September 9/25 9:25 am - Team Canada Announced for Road Worlds

Posted by Editor on 09/9/25
 

A team of 26 riders will represent Canada at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, from September 21st to 28th. Isabella Holmgren and her U23 women's teammates will compete in the first-ever stand-alone U23 women's race and, in the Junior category, the Canadian women enter as the top-ranked nation, for the first time in history.

Alison Jackson (file photo)

Isabella Holmgren (file photo)

Jonas Walton

Michael Leonard

Rafaëlle Carrier

In the Elite women's race, Canada is sending Magdeleine Vallières Mill who is looking to build on a stand-out 14th place in Zurich last year. Rounding out the team are Olympic and World Championship veterans Alison Jackson and Olivia Baril, and World Championship first-timers Nadia Gontova, Émilie Fortin and Laury Millette. In the Elite men's race, Michael Leonard hopes to build on his strong time trial performances competing alongside Elite Road World Championships debutant, Laurent Gervais.

Holmgren will be coming off a historic international road win at the 2025 Tour de l'Avenir Femmes, while Jonas Walton enters as the reigning Canadian U23 Time Trial Champion. The Junior team will be headlined by winner of the Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie, Sidney Swierenga, and winner of the Driedaagse Axel Juniors, Ben Morin.

The competition begins on September 21st, with the Elite Time Trial in Men's and Women's.

Elite Women
• Alison Jackson
• Émilie Fortin
• Laury Milette
• Magdeleine Vallières Mill
• Nadia Gontova
• Olivia Baril

Elite Men
• Laurent Gervais
• Michael Leonard

U23 Women
• Anabelle Thomas
• Ava Holmgren
• Isabella Holmgren
• Jazmine Lavergne
• Jenaya Francis

U23 Men
• Jérôme Gauthier
• Jonas Walton
• Luke Valenti
• Samuel Couture

Junior Women
• Abigaël Fortier
• Élodie Malois
• Raphaëlle Houde
• Rafaëlle Carrier
• Sidney Swierenga

Junior Men
• Antoine Bergeron
• Ben Morin
• Hubert Lamothe
• Monty Rigby