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The 2019 Canadian National Road Championship is officially a wrap. Due to circumstances, we only had three Blue Nosers at this year's event. John Van Luxemborg, making the large step from Junior to the Elite/U23 pack filled with ex-World Tour riders and continental pros. Tim Shea, Elite/U23, and Edward Walsh with his United Xpeed team also joined us. Our smaller numbers allowed us the opportunity work with two other provinces to cost-share staff, equipment and lodging. We strengthened our relationship further with team Alberta and PEI to better service our athletes in the future. The road race was a tall order. One hundred eighty-nine kilometres of racing broken into a 40k savage, rolling uphill ride out, eight laps of a 15k circuit and ...

The provincial team kicked off the new year with a integrated sports science Fitness camp in Halifax on Jan 24th. Athletes gathered at the Canadian Sports Center Atlantic for mental performance and Nutrition presentations from our IST team. Athletes refectived on their upcoming season goals, ways to remain motivated in their pain caves and learned about optimally fueling their training. After completing their sessions, the team took to the snow to grab a few hours of skiing to complete their endurance ...