October 21, 2017 (Victoria, BC) – At the Cycling Canada Summit at Bear Mountain Resort this weekend the association’s annual awards were presented during the President’s Reception to honour events, coaches, athletes, officials and organizations for their contributions.
Event/Organizer of the Year
Road
– Tour of Alberta -Alberta Peloton Association
Mountain Bike
– Canadian XCO Championships – Alberta Nationals MTB Race Association
BMX
– Canadian Championships & Canada Cup 7 – Calgary BMX
Paracycling
– Global Relay Canadian Road Championships – Centre National Cyclisme Bromont (QC)
Cyclocross
– Canadian Championships – Club Cycliste Sherbrooke, (QC)
Track
– Canadian Championships (Elite/Master) – Cycling Canada
National Commissaire of the Year 2017 – Marko Rosic (BC)
International Commissaire of the Year 2017 -Wayne Pomario (BC)
Coach of the Year Recognition Awards
• Road/Route – Christine Gillard (QC)
• MTB / Velo – Joel Harwood (BC)
• BMX – Adam Muys (BC)
• CycloCross – David Gagnon (QC)
• Track – Barry Lyster (BC)
Russ Copeland Award
– Holden Jones (MTB)
Third place in the Junior Men’s XCO at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
President’s Trophy
– Tristen Chernove (Paracycling)
World Champion in Para-Cycling Individual Pursuit, Kilometer Time Trial, Individual Time Trial and Road Race.
Builder of the Year
– TBD (by Inter-provincial Council)
Service Pins
20 years
• Louis Barbeau (QC) High Performance Committee
• Wayne Pomario (BC) Officials Committee
10 years
• Kevin Baldwin (NL) Board of Directors
• Mike Connolly (PEI) Provincial Association
5 years
• Bruno Vachon (QC) Events Committee