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MOREAU WINS SECOND BRONZE IN H3 PARA ROAD RACE

(Rio, BRA – September 15, 2016) Charles Moreau of Victoriaville, Quebec, won his second bronze medal of the Paralympic Games on Thursday, the ninth medal for para-cycling in Rio de Janeiro.

Moreau finished the Men’s H3 category 60-kilometre road race as part of a six rider sprint for the title. Paolo Cecchetto of Italy took the gold medal and Maximilian Weber of Germany the silver. The six riders all finished with the same time of one hour, 37 minutes and 17 seconds. Moreau won a bronze medal the previous day in the individual time trial.

“Yesterday was good, it was my first medal in Paralympics,” said Moreau, “but I expected better, I thought I could have pushed more. But today, with this bronze, I am ecstatic. I couldn’t ask for more today. It can be a harder effort in the time trial, but you don’t know where you stand to the other guys, as opposed to the road race. In the road race you can always have some surprises, bad luck and accidents. I had some doubts at about three kilometres from the end. The Italians did a really good job of working together, so I was happy just to manage third.”

“It was an amazing experience [at the Paralympics]. I had high expectations, especially for the time trial, so today was the cherry on the cake. I hope I made other Canadians proud of us in Rio.”

September 15, 2016/by Communications

CANADIAN PARA-CYCLISTS HAVE A FIVE MEDAL DAY IN RIO

(Rio, BRA – September 14, 2016) Canadian para-cyclists had a medal bonanza on Wednesday, the first day of road competition at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, winning five medals in the time trial events, with one gold, one silver and three bronze. This brings the medal total for para-cycling to eight in total, with two more silvers and a bronze won earlier in the week on the track.

Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, BC, won the first Canadian cycling gold medal of the Paralympics in the 20 kilometre Men’s C2 race, finishing with a time of 27 minutes and 43.16 seconds. Colin Lynch of Ireland took the silver medal, 19.09 seconds back, with Liang Guihua of China winning bronze, 34.61 seconds behind. It is Chernove’s third medal, after winning silver and bronze in track competition.

“I felt pretty good and I enjoyed the whole race,” said Chernove. “You only get these moments so often in life, and I wanted to have a positive outlook and be in the moment, and not let the anxieties or pressures get to me. That really happened today, and that made all the difference. I just wanted to have a great bike ride in a beautiful place.”

In the Men’s C1 20 kilometre race, Ross Wilson of Edmonton won the silver medal with a time of 28 minutes and 47.34 seconds, 53.36 seconds behind Michael Teuber of Germany. Giancarlo Masini of Italy took the bronze medal. It is Wilson’s second medal, after winning silver in the Individual Pursuit on the track.

“I thought I did very well today and left everything out there,” said Wilson. “I don’t think I came back with anything left in me. That was probably the best outcome I could have hoped for, in terms of a time and a result. It would have been nice to go a little bit faster, but we just need to keep working at it, and we have another four years to work towards that gold medal.”

Charles Moreau of Victoriaville, Quebec, won the bronze medal in the Men’s H3 competition, with a time of 29 minutes and 26.91 seconds for the 20-kilometre race. Moreau finished 0.9 seconds out of the silver medal, won by Walter Ablinger of Austria, with the gold medal going to Vittorio Podesta of Italy, in a time of 28 minutes and 19.45 seconds.

“I’m very happy about third,” said Moreau. “It’s my first Paralympic Games, and my first race of the Paralympics. I was aiming for a gold medal today and I got bronze. We are going to make some adjustments in the upcoming years [before Tokyo]. My arms have felt a little bit heavier in the last three days, so I was not able to put out the numbers that I usually put, but I got third, so I can’t complain about that! I’ll just try to do better for the road race and get another one for Canada.”

In the Men’s C3 30-kilometre race, Michael Sametz of Calgary won the bronze medal with a time of 39 minutes and 41.28 seconds, 19.49 seconds behind gold medal winner Eoghan Clifford of Ireland. Masaki Fujita of Japan won the silver medal.

“I did I wanted to do today, which was race my absolute best,” said Sametz. “And it was a podium, so that’s good. It was tough, my heart rate was at the roof pretty much the whole time. This is my best event, so I expected of myself to be top five, but to be on the podium is great. I was watching the [event] tracker this morning and to see all the [Canadian] results coming in was great, and got me motivated.”

Canada’s final medal of the day went to Shelley Gautier of Toronto, with a bronze medal in the combined Women’s T1-T2 category for the 15 kilometre time trial. Gautier was the only T1 in the competition, racing against T2 rivals, and recorded a time of 26 minutes and 50.87 seconds. Gautier was 39.47 seconds behind gold medal winner Carol Cooke of Australia, with Jill Walsh of the United States taking the silver medal, 1.2 seconds faster than Gautier.

“It’s hard [being the only T1], but I came in third, so I think I did okay,” said Gautier. “My goal was a medal and that’s what I did, so I’m happy. I was hoping for a medal, but as a T1 rider I am more disabled than the T2’s, so I could just do the best I could.”

In other Canadian results, Marie-Claude Molnar of Lemoyne, Quebec, was fifth in Women’s C4 and Nicole Clermont (St-Denis-de-Brompton) eighth in Women’s C5. Marie-Eve Croteau (Quebec City, Quebec) was sixth in the combined Women’s T1-T2. The Women’s Tandem team of Robbi Weldon (Thunder Bay, Ontario) and pilot Audrey Lemieux (Alma, Quebec) finished seventh and the team of Shawna Ryan (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) and pilot Joanie Caron (Rimouski, Quebec) were 13th. The Men’s tandem team of Daniel Chalifour (St-Therese, Quebec) and pilot Jean-Michel Lachance (Quebec City, Quebec) finished 15th.

Jacques Landry, High Performance Director at Cycling Canada, commented, “Today was a great day for our program. We had targeted those medals acquired on the track and knew that we had some great medal chances in the time trial in all categories where we medalled today. We had decided a while ago to focus on more predictable events [Track and Time Trial] instead of the road races, and this direction has paid off. We’ve surpassed at this point our medal predictions, and have even surpassed our all time Paralympic medal count that was previously set at seven in 1996, in Atlanta. For the road races we will obviously continue targeting performances and results, as we have some medal chances in these events as well, but at this point any podiums will be gravy for us.”

September 14, 2016/by Communications

CANADA ADDS THIRD CYCLING MEDAL AT PARALYMPICS

(Rio, BRA – September 10, 2016) Canada added a third medal in cycling at the Paralympic Games on Saturday, with Tristen Chernove of Cranbrooke, BC, winning bronze in the Men’s 1000 metre Time Trial. This is Chernove’s second medal, after winning a silver medal in the Individual Pursuit.

Chernove’s time of one minute and 14.716 seconds is a new Paralympic record for his C2 category. When time factors were added for the blended C1, C2 and C3 categories, Chernove finished third in the overall standings, behind C1 rider Li Zhangyu of China, who set a world record in C1, and Arnoud Nijhuis of Netherlands, also C1, who took silver. Ross Wilson of Edmonton finished 15th and Michael Sametz of Calgary was 17th.

“I was really nervous about getting on my bike,” admitted Chernove, “because I’m so tired from lack of sleep, I haven’t slept for three days. So I was really doubting myself. I got through the ride and got a medal, which is wonderful, but I’m far from riding at my performance level. So I’ve to get back on top of what I’m capable of for the road events. All I could do was trust in my body, that all the training and all the work the coaches have done with me and the muscle memory would pay off. [After being diagnosed in 2009] I only thought of cycling as a way to delay my degeneration, and because it is something I love, and it was my passion for cycling that got me to this level. I do this because riding bikes is glorious. So it’s just a wonderful gift that this has happened.”

Ross Wilson said “I made a really hard effort to get started out of the gate and thought it went really well. I had a bit of a wobble on the third lap, I was pulling on the bars a little too much and had the wheels slide a bit, but I was able to get back on and really empty the tank on the last lap. I’m really proud of that, and overall I felt it was ‘job done’ and I can’t complain.”

Michael Sametz commented, “It was hard after racing last night as well, but I just went all out. Usually I’m not a great starter, so I end up picking it up at the end. It’s funny, when I was 14 and started racing, I told people my goal was to go to Rio, so it’s pretty incredible.”

September 10, 2016/by Communications

TWO SILVER MEDALS FOR CANADA ON DAY 2 OF PARALYMPIC TRACK COMPETITION

(Rio, BRA – September 9, 2016) Canada won two silver medals on Friday, the second day of track cycling competition at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Ross Wilson of Edmonton, Alberta, took silver in the Men’s C1 Individual Pursuit, as did Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, BC, in the Men’s C2 Individual Pursuit. Michael Sametz of Calgary, Alberta, finished just off the podium, in fourth place, in the Men’s C3 Individual Pursuit.

Wilson finished second to Li Zhangyu of China in the 3000 metre final of the C1 competition, qualifying second to Li, who set a world record in his qualifying ride. In the final, Wilson was caught by his rival, automatically ending the race.

“The goal was the gold and I fell just short of that,” said Wilson. “I rode the fastest I have ever ridden, so I think I can be proud and hold my head high. I think it’s pretty cool to win the first medal and I hope this opens the floodgates.”

In the 3000 metre C2 gold medal final, Chernove finished with a time of three minutes and 47.412 seconds, just under three seconds behind Liang Guihua of China, who won the gold medal.

“It is wonderful to be on the podium,” said Chernove, “but I still have a lot to learn. I didn’t have my best rides today, which is hard. It’s wonderful to have a silver medal, but this was far from my best ride. But this isn’t the end and I’m going to harness my energies, refocus and get back on top of my game.”

Sametz qualified third in the 3000 metre C3 competition, putting him in the bronze medal final against Clifford Eoghan of Ireland. Eoghan took the bronze medal with a time of three minutes and 40.201 seconds, 1.389 seconds faster than Sametz. David Nicholas of Australia won the gold medal.

“I think I lost concentration at the halfway point,” explained Sametz, “then I was able to bring it back later in the race, but then I just didn’t have enough time to catch [Eoghan]. I have learned that I need to work on my mental preparation and also my physical level, so I will get better for Tokyo.”

September 9, 2016/by Communications

MOLNAR FIFTH IN FIRST DAY OF PARALYMPIC CYCLING COMPETITION

(Rio, BRA – September 8, 2016) The first day of Paralympic cycling competition on Thursday, in Rio de Janeiro, had Canadians competing in three events, with Marie-Claude Molnar of Lemoyne, Quebec, the highest placed finisher, in fifth place for the Women’s C4 Individual Pursuit.

Molnar raced the qualifying round against world record holder and eventual gold medal winner Shawn Morelli of the United States. Molnar’s time of four minutes and 8.452 seconds for 3000 metres put her in fifth place, just outside the top-4 required to move on to the medal round. However, Molnar was pleased with her time.

“That’s really what I wanted – to ride with the world champion, Shawn Morelli. She is really better then everyone and that gave me a lot of motivation for the race. To achieve a race time of 4 minutes and 8 seconds was a goal that we set ourselves, and that is now reached. I really did what I had to do; I kept to the original plan and I kept my lap times constant, so I’m really happy.”

In the 3000 metre Women’s C5 Individual Pursuit, Nicole Clermont of Laval, Quebec, finished ninth in qualifying with a time of four minutes and 8.557 seconds, and did not move on to the medal round. Sarah Storey of Great Britain won the gold medal with a world record time of three minutes and 31.394 seconds.

“I was aiming for 4:06 but I did 4:08,” said Clermont. “I started a little bit too fast; one second too fast on my first lap. Since I do not do a lot of track racing, it is difficult for me to understand what is the correct pace for a 19.5 second lap. So I did not have a lot of latitude, and that first lap killed me. But I made it: I am 55 years old, I did a race on the track at the Paralympics Games in Rio!”

“It was really important for me today to share with the students at the school where I work. My adventure here is really important, but I want to be a role model . If I can share as much as I can with the students, it is mission accomplished for me. It is not easy to be a student, it is difficult some times, but I think I am good example of perseverance and when we push our limits, it’s the best example we can give. I am the happiest school director in the world!”

The third event Canada competed in on Thursday was the Men’s 4000 metre Tandem Pursuit, with the team of Daniel Chalifour (Ste-Therese, Quebec) and his pilot Jean-Michel Lachance (Quebec City, Quebec) finishing ninth in qualifying, in a time of four minutes and 24.129 seconds. Chalifour and Lachance did not advance to the medal round, with Great Britain’s Steve Bate and his pilot Adam Duggleby winning the gold medal after setting a world record time of four minutes and 8.146 seconds in qualifying.

“It was extremely fast,” commented Chalifour. “Being in the seventh heat, we had a very good idea of the time it would take to reach the medal round. We started strong and maintained the lap time needed to be in the medal round at the beginning but, unfortunately, it was a little too fast for us to maintain during 4000 metres. If we would have started a little bit slower, we probably could have made four minutes and 17 seconds, but we knew it would not be enough to qualify for the medal round, so we gave it our all at the start. We cannot be disappointed to have tried to be in the medal round. At the end, six teams did four minutes and 14 seconds or less. I have never seen that in our category.”

Pilot Jean-Michel Lachance added, “It’s a big disappointment. We put all our energies to the Pursuit. We have not delivered what we wanted to deliver. For the road events coming up, the pressure will be less important. We can play on the tactical side to stand out.”

September 8, 2016/by Communications

CYCLING CANADA NAMES 2016 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

(Ottawa, ON – August 5, 2016) The Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame, which has its permanent home at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton, Ontario, is pleased to name its class of inductees for 2016.

1908 MEN’S TEAM PURSUIT

1908 Olympic Bronze medal – 4000m Team Pursuit: William Anderson, Walter Andrews, Frederick McCarthy and Willie Morton. At the London 1908 Olympic Games Canada sent a team of ninety-one athletes of which sixteen won medals. The Men’s Team Pursuit was 1,980 yards (1,810.5 meters) which was three laps of the track. In addition to the MTP the four combined for an additional twenty-two event entries at those Games.

GORD FRASER

Fraser was a three-time Olympian and five-time Commonwealth Games competitor who logged over two hundred individual race or stage victories in his career. He is considered the most successful professional sprinter in North America. In addition to his three wins in the Tour de Langkawi (2000, 2001 & 2004) he also had wins in the GP du Midi Libre, Criterium International, and GP Rennes. Other highlights included winning two NRC season points’ titles, a Canadian National Championship and a memorable silver medal in the199 Pan Am Games on home soil where Brian Walton won the gold. His top Olympic result was 16th in Sydney.

LOUISE LALONDE

The primary focus at sporting events is rightfully on the participants, but behind the scenes are individuals who provide the framework that ensures the competition takes place. One such person is cycling commissaire Louise Lalonde. Highly regarded as an international commissaire for road, track, and para-cycling, Lalonde has also officiated in mountain biking, cyclo-cross, BMX and served as an anti-doping officer. She has served at countless events, from local races to the Olympics in addition to serving on the Cycling Canada Officials’ Committee. Louise was also the first person certified by the UCI to train commissaires in the discipline of para-cycling and wrote the initial curriculum.

MARIE-HÉLÈNE PRÉMONT

Prémont was the National Champion in Cross Country Mountain Bike from 2003 to 2009. Internationally her record is outstanding including 2008 where she won a medal in every World Cup she entered (2 gold, three silver, three bronze). The two-time Olympian claimed the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games to add to her World Cup Gold Medals obtained in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 she was second overall in the World Cup standings and fourth overall in 2011. She won a Commonwealth Games Gold in 2006 and Pan American Championships Gold in 2000 and 2001.

ALEX STIEDA

Stieda was the first North American to wear the Tour de France Yellow Jersey on the second day of the 1986 TdeF. He went on to wear five jerseys in total that year including the polka dot as best climber, white as best rookie, red for intermediate points, and the combination. After losing the yellow, Alex held the polka dot jersey for an additional five days over the hills of northern France. At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, he won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit and claimed the same result at the 1983 Universiade.

BRIAN WALTON

Walton represented Canada at the Olympic Games on three occasions with 1996 being the most successful with his silver medal performance in the Track Points Race. He was also a three-time 1995 Pan American Games medalist including Gold in the Road Race and Points Race and the Bronze medal in the individual pursuit. At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Brian defended his Road Race title with another Gold medal performance. Brian won numerous international races including the 1989 Milk Race during his twelve-year professional career.

The induction of this class will take place on Sunday, October 2nd in Milton, ON at the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame luncheon. This year’s luncheon will be preceded by Cycling Canada’s inaugural Legends Ride event, an exclusive opportunity for cycling fans and supporters to join the Hall of Fame inductees as well as current National Team athletes for a fully-supported VIP road ride around the beautiful Halton Hills area. Ticketing information and additional event details will be available soon at cyclingcanada.ca.

August 5, 2016/by Communications

CYCLING CANADA NOMINATES 12 ATHLETES FOR SELECTION TO TEAM CANADA FOR RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES

12 para-cyclists chosen to represent Canada

(Aylmer, QC – June 29, 2016) Cycling Canada and the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced today the 12 athletes – six men and six women – who have been nominated for selection to Team Canada for this September’s Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The group of 12 includes two medallists from the London 2012 Paralympic Games, five cyclists with Paralympic Games experience and four world champion cyclists.

“I am delighted with our para-cycling team selections for the Paralympic Games in Rio this summer,” said Jacques Landry, high performance director and head coach for Cycling Canada. “Our athletes were selected based on performances at international competitions and on their potential to perform in the Paralympic arena based on showings at selected races. Our team is comprised of athletes with Paralympic experience and also athletes we have recently identified who could surprise many.”

Daniel Chalifour of Ste-Thérèse, Que., notches a third career Games nomination while Marie-Ève Croteau of Quebec City, Shelley Gautier of Toronto, Ont., Marie-Claude Molnar of Lemoyne, Que., and Robbi Weldon of Thunder Bay, Ont., all competed at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Weldon won gold in the road race (with then pilot Lyne Besette) while Molnar won bronze in the time trial.

National team rookie and world champion Tristen Chernove of Cranbrook, B.C. has taken the para-cycling world by storm this year with double gold at the world track championships in March and two victories at the World Cup road event in Belgium in May.

The four world champions on the team are Chernove, Weldon, Gautier and Croteau.

Para-cycling is one of 22 summer sports on the Paralympic Games schedule and features events for athletes with disabilities including visual impairments, arm and leg amputations or cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are set for September 7-18, 2016 with the para-cycling track events September 8 to 11 and the road events September 14 to 17.

“Canada is fielding a large and accomplished team in para-cycling and we have a solid core of veterans to lead the way, along with talented newcomers,” said Canada’s Chef de Mission Chantal Petitclerc. ”The team’s training and experience should prove beneficial at the Paralympic Games.”

“On behalf of all Canadians, congratulations to our cycling athletes named today to wear the Maple Leaf this summer at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games,’’ said the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities. ‘’Cycling Canada has done a phenomenal job of preparing our athletes to compete and now it’s their time to shine in Rio. All of Canada is behind you.”

Athlete and coach biographies are available at www.Paralympic.ca/athletes. Bios and high resolution photos can be downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/hbm3mjl.

The athletes nominated to the Canadian Paralympic Team are as follows:

PARA-CYCLING TEAM

MEN

*Daniel Chalifour (Ste-Thérèse, Que.)
Tristen Chernove (Cranbrook, B.C.)
Jean-Michel Lachance (Quebec City): pilot for Daniel Chalifour
Charles Moreau (Victoriaville, Que.)
Michael Sametz (Calgary)
Ross Wilson (Edmonton)

WOMEN

Nicole Clermont (Laval, Que.)
*Marie-Ève Croteau (Quebec City)
*Shelley Gautier (Toronto)
Audrey Lemieux (Alma, Que.): pilot for Robbi Weldon
*Marie-Claude Molnar (Lemoyne, Que.)
*Robbi Weldon (Thunder Bay, Ont.)

*denotes past Paralympic Games experience

The nominated athletes will be supported by Head Coach Sébastien Travers (Bromont, Que.) and coaches Eric Van den Eynde (Longueuil, Que.) and Cam Jennings (Edmonton, Alta.).

June 29, 2016/by Communications

CYCLING CANADA PARTNERS WITH SWAGMAN

(Ottawa, ON – June 24, 2016) Swagman has joined Cycling Canada’s pool of official suppliers with a long-term commitment to provide its line of bicycle racks for National Cycling Team programs as well as select Cycling Canada events across the country.

Based in Penticton, BC, Swagman is a leading brand of value-added bicycle racks and outdoor-oriented sporting products. Founded in the early 90s by Jim and Jan Morris, the company produces and distributes a comprehensive line of rack products including vertical, platform, two arm and single arm and hitch racks.

Now under the leadership of President and co-owner Perry Grago, Swagman’s success is greatly tied to the feedback of numerous high profile brand ambassadors, retailers, performance partners and key staff who regularly use, test, and participate in the development and design of Swagman products.

Swagman products will be highly visible on Cycling Canada’s lineup of Lexus SUVs and team cars across the country as well as on support vehicles at Canadian Cycling Championship events, including the 2016 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships presented by Lexus, to be hosted this weekend in Ottawa.

“The ability to transport expensive and fragile bicycles to and from competitions and training camps safely is crucial to an effective national team program,” said Jacques Landry, High Performance Director and Head Coach for Cycling Canada. “I’m delighted with our new partnership with Swagman, which ensures we have top-quality racks so we can provide this service to our athletes. This gives us the peace of mind we need to focus on our goals without distractions.”

Being a Canadian-based company it makes sense for us to step up and support our National Team Programs. Swagman is proud to be able to support Cycling Canada’s teams, especially in this Olympic year and onwards. We look forward to years of product feedback to assist with our development process for future products,” said Perry Grago, President of Swagman Racks.

For more information on Swagman Racks please visit http://www.swagman.net/.

June 24, 2016/by Communications

CYCLING CANADA WELCOMES ZIZU OPTICS TO OFFICIAL SUPPLIER POOL

(Ottawa, ON – June 23, 2016) ZiZU Optics has joined Cycling Canada’s pool of official suppliers with a commitment to provide its line of performance eyewear for national high performance programs as well select Cycling Canada events across the country.

The partnership brings high-quality performance eyewear to Cycling Canada, backed by a grass roots, fast-growing Canadian brand.

Based in Ottawa, ON, ZiZU Optics is committed to providing high quality eyewear to elite athletes at affordable prices. The company is now an official supplier to five of Canada’s National Teams (cycling, triathlon, canoe/kayak, cross-country skiing and biathlon) as well as some of the biggest running events across the country.

“We’re delighted to partner with ZiZu Optics as a supplier to our high performance programs,” said Jacques Landry, High Performance Director and Head Coach for Cycling Canada. “It may seem like a small thing, but having quality eyewear is extremely important in a sport like cycling, where we compete at high speeds in all sorts of weather conditions. It’s a big advantage for our athletes to know they have access to quality eye protection.”

ZiZU Optics will be on-site in the event expo at the upcoming 2016 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships presented by Lexus on June 25th and 26th. Available for purchase will be a special edition line of Cycling Canada branded eyewear.

For more information and to purchase ZiZU products please visit http://www.zizuoptics.com/. Use code CCC20 to receive 20% off any online purchase. Online promo ends July 3, 2016.

ABOUT ZIZU OPTICS

ZiZU Optics, an Ottawa based company, is committed to providing innovative high quality eyewear to all athletes at affordable prices. ZiZU Optics is an official supplier to five of our National Teams. For more information, please visit www.zizuoptics.com

June 23, 2016/by Communications

NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM TO FUEL UP WITH JELLY BELLY SPORT BEANS

(Ottawa, ON – June 17, 2016) Canada’s top cyclists are fuelling up for their drive to the podium this summer thanks to a sports nutritional chew from Jelly Belly, Sport Beans.

Uno Imports has joined Cycling Canada’s supplier pool with a commitment to provide its line of Jelly Belly Sport Beans to the National Cycling Team over the next year.

Distributed in Canada by leading cycling goods importer Uno Imports, Jelly Belly Sport Beans are formulated to help fuel the body during intense exercise. Clinically proven to maximize sport performance, each bean is loaded with carbs for fuel, electrolytes to help maintain fluid balance, and vitamins to optimize energy release and protect cells against oxidative damage. The sports nutritional chews are made with colors and flavors from natural sources, and packaged in convenient re-sealable bags, perfect for carrying in a jersey pocket.

“Cycling is a demanding endurance sport that challenges athletes to maintain proper fluid and electrolyte balance in order to achieve maximum performance,” said Jacques Landry, High Performance Director and Head Coach for Cycling Canada. “Having access to the proper nutritional products for training and competition is critical for optimal performance across all of our cycling disciplines.”

Uno Imports will supply the National Cycling Team with a wide range of Sport Beans products and will provide product for sampling at select Cycling Canada events in 2017, including Canadian Championships events in road and track cycling.

“We’re very pleased to be supporting Cycling Canada” says Romeo Andretta of Uno Imports. “Our company has been supporting amateurs, pro cyclists and Teams in Canada for the past 20 years. This is the next step, supporting Team Canada at home and internationally”.

ABOUT UNO IMPORTS

Uno Imports, Inc. is a leading importer and distributor of Italian cycling goods for the Canadian marketplace. Based in Hamilton, ON, we have serviced the Canadian bicycle and Outdoor industry for over 20 years. We currently represent the following brands exclusively in Canada: Giordana, Giordana Custom, Pinarello, M.O.S.T accessories, Dario Pegoretti and Jelly Belly Sport Beans. For more information, please visit: www.unoimports.com.

June 17, 2016/by Communications