The 2024 Canadian Masters Road Championships are about to get underway in Victoria, BC, where new national Time Trial, Criterium, and Road Race champions will be crowned between July 19th to 21st. The road championships weekend will kick off with a new Time Trial course in North Saanich on Friday, July 19th, followed by the Road Race in Metchosin on Saturday, July 20th, and capped off with the Criterium Championship in front of the iconic BC legislature building in downtown Victoria on Sunday, July 21st.
“This will be our third Canadian championship event, after hosting the Canadian Masters Road Cycling Championships in 2018 and 2019 and the Canadian Cyclo-cross Championships in 2022 and 2023,” said Jon Watkins, event director at Panache Cycling. “We are very excited to welcome the Masters back to Victoria and offer participants an exceptional weekend of racing. We want to build on the lessons learned from organizing this event over five years ago and make things even better.”
View the event schedule and tech guide for the 2024 Canadian Masters Road Championshipst at https://www.victoriabikerace.com/
Meanwhile, on Canada’s east coast, the 2024 Canadian XCO and XCC Mountain Bike National Championships will be taking place in Kentville, Nova Scotia starting on Thursday, July 18th with the XCC (short track) event, followed by the XCO races on Saturday and Sunday. Some of BC’s best mountain bike riders, including several of BC’s Provincial Champions, will be in contention for national titles in Elite, U23, Junior, U17, and Masters events.
“We’re thrilled to return to Kentville for the XCO and XCC Canadian Championships in what has become a staple of the Canadian mountain bike calendar,” said Josh Peacock, Cycling Canada’s Director of Marketing and Events. “This event continues to showcase the exceptional work done in the Maritime Provinces over the past few years, as the region becomes the cornerstone for high-level cycling and competition.”
The full technical guide and important event information for the MTB XCC and XCO Championships can be found on the Events Page of the Cycling Canada website.
Best wishes to all the riders!