October 29/16 9:00 am - Cycling Canada Announces 2016 Awards

Posted by Editor on 10/29/16
 

The following Cycling Canada Awards were presented at the Annual General Meeting:

Torchy Peden Award - Bicycle Nova Scotia

Russ Copeland Award - Stefan Ritter
• Junior World Champion in the 1 km Time trial
• Bronze medalist at the track Junior World Championships in the sprint competition
• 4th place at the Jr Track World Championships in the Keirin
• Junior World record holder in the 1 km time trial
• Junior World record holder in the flying 200m

Presidents Trophy -  Womens Team Pursuit (Laura Brown, Kirsti Lay, Jasmin Glaesser, Georgia Simmerling, Allison Beveridge, Annie-Foreman Mackey)
• Bronze Medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the Women Team Pursuit
• 2nd in the UCI ranking for Women Team Pursuit
• Women Team Pursuit overall World Cup Winners

Builder of the Year -  Gestev (Chantal Lachance & Patrice Drouin)

Event/Organizers of the Year:

• Road - Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal & Québec, Événements QPCQM

• Mountain Bike - Mont-Ste-Anne UCI World Cup

• BMX - Canadian Championships & Canada Cup 7 / Calgary BMX

• Paracycling - Canadian Road Championships (Elite/Para/Jr) Bike Race Ottawa

• Cyclocross - Canadian Championships & Manitoba Grand Prix, Manitoba Cycling

• Track - Canadian Road Championships (Elite/Para/Jr) Cycling Canada


National Commissaire of the Year - Claire Bonin

International Commissaire of the Year - Michael Drolet

Road Coach of the Year - Pascal Choquette

MTB Coach of the Year - Jude Dufour

BMX Coach of the Year - Brendan Arnold

Paracycling Coach of the Year - Guillaume Plourde

Track Coach of the Year - Barry Lyster

Service Pins

20 years: Eric Van Den Eynde / QC
10 years: Andy Holmwood / AB
5 years: Hannah Parish / BOD