Canada Announces 27 Athletes for Leogang World Championships
Canada has announced the 27 athletes it will be sending to the Leogang World Championships that are due to take place on 5-11 October in Leogang, Austria.
Canada will be taking 16 XC athletes and 11 DH athletes who will all be hoping to leave the weekend with a set of Rainbow Stripes. Athletes were only eligible for selection if they were already in Europe as part of their competition program with UCI-registered trade teams. The Canadian team will be supported by their UCI-registered trade teams and Europe-based Cycling Canada staff.
The XC riders will have a round at Nove Mesto to warm up their race legs. 2019 Canadian Champions Peter Disera and Emily Batty have been selected to compete, as well as 2019 World Cup medalist Haley Smith. The downhill athletes will be going into the World Championships cold with no World Cups scheduled before the World Champs. Former Junior World Cup Champion Finn Iles will be looking to improve on last year’s seventh place, while former Elite World Champion Miranda Miller will be returning to DH racing to try for a second Rainbow Jersey.
XCO
Elite Women
Emily Batty – Brooklin, ON
Jennifer Jackson – Oro Medonte, ON
Maghalie Rochette – Ste-Adèle, QC [XCO & E-MTB]
Haley Smith – Uxbridge, ON
Sandra Walter – Coquitlam, BC
Elite Men
Raphaël Auclair – Haut-Saint-Charles, QC
Félix Belhumeur – Quebec City, QC
Léandre Bouchard – Alma, QC
Peter Disera – Horseshoe Valley, ON
Andrew L'Esperance – Halifax, NS
Marc-André Fortier – Victoriaville, QC
U23 Women
Marianne Théberge – Lévis, QC
U23 Men
Quinton Disera – Horseshoe Valley, ON
Sean Fincham – Squamish, BC
Gunnar Holmgren – Orillia, ON
Carter Woods -– Cumberland, BC
Elite Women
Emily Batty – Brooklin, ON
Jennifer Jackson – Oro Medonte, ON
Maghalie Rochette – Ste-Adèle, QC [XCO & E-MTB]
Haley Smith – Uxbridge, ON
Sandra Walter – Coquitlam, BC
Elite Men
Raphaël Auclair – Haut-Saint-Charles, QC
Félix Belhumeur – Quebec City, QC
Léandre Bouchard – Alma, QC
Peter Disera – Horseshoe Valley, ON
Andrew L'Esperance – Halifax, NS
Marc-André Fortier – Victoriaville, QC
U23 Women
Marianne Théberge – Lévis, QC
U23 Men
Quinton Disera – Horseshoe Valley, ON
Sean Fincham – Squamish, BC
Gunnar Holmgren – Orillia, ON
Carter Woods -– Cumberland, BC
Downhill
Elite Women
Miranda Miller – Squamish, BC
Elite Men
Lucas Cruz – Pemberton, BC
Henry Fitzgerald – West Vancouver, BC
Finn Iles – Whistler, BC
Elliot Jamieson – White Rock, BC
Magnus Manson -– Sechelt, BC
Mark Wallace – Duncan, BC
Junior Men
Patrick Laffey – Nanaimo, BC
Drew Mozell – North Vancouver, BC
Ethan Shandro – North Vancouver, BC
Seth Sherlock – Squamish, BC
Elite Women
Miranda Miller – Squamish, BC
Elite Men
Lucas Cruz – Pemberton, BC
Henry Fitzgerald – West Vancouver, BC
Finn Iles – Whistler, BC
Elliot Jamieson – White Rock, BC
Magnus Manson -– Sechelt, BC
Mark Wallace – Duncan, BC
Junior Men
Patrick Laffey – Nanaimo, BC
Drew Mozell – North Vancouver, BC
Ethan Shandro – North Vancouver, BC
Seth Sherlock – Squamish, BC
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And their old schoolfriends look at them with a hint of pity from within their full-face helmets (BC smart-casual dresscode) and try and say something nice like "Yeah nah sounds cool, good for you man". But they can all sense the failure and shame.
"Athletes were only eligible for selection if they were already in Europe as part of their competition program with UCI-registered trade teams."
Watch out for Tristan Lemire in the next few years.
Hugo Langevin finished 25th at Worlds last year. 4th canadian.
They are both from Quebec riding Bromont everyday. They had a place on that team.
Don't forget Tristan Lemire for the future who just signed for one of the best team on the circuit.
Kids in Bromont juste need races to shine. They are extremely talented. Sean Hughes, Victor Imberbon, Juliette Hughes. Watch those names on Instagram.
Quebec will be on that team very soon. See ya
Yes, there are a few, very notable exceptions!
#notaworldchampionships
Obviously she wasn't in Europe at the time so she didn't make the cut.
The point of world championships is to allow racers to ride for their countries, and this isn’t the case under these rules. Even though travel is allowed to Austria from Canada, cycling Canada prohibited qualified jr downhillers from attending.