July 13, 2007 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – The 2007 Pan American Games scheduled July 13-29, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro begin today. Here is a brief schedule of the cycling events and some info on the Canada team competing in mountain bike, road and track events.

Pan Am Games 2007 — Cycling

– July 14 – MTB – Outeiro Hill
– July 15 – BMX – Outeiro Hill
– July 15 – Road TT – Flamengo Park
– July 16-19 – Track – Barra Velodrome
– July 21 – Road RR- Flamengo Park

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Canada’s 2007 Pan American Games Team

Cycling Association is happy to announce the athletes selected to represent Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July.

Canada will have a total of 11 athletes to compete in road, track and mountain bike events. The Games will also include BMX competitions for the first time, but Canada will not enter as the event is too close to the world championships in Victoria, BC.

It is to be noted that the road, track and BMX competitions at the Games do not award international ranking points, so they do not count towards Olympic qualification. The mountain bike event does award a small number of points. As a result, many of Canada’s top athletes opted out of the Games in order to prepare for other objectives.

With this in mind, Canada has picked a team made up of a mix of veteran athletes who will be vying for medals, and younger athletes seeking Games experience with an eye towards the 2012 Olympics. Each athlete will be able to focus on individual performances in Rio without the distraction of qualifying for the Olympics.

Women Home town – Age* – Event(s)

– Catharine Pendrel Kamloops, BC – 26 – Mountain bike cross-country
– Anne Samplonius Montreal, QC – 39 – Road race, time trial
– Joëlle Numainville Laval, QC – 19 – Road race, time trial

Men Home town – Age* – Event(s)

– Mathieu Toulouse Montreal, QC – 30 – Mountain bike cross-country
– Ricky Federeau Abbotsford, BC – 25 – Mountain bike cross-country
– Charles Dionne Ste-Foy, QC – 26 – Road race
– Dominique Rollin Boucherville, QC – 24 – Road race, time trial
– Cam MacKinnon Calgary, AB – 23 – Track sprint, keirin
– Ryan McKenzie Calgary, AB – 24 – Road race, Madison, Points race
– Keven Lacombe Amos, QC – 22 – Road race, Madison
– Eric Smith Calgary AB – 18 – Individual pursuit, time trial

* age on day of competition