January 5, 2007 (Ottawa, On) – Eight athletes will represent Canada at the 2007 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium, on Jan. 27-28. Among those riders, three National Champions in their respective category and five athletes who will take the opportunity to travel to Europe to take part in the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Nommay, France on January 14th.

Elite Women
– Tara Ross (ON)*

Junior Men
– Spencer Smitheman (AB) National Champion

U23 Men
– Kyle Douglas (ON) * National Champion
– Aaron Schooler (AB) *
– Shaun Adamson (AB) *
– Brian Robinson (AB)

Elite Men
– Greg Reain (ON) * National Champion
– Michael Garrigan (ON)

A number of other athletes were eligible to do the worlds but declined to participate:

Elite women: Lyne Bessette (QC), Wendy Simms (BC) and Mical Dyck (AB)
Junior men: Garrett McLeod (NS) and David Larson (AB)
U23 men: Mike Bidniak (AB) and Andrew Thomas (SK)
Elite men: Geoff Kabush (BC), Mathieu Toulouse (QC) and Kris Sneddon (BC)

Canadian team manager will be National Cycling Centre head coach Neil Ross based in Hamilton (ON).

* Note that the following riders will also attend the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Nommay, France on January 14, 2007:

– Tara Ross, ON — Elite women
– Greg Reain, ON – Champion Canadien — Elite men
– Kyle Douglas, ON — Champion Canadien — U23 men
– Shaum Adamson, AB — U23 men
– Aaaron Schooler, AB — U23 men

UCI Cyclocross World Cup information, results, rankings and TV broadcast click here.

The link to the official website of the UCI Cyclocross Worlds is here.