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Jul 02: MSA Tissot-UCI World Cup – XC...

courtesy of MSA
June 28, 2002 (Mont-Sainte-Anne,PQ) – Marie-Hélène Prémont, the crowd
favorite, was cheered by her fans when she took 7th place in the third
event of Tissot/UCI Mountain Bike World Cup held at Mont-Sainte-Anne. This
best-ever performance … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jul 02: Fitchburg: Canadian Bessette Wins Overall...

courtesy of Team Rona
June 30, 2002 (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) – Canadian Lyne Bessette (QuÈbec
Team) registered her fourth consecutive win at the Fitchburg Longsjo
Classic today. She was crowned after the last stage of the four-stage
race, a … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jul 02: An All-Canadian Podium at...

courtesy of Team Rona
June 29, 2002 (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) – Lyne Bessette, of the QuÈbec
Team, Manon Jutras of Team RONA and Clara Hughes of the QuÈbec
Team crossed the finish line in that order, today, at the … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 29: Wholeseome Undie Toronto Critical...

June 29, 2002. (Toronto, ON) – Critical Mass gets even more natural next
week, at the Wholeseome Undie Toronto Critical Mass ride. The ride, which
aims to promote non-vehicular transportation (read: bikes) will be meeting
at 5:00pm … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 29: Rona’s Jeanson Retires from...

courtesy of Team Rona
June 28, 2002 (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) – Lyne Bessette, of the QuÈbec
Selection, won her second stage in a row and consolidated her lead in the
overall standings at the Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic. Genevieve Jeanson, … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 29: Randell Report, Fitchburg – Stage One...

One of my favorite races of the year is the Fitchburg TT. It used to be a
great loop – through the woods, out along a lake to the finish, with a
final false-flat run into the … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 28: CCA 2002 Commonwealth Games Cycling Team...

courtesy of CCA

Ottawa, ON – Due to an error on our site this news which was posted last
week did not appear.
The Canadian Cycling Association is pleased to
announce the team that will represent Canada … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 26: JOYRIDE BIKERCROSS...

courtesy of Joyride Productions Inc.
Joyride Bikercross, a freeride mountain bike race featuring World’s
bestwill be held in Whistler BC, Wednesday July 3rd, 2002. Presented by
the World Freeride Federation, Joyride Bikercross is back and ready to … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 26: Fraser Wins GP de Beauce...

June 22, 2002, (St. Georges, PQ) – The second stage of the day certainly
showed the sprinter’s hunger after having been denied a chance to show
their stuff earlier in the day due to the mishap … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 26: Rogers Wins GP...

June 23 2002 – While Czech rider Lubor Tesar scored his third stage win
today, Michael Rogers of the Mapei team successfully defended his yellow
leader’s jersey in the final stage of the Post Canada Grand … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 26: Whistler Mountain Bike Park Air...

courtesy of Sara Gardiner / Whistler/Blackcomb
June 21, 2002, Whistler, BC – Whistler Blackcomb has just announced another
world class mountain biking competition: the Whistler Mountain Bike Park
Air Downhill will be held this July 5, and some … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 24: WOMEN’S CHALLENGE SEEKS NEW SPONSORSHIP IN...

courtesy of HP WOMEN’S CHALLENGE
BOISE, Idaho, June 24, 2002 — Organizers of the HP Women’s Challenge
announced today that new sponsorship is being sought to keep world-class
women’s cycling in Idaho. Hewlett-Packard has announced that … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 23: ZILUITE WINS FINAL STAGE AT HP...

courtesy of HP WOMEN’S CHALLENGE
BOISE, IDAHO, June 23, 2002 – Kristin Armstrong (USA), a former World-Class
Triathlete, riding for the Boise, Idaho based Team Goldys finished second
in the ninth and final stage of the 19th Annual … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 23: MILLWARD WINS PENULTIMATE STAGE OF HP...

courtesy of HP WOMEN’S CHALLENGE
June 22, 2002 (BOISE, ID) – Team Saturn seems almost unbeatable as they
racked up another stage win with Australian Olympian, Anna Millward’s
victory in Stage 8’s Wirestone Statehouse Criterium at the … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 22: 6th Stage GP De Beauce —...

courtesy of the organizer
The sixth stage of the Post Canada Grand Prix Cycliste de la Beauce ended
in confusion today, when the peloton went off course inside the last
kilometre after an unauthorized vehicle entered the course. … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 22: SURPRISE VICTOR IN STAGE 7 OF...

courtesy of HP WOMEN’S CHALLENGE

June 21, 2002 (BUHL, ID) – Anita Valen, coming out of retirement after 15
years, scored a victory for Norway and her Sponsor Services team when she
bested a small breakaway to win … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 22: Germany’s Thomas Liese Wins GP Beauce...

June 21, 2002 (Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, PQ) – Yesterday’s stage of the Grand
Prix de Beauce was the shortest, but for some, the hardest – 7 riders were
eliminated.
The 22km course was Y-shaped: the riders went … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 20: COC Distributes $ 919,000 to World...

Montréal, June 20, 2002 – As part of a new philosophy of investing and
supporting excellence the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is distributing
$919,000 to 218 World leading athletes in 2002. The Athlete Grant Program
recipients were honoured … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 20: National Team veteran Doug Baron...

courtesy of CCA
June 19, 2002 (Ottawa, ON) – Doug Baron of Calgary, a member of Canada’s
National Track Cycling Team since 1993, has made the difficult decision to
retire from the National Team Program.

Over the years, Doug’s … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 20: Barthe Takes Megantic At GP de...

June 20, 2002 (Mont MÈgantic) – Today’s stage saw the peloton underestimate
a break that went relatively early. Stephane Barthe, a former French
National Champion and multiple rider of the Tour de France rode the … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 20: JEASON TAKES OVER LEAD IN HP...

June 19, 2002 (POMERELLE, ID) Climbing sensation, Canadian Genevieve
Jeanson of Team Rona gave a lesson in climbing to 87 of the world’s best
women bike racers when she won a pivotal stage (5), the 86 … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 19: Tesar Wins Again at GP de...

June 19, 2002 – (Lac-Etchemin,PQ) Lubor Tesar of the Nürnberger –
Versicherung team has won again, with Australian rider David Mckenzie
(iTeamNova.com) coming in second again.
There was a small bunch of 30-odd
riders that managed … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 18: Andrew Randell’s GP Beauce...

Days 1 and 2
Stage One was a 350m two up sprint, a spectacle more than anything. Having
had a decent warm up things didn`t go so well but not to worry it wasn`t
important.
Today, Stage 2 (June … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 18: Lubor Tesar Wins GP Beauce Stage...

June 18, 2002. (St. Georges, PQ) – Today’s stage saw a two-man breakaway
stay out in front of a Team Mercury-led field long enough for a win by
Czech rider Lubor Tesar (Nurnberger).The breakaway was being … READ MORE → 0 comments

Jun 18: Black Tights: Laura Robinson publishes new...

Laura Robinson, an ex-pro cyclist who retired in 1993, recently authored
her latest work, Black Tights: Women, Sport and Sexuality (Harper Collins
Publishers Ltd.).
The response from mainstream media has been fabulous,
according to Robinson. The book was … READ MORE → 0 comments

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