March 19/01 6:36 am - New Sponsor for Jet Fuel, Westwood Leaves, Ontario Courses, Tirreno

Posted by Editor on 03/19/01
 

New Name and Title Sponsor for Jet Fuel

Dave Butler has just announced that the former Jet Fuel men's road racing team has signed an agreement with the Sympatico web portal for 2001. The new team will be called the Sympatico.ca Cycling Team. The budget (cash and product) will be approximately $100,000. Jet Fuel will remain as a secondary sponsor, and Argon 18 will replace Cervelo as the bike sponsor.

"Our program has been around for 6 years, and this is the payoff. This sponsorship will allow us to develop a higher profile. Hopefully, we can develop it into a long term relationship.", said Butler from the Montreal storefront Cycles Gervais Rioux (Argon 18 headquarters), where the team held their official launch this afternoon.

The team will consist of the riders already signed for 2001 (see list below). The focus will be on Canadian races (primarily Ontario and Quebec), with selected U.S. forays (for example, First Union and BMC Boston). Butler expects that the team will make their first full appearance in early May.

Peter Wedge (note: road, for mountain Wedge remains with Kona)
Dominique Rollin
Joe Guiliano
Dan Maggiacomo
Charlie Gorman
Kevin Field
Jason Crookham
Josh Hall
Brendon Cameron
Matt Hansen
Chad Grochowina


Westwood Leaves CCA

It has been a while coming, but Kris Westwood, National Team Coordinator at the CCA, will be departing from the CCA as of March 30th. Kris promises that he will not be leaving cycling. There is no word yet on whether or when the CCA will fill his position.


OMBI Date Change
(courtesy Dave Seto)

The OMBI Level 2 course that was originally scheduled for April 01 has been moved.

The new date is April 29. The location will be (tentatively) Humber College in Toronto. This course will certify graduates to teach the OMBI Level 1 Course. It is recommended for those running Learn-To MTB clinics with assistants or supervised staff. Typical candidates are program managers for outdoor centres, Resorts with MTB clinincs and tours, etc.

Interested candidates should contact OCA t:

Ontario Cycling Association
1185 Eglinton Ave., E., Ste. 408
North York, Ontario
M3C 3C6

Phone: (416) 426-7242
Fax: (416) 426-7349

email: info@ontariocycling.org
web: www.ontariocycling.org


W.IN Performance 2001 Downhill Pre-Season Training Seminar

Prepared by John Holman, W.IN Performance, Seminar coordinator

Objectives:

1. To prepare prospective Ontario downhill athletes for the upcoming 2001 Ontario Cup and Canada Cup race series. The training seminar will be a jumpstart for dedicated downhill athletes interested in improving their physical fitness and developing a goal oriented training program for the 2001 season.

2. To prepare interested downhill athletes for competition at Canada Cup and Ontario Cup events as well as 2001 OCA downhill project and training camp at the Bromont National Cycling Training Facility.

Application Criteria:
Interested athletes are encouraged to contact W.IN Performance to sign up for the training seminar. The seminar is open to any high performance focused DH athlete who wishes to improve or develop a specific physiological training program with specific goals in mind.

Seminar Date: Saturday April 7th 2001

Location: Waterloo, Adult recreation complex on the corner of King and Allen (next to Brick Brewery)

Time: 9am - 4:30 pm

For more information contact John Holman at w_johnny_h@hotmail.com


Tirreno-Adriatico, Italy

Stage 6 - Torre San Patrizio to Monte San Pietrangeli 136 km

1 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 3:32:33
2 Marcus Zberg (Sui) Rabobank
3 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
4 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe
5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
8 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
9 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe
10 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola

13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
16 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites
18 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service
26 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
36 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service
39 Abraham Olano (Esp) O.N.C.E
50 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) U.S. Postal Service
56 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone
59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
63 Stephane Barthe (Fra) U.S. Postal Service all s.t.
70 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) U.S. Postal Service at 0:44
89 David Clinger (USA) Festina 5:17
100 Benoit Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service 5:32
98 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites s.t.
113 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 7:56
124 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) U.S. Postal Service 9:11
DNF Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo

GC

1 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 20:03:53
2 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo at 0:01
3 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 0:02
4 David Plaza Romero (Esp) iBanesto.com 0:03
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata s.t.
6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 0:06
7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0:08
8 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 0:13
9 Beat Zberg (Sui) Rabobank 0:16
10 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0:20

15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 0:32
21 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0:44
33 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 1.23
34 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 1:27
35 Abraham Olano (Esp) O.N.C.E 1:28
40 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) U.S. Postal Service 1:46
79 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 15:04
80 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites 15:07
86 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) U.S. Postal Service 17:08
100 Benoit Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service 24:05
103 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 25:26
119 Stephane Barthe (Fra) U.S. Postal Service 33:43
135 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) U.S. Postal Service 38:49
139 David Clinger (USA) Festina 40:54
143 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 41:25
155 Matthew White (Aus) U.S. Postal Service 47:35