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July 31/06 (Ottawa ON) – After reviewing the incident that took place during the podium ceremony at the National Mountain Bike Downhill Championships in Whistler, BC, on July 22, Danika Schroeter’s racing licence will be suspended for three months.

July 31/06 (Ottawa, ON) – IPC European Cup 2006 Rankings - Canada’s Jean Quévillion (Ste-Adèle, QC) and Brayden McDougall (Calgary, AB) are at the top of the 2006 European Cup rankings in paralympic cycling (1st and 3rd), Germany-based European Cup organizer announced today.

July 31/06 (Munich, Germany) – Paralympic Cycling European Cup - Canada’s Jean Quévillion (Ste-Adèle, QC) won the Individual Time Trial event Sunday, while team mates Éric Bourgault (Orford, QC), Mark Breton (Charlesbourg, QC) and Brayden McDougall (Calgary, AB) made it for top ten among fierce world-class competition at the final European Cup event this weekend.

July 30/06 (São Paulo, Brazil) – UCI BMX World Championships Day 3 – Canada's Ilana Just (Red Deer, AB) won the silver medal in the 10 girls category at today's final Challenge class event, to conclude the 2006 UCI BMX World Championships on a positive note for Team Canada.

July 30/06 (Mount Whashington, B.C.) – 2006 Canada Cup - The best Canadian downhill riders challenged Mt. Washington’s slippery course today at the final stage of the 2006 Canada Cup, where Adrienne Miller (Courtenay, B.C.) and Geoff Pendrel (Victoria, B.C.) performed the best time in the Elite category. Miller was also crowned Women Elite’s 2006 Canada Cup Champion, as was Luke Kitzanuk (Vancouver, B.C.) in the Elite Men.

July 29/06 (São Paulo, Brazil) – UCI BMX World Championships - Day 2 – Canada’s Samantha Cools (Airdrie AB) took the 5th place finish yesterday in the junior category of the Junior & Elite Championship class races in Brazil’s UCI BMX World Championships.

July 29/06 (Mount Washington, B.C.) - Emily Batty (Mississauga, ON), Kiara Bisaro (Courtenay, BC) and Max Plaxton (Victoria, BC) led the Mountain Bike Cross-Country Canada Cup # 5 today at Mount Washington, BC

July 29/06 (São Paulo, Brazil) – UCI BMX World Championships Day 1 – Canada’s Christine Miller (Airdrie, AB) took the 5th place finish yesterday in the junior category of the Junior & Elite Championship class races in Brazil’s UCI BMX World Championships.

July 28/06 (São Paulo, Brazil) – Canadian BMX team ready for Worlds -Canada placed 8 of the 11 riders in attendance with the national team in mains last weekend at the final pre-worlds tune up event in São Paulo, Brazil. This event, which was held on the worlds track, gave our athletes the opportunity to ride the course before the World Championships begins today.

July 27/06 (Slovakia) – Paralympic Cycling Europa Cup: Canada’s National Paralympic Team member Jean Quévillion Ste-Adele, QC), took the 3rd place overall in the road race event. Montreal’s Mark Beggs and Rico Morneau earned 2d and 3rd respectively, while Québec’s Éric Bourgault and Mark Breton finished in 1st and 6th in their category.

July 26/06 (Ottawa ON) - New-Brunswick Mountain Bike Cup cancelled The CCA has been advised by Donald Dumas, President of Montagnard Bike Club, that the cross-country mountain bike New-Brunswick Cup (UCI E3), which was scheduled on August 12, 2006 at Campbellton, has to be cancelled. The reasons cited were lack of funding and conflicting events which will prevent the event organizer from hosting this event as originally scheduled. The Montagnard Bike Club apologizes for any inconvenient caused by the cancellation of the event.

July 26/06 (Ottawa ON) - 2006 VeloFest Cancellation The organizers of the VeloFest event, scheduled for the weekend of August 24-26, have informed the Canadian Cycling Association that the event will not go ahead in 2006 due to difficulties in securing funding in a timely manner. The organizers are confident that the event will go ahead in 2007 as much of the preparation work already done will be carried over to next year.

July 26/06 (Ottawa ON) – The Canadian Cycling Association is selling off its stock of national team clothing in the blue-and-red design that was used until 2005. There is a large selection of top-quality Louis Garneau jerseys, vests and shorts for sale at competitive prices. Interested buyers should visit the Cyclery bike shop in Ottawa at 1073 Bank St., or place an order by phone to 613-730-2856 or by email at thecyclery@rogers.com. For more information, visit the Cyclery’s website at http://thecyclery.ca/.

July 25/06 (Ottawa ON) – Cycling events to keep an eye on in the coming days and weeks: BMX: July 28-20, Junior-Elite Worlds, Sao Paulo, Brazil MOUNTAIN BIKE: July 29-30, cross-country & downhill Canada Cup, Mount Washington, BC PARALYMPIC CYCLING: July 29-30, IPC Europa Cup, Munich, Germany TRACK: August 5-8, Junior Worlds, Gent, Belgium ROAD: August 10-13, Junior Worlds, Spa, Belgium August 12-13, Classique Louis Garneau Montreal Québec

July 22/06 (Whistler, BC) – Top North American riders gathered in Whistler’s mountain bike Mecca at the Canada Cup Series # 4, final qualifying event for the World Championships. Recently crowned National Champions Marie-Hélène Prémont (Chateau-Richer, QC) and Geoff Kabush (Victoria, BC) leaded the event. Emily Batty (ON) and Francis Morin (QC) took the first place in the junior category.

July 22/06 (Slovakia) – IPC Europa Cup - Canadian National Paralympic Team’s Mark Breton (Charlesbourg, QC), Éric Bourgault (Orford, QC), Jean Quevillion (Ste-Adele, QC) and Mark Beggs (Montreal, QC) made it to the podium in their respective division in the time trial event at the Europa Cup held in Slovakia today.

July 21/06 Road Cycling Junior - Tour de l’Abitibi, Québec: Canadian National Team leads. After 6 stages of the prestigious junior road race, Team Canada leads the overall rankings.(

July 20/06 MTB Downhill selection for World Championships - In keeping with the principle of pre-selecting world championship medalists for the following year's worlds, the CCA would like to clarify that Micayla Gatto is automatically selected to the 2006 junior downhill worlds team. Gatto won bronze in the 2005 junior worlds and is still in the junior category this year. In the case of other outstanding performances, the CCA reserves the right to add another junior woman to the worlds team.

July 19/06 Tim DaSilva, a pillar of the Ontario BMX community, passed away in an accident over the weekend. Everybody at the Canadian Cycling Association would like to offer their condolences to the DaSilva family. Please visit www.track2000bmxracing.com for information on memorial services and a trust that has been created in DaSilva’s name.

July .19/06 The CCA has produced short video clips of the cross-country races at the mountain bike nationals in Sun Peaks, BC, on July 15.

July 17/06 The Canadian Cycling Association is proud to announce the selection of athletes who will represent Canada at upcoming BMX, Paralympic, Road and Track World Championships.

July 16/06 Sun Peaks, BC - The Tim Hortons National Championships ended on a very positive note with amateur mountain bikers enjoying the challenging course that the best riders in Canada had rolled on the day before.

July 15/06 Sun Peaks, BC - Québec's Marie-Hélène Prémont and B.C.’s Geoff Kabush (both Elite) earned their National Champion title for a second consecutive year at Sun Peaks' Tim Hortons National Championships today.

July 14/06 Sun Peaks, BC - Instead of "rolling up the rim" to win, Canada's best cross country mountain bike racers will be rolling up and down the mountains at Sun Peaks Resort this weekend as they compete in the 2006 Tim Hortons National Mountain Bike Championships.

July 12/06 2006 BMX National Series: full results from Crabtree National Bronze event (July 9), Crabtree International Event (July 8), and Airdrie International Event (June 24) available

July 09/06 The Track National Cycling Championships held in Bromont, July 6-9, showcased the best track riders from across Canada. The event particularly highlighted dominant figures in the men's and women's junior events, such as Alberta's Eric Smith (Calgary), as well as Québec's Stéphane Cossette (Chicoutimi) and Laurie-Anne Dupont (Montreal).

July 03/06 Canadian National Ranking - All Cycling Disciplines.

July 02/06 The Québec region crosses the finish line, hands held high, at the 2006 Tim Hortons National Road Cycling Championships.

July 01/06 Dominique Rollin (Boucherville, QC) is National Champion in the Men Elite's Road Race! Svein Tuft (BC) 2d, Dominique Perras (QC) 3rd.