Cycling Canada has selected 22 athletes to represent the country at the 2025 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Liévin, FRA, from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.
Two-time World Mountain Bike Champion in the Women U23 category, Isabella Holmgren, will be on hand to add another jersey to her growing collection. In 2022, Holmgren won Junior Women’s Cyclo-cross World Championships. She will be joined by Canadian Champions Ian Ackert, Émilien Belzile and Rafaëlle Carrier, who sits atop the UCI Junior Women’s Cyclo-cross rankings after several World Cup podiums.
“We have another strong team ready for this year’s Championships,” said National Team Coach, Michael Van den Ham. “After Carrier became the first ever Canadian to win a Cyclo-cross World Cup overall title last weekend and a number of other athletes earned personal best World Cup performances, I’m excited to see what everyone is able to achieve both this weekend and in the future.”
Pan-American Champion Sidney McGill, bronze medalist at the Canadian Championships, will also be participating, accompanied by Alexander Woodford and Tyler Clark, who also stood on the podium at Nationals.
Racing starts on Jan. 31 with the Team Relay and continues with individual races over the weekend. Live timing will be available here.
Team Canada:
- Ian Ackert – Severn, ON
- Emilien Belzile – Sherbrooke, QC
- Christiane Bilodeau – St. Albert, AB
- Rafaëlle Carrier – Lac-Beauport, QC
- Tyler Clark – Mono, ON
- Mia De Martin – Saint-Colomban, QC
- Sagan Goertz – Waterloo, ON
- Aislin Hallahan – Peterborough, ON
- Ava Holmgren – Orillia, ON
- Isabella Holmgren – Orillia, ON
- Nico Knoll – Calgary, AB
- Farland Lamont – Midland, ON
- Lily-Rose Marois – Lac-Beauport, QC
- Sidney McGill – Edmonton, AB
- Dorothée Perron – Gatineau, QC
- Monty Rigby – Vancouver, BC
- Cody Scott – Courtenay, BC
- Marie-Fay St-Onge – St-Denis-de-Brompton, QC
- Maxime St Onge – St-Denis-de-Brompton, QC
- Tristan Taillefer – Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, QC
- Maya Tassé – Mendham, NJ
- Katelyn Walcroft – Collingwood, ON
- Alexander Woodford – Ottawa, ON
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