Canadian Mountain Biker Emily Batty of Brooklyin, ON, racing for team Trek Factory, was the top Canadian at the opening cross-country race of the 2013 season on Sunday in Abstadt, Germany, finishing sixth.

Canadian Mountain Biker Raphaël Gagné took the fourth spot of the Eliminator race at the opening event of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Tour presented by Shimano, in Albstad, Germany.

The 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Tour presented by Shimano starts this weekend in Albstad, Germany, and Canada will have a team of seven athletes competing in the cross-country and eliminator races.

The 2013 MTB Canada Cup Cycling Series is back for another summer, with exciting cross-country and downhill mountain bike races to be disputed in three different provinces, starting this weekend.

A new partnership between Cycling Canada, Cycling BC and the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific has resulted in the creation of the Cycling Talent Development Program which will begin operating on October 1, 2013, based in Victoria, BC.

Ottawa ON, May 8 2013, For immediate Release,   Cancelation of Sun Peaks Canada XCO race   We are disappointed to announce that the organizers of the Sun Peaks Canada Cup have decided to cancel the Cross-Country (XCO) portion of their event. The updated Canada Cup Calendar can be found here: http://cyclingcanada.ca/sport/mountain-bike/events/type-of-event/canada-cup   Statement from [...]

Cycling Canada would like to congratulate former national team member Alison Sydor, a mountain biker who will be inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2013 at the Hall of Fame Celebrations ceremony to be held in Toronto on October 16th.

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame announced today the Class of 2013. The athletes who were announced as being recognized with Canada’s highest sporting honour are game-changing curler Russ Howard, hockey champion Joe Sakic, versatile cycling champion Alison Sydor, five-time Paralympian André Viger and the 1992 Women’s Coxless 4 Rowing Olympic gold medallists Kirsten Barnes, Brenda Taylor, Jessica Monroe-Gonin, Kay Worthington and Jennifer Walinga. The builders who were announced as Inductees are hockey visionary Murray Costello and sport development architect Dr. Jean-Guy Ouellet.

Kris Westwood of Ottawa, ON is the latest addition to Cycling Canada’s staff, being named to the newly created position of High Performance Manager.

Please find links to the Athlete Assistance Program (AAP) Proposed Criteria for the 2014 Carding cycle, submitted for approval by Sport Canada, for each respective cycling sport.