Lausanne, Switzerland will once again host the World Sports Forum on Sept.
22 to 24, marking the second straight year the Swiss city has held this
event.
The forum brings together business leaders, politicians, key officials with
sports clubs … READ MORE → 0 comments

Three-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will be racing through
the streets of Manhattan this summer. He and his US Postal Service
teammates have confirmed their participation in the inaugural New York City
Cycling Championship, which will … READ MORE → 0 comments

Members of Rona, Canada’s top pro women’s team grabbed all the podium
positions at the Tuscon Bicycle Classic, which concluded April 7 in Arizona.
Quebec’s Genevieve Jeanson won the three-day event, with teammates Melissa
Holt … READ MORE → 0 comments

The very popular Chicoutimi-based mountain-bike event, Le Raid Pierre
Harvey, has been canceled due to a lack of sponsors. Staged in Quebec for
the past 10 years, the 2002 Raid was scheduled to be held again … READ MORE → 0 comments

The expected closure of North America’s only indoor velodrome threatens to flatten the Olympic dreams of one of the Canada’s top international amateur cyclists.
“Without the track, I’m not sure where I’ll train … READ MORE → 0 comments

Six bicycle groups have been awarded 2002 IMBA/Clif Bar Trail Preservation
Grants. The $500 grants – the latest in a series of Clif Bar-sponsored IMBA
grants that began last year – support projects that preserve and enhance
trail … READ MORE → 0 comments

Monterrey, Mexioc, April 20, 2002 — Battling 38C heat, Canadian track cyclist Mandy Poitras pedalled to a sizzling second-place finish in the 10km Scratch race at the UCI 2002 World Cup circuit season opener on … READ MORE → 0 comments

Redlands (CA): Prime Alliance’s Chris Horner and Saturn’s Judith
Arndt both staved off fierce challenges and held on to their yellow
jerseys in the final day at Redlands. The Sunset Road Race featured
multiple laps on … READ MORE → 0 comments

Redlands (CA): The fourth stage of the Redlands Bicycle Classic
returned to downtown Redlands, delivering a spectacular Criterium in
front of thousands of freezing spectators. Rona’s Nicole Freedman and
7up/NutraFig’s Charles Dionne emerged from the pack … READ MORE → 0 comments

Redlands (CA): In today’s longest and toughest stage of the Redlands
Bicycle Classic, Canada’s Roland Green (US Postal Service) edged out
Chris Horner (Prime Alliance) in a strategically textbook race, while
the women’s race was … READ MORE → 0 comments

Highland (CA): Chris Horner of Prime Alliance won his second stage in
as many days at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, while Saturn’s Lyne
Bessette took a few seconds off of Rona’s Geneviève Jeanson’s lead.
Generally … READ MORE → 0 comments

RIVERSIDE (CA): Last year’s winner Geneviève Jeanson of Team Rona
hammered to a winning time of 9:25, more than 41 seconds ahead of
everybody else. Saturn nabbed places 2 through 4 with their big
three: Judith Arndt, … READ MORE → 0 comments

Adam Coates was one of six recipients to win a SaskSport Inc. 2001 Athlete
of the Year award on March 7, 2002, at a gala awards banquet in Regina
attended by 700 people including Coates family, … READ MORE → 0 comments

British Columbia’s Sun Peaks Resort will once again play host to a Canadian meet. For the second year in a row, the resort will lay out the welcome mat for the Tim Horton’s … READ MORE → 0 comments

The president and founder of Louis Garneau Sports has been inducted into
the Quebec Cycling Hall of Fame. Louis Garneau won about 150 road and track
races between 1972 and 1984. Career highlights included participating in
the 1984 … READ MORE → 0 comments

Norco Products has been recognized in British Columbia with an Export Award
in the marketing innovations category. Norco, which distributes in the
United States, Australia, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the
United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Singapore, was the … READ MORE → 0 comments

PowerBar has signed a three-year endorsement contract with three-time Tour
de France winner Lance Armstrong. The deal provides PowerBar with access to
worldwide rights for Armstrong’s name, likeness, signature, voice, and
image.

The Winter Olympics aren’t the only reason people from around the world
will converge on Utah this year. Others will head to the American state,
near Moab, to attend the 2002 IMBA Advocacy Summit, April 18-21.
Participants will … READ MORE → 0 comments

A rather unique women’s cycling race begins this September in Quebec. Union
Cycliste International (UCI) officials have announced details for the
Transoceane, the only female stage race held on two continents.
The event runs from Sept. 18-29. … READ MORE → 0 comments

B.C.’s Wade Simmons started his year off with a bang when he placed second
in the inaugural Red Bull Ride in Jindabyne, Australia, in late January. Up
against 20 of the world’s best riders, Simmons … READ MORE → 0 comments

After nearly 20 years at the Canadian Cycling Association (CCA), Patrick
Healy has left to become a senior sport analyst with Sport Canada. In 1983,
Healy joined the CCA’s staff as National Team co-ordinator, and eventually
held … READ MORE → 0 comments

The advocates of the Burnaby Velodrome prepared a well-researched, detailed
proposal to meet the city of Burnaby’s request for upgrades to and
operations contained in the Harry Jerome Building (where the velodrome is
located). The Burnaby Velodrome … READ MORE → 0 comments

For the first time, Canadians will have an opportunity to earn a spot in
the Eco Challenge World Championship through a qualifier in their homeland.
The inaugural Eco Challenge Canadian championship will be staged from Aug.
14-18 in … READ MORE → 0 comments