Lowe and Ian Ackert will also be making the leap to the top category.
Jenn Jackson, Léandre Bouchard, Cole Punchard, Emilly Johnston, Jacob Roy and Rafaëlle Carrier, all winners of the Canadian XCC and XCO Mountain Bike Championships held in Kentville, Nova Scotia, in July, will also be taking the start. Johnston, a familiar face on the UCI World Cup podium, will be one to watch.
As for the downhill, Bodhi Kuhn, silver medallist in the junior category at the 2023 World Championships, will be taking part, this time in the elite category. He will be joined by World Cup podium regulars Finn Iles and Emmy Lan, and Gracey Hemstreet, who won silver at the 2022 World Championships in the junior category.
Several Canadian champions crowned just a few weeks ago in Sun Peaks, BC, will also be taking part, including Geza Rodgers, Jon Mozell and Jakob Jewett.
The competitions officially kick off on August 28 and continue through the weekend. For full details, click here.
Team Canada (XC)
Juniors
Rafaëlle Carrier – Lac-Beauport, QC
Julien Desjardins – Gatineau, QC
Nicolas Gauthier – Gatineau, QC
Aislin Hallahan – Peterborough, ON
Felix-Antoine Leclair – St-Denis-de-Brampton, QC
Lily-Rose Marois – Lac-Beauport, QC
Jacob Roy – Ste-Gertrude-Manneville, QC
Maude Ruelland – Lac-Beauport, QC
Tristan Taillefer – Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, QC
Eleanor Winchell – Powell River, BC
U23
Ian Ackert – Severn, ON
Owen Clark – King City, ON
Isabella Holmgren – Orillia, ON
Ava Holmgren – Orillia, ON
Emilly Johnston – Comox, BC
Marin Lowe – Squamish, BC
Ella MacPhee – Squamish, BC
Zorak Paillé – St-Sauveur, QC
Cole Punchard – Huntsville, ON
Noah Ramsay – Toronto, ON
Elites
Léandre Bouchard – Alma, QC
Gunnar Holmgren – Orillia, ON
Jenn Jackson – Barrie, ON
Tyler Orschel – Uxbridge, ON
Roxane Vermette – St-Férréol-les-Neiges, QC
Sandra Walter – Coquitlam, BC
Carter Woods – Cumberland, BC
Team Canada (DH)
Juniors
Geza Rodgers – Port Moody, BC
Megan Bedard – Whistler, BC
Rebecca Beaton – Pemberton, BC
Dane Jewett – Squamish, BC
Jon Mozell – North Vancouver, BC
Michael De La Salle – Vancouver, BC
Griffin Tulk – Squamish, BC
Ryan Griffith – Squamish, BC
Dylan Marino – Whistler, BC
Jack MacLeod – Squamish, BC
Élites
Gracey Hemstreet – Sechelt, BC
Emmy Lan – Comox, BC
Sophi Lawrence – Whistler, BC
Jakob Jewett – Squamish, BC
Bodhi Kuhn – Rossland, BC
Finn Iles – Pemberton, BC
Mark Wallace – Duncan, BC
Kasper Woolley – Squamish, BC
Johnathan Helly – Kamloops, BC
Kirk McDowall – Port Moody, BC
