Paris-Roubaix winner Alison Jackson (EF Training-TIBCO-SVB) and Giro d’Italia sensation Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) will lead Workforce Canada on the 2023 UCI Highway World Championships in Glasgow. Rosters for elite girls and elite males every characteristic seven riders.
Pulling double obligation on the street and on the observe might be Maggie Coles-Lyster (Israel-Premier Tech Roland) and Sarah Van Dam (DNA Professional Biking), whereas 2023 junior cyclocross World Champion Isabella Holmgren goes for junior titles on the street and mountain bike cross-country.
Holmgren made historical past for Canada earlier in 2023 as the primary Canadian to win a cyclocross world crown. Her sister, Ava, who is not going to compete on the street however simply in mountain bike cross-country, took the ‘cross silver medal at Worlds in Hoogerheide.
The 2-time trial nationwide champion Paula Findlay makes her Worlds debut in biking, having represented Canada in triathlon at two Olympic Video games. Olivia Baril (UAE Workforce ADQ) will compete within the time trial and street race, whereas Sara Poidevin (EF Training-TIBCO-SVB) and Simone Boilard (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93) might be a part of the elite girls’s street race. Van Dam qualifies for the under-23 classification within the girls’s elite street race.
With 4 runner-up finishes at this yr’s Giro, Gee completed the Grand Tour with the ‘Tremendous Preventing Spirit’ prize for his quite a few assaults. He’ll compete within the street and time trial occasions in Glasgow and might be joined in each by newly-crowned street champion Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5 Professional Biking). Gee may even function a touring various rider for the lads on the observe, in pursuit occasions.
Different elite males within the street race are two different Israel-Premier Tech riders, Guillaume Boivin and Hugo Houle, whereas a trio of teammates from Human Powered Well being line up, Pier-André Côté, Charles-Étienne Chrétien and Benjamin Perry.
4 U23 males are a part of the Canadian squad, together with Michael Leonard (Ineos Grenadiers), who’s scheduled for a double header within the street race and time trial.
“This yr’s World Championships are a chance to showcase the depth and breadth of Canadian biking expertise in all disciplines and all age teams,” stated Scott Kelly, chief sport officer for Biking Canada. “We’re enthusiastic about our probabilities and wanting to signify Canada on the world’s greatest stage.”
Workforce Canada chosen 130 athletes to compete throughout the multi-discipline World Championships, August 3-13, awarding rainbow jerseys for street racing, time trials, observe, BMX, indoor biking and para-cycling. The one occasions not happening in Glasgow are cyclocross, which stays within the winter, and gravel, that are in Veneto, Italy in early October.
USA Biking for 2023 Highway World Championships
Elite Girls
- Olivia Baril (UAE Workforce ADQ) – Highway Race, Time Trial
- Simone Boilard (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93) – Highway Race
- Maggie Coles-Lyster (Israel-Premier Tech Roland) – Highway Race
- Paula Findlay – Time Trial
- Alison Jackson (EF Training-TIBCO-SVB) – Highway Race
- Sara Poidevin (EF Training-TIBCO-SVB) – Highway Race
- Sarah Van Dam (DNA Professional Biking) – Highway Race
Elite Males
- Guillaume Boivin (Israel-Premier Tech) – Highway Race
- Pier-André Côté (Human Powered Well being) – Highway Race
- Charles-Étienne Chrétien (Human Powered Well being) – Highway Race
- Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) – Highway Race, Time Trial
- Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech) – Highway Race
- Benjamin Perry (Human Powered Well being) – Highway Race
- Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5 Professional Biking) – Highway Race, Time Trial
Beneath-23 Males
- Philippe Jacob (Workforce Ecoflo Chronos) – Highway Race
- Tristan Jussaume – Time Trial
- Michael Leonard (Ineos Grenadiers) – Highway Race, Time Trial
- Riley Pickrell (Israel-Premier Tech Academy) – Highway Race
Junior Males and Girls
Junior Girls
- Éloise Carniré – Highway Race, Time Trial
- Isabella Holmgren – Highway Race
- Nora Linton – Highway Race, Time Trial
- Alexandra Volstad – Highway Race
Junior Males
- Charles Bergeron – Highway Race
- Alexis Bouchard – Time Trial
- Ethan Powell – Highway Race
- Matthew Ney – Highway Race, Time Trial
