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Burnaby Velodrome Club Back on Track

August 29, 2002 – A new agreement is saving this Olympic training facilityand Junior Development will start in October. The media are invited to anopen house at 4:00 pm, Wednesday, September 4, immediately … READ MORE →

Pro World Road Championships 2002

August 29, 2002 – Press Conference Dierckxsens Wants to RaceLudo Dierckxsens absolutely wants to take part in the World Championships.“If José De Cauwer, the coach, doesn’t include me in the selection, then itwill be … READ MORE →

Canadians Clean Up At Pan-Ams

August 30, 2002 – Canada’s success at the 2002 Pan American RoadandTrack was without question. Canada won six medals, three of them byLori-Ann Muenzer of Edmonton.Keirin:1st – Lori-Ann Muenzer CANADA2nd – Yumari Gonzales CUBA3rd … READ MORE →

Junior Cross Country Report

August 29, 2002, (Kaprun, Austria) – Australia swept junior gold with LisaMathison winning the junior women’s race and Trent Lowe taking the juniormen’s title. Difficulties plagued the Canadian team in both the juniormen’s … READ MORE →

Transoceane Race Cancelled

August 28, 2002 (Cowansville, QC) – Organizers of the Transoceaneunfortunately were unable to save this Quebec race and had to cancelit. This morning, the International Cycling Union (UCI) cancelled therace. Due to the many … READ MORE →

Sydor “Live” from MTB Worlds 2002

Alison Sydor of Team Canada and pro racing team, Trek/Volkswagen, took sometime out of her busy schedule in Austria at the MTB Worlds 2002 to emailPedal Magazine and talk about Team Canada’s gold medal … READ MORE →

Ontario Midweek Crit

August 28, 2002 – La Bicicletta “Now on Castlefield” Handicap Criterium 1. Paul Rego Ital Pasta S1 56’04”2. Jeff J.B.Hansen ItalPasta S1 s.t3. Don Zuck Pavan/Lindeberg S1 s.t4. Paul Hornak Gears Racing S1 s.t5. Mauro … READ MORE →

Canada Wins Team Relay Gold Again!

August 28, 2002, (Kaprun, Austria) – “We had a great day out there!” saidWarren Lister, Team Canada Manager. The Canadian National 2002 MountainBike Team is feeling good and another gold medal demonstrates just howgood. For … READ MORE →

Worlds 2002 MTB Coverage!

Starting today PedalMag.com will be posting ongoing coverage of the 2002World Mountain Bike Championships beginning with the Team Relay. UCI World Mountain Bike Championships 2002Kaprun, Austria, August 28-September 1, 2002 Downhill … READ MORE →

COC Applauds Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation

August 28, 2002, Montréal – The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC)congratulates the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation for their success in movingto the next step of the bid process to host the 2010 Olympic Winter Games inVancouver. … READ MORE →

Nike Girls Grant Awarded

August 27, 2002 (Ottawa, on) – The Canadian Association for theAdvancement for Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) and Nike Canada Ltd. are proud to announce the winner of the … READ MORE →

Team Kappa Sweeps BC Road Provincials

August 26, (Vancouver, BC) – Team Kappa racers Lisa Sweeney and LeahGoldstein dominated this past weekend’s BC Provincial CriteriumChampionship in North Vancouver. Sweeney was thefirst to attack, quickly opening a … READ MORE →

Volvo/Cannondale Era Comes To An End

August 26, 2002 – The most dominant team in the history of mountain bike racing will not be returning for the 2003 racing season. After nine yearsat the top of the sport, automaker Volvo and … READ MORE →

Burnaby Velodrome Opens

After nearly a year and a half of closure the Burnaby Velodrome was openedfor riding on August 20th. Mandy Poitras, Canadian National Team memberpreparing for the World Championships September 25-29 in Copenhagen,Denmark, was given special … READ MORE →

Junior Worlds Selections

August 26, 2002 – The Canadian Cycling Association is pleased to announcethe followingindividuals who have been selected to the pool of junior athletes that willbe considered for the Road World Championships in Zolder, … READ MORE →

Amy Jarvis Third At Chris Thater Crit

August 26, 2002 (Binghamton, NY) – Canadian Amy Jarvis and American NicoleFreedman, both of the RONA Cycling Team, showed off their team colors andplaced third and eighth respectively in the Chris Thater Memorial raceyesterday. Laura … READ MORE →

Chris Thater Memorial Crit – Walters, Van Gilder Win!

August 25, 2002 (Binghampton, NY) Men’s Pro 1/2 1. Mark Walters (Navigators)2. John Lieswyn (7-up)3. Mike Sayers (Prime Alliance) note: Sympatico’s Andrew Randell was in the lead break … READ MORE →

Jeanson Smashes Mount Washington Record

August 25, 2002 (North Conway, New Hampshire) – Canadian GenevièveJeanson, of the RONA Cycling Team, smashed the record of the MountWashington hillclimb. The 20-year old from Lachine, Quebec, climbed the verytough 12.3 kilometre course with … READ MORE →

Team Results Montreal-Quebec

August 24, 20021. Sympatico/Jet Fuel 15h 11min 24sec2. Composite 1 (Peter Mazur’s team) 15 h 16min 44sec3. Volkswagen/Trek 15h 17min 19sec4. Midweek C.C. 15h 17min 49sec5. Espoirs de Laval 15h 35min … READ MORE →

Canada Not In Top-30

The UCI rankings are in and Canada is out. Canada needed to be qualified inthe top-30 countries in order to send two riders to the Road Worlds 2002in Zolder, Beligum on October 11, and Canada … READ MORE →

COC names Lou Ragagnin Interim CEO

August 22, 2002 (Toronto,ON) – The Executive Committee of the CanadianOlympic Committee (COC) has appointed Lou Ragagnin to assume the interimrole of CEO and Secretary General of the COC. Mr. Ragagnin is the ExecutiveDirector,Operations for … READ MORE →

Adams Third At Mount Snow / Third Overall in Norba Series

August 22, 2000(West Dover, Vermont) – The young star of this year’s GiantDownhill squad, Dustin Adams, capped off his first full tour of the NORBACircuit with a third place finish at the demanding downhill … READ MORE →

Red Bull Ride 2003

courtesy Red BullAugust 22, 2002 – The RED BULL RIDE is back for 2003.After an awesome 2002event which saw an invited list of 25 riders from 9countries, to one very seriously technical and in-your-face course, … READ MORE →

USPRO Crit Championships

August 19, 2002, (Downers Grove, IL) – In a crash-marred race, Henk Vogelssprinted ahead of a small group to winthe race. Nearly 2/3 of the field were caught behind a crash and did notfinish. … READ MORE →

Mazur Wins Epic Race!

August 18, 2002 (Quebec, PQ)Unofficial results:1. Peter Mazur (Mapei)2. Dominique Perras (iTeamNova.com)3. Tim Johnson (Saturn)4. Alexandre Lavallee (VW/Trek)5. Czeslav Lukaszewicz 6. Phil Viau (Sympatico/Jetfuel)7. Joe Giulliano (Sympatico/Jetfuel)8. Peter Morse (Midweek Club)9. Josh Hall (Sympatico/Jetfuel)


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