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CANADIAN TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS P/B LEXUS OPEN IN MILTON

Milton, September 29, 2017 – The 2017 Canadian Track Championships p/b Lexus for Elite and Masters athletes opened Thursday at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton, Ontario. While a few familiar faces appeared on the podium, there were also a number of newcomers donning the maple leaf jersey of national champion.

Six national titles were awarded in the Elite category for women and men, including four in the team events – the Team Sprint and Team Pursuit. In the Team Sprint, the composite squad of Lauriane Genest of Quebec and Tegan Cochrane of British Columbia took the women’s title with a time of 35.327 seconds, nearly two seconds faster than the second place composite team of Devaney Collier of Alberta and Jenna Nestman of British Columbia. The men’s competition was dominated by Equipe du Quebec, which contained three members of Canada’s national team, led by Rio Olympian Hugo Barrette, joined by Patrice St Louis Pivin and Joel Archambault. Their time of 44.693 was just over one second slower than the Canadian record, set at altitude in Mexico.

The Team Pursuit saw members of Canada’s Olympic bronze medal winning squad win the women’s title, with Allison Beveridge, Laura Brown, Katherine Maine and Annie Foreman-Mackey winning qualifying, and Jasmin Duehring substituting for Laura Brown in the gold medal ride. The team recorded a time of 4:29.936 for the final, approximately two and half seconds faster than silver medalists Laurie Jussaume, Ariane Bonhomme, Kinley Gibson and Sara Giovannetti, of the Cyclery-4iiii team from Ottawa. The men’s event saw development squad Team Race Clean (Bailey Simpson/Evan Burtnik/Derek Gee/Adam Jamieson) win the title after catching a composite team of Chris Ernst, Michael Foley, Ryan Roth and Ed Veal.

Two individual titles were also awarded in Elite competition, in the time trial events. Lauriane Genest (Equipe du Quebec) won the women’s 500 metre competition with a time of 35.337 seconds, finishing 1.216 seconds ahead of Tegan Cochrane (Cycling BC), with national road champion Allison Beveridge (Rally Cycling) third. In the men’s 1000 metre event, Adam Attwell (Cycling BC) won his first Elite title with a time of 1:06.678, finishing 0.283 seconds ahead of Ed Veal (RealDeal Racing), with Adam Reddy (Alete) winning the bronze medal.

The Canadian Track Championships continue on Friday and Saturday. Visit www.racetiming.ca for full results.

September 29, 2017/by Communications

EVENT OF THE YEAR VOTE NOW OPEN

Ottawa, September 26, 2017 – After a very exciting season of racing throughout the country, Cycling Canada invites all cycling fans to vote online over the next few weeks to determine the 2017 Cycling Canada Events of the Year. Fan vote will count for 50% of the overall consideration for Road, Track, Mountain Bike, BMX, Para-cycling and Cyclo-cross events of the year.

2017 Event of the Year winners will be determined by an equal proportion of public voting (this survey) and evaluation of the review of the following criteria by relevant staff & committees:

Communication with Stakeholders
Event Promotion
Event Presentation & Execution
Organizing & Planning

Cycling Canada would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of the organizers with whom we have collaborated this season. Great Canadian events contribute to international success and to the growth of the sport in Canada.

The survey will be live until October 10^that 11:59PM EST. Category winners will be announced at the 2017 Cycling Canada Annual General Meeting.

Click here to access the survey.

September 26, 2017/by Communications

CYCLING CANADA TRACK ENDURANCE NEXTGEN PROGRAM APPLICATION NOW OPEN

Ottawa, September 22, 2017 – The Cycling Canada Men’s Track Endurance NextGen Program is now accepting athlete applications for the 2018 season. This program is focused on providing targeted athletes with an elevated level of support to deliver international podium performances and transition seamlessly into the elite ranks.

Selected athletes will receive a world class Daily Training Environment with personalized and periodized coaching from the National coach, and integrated support services such as nutrition, mental performance, physiology and strength & conditioning. On top of working closely with the Elite track program riders, these athletes will also be wearing the colors of Team RaceClean during the 2018 racing season.

“Our program has been progressing a lot over the past 4 years,” says NextGen MTE Coach Luc Arseneau. “It’s an exciting time for Canadian cycling with growing programs getting World Cup results and starting to feed athletes into the professional ranks.”

“ MTE has taken significant leaps in the past couple of years” added Pathway Development Manager Jesse Korf. “Recent successes of the men’s team in Trinidad & Tobago highlight these developments. The addition of the MTE elite program that NextGen riders can graduate into allow us to keep making steps in our national programming. With a narrower focus for the NextGen group and the addition of the elite program, we are very excited about the future of MTE”.

Applications can be completed online HERE.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 17:00 PDT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2017.

Any questions can be directed to NextGen Coach Luc Arseneau at Luc.Arseneau@cyclingcanada.ca

September 22, 2017/by Communications

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE TISSOT UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CUP IN MILTON

Milton, September 14, 2017 – The TISSOT UCI Track Cycling World Cup is coming to Milton! Ticket sales and volunteer registration are now open for the Canadian round of the Track World Cup that will be held from December 1-3, 2017 at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre. This is your opportunity to participate in a historic event and watch Team Canada take on the world.

Until October 1st, tickets are 20% off (excluding VIP) for all sessions, including the sought-after evening sessions when medals will be awarded. Spectators can choose between single tickets for each session in either general or premium seats, an event pass for all sessions or a family pack (2 adults, 2 youth). For exclusive access, act quickly to obtain one of 50 VIP passes for evening sessions only – these will give access to the infield, premium seats, parking at the velodrome, plus food and beverages.

All prices and links can be found at https://www.twcmilton.com/tickets/.

For information on detailed event schedules and volunteer registration, please visit https://www.twcmilton.com/event-info. Media registration will be available shortly.

“With the growth of Track Cycling across the country and the great performances from our national track teams, the timing could not be better to host the World in Milton for the Tissot UCI Track World Cup,” said Mathieu Boucher, Performance Development Director at Cycling Canada. “Cycling Canada is proud to have the support of the Town of Milton, the Government of Ontario, Sport Canada and an amazing group of dedicated volunteers in delivering this event. We are setting the stage to enable athlete performances and to deliver world class cycling for the community and the cycling fans.”

September 14, 2017/by Communications

MELVIN TO LEAVE CYCLING CANADA FOR JAPAN

Milton, September 13, 2017 – Ian Melvin is departing the helm of Cycling Canada’s Men’s Track Endurance Program to help Japan qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

As of October 2nd, Melvin will join the Japan Cycling Federation as Head Track Endurance Coach. Working from Izu, Japan, home of the track cycling events at the 2020 Olympic Games, Melvin’s main focus will be to lead both Japanese men’s and women’s track endurance programs to 2020 Olympic qualification and to create long term high performance pathways for the country.

“I am incredibly proud of what I have been a part of creating since I joined Cycling Canada. Leaving behind my team of athletes and staff has been the toughest decision I’ve ever had to make professionally. As a program, we have achieved some wonderful performances and results, laying down a strong foundation for this group to continue building upon towards their goal of 2020 Olympic qualification. I count myself privileged to have been a part of Canadian history alongside these riders and will carry with me some wonderful memories for life.”

“I’d like to thank Jacques [Landry, Chief Technical Officer – Head Coach at Cycling Canada] for having the faith in me and supporting me for the last four and a half years. Many Performance Directors wouldn’t have had the confidence, but he let me run with my ideas and continued to back me. With ongoing support from Jacques and Cycling Canada, I am confident that this program can continue to build and impress the world.”

“Lastly, I would like to say a big thank you to my riders; those that I am working with currently and everyone who has come through the program. Despite the challenges and hurdles that we have faced, you have never given up and continue to prove people wrong. You’ve grown so much, not only as athletes but as young men, and the daily camaraderie is something that I’ve never experienced anywhere else before. You are truly an example for the next generations to follow and I am honoured to have shared in part of your journey.”

During his tenure as Men’s Track Endurance Coach at Cycling Canada, Ian Melvin was able to take a program that was hovering around the 4:14 mark in the men’s Team Pursuit Event, and shave off 15 seconds in the span of 3 years. Melvin accomplished this feat by creating a high performance environment underpinned by a solid road program, great technical work on the track and surrounding himself with key support staff.

“Ian came to Cycling Canada in June of 2013 with a white canvas to work from, but with very little funds. It is pretty impressive to see what he was able to accomplish during that 4 year span,” said Jacques Landry. “It’s unfortunate to lose Ian just as our program was gaining real momentum but at the same time, when a program like our men’s track endurance program makes gains like it has, it is normal that other countries want the architect of that program. It’s part of the game. My only consolation with losing Ian is that we must be doing something right if other countries are looking at what we are doing and want to emulate.”

With Melvin leaving his position as Head Men’s Track Endurance Coach, Cycling Canada will be publishing a job posting shortly, with the hope of having a replacement in place for November; one month out from the hosting of a Track World Cup at the National Cycling Centre in Milton.

September 13, 2017/by Communications

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.”

September 5, 2017/by Communications

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.

August 31, 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

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