All Worlds over: Do we have one medal?

Fausto Coppied said:

I believe all the World Cycling Championships are over (except Cyclo-cross) and I was wondering, does Canada have one medal of any kind this year in any category, male or female, in any discipline (Road, Track, MTB, BMX)?

I do not recall one, not a single medal anywehere.

Is that correct?

Please let us know.

Actually -07 cyclocross worlds were already at the beginning of the year.

So not one medal in ANY World Cycling event in any category, male or female, in any discipline.

Correct?

And your point?

Oh wait let me guess you think that we should bring home a dozen medal in every displine.

You are the guy who thinks bringing home two cycling medals from the olympics is a disaster. (Never mind that Italy and Belgium only brought home 1)

You know Ed I have to hand it to you, knowbody will accuse of settling.

For the number of cyclist in this country medals at world championships should be few an far between. As a nation we have alway over performed (the CCA gets no credit for this BTW).

Actually I count somewhere around 15 medals plus or minus 3. Of couse they are all in BMX but I just want to show that you are wrong as usual.

Actually I get 14 including girls under 12 years old, one 7 year old girl and women over 45 years old and boys 5 or 6 years old!!!!. I cannot believe that some women over play around on BMX bikes. God, how embarrassing.

This so pathetic. Can you believe somebody sending a 5 year old kid overseas to race a BMX!!!!

How many of these Canadian children would have raced had the event been outside of Canada.

Sad, sad, sad, and kclw want to cite these results as what??? Progress,?Improvement??? Hope?????

BTW, I was not wrong. I know how important that is to you but I was asking the question. Notice question marks everywhere. I knew there had to be some lowly medals in BMX. Who cares...

[font=arial]Results[/font]

[font=arial]Day Four - Sunday, July 29 - Cruiser Class[/font]

[font=arial]Junior Women Cruiser[/font]
[font=arial]1. Magalie POTTIER (FRA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Romane LABOUNKOVA (CZE)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Joyce SEESING (NED)[/font]

[font=arial]1. Sarah WALKER (NZL)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Aneta HLADIKOVA (CZE)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Amelie DESPEAUX (FRA)[/font]

[font=arial]Junior Cruiser[/font]
[font=arial]1. Fausto ENDARA (ECU)[/font]
[left][font=arial]2. Yvan LAPRAZ (SUI)[/font]
[font=arial]3. George SOWERS (USA)[/font]

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[left][font=Arial][/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Jonathan SUAREZ (VEN)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Danny CALUAG (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Kelvin BATEY (GBR)[/font]

[font=arial]Age Group Class[/font]

[font=arial]12 & Under Girl Cruiser[/font]
[font=arial]1. Felicia STANCIL (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Shayona GLYNN (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Drew MECHIELSEN (CAN) 1[/font]

[font=arial]13 & 14 Girl Cruiser[/font]
[font=arial]1. Melinda McLEOD (AUS)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Lacey OLIVER (AUS)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Shelby STACY (USA)[/font]

[left][font=arial]15 & 16 Girl Cruiser[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Alise POST (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Mariana PAJON (COL)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Maartje HEREIJGERS (NED)[/font]

[left][font=arial]17-24 Women Cruiser[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Ashley GRUBB (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Genelle WILLERS (NZL)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Kari STENSETH (USA)[/font]

[left][font=arial]25-29 Women Cruiser[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Angelique VAN GEMERT (NED)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Bethany PLUMMER (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Marlies KNILL (SUI)[/font]

[left][font=arial]30-34 Women Cruiser[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Mascha VAN SPELLEN (NED)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Laura PRINGLE (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Amy HERRMANN (USA)[/font]

[left][font=Arial][/font]35-39 Women Cruiser[/left]
[font=arial]1. Deanna JAMIESON (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Susan LEVAN (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Wendy VANDENHOVEN (CAN) 2[/font]
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40 - 44 Women Cruiser
[left]

[font=arial]1. Manuela WENZEL (GER)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Lauren HINES (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Jo-Anne OUCHAREK (CAN) 3[/font]




[left][font=arial]45 & Over Women[/font]

[font=arial]1. Liesbeth VAN DER JAGT (NED)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Sharlene MCGILVARY (RSA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Ellen KUIPER (CAN) 4 [/font]

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12 & Under Boys Cruiser[/font]
[font=arial]1. Dakota SENGER (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Tyler Whitfield (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Bryce BETTS (USA)[/font]

13 & 14 Boys Cruiser
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[font=arial]1. Luca Alfredo BUSTOS (ARG)[/font]
[font=arial]2. William RUSSELL (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Graeme MUD (AUS)[/font]

[font=Arial]15 & 16 Boys Cruier[/font]
[font=arial]1. Jelle VAN GORKOM (NED)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Connor FIELDS (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Michael CHASTEAUNEUF (AUS)[/font]

[left][font=arial]17-24 Men Cruiser[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Weston POPE (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Johnny WOODMANSEE (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Luke PRETLOVE (AUS)[/font]

[font=arial]25-29 Men Cruiser[/font]
[font=arial]1. Sebastian TEJADA (COL)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Alexander RICO (COL)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Dominic PICOTTE (CAN) 5[/font]

[left][font=arial]30-34 Men Cruiser[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Tommy OPINCAR (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Yann CHERBONNEL (FRA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Jean Ren DUCOS DE LAHITTE (FRA)[/font]

[left][font=arial]35-39 Men Cruiser[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Jason CARNES (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Pierre Henri SAUZEW (FRA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. David ALAVOINE (FRA)[/font]

[left][font=Arial]40 - 44 Men Cruiser[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Eric RUPE (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Luc KOEHLER (FRA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Ash RAWSON (NZL)[/font]

[left][font=arial]45 & Over Cruiser[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Peter JENSEN (CAN) 6[/font]
[font=arial]2. Donald HILL (CAN) 7[/font]
[font=arial]3. Laurie PENNY (NZL)[/font]

[font=arial]Day Three - Saturday, July 28 - Elite Class

[font=arial]Junior Women[/font]
[font=arial]1. Magalie POTTIER (FRA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Maria Eugenia RUARTE (ARG)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Lieke KLAUS (NED)[/font]
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[left][font=arial][font=arial]Junior Men[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Yvan LAPRAZ (SUI)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Joey BRADFORD (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Logan COLLINS (USA)[/font]
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[left][font=arial][/left]
[font=arial]1. Shanaze READE (GBR)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Sarah WALKER (NZL)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Jana HORAKOVA (CZE)[/font]
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[left][font=arial][font=arial]Elite Men[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Kyle BENNETT (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Khalen YOUNG (AUS)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Randy STUMPFHAUSER (USA)[/font]


Day Two - Friday, July 27 - [/font][font=arial]Challenge Class[/font]
[font=arial]15 Boys[/font]
[font=arial]1. Tory NYHAUG (CAN) 8[/font]
[font=arial]2. Corben SHARRAH (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Lorin MARTINEZ (FRA)[/font]

[font=arial]16 Boys[/font]
[font=arial]1. Denzel STEIN (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Jelle VAN GORKOM (NED)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Michael CHASTEAUNEUF (AUS)[/font]

[left][font=arial][font=arial]17-24 Men[/font][/left]
[/font][font=arial]1. Weston POPE (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Jacob PEEBLES (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Adrien DEMARIA (FRA)[/font]

[left][font=arial]25-29 Men[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Manuel TANGARIFE (COL)[/font]
[font=arial]2. William YOUNG (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Sander TER MEULEN (NED)[/font]

[left][font=arial]30 & Over Men[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Tommy OPINCAR (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Ben FORWOOD (GBR)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Andy SHAW (GBR)[/font]

[font=arial]1. John WHIPPERMAN (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Tim DINGER (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Pierre Henri SAUZE (FRA)[/font]


[left][font=arial]15 Girls[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Dominique DANIELS (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Kristin HOKIT (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Camille MEYRAN (FRA)[/font]

[left][font=arial]16 Girls[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Marian PAJON (COL)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Alise POST (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Lauren REYNOLDS (AUS)[/font]

[left][font=arial]17 & Over[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Darci WILLIAMS (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Terra NICHOLS (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Angelique VAN GEMERT (NED)[/font]


[font=arial]Day One - Thursday, July 26 - [/font][font=arial]Challenge Class[/font]

[font=arial]5-7 Girls - Final[/font]
[font=arial]1. Madison MARTINEZ (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Yentl NIJS (BEL)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Zoe Nygaard (CAN) 9[/font]

[left][font=arial]8 Girls - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Shanayah HOWELL (ARU)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Kasey KNOWLES (CAN) 14[/font]
[font=arial]3. Alexie PUSCH (CAN) 10[/font]

[left][font=arial]9 Girls - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Kelsey VAN OGLE (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Lexa JONES (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Manon VEENSTRA (NED)[/font]

[left][font=arial]10 Girls - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Veronika GULVING (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Daina TUCHSCHERER (CAN) 11[/font]
[font=arial]3. Maria PEINADO (BOL)[/font]

[left][font=arial]11 Girls - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Hannah SARTEN (NZL)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Domenica AZUERO (ECU)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Viviana VAN HEES (NED)[/font]

[left][font=arial]12 Girls - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Felicia STANCIL (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Shayona GLYNN (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Allison SENNETT (USA)[/font]

[left][font=arial]13 Girls - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Elis LIGTLEE (NED)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Tiffany BONTORNO (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Audrey ZULOAGA (USA)[/font]

[left][font=Arial][/font]14 Girls - Final[/left]
[font=arial]1. Melinda McLEOD (AUS)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Enora LE ROUX (FRA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Lacey OLIVER (AUS)[/font]

[left][font=arial]5 & 6 Boys - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Ethan WOLTHERS (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Cristobal MALO (ECU)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Jared HILDEBRANDT (CAN) 12[/font]

[left][font=Arial][/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Matias Jesus BRIZUELA (ARG)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Colby BOWMAN (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Cristobal LOPEZ (CHI)[/font]

[left][font=arial]8 Boys - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Tyler FULLER (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Landon SELLERS (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Alvaro BUENANO (ECU)[/font]

[left][font=arial]9 Boys - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Parker SIMSON (CAN) 13[/font]
[font=arial]2. Ryan PETTIGREW (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Lucas HOWES (USA)[/font]

[left][font=Arial][/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Brock HEFFRON (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Michael BANDY (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Collin HUDSON (USA)[/font]

[left][font=arial]11 Boys - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Alden VOLLE (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Sean GAIAN (USA)[/font]

[left][font=arial]12 Boys - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Tyler Whitfield (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Mael LEVAY (FRA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Jordi SCHIPPERS (NED)[/font]

[left][font=arial]13 Boys - Final[/font][/left]
[font=arial]1. Rusty NESVIG (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]2. Anthony DEROSA (USA)[/font]
[font=arial]3. Nathan PADILLA (USA)[/font]

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Discounting little children and old folks Canada got two medal in BMX...., the only two medals in the whole year of international championships in all disciplines of cycling.

Whiippeeshit!

Take that to Sport Canada for funding.

Another Lorraine Lafreniere failure for the year end review.

In the second part of his interview Bauer over the weekend on Canadiancyclist he had a great quote:

"I am not going to sit in my office and complain about what's wrong with Canadian cycling, because I would rather look at what is great and continue to make it greater."

Fausto Coppied said:

Discounting little children and old folks Canada got two medal in BMX...., the only two medals in the whole year of international championships in all disciplines of cycling.

Whiippeeshit!

Take that to Sport Canada for funding.

Another Lorraine Lafreniere failure for the year end review.

Good for Steve!

Thatta boy, Steve.

Tell us, what is great about the current state of Canadian cycling??????

Did you count those Worlds medals, Steve.

Road, men, women all categories = 0

Track, men, women all categories = 0

Mountain Bike, men, women, transgendered = 0

BMX, let's not count kids under 10 years old or men and women over 45, = 2

Let's count the number of road event foreign pro riders would visit Canada for = 2, maybe 3.

Overcoming denial is the first step to improvement.

Don't despair Fausto.

Canada is still number 1 at baby seal clubbing

How's the view from your location?

Were you expecting him to respond here, Ed? Did you even read the whole thing??? He says what is good and what he's doing, and what needs to be done in his interview. He makes some great points. In a way more constructive tone than anything you've ever writtten. No wonder he has respect and you don't.

In our last interview, you said you were impressed with the level of Canadian racing, but that more needs to be done. What do you think needs to be done?

Steve Bauer: Yeah, like I said I was impressed with the high level of racing and the depth of the teams. What are we still lacking? Bike races. We need more bike races. But it's not an exact science getting people to put on races. It takes people that want to do it, as there is not the same return in bike racing as other sports.

Guys like Daniel Mannibal, look at him with his plans for Boston to Montreal. It's great. He is trying. Beauce has been running for over 20 years. Guys like Tino Rossi, for 25 years he has organized the Lachine criterium series. Those are guys and organizations who love the sport. We need men and women like that, with the same love of the sport who can contribute energy, organization and sponsorship cash to fund races.

A lot of the times, it's a perfect storm - people who see a race and like it so much they want their own.

MH: So who should be finding these people? The CCA?

SB: The CCA is a governing body. On the racing side, they need to administer the sport and stick to the national team and those projects. The national body can help the riders that do not have a trade team, riders that are on the cusp of getting a shot at a professional career. And of course the big competitions which are the Nationals, Worlds, Olympics.

Keep it simple. Clubs are the key to young riders entering the sport. This is the grassroots. As long as good people continue to be passionate at the club level we will have more juniors found from these clubs.

At R.A.C.E., we have Paul Devries and his company PlanetEnergy. We have an associate investor with a private company Catalyst Capital Group, Newton Glassman. Presently these men are funding the team and will support Canadian cycling the same way Rossi, Mannibal, or the Cunninghams at Symmetrics have. There are more people and companies that would be willing to help build our sport.

There is not one answer or solution to it all. We had the Canadian Tire series, and it's gone. Now we have Beauce, Lachine, BC Superweek, Montreal-Quebec. There is lots of good stuff is out there, and I think while people think cycling has taken a hit due to international doping scandals, the sport is still extremely popular and people love the bike. I feel I am coming back into the race game at the right time. I would love to be on the ProTour during this time.

MH: So is there one type of person out there that potential race organizers need to look for?

SB: It seems to always have the person who is really psyched about cycling. If a person does not have passion for the sport they won't make a difference. Someone who truly likes the sport. Right now, I believe there are more organized teams, more trainers, more riders. There is more momentum and we need to focus in and capitalize on that.

The reason cycling is so different than other sports is there is no gate money. If you buy a team, there is no return cash like in other sports. A sponsor will get good return on branding and exposure if the sponsorship is managed professionally. I believe that cycling is a great investment for branding especially at the ProTour level.

I am not going to sit in my office and complain about what's wrong with Canadian cycling, because I would rather look at what is great and continue to make it greater. We can always do better. When I look back to Atlanta in 1996, we won a bunch of medals: Alison Sydor, Curt Harnett, Brian Walton, Clara Hughes. This success is not attributed to one plan, one program, one team, one club, one coach, one set of races, the CCA. It is because we have talented athletes in Canada and whoever helps to give them support where they need it and when they need it, will get them closer to expressing their individual talents.

Back in the 90s, there was just Evian, Magicuts, Toronto Italia. Now we have UCI teams, and many more. Some of the results I've seen from Canadian teams in the US in the past year are better than anything the guys in the 90's did stateside. There's opportunities for Canadian riders, and it's something we are doing with our squad. I've been negotiating with Canadian riders and I hope to bring some of that talent to our team so we can compete even better abroad.

Fausto Coppied said:

Good for Steve!

Thatta boy, Steve.

Tell us, what is great about the current state of Canadian cycling??????

Did you count those Worlds medals, Steve.

Road, men, women all categories = 0

Track, men, women all categories = 0

Mountain Bike, men, women, transgendered = 0

BMX, let's not count kids under 10 years old or men and women over 45, = 2

Let's count the number of road event foreign pro riders would visit Canada for = 2, maybe 3.

Overcoming denial is the first step to improvement.

Uboat said:

Were you expecting him to respond here, Ed? Did you even read the whole thing??? He says what is good and what he's doing, and what needs to be done in his interview. He makes some great points. In a way more constructive tone than anything you've ever writtten. No wonder he has respect and you don't.

Uboat, I read the whole thing.

Steve has responded to me personally about this all last week so I do not need him to respond here.

With regard to events, Bauer is saying about the say thing I said two weeks ago:

8-09.-2007, 12:58 PM #5 Fausto Coppied
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[img]cyclingforums.comicon1.gifOpen ↗[/img] Re: Steve Bauer, can you be specific?????

Finally, we really need to see more events in more provinces before we can even begin to say things are better.

What is the point of having these great teams if they races elsewhere all season. You won't get many big Canadian sponsors with a team that is MIA 90% of the time.

So if he responded to you personally after you publicly attacked him, and then assumedly harassed him by email, why are you asking him to answer here? Just another bizarre, Arzouian way of handling things. It's why no one likes you or respects you.

Fausto Coppied said:

Uboat, I read the whole thing.

Steve has responded to me personally about this all last week so I do not need him to respond here.

With regard to events, Bauer is saying about the say thing I said two weeks ago:

8-09.-2007, 12:58 PM #5 Fausto Coppied
Join Date: Aug 2006
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[img]cyclingforums.comicon1.gifOpen ↗[/img] Re: Steve Bauer, can you be specific?????

Finally, we really need to see more events in more provinces before we can even begin to say things are better.

What is the point of having these great teams if they races elsewhere all season. You won't get many big Canadian sponsors with a team that is MIA 90% of the time.

as a mtb race organizer for the past 15 years i have seen many races come and go over that time. to my mind there are several resons why event orgainzers are not stepping forward to put on new events.

-it is next to impossible to make a living solely as a race organizer. without large $$ sponsors it is impossible to generate enough cash to sustain a living wage through organizing race events.

-the red tape created by either the cca or provincial governing body has turned potential race orgainzers off from even attempting to organize an event. unrealistic requirements for example. as long as your event is run in a safe and fair maner seems to be more important than the placement of sponsors logo's on your jersey.

-the overall decline in people interested in pure racing vs people interested in a race experience.

-the attention our provincial orgainzation has paid to the 1/2% of mtb's in the province that aspire to the national/world level at the expense of the other 99 1/2% who only want to participate in an event.

just my 2 cents from my years of being involved with mtb racing

Uboat said:

So if he responded to you personally after you publicly attacked him, and then assumedly harassed him by email, why are you asking him to answer here? Just another bizarre, Arzouian way of handling things. It's why no one likes you or respects you.

Uboat, you are a jerk.

Criticizing somebody's comments is not attacking them.

I simply disagree with his analysis.

Nobody was harassed by email. I emailed once he emailed me back I responded and so did he. It is called an exchange or dialogue.

As for whether anybody likes me or not, I don't give a rat's ass. I'm not running for Miss Congeniality.