January 5/07 (Ottawa, On) - Eight athletes will represent Canada at the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium, on Jan. 27-28. Among those riders, we will find three National Champions in their respective category and five athletes who will take the opportunity to travel to Europe to take part in the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Nommay, France on January 14th.

Elite Women
Tara Ross (ON)*

Junior Men
Spencer Smitheman (AB) National Champion

U23 Men
Kyle Douglas (ON) * National Champion
Aaron Schooler (AB) *
Shaun Adamson (AB) *
Brian Robinson (AB)

Elite Men
Greg Reain (ON) * National Champion
Michael Garrigan (ON)

A number of other athletes were eligible to do the worlds but declined to participate:

Elite women: Lyne Bessette (QC), Wendy Simms (BC) and Mical Dyck (AB)
Junior men: Garrett McLeod (NS) and David Larson (AB)
U23 men: Mike Bidniak (AB) and Andrew Thomas (SK)
Elite men: Geoff Kabush (BC), Mathieu Toulouse (QC) and Kris Sneddon (BC)

Canadian team manager will be National Cycling Centre head coach Neil Ross based in Hamilton (ON).

* Note that the following riders will also attend the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Nommay, France on January 14, 2007:

Tara Ross, ON - Elite women
Greg Reain, ON - Champion Canadien -Elite men
Kyle Douglas, ON - Champion Canadien - U23 men
Shaum Adamson, AB - U23 men
Aaaron Schooler, AB - U23 men

UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup information, results, rankings and TV broadcast: www.uci.ch
Link to the official website of the UCI Cyclo-cross Worlds

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