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JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS CRITERIA RELEASED

Ottawa, Feb. 4, 2014 – Cycling Canada has posted the criteria to select junior track cyclists for the world championships this summer.

Selection will be based on trials to be held at the StubHub Center velodrome in California on April 5-6.

The junior worlds criteria can be found on the track national team programs and policies page here.

The worlds will be held from Aug. 8 to 12 in Seoul, South Korea. More information on the worlds will be available on the UCI website here.

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CYCLING COMMONWEALTH GAMES SELECTION CRITERIA RELEASED

(Jan. 27, 2014 – Ottawa ON) Cycling Canada has released the selection criteria for the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

These criteria outline Canada’s objectives for the Games and the performances athletes must achieve in order to be nominated to the team. Due to the early entry deadline imposed by the Commonwealth Games Federation, the team will be announced by May 23, 2014.

The selection criteria are in two parts:

An anticipated 15 cycling athletes will compete for Canada in track, mountain bike and road events from July 23 to Aug. 3, 2014.

Cycling competition will begin with the track events at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome from July 24 to 27. The mountain bike cross country will be held at Cathkin Braes Country Park on July 29. The road time trial will be held on July 31, and the road race on Aug. 3, both on courses through Glasgow itself.

For more information on the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, visit www.glasgow2014.com.

For more information on Canada at the Commonwealth Games, visit www.commonwealthgames.ca.

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LAURA BROWN GOLDEN, GILLIAN CARLETON SILVER AT TRACK CYCLING WORLD CUP

Canada ends first stop of 2014 Track Cycling World Cup season with three medals

(Manchester, GBR – November 3, 2013) Canadian track cyclists Laura Brown of Vancouver and Gillian Carleton of Victoria both won medals at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Cup on Sunday in Manchester, GBR.

Brown took the top spot of the women’s Points race, her career first individual World Cup victory, while Gillian Carleton won the silver medal in the women’s omnium, posting her career best in the event at the international level.

With the two medals earned on Sunday, Canada ends the opening World Cup with three medals, one gold and two silver medals.

Laura Brown of Vancouver, BC won the fourth sprint to earn five points, and added two more points in the fifth and seventh sprints to set her apart of the group of five riders that lapped the peloton, each earning 20 points. Brown finished the 80 laps, 20-km race with 29 points, three ahead of American rider Elizabeth Newell, and Hong Kong’s Wan Yiu Jamie Wong, each earning 26 points.

The gold medal for Brown represents her career best results, and puts her at the top of the Points race World Cup standings, with the coveted white jersey as the World Cup leader.

“I felt fortunate to have had the opportunity to race the Points race as the Team Pursuit was my priority, said Laura Brown after the race. “Being my first World Cup Points race, I am over the moon to have won as I really didn’t know what to expect. Our coach Craig Griffin gave me a few ideas beforehand on how to approach the race and I managed to execute his instructions pretty well. At the end of the day I just went up there and raced my bike. Another factor was the pure energy I took from the great crowd here in Manchester. That was an amazing experience.”

In the six-race, two-day women’s omnium event, Gillian Carleton of Victoria, BC powered her way to the second place of this opening world cup of the 2014 season. Carleton started on the right note, winning the flying lap race.

After the first three events, Carleton, the reigning Canadian Champion in the event, was sitting in the driver seat atop the standings. On the second day of competition, Carleton managed to post great results in the individual pursuit and the time trial, with first and third respectively, but lost valuable points with a ninth place in the scratch race.

Carleton finishes second with 24 points, only behind Laura Trott at 19 points, the reigning Olympic Champion from Great Britain, who finished her Omnium in spectacular fashion with four straight Top3 results, including two first place results.

Both Carleton and Brown was also part of the silver-medal winning Women’s team pursuit squad that raced on Friday.

“Today was a great final day for team Canada. Gillian really showed her class and strength in the Omnium, winning the Individual Pursuit and placing 3rd in the 500m TT to secure second place. Her result is a testament to the hard work she has been putting in on the road and track, said Craig Griffin, coach of the Canadian Team in Manchester. “Laura’s win in the Points race was fantastic. She read the race well and proved to be one of the strongest when it counted. It’s a great way to kick off the World Cup season.”

Hugo Barrette, of Cap-aux-Meules, QC, the only man representing Canada at the event, finished 13th in the Keirin, and 18th in the sprint event.

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CANADIAN WOMEN TEAM PURSUIT EARNS SILVER MEDAL, BREAKS CANADIAN RECORD

(Manchester, GBR – November 1, 2013) The Canadian Women’s Team Pursuit squad started the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Cup on the right note, earning the silver medal in Manchester, GBR. In doing so, the four-woman team broke the Canadian record, posting a time of 4:27.083.

In the morning qualifying session, Canada moved the gold medal race with the second fastest time of 4:28.0, behind the Olympic and World Champions team from Great Britain.

Great Britain went on to win the gold medal on home turf with a time of 4:19.604, smashing the World Record time that was previously set in the earlier in the day by that same team, while Australia rounded the podium with a time of 4:30.831 in the bronze medal dual facing Russia.

The event marked the first time the Women’s Team Pursuit race is disputed on a 4-km distance, at the World Cup level.

The Canadian team is comprised of Gillian Carleton (Victoria, BC), Laura Brown (Calgary, AB), Allison Beveridge (Calgary, AB), Stephanie Roorda (Vancouver, BC) and Jasmin Glaesser (Coquitlam, BC).

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Canada’s team had won the bronze medal with Tara Whitten, Gillian Carleton and Jasmin Glaesser in the line-up, which at the time was a three-woman team.

“I’m very pleased and proud of the riders in the qualifying ride. Everyone executed well which resulted in the time we were expecting,” said Craig Griffin, the Canadian team’s coach. “We rode a second faster than qualifying, losing Jasmin before 3km, which is not typical of her but understandable considering where she was five weeks ago. Laura and Steph had great rides, specifically Steph, who has definitely stepped it up a couple of notches. With a solid Jasmin we are 1.5 seconds quicker. Plenty of improvements to make, so that’s encouraging.”

Laura Brown said: “It was really exciting to be on the start line today as a team of four with the new 4km race format.”

The event continues Saturday with Hugo Barrette (Cap-aux-Meules, QC) racing the Keirin race, while the women’s Points race will be featured on Sunday with Canadians riders Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser taking part in the event. Barrette will also take part in the sprint event, also on Sunday. Gillian Carleton will also race the Omnium.

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CANADIAN WOMEN TEAM PURSUIT QUALIFIES WITH SECOND FASTEST TIME, BREAKS CANADIAN RECORD

(Manchester, GBR – November 1, 2013) The Canadian Women’s Team Pursuit team broke the Canadian record in the qualifying round at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester, on Friday, and posted the second fastest qualifying time to race for the gold medal in the finals.

Team Canada is comprised of Gillian Carleton (Victoria, BC) [WTP/Omnium], Laura Brown (Calgary, AB) [WTP/Points]; Allison Beveridge (Calgary, AB) [WTP]; Steph Roorda (Vancouver, BC) [WTP]; and Jasmin Glaesser (Coquitlam, BC) [WTP/Points].

Canada qualified second with a time of 4:28.0 behind the Olympic and World Champions team from Great Britain, who smashed the World Record time with 4:23.9. Australia qualified third at 4:33.0 and fourth was Poland at 4:33.3.

“I’m very pleased and proud of the riders in this afternoon’s ride,” said Craig Griffin, the Canadian team’s coach. “Everyone executed well which resulted in the time we were expecting. Tonight will be an exciting challenge going up against the Brits in front of their home crowd on their home track. This is what it’s all about. It’s going to be fun!”

Laura Brown said: “It was really exciting to be on the start line today as a team of four with the new 4km race ahead if us. I can’t wait to race for the gold medal in the final against Team GB this evening.” 

Gillian Carleton added: “We have raced against Team GB before in front of their home crowd, at London World Cup in 2012. Tonight’s ride should be much the same and I hope that we will be able to harness the energy of the crazy fans to do another great ride.”

Finals are at 7pm Great Britain time.

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CYCLING QUADRENNIAL PLANS UNVEILED

(Ottawa, On – Oct. 25, 2013) – A clear vision for the future is crucial to success in sport. After each Olympic Games Cycling Canada produces a new quadrennial plan, which guides the key decisions for the following four years to help ensure we meet our goals.

This living document is updated each year until a new one is produced after the next Olympics.

Cycling is complex, with five sports divided into dozens of disciplines, each of which has its own challenges. Cycling Canada has developed an overview quadrennial plan as well as a plan for track, road, mountain bike, BMX and para-cycling.

These plans can be found by clicking the links below. 

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PELLETIER-ROY AND CARLETON VICTORIOUS IN OMNIUM AT BROMONT

Canada doubles up on top of podium for the two Omnium events

(Bromont, QC – September 06, 2013) Canadian national team members Gillian Carleton and Rémi Pelletier-Roy won the women’s and men’s omnium competitions at the inaugural Bromont International Track Challenge, Friday.

The omnium is a six-race competition run over two days, with a mix of sprint and endurance events.

Both Carleton and Pelletier-Roy led the event after the first day of racing, which consisted of a flying 250 m time trial, a points race and an elimination race. The second day began with an individual pursuit, then a scratch race and a standing-start time trial over 500 m for the women and 1,000 m for the men.

Carleton won the pursuit, finished third in the scratch and won the 500m to lead a Team Canada sweep of the podium, with Jasmin Glaesser in second and Laura Brown in third.

“My goals for this race was to work on our 4-km women’s team pursuit but also it was a good opportunity for me to get the personal points I needed to qualify for the first world cup in Manchester,” said Carleton. “I managed to do that and also improve on my bunch racing skills from last week at nationals, so I’m pretty happy with it.”

Pelletier-Roy also won his pursuit but only finished fifth in the scratch race. He went into the kilometre time trial needing to finish better than fourth and did better than that with second place. Rounding out the podium were U.S. riders Zach Kovalcik and Jacob Duehring.

Also racing Friday were the sprinters.

After a straightforward progression to the finals, fellow U.S. national team members Madalyn Godby and Melissa Erickson faced off in the women’s sprint finals, with Godby winning in straight rides. Another U.S. rider, Alissa Maglaty, beat Canadian Candice Vermeulen for bronze.

The sprint men put on a thrilling show, with London Olympics fourth-place finsher Njisane Philllip of Trinidad and Tobago facing an international mix of challengers, including Canadian champion Hugo Barette.

Barette had a solid tournament until he met Phillip in the semifinals, where he lost in two rides thanks to the Trinidadan’s pure speed. Barette then faced South African Bernard Esterhuizen in the bronze medal race, where he lost narrowly to finish fourth. Phillip meanwhile dispatched U.S. rider Kevin Mansker to top the podium.

The Bromont International Track Challenge continues Saturday with the team pursuit and keirin competitions. For results, schedules and more information visit www.challengebromont.com.

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PELLETIER-ROY AND CARLETON LEAD OMNIUM IN BROMONT

Excellent day for Canada at this inaugural International Track Challenge

(Bromont, QC – September 05, 2013) Canada’s Rémi Pelletier-Roy and Gillian Carleton lead the men’s and women’s omnium races respectively after the first day of competition at the Bromont International Track Challenge.

The omnium consists of six events over two days of racing. On Day 1, riders do a flying lap, a points race and an elimination race. On Day 2, riders do an individual pursuit, a scratch race and a standing-start time trial over 500m for the women or 1,000m for the men.

Pelletier-Roy, who won silver in this event at the Canadian championships in Dieppe, N.B., a week ago behind Zach Bell, is confident going into Day 2 after finishing third, first and first in the opening three events. Second overall two points behind is Jacob Duehring of the U.S. and in third at four points is Darren Matthew from Barbados.

“The pursuit is pretty much my strongest event,” said Pelletier-Roy. “I do OK in the kilo. The scratch is a tactical event anyway. It’s the opening day that determines most of the overall standings, so being first I’ll do a good pursuit and kilo and defend my position in the scratch.”

Carleton, who won the Canadian title a week ago, won the flying lap, finished third in the points race and won the elimination race to lead the standings three points ahead of Mexico’s Sofia Arreola and seven points ahead of Team Canada teammates Jasmin Glaesser and Steph Roorda.

In the team sprint, U.S. teams took the top spot on the podium in both the men’s and women’s events. Madalyn Godby and Melissa Erickson won the women’s event while Kevin Mansker, Geoffrey Fryer and David Espinoza won the men’s race.

Racing resumes Friday with the final three omnium events and the sprint tournament.

The Bromont International Track Challenge runs from Sept. 5 to 8. Schedules, start lists and results can be found at www.challengebromont.com.

 

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BROMONT HOSTS INTERNATIONAL TRACK CYCLING CHALLENGE

Eighth nations represented at this inaugural International Track Challenge

(Bromont, QC – September 05, 2013) Track cyclists from eight different nations are in Bromont, Que., for the Bromont International Track Challenge. This inaugural event features sprint and endurance competition and is the last chance for athletes to score ranking points to qualify for the 2013-2014 UCI Track World Cup season.

The high-quality field includes national teams from the U.S., Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico, as well as individual athletes from France, Great Britain, Barbados and New Zealand.

This will be the first event of the track season for the Canadian national team. The women’s endurance races will be contested by Olympic bronze medallists Gillian Carleton and Jasmin Glaesser, as well as Laura Brown, Steph Roorda and Allison Beveridge. Pan Am Championships silver medallist Hugo Barette will race the men’s sprint and keirin, and Rémi Pelletier-Roy is participating in the men’s omnium and points race.

The Bromont International Track Challenge runs from Sept. 5 to 8. Schedules, start lists and results can be found at www.challengebromont.com.

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CYCLING CANADA HIRES ENDURANCE AND DEVELOPMENT TRACK COACHES

Craig Griffin and Ian Melvin join Canada’s strong track program

(Ottawa, ON – August 24, 2013) Cycling Canada has hired two new coaches to spearhead its track cycling programs.

Craig Griffin will take the helm of the proven endurance program, which produced Canada’s only cycling medal of the 2012 Olympic Games in the women’s team pursuit.

And Ian Melvin will ensure Canada has a steady stream of new track talent as development coach.

“As we build towards the success of our track program at the 2016 Rio Olympics, I’m really happy to have both Ian and Craig come on board,” said Cycling Canada High Performance Director and Head Coach Jacques Landry. “Both of them have extensive track cycling experience that will contribute to our ongoing world-class performances.”

Griffin was the USA Cycling endurance coach at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics before moving over to Carmichael Training Systems and starting to work with para-cycling athletes. He was head coach of the US para-cycling team from 2008 to 2013.

“I am extremely honored and excited at the opportunity to work with Cycling Canada,” said Griffin. “Their commitment to provide world-class programming and athlete services is a testament to the strong leadership and vision required to raise the bar yet again to place athletes on top of international podiums. I believe that with this new team of support staff and coaches working in a clearly defined performance path, Cycling Canada is in a position to build upon the results of the last four years. It’s great to be a part of a vision, a program and team that is passionate about winning.”

Melvin comes to Canada from Australia, where he was based at the Queensland Academy of Sport from 2007 to 2012, first as regional coach, then assistant coach and finally head coach. He has also worked with the Australian road team and British Cycling.

“I am thrilled to be provided with this opportunity to join Cycling Canada as the new Track Development coach,” said Melvin. “With the building of the new Mattamy Homes Velodrome in Milton and the clear direction on establishing Canada as a leading track cycling nation, the timing could not be better.  There is already a noticeable groundswell of interest and some talented riders identified in the system.”

“We know how fast we need to ride and we know the sort of rider we are looking for. This won’t happen overnight but I am confident that with the continued support from Cycling Canada, we will have a very competitive program by the 2020 Olympic Games.”

With the new coaches in place, Canada’s track cycling program is poised for rapid development – especially once it is based in its new home.

“Coupled with the track program’s upcoming move to the new Pan American Games velodrome in Milton, Ont., in 2014, and the increased commitment of the provincial associations to track cycling, our national coaches are now better equipped than ever to deliver sustainable international performances,” said Landry.

Both Griffin and Melvin will be at the Canadian Track Championships presented by Mike’s Bike Shop in Dieppe, N.B., from Aug. 27 to Sept. 1.

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