CANADA WINS BRONZE IN WOMEN’S TEAM PURSUIT AT CAMBRIDGE WORLD CUP

Cambridge, New Zealand (December 6, 2019) – Team Canada had a good start to the fourth round of the TISSOT UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand. The women’s team pursuit squad won a bronze medal on the opening day of competition while Canada’s men’s team finished in fifth place.

“I think we did a lot of good things in all three rides,” said Georgia Simmerling on the bronze medal performance. “We can take away a lot of positives. The four of us who rode today haven’t ridden at all together till today and those other teams have been riding for months and months together so that’s actually giving us a lot of motivation. We know we have so much more to give and we are ready to do the work.”

Competing together for the first time this season Simmerling, Jasmin Duehring, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Allison Beveridge qualified with the third fastest time and faced Australia in round one. Canada lost to Australia but secured a spot in the bronze medal final against trade team Subway New Zealand. With a strong ride, they secured Canada’s first medal of the competition.

“We are looking at building through the season, running a little hotter into the world championships and making sure we qualify for the Olympics so we are juggling a couple of things,” said team Canada’s head track coach Brendon Cameron.

The men’s team pursuit squad was also in action and qualified with the fourth fastest time. Jay Lamoureux, Derek Gee, Adam Jamieson, Vincent De Haitre and Michael Foley did not move on to the medal round finishing a solid fifth. The World Cup continues on Saturday with Canadians in action in the women’s sprint, men’s Keirin and men’s Omnium.