October 21, 2018 (Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France) – Canada’s Derek Gee claimed a strong 8th overall in the Men’s Omnium at the opening round of the 2018-19 Tissot UCI Track World Cup in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France on Saturday.

He started off the 4-event Omnium with a solid eighth in the Scratch Race and followed up with two 15th-place finishes in the Tempo Race and the Elimination Race to sit outside the top 10 coming into the final Points Race.

Then he stormed to fourth in the finale taking two laps on the field to move up five spots into 8th overall. Albert Torres Barcelo of Spain won overall with Oliver Wood (Great Britain) second and Benjamin Thomas (France) in third.

Gee recently took home four titles at the 2018 Canadian Track Championships repeating his victories from 2017. He’ll join Team Canada’s full roster of 22 athletes at Round 2 at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre, in Milton, Ont. on Oct. 26-28.

Results here.