Annual Team Photo Shoot – BC High Performance Cycling Athletes 2012

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Many of Cycling BC’s Provincial Team members gathered yesterday evening (Friday, May 11 2012) down at the BC Sports Hall of Fame in Vancouver.
 
With so many of the Provincial Team riders competing and training nationally and internationally as we speak, it’s hard to get a group together any time of the year anymore.
Big thanks to Ben [...]

Tour of Walla Walla – Day 3

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A huge thank-you to all the sponsors and supporters of this Junior project. It was such an incredible chance for the Juniors to gain experience at a stage race, and it couldn’t have been done without the support from some incredible companies and individuals!

 
The Tour of Walla Walla’s final stage was a scorching hot, picturesque, [...]

Tour of Walla Walla – Day 1

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We had a long drive from Vancouver to Walla Walla, WA on Thursday and the kids were excited to get out of the van and onto their bikes – Friday afternoon couldn’t come soon enough for many of them.  The boys and girls went out for a quick spin on Friday morning with Cody Campbell [...]

10 Questions with Richard Wooles

Nicole Rochefort, the new High Performance and Events Assistant at Cycling BC recently sat down with Richard Wooles the National Track Team Coach before he headed off to Melbourne to answer a few questions.
Q: Richard, how did you end up in Vancouver BC Canada?
A: Andrea, my wife, and I met at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. [...]

Pietermaritzburg World Cup Pre-race Interviews – Pendrel, Plaxton & Smith

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Interviews in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, prior to the start of the first round of the 2012 Mountain Bike World Cup with world champion Catharine Pendrel (Luna), Max Plaxton (Team Canada/Specialized) and Steve Smith (Devinci Global Racing).
Catharine Pendrel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h1w6KxYPm5U#!
Max Plaxton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=289JyUmzZWE#!
Steve Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HO5f29-fwv0

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PAN-AMERICAN GOLD MEDAL FOR CANADIAN WOMEN’S TEAM PURSUIT SQUAD

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The Canadian squad, comprised of Laura Brown of Vancouver, BC, Stephanie Roorda, also of Vancouver, and Allison Beveridge of Calgary, AB qualified with the second fastest qualifying time in the morning session, earning their ticket to the Gold Medal race.
In the decisive race, the powerful Canadian team faced off Venezuela, the fastest qualifiers, in the final. Despite posting [...]

First race of the season for the Cycling BC Road Team

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Saturday’s race was a test of mettle — driving crosswinds, short climbs, tough racing and lots of splits and breaks were the features of this race. The pace was driven by the big teams at the front echloning while the rest of the field fought for space to draft while they were strung out in [...]

London 2012 – CTV Interviews

Check out Zach Bell’s interview from CTV: http://ctvolympics.ca/video/videoid=1229498.html
Check out Richard Wooles interview from CTV: http://ctvolympics.ca/video/videoid=1229468.html
Check out Gillian Carleton interview from CTV: http://ctvolympics.ca/video/videoid=1229481.html
And a few more clips: http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=23415

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Canada’s women Team Pursuit Wins Silver Medal, Breaks Canadian Record

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The Canadian Women’s Team Pursuit won the silver medal at the 2012 UCI Track World Cup, also dubbed the Olympic Track Cycling Test event, in London tonight, breaking once more the Canadian record which they had set yesterday in the qualification rounds.

The day after  posting a remarkable fastest time in the qualifications round, Canada’s Women’s [...]

Zach Bell Takes Bronze at Track World Cup In London

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Zach Bell of North Vancouver, BC, successfully completed an impressive comeback on the second day of the men’s Omnium event, taking the bronze medal on Saturday at the fourth and final UCI Track World Cup, ending his season in the fourth place overall of the 2012 UCI World Cup circuit.

Beginning the second day in fifth [...]

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