Canada Announces Team for Mountain Bike World Championships
“We’re really excited about this year’s team,” said Dan Proulx, Mountain Bike Head Coach at Cycling Canada. “It’s a nice mix of rookies and experienced riders. We have a good team dynamic in this group already, which will certainly help us create an environment that is conducive to personal best performances. We hope to build off the momentum we had at last year’s World Championships in Australia.”
The team includes the reigning national champions for every category. In the Elite women, two-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist Catharine Pendrel will be coming back from an early season injury, while national champion Emily Batty is having one of the best seasons of her career, with three podium results so far in the World Cup. Other top-20 World Cup riders are Haley Smith and Sandra Walter.
The Elite men’s squad is led by World Cup riders Leandre Bouchard and national champion Peter Disera, a former world championship silver medalist as a Junior rider.
Junior Women – XCO
Mireille Larose-Gingras – Lac Beauport, QC
Eva Poidevin – Canmore, AB
Marianne Théberge – Levis, QC
Roxane Vermette – St-Ferrol-les-Neiges, QC
Junior Men – XCO
Tyler Clark – King City, ON
Holden Jones – Squamish, BC
Charles-Antoine St-Onge – Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, QC
Carter Woods – Cumberland, BC
Colton Woods – Barrie, ON
Under-23 Women – XCO
Laurie Arseneault – Terrebonne, QC
Mackenzie Myatt – Musquodoboit Harbour, NS
Juliette Tétreault – Val-des-Monts, QC
Emily Unterberger – Revelstoke, BC
Under-23 Men – XCO
Raphaël Auclair – Haut-Saint-Charles, QC
Quinton Disera – Horseshoe Valley, ON
Sean Fincham – Squamish, BC
Marc-André Fortier – Victoriaville, QC
Gunnar Holmgren – Orillia, ON
Elite Women – XCO
Emily Batty – Brooklin, ON
Catherine Fleury – Saint-Gedeon, QC
Cindy Montambault – Val-David, QC
Elyse Nieuwold – Newmarket, ON
Catharine Pendrel – Kamloops, BC
Haley Smith – Uxbridge, ON
Sandra Walter – Coquitlam, BC
Elite Men – XCO
Léandre Bouchard – Alma, QC
Peter Disera – Horseshoe Valley, ON
Raphaël Gagné – Quebec City, QC
Andrew L’Esperance – Halifax, NS
Junior Men – DH
Justin Clements – Calgary, AB
Lucas Cruz – Pemberton, BC
Keegan Fry – Rossland, BC
Elliot Jamieson – White Rock, BC
Kendall McLean – Victoria, BC
Ian Milley – Squamish, BC
Ben Wallace – North Vancouver, BC
Elite Men – DH
Henry Fitzgerald – Vancouver, BC
Finn Iles – Whistler, BC
Magnus Manson – Sechelt, BC
Forrest Riesco – Sunshine Coast, BC
Luke Stevens – Revelstoke, BC
Mark Wallace – Duncan, BC
Elite Women – DH
Miranda Miller – Garibaldi, BC
Rachel Pageau – Chicoutimi, QC
About Cycling Canada
Source: Cycling Canada
Information:
Karine Bedard l Cycling Canada l 438-884-8771 l karine.bedard@cyclingcanada.ca