ItB次元官网网址檚 a long summer for Oak Bay HighB次元官网网址檚 Sarah Van Dam and Claremont SecondaryB次元官网网址檚 Riley Pickrell who leave for Europe this weekend ahead of the 2019 Junior Track Cycling World Championships.
Both 17 year olds are heading into Grade 12 next month, but not until theyB次元官网网址檝e competed in their second junior world championships. The event runs Aug. 14 to 18 in Frankfurt, Germany. TheyB次元官网网址檒l join Team Canada in Aigle, Switzerland, for a training block before hand.
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At worlds Pickrell will race the scratch, madison, team pursuit and omnium events. van Dam will compete in the team pursuit, the madison and the omnium.
The two Tripleshot Youth cycling graduates are medal contenders who were in the top of the field as first year juniors last year.
Locally, a pair of 16-year-0ld Tripleshot Youth cyclists are headed to Quebec to compete in the Tour de lB次元官网网址橝venir Makadence in Quebec City. FairfieldB次元官网网址檚 Isla Walker of Ecole Victor Brodeur and SaanichB次元官网网址檚 Alan Fazlagic of Claremont will join the respective womenB次元官网网址檚 and menB次元官网网址檚 teams of VancouverB次元官网网址檚 Escape Velocity Cannondale youth team at the Tour de lB次元官网网址橝venir.
The Tour de lB次元官网网址橝venir translates to Tour of the Future and the five-stage, four-day race is the most important stage race for U17 and U19 athletes in North America, says Tripleshot coach Lister Farrar.
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Next month the Greater Victoria Velodrome Association will host the provincial track cycling championships. In preparation, the Tripleshot Youth team finished a recent four-day mountain biking escape to Hornby Island. ItB次元官网网址檚 the first week of a four-week, multidisciplinary block of training that will build towards the track provincials.
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More details will soon be released for the track cycling provincials.
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