Canada names Commonwealth Games team

Michael Barry (Team Sky) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The Canadian Cycling Association (CCA) and Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) announced the cyclists and coaches named to the Canadian Team headed for the XIXth Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India this October.

For the women, World and Canadian Champion Tara Whitten won the women's Points race at the 2010 UCI Track World Championships on March 28 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Monique Sullivan won the sprint event at the 2009 Track Canadian Championships in Burnaby, British Columbia. Joëlle Numainville won the women's Road race at the 2010 Road Canadian Cycling Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, in the final peloton sprint.

"With a team comprised of Olympians, a Tour de France rider, World Cup and World Championships medalists and Canadian champions, the hopes for the Canadian cycling team at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi are high," says Jacques Landry, Chief Technical Officer of the Canadian Cycling Association. "The once-in-a-lifetime experience will have a lasting impression on our riders, especially as we set our sights on the Olympic Games in London in 2012."

The CCA selected the track riders from a pre-qualified pool of athletes and through a selection camp in Los Angeles earlier in July. Athletes who had won a medal at a UCI World Cup event during the 2009-10 season or 2010 UCI Track World Championships pre-qualified to the Commonwealth selection pool. At the selection camp, athletes who met the criteria competed for the fastest times and were considered. Final selection was rendered by the National Team Head Coach and members of the Track Selection Advisory Group.