Inside the Milton Velodrome, at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre
Milton’s Michael Foley is off to Roubaix, France for the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
The 22-year-old Olympian will be part of Team Canada’s Men’s Endurance squad. There will be 16-people total competing for Canada in the Championships, with the majority of riders competing at their first Elite World Championships.
Leading the sprint team will be Olympic Sprint gold medallist, Kelsey Mitchell, and Keirin bronze medallist, Lauriane Genest, who will both be competing in the Keirin, Sprint and Team Sprint events.
“It’s so amazing to be able to bring two Olympic medallists to Track Worlds,” said Cycling Canada’s High Performance Director, Kris Westwood. “Kelsey and Lauriane will walk into the Roubaix velodrome as riders to watch, which brings all sorts of new challenges, but I’m confident they are up for it. On the endurance side, the squad represents a generational shift for our teams. They have big shoes to fill, and I’m excited to see what they can achieve as we work towards the Paris Olympic Games in just three years’ time.”
The event will take place from October 20th – 24th. It will be livestreamed on FloBikes and full results will be available here throughout the five days of competition.
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