September 13, 2018 (Ottawa, ON) – Cycling Canada has announced a squad of 23 riders who will represent Canada at the 2018 UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria from September 23 – 30. Women and men will compete in two events – road race and time trial – across five categories: Junior and Elite women, Junior, Under-23 and Elite men.
The Canadian team includes national champions from every category, and is led by Elite professional riders from the highest level of the sport, including national women’s time trial champion and defending team time trial champion Leah Kirchmann, and national men’s road champion Antoine Duchesne. Other names to watch for in the Elite women’s category are former world time trial champion Karol-Ann Canuel, Canadian criterium champion Sara Bergen and climbing specialist Sara Poidevin. On the men’s side, the Canadian squad includes professional WorldTour rider Michael Woods, who recently won a stage at the Vuelta a Espana, as well as Hugo Houle.The world championships begin on Monday, September 24th with the Junior women’s and men’s time trials, and conclude on Sunday, September 30th, with the Elite men’s road race.
Team Canada [TT – Time Trial, RR – Road Race]
Elite Women
Sara Bergen – Coquitlam, BC [RR]
Karol-Ann Canuel – Gatineau, Quebec [TT, RR]
Alison Jackson – Vermilion, Alberta [RR]
Leah Kirchmann – Winnipeg, Manitoba [TT, RR]
Katherine Maine – Ottawa, Ontario [RR]
Sara Poidevin – Canmore, Alberta [RR]
Elite Men
Rob Britton – Regina, Saskatchewan [TT, RR]
Antoine Duchesne – Saguenay, Quebec [RR]
Hugo Houle – Sainte-Perpetue, Quebec [TT, RR]
Mike Woods – Gatineau, Quebec [RR]
Under-23 Men
Charles-Etienne Chretien – Amos, Quebec [RR]
Adam Roberge – Montreal, Quebec [TT, RR]
Ed Walsh – Halifax, Nova Scotia [RR]
Nickolas Zukowsky – Ste Agathe, Quebec [TT, RR]
Junior Women
Simone Boilard – Quebec City, Quebec [TT, RR]
Elizabeth Gin – Surrey, BC [RR]
Kaitlyn Rauwerda – Hamilton, Ontario [RR]
Magdeleine Vallieres-Mill – Sherbrooke, Quebec [TT, RR]
Junior Men
Ben Katerberg – Courtenay, BC [TT, RR]
Connor Martin – Kelowna, BC [TT, RR]
Carson Miles – Ottawa, Ontario [RR]
Robin Plamondon – Montreal, Quebec [RR]
Thomas Schellenberg – Chilliwack, BC [RR]