The Canadian Cycling Association (CCA) recently announced announced the athletes chosen as part of the Olympic Selection Pool for Men’s Road Cycling. Among the 11 selected athletes are 3 of BC’s own!
Ryder HESJEDAL (Victoria, BC/Garmin-Barracuda) [Road Race, Time Trial]
Will ROUTLEY (Whistler, BC/ Team SpiderTech powered by C10) [Road Race, Time Trial]
Svein TUFT (Langley, BC/Orica-GreenEdge Pro Cycling Team) [Road Race, Time Trial]
Other great athletes chosen as part of this Selection Pool are:
Michael BARRY (Toronto, ON/Team SKY Pro Cycling) [Road Race, Time Trial]
David BOILY (Québec, QC/Team SpiderTech powered by C10) [Road Race, Time Trial]
Guillaume BOIVIN (Longueuil, QC/Team SpiderTech powered by C10) [Road Race, Time Trial]
Bruno LANGLOIS (Québec, QC/Team Garneau-Quebecor) [Road Race, Time Trial]
Christian MEIER (Sussex, NB/Orica-GreenEdge Pro Cycling Team) [Road Race, Time Trial]
Dominique ROLLIN (Boucherville, QC/FDJ-Big Mat) [Road Race, Time Trial]
Ryan ROTH (Cambridge, ON/Team SpiderTech powered by C10) [Road Race, Time Trial]
David VEILLEUX (Cap Rouge, QC/Team Europcar) [Road Race, Time Trial]
So far, the CCA has unveiled it’s Olympic Selection for both Men’s and Women’s Track Cycling, 2 of the 4 cycling disciplines. Among the 22 selected athletes, 8 are from beautiful British Columbia.
Over the next few weeks the CCA will announce the names of the athletes chosen as part of the Olympic selection pool for BMX and Mountain Bike.
Athletes in the Olympic selection pool have all qualified as a result of their performances since the UCI Qualification Window has been opened. As per the approved Selection guidelines, the High Performance advisory committee of the Canadian Cycling Association, comprised of many specialists, will gather and proceed with the selection of athletes who will be nominated to the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team to represent Canada at the upcoming Olympic Games in London, UK.
For more information on the selection protocol for road cycling, please visit: http://www.canadian-cycling.com/disciplines/sites/default/files/Road%202012%20Olympic%20Selection%20Policy%20090811.pdf
The list of nominated athletes to the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team will be announced on June 21st during the 2012 COLD-FX Canadian Road Championships in Lac Mégantic, QC. More details will follow with media availabilities.
Original: CCA Press Release May 2 2012