After talking with many of the parents, I realized many had planed other stuff during the long weekend. Like last year, we’ll push our sessions to Monday evening at 6 pm (until 7:15) for the Let’s Ride group and at 6:30 (until 8) for the Peter Wedge Group.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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After talking with many of the parents, I realized many had planed other stuff during the long weekend. Like last year, we’ll push our sessions to Monday evening at 6 pm (until 7:15) for the Let’s Ride group and at 6:30 (until 8) for the Peter Wedge Group.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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After many days of hard work and great contribution by the City of Dieppe, the Subway BMX track is now ready to host cyclists, young and old, for the 2010 season. The participants will have a nice surprise when they see the actual facility.

"It was part of our initial plan to make the course and especially the jumps progress when the cyclists would gain more confident. You constantly need to through new challenges to your BMX'ers, and this year, we know they will be happy with what we've done." mentions the Atlantic Cycling Centre's Head Coach, Luc Arseneau. ...

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After many days of hard work and great contribution by the City of Dieppe, the Subway BMX track is now ready to host cyclists, young and old, for the 2010 season. The participants will have a nice surprise when they see the actual facility.

"It was part of our initial plan to make the course and especially the jumps progress when the cyclists would gain more confident. You constantly need to through new challenges to your BMX'ers, and this year, we know they will be happy with what we've done." mentions the Atlantic Cycling Centre's Head Coach, Luc Arseneau.

Starting on Wednesday, May 19, the coached evening will start at 6pm (until 8). For more details on these 4 initial sessions, click here. Since Wednesday evenings also coordinates with the Pepsi Cup, we will gladly welcome this event's participants to try out the Subway BMX track.

The track will also be opened on Sunday evenings (from 6 until 7:30pm) where it'll be opened to all (free of charge) to come and try the newest Olympic sport. On May 29, we will also be part of the Dieppe's Children Festival where kids can now register to be part of. More opening times will be published shortly.

The Subway BMX track will also be hosting events during the summer month. The official announcement of those dates will be done very shortly in partnership with Vélo NB.

To access the coaching services and to be able to ride the track at all open times (except Sunday evenings), you must purchase your Subway BMX track membership at the cost of 50$. You may do this on-line by clicking here.

 

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After the interesting challenges of many new trails during week 1, we are coming again with some suprises and new trails. We certainly hope you will be with us tomorow night at 6:30. You can register on-line or at the Atlantic Cycling Centre until 6:15.

Here is the map for tomorow night's course ...

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After the interesting challenges of many new trails during week 1, we are coming again with some suprises and new trails. We certainly hope you will be with us tomorow night at 6:30. You can register on-line or at the Atlantic Cycling Centre until 6:15.

Here is the map for tomorow night's course. The purple line represents the actual course (subject to minor changes) and the red line represents the start loop. The direction will be counter clock wize this week: 

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Week one of the 2010 Mike’s Bike Shop Cup started off where it left last year. The riders were challenged with many of the new trails that were developed at Dieppe’s St-Anselme Park. The trails were a bit wet and slippery, but we must not forget this it the earliest we ever started this event.

Pascal Sirois took last night’s event. He was followed ...

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Week one of the 2010 Mike’s Bike Shop Cup started off where it left last year. The riders were challenged with many of the new trails that were developed at Dieppe’s St-Anselme Park. The trails were a bit wet and slippery, but we must not forget this it the earliest we ever started this event.

Pascal Sirois took last night’s event. He was followed by Pierre McIntyre and Krista Koval. Sirois will be wearing the Apogée leader’s jersey next Tuesday for stage two of the long 18 week fun battle. His challenge to defend the jersey will now be even greater as his handicap will now be increased.

Last season overall champion, Neil Symington, unfortunately started the season on a sour note, suffering of a punctured tire with a lap to go. In the spirit of this friendly event, he decided to finish the race and collect the last 5 points available. Considering how close the classification was in 2009, those points could be of great value when October rolls around.

Next week’s event (2nd out of 3 cross country events) will again take place in St-Anselme Park at 6:30. On-line registrations are still possible for those hoping to join on this fun, social event. With the special timing system we developed along the years, everyone has a chance to win on any given night!

Photos of last night's event are available here. Thanks to Denis Doucet for those pictures. A facebook page was also created and can be found here.

Here are the complete results:

	Name	Time	Laps	Cat	Adjusted time	Points
1	Pascal Sirois	00:54:49	5.0	C	00:43:51	100
2	Pierre McIntyre	00:52:32	4.0	D	00:45:58	90
3	Krista Koval	00:53:40	4.0	D	00:46:57	80
4	M.-A. Deslauriers	00:58:45	5.0	C	00:47:00	75
5	Patrice Boudreau	00:53:00	5.0	B	00:47:42	70
6	Craig Harper	00:53:44	5.0	B	00:48:22	65
7	Jeff Currie	00:48:32	5.0	A	00:48:32	60
8	Keith Godfrey	00:48:44	4.0	C	00:48:44	55
9	Justin Mallet	00:54:15	5.0	B	00:48:50	50
10	Stéphane Cormier	00:55:53	4.0	D	00:48:54	45
11	Mike Leblanc	00:49:00	5.0	A	00:49:00	40
12	Michelle Chase	00:56:00	4.0	D	00:49:00	35
13	Rob McNair	00:54:35	5.0	B	00:49:08	30
14	J-Jacques Ferguson	00:49:29	4.0	C	00:49:29	25
15	Marc Evers	00:55:08	5.0	B	00:49:37	20
16	Daniel Richard	00:50:06	4.0	C	00:50:06	15
17	Andre Leger	00:57:47	4.0	D	00:50:34	10
18	Julien Rousell	00:56:33	5.0	B	00:50:54	5
19	Rheal Jaillet	00:50:55	5.0	A	00:50:55	5
20	Jean Léger	00:59:09	4.0	D	00:51:45	5
21	Don Ricker	00:57:32	5.0	B	00:51:47	5
22	Trevor Bourque	00:57:52	5.0	B	00:52:05	5
23	Jean Richard Cormier	00:52:29	5.0	A	00:52:29	5
24	Venessa McGibbon	01:00:05	4.0	D	00:52:34	5
25	Charles Cormier	00:54:30	5.0	A	00:54:30	5
26	André Hébert	01:02:30	5.0	B	00:56:15	5
27	Neil Symington	01:15:00	5.0	B	01:07:30	5

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Things are almost ready to host week 1 of the Mike's Bike Shop Cup. Start is scheduled for this evening at 6:30. Click here for complete event details (see the MBS Cup news section at the bottom).

The proposed course is also available. Click here for the course map.

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Things are almost ready to host week 1 of the Mike's Bike Shop Cup. Start is scheduled for this evening at 6:30. Click here for complete event details (see the MBS Cup news section at the bottom).

The proposed course is also available. Click here for the course map.

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Just a quick note to let you know we were scheduled to start tomorrow (May 8) but we will have to delay everything by a week.

Tomorrow, the Canadian Cycling Association and Velo NB are running a last minute coaching clinic that all Centre staff need to be part of to be able to coach the new “Let’s Ride” program. We apologize for those last minute details, but we just learn we all had to be part of it to be able to deliver the “Let’s Ride” program to the younger group.

We will be in touch to confirm next week’s session (details, hours and logistics).

If you still wanted to register for the 2010 Peter Wedge Program, you can do so by clicking here.

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Just a quick note to let you know we were scheduled to start tomorrow (May 8) but we will have to delay everything by a week.

Tomorrow, the Canadian Cycling Association and Velo NB are running a last minute coaching clinic that all Centre staff need to be part of to be able to coach the new “Let’s Ride” program. We apologize for those last minute details, but we just learn we all had to be part of it to be able to deliver the “Let’s Ride” program to the younger group.

We will be in touch to confirm next week’s session (details, hours and logistics).

If you still wanted to register for the 2010 Peter Wedge Program, you can do so by clicking here.

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The Mike's Bike Shop Cup is a regional racing series which lets cyclists of the area participate in friendly meets. This series is open to riders 15 year old and up and is run under a points format (combining the 18 events).

Every Tuesday, draw prizes and series leader's recognition will be awarded. All race start at 6:30 unless otherwise noted. Riders must be registered and paid for that evening by 6:15 (or use our on-line system).

A single event now cost 7$ and we encourage participants to sign up on-line for more then a race at a time and take advantage of our discount. The cost to register for a decipline (3 events) will be 15$ and for the whole series (18 races) is 100$. ...

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The Mike's Bike Shop Cup is a regional racing series which lets cyclists of the area participate in friendly meets. This series is open to riders 15 year old and up and is run under a points format (combining the 18 events).

Every Tuesday, draw prizes and series leader's recognition will be awarded. All race start at 6:30 unless otherwise noted. Riders must be registered and paid for that evening by 6:15 (or use our on-line system).

A single event now cost 7$ and we encourage participants to sign up on-line for more then a race at a time and take advantage of our discount. The cost to register for a decipline (3 events) will be 15$ and for the whole series (18 races) is 100$.

Starting May 11, participants will enjoy three Tuesdays of mountain bike (cross country) racing (May 11, 18 & 25) at the Dieppe St-Anselme Park.

In June (8, 15 & 22) the racing switches to Individual Time Trial at the Moncton airport – parking is on Aviation Ave with the start at the on ramp to the Highway. The route follows the Veterans Memorial Hwy, exit onto the Trans Canada Highway then exit onto Champlain St and turn right onto Aviation Ave with the finish at the parking area.

For July, we will have events on the Caisse populaire Dieppe Vélodrome. These races will be opened to everyone who took their Track 101 course (or equivalent). Track 101 will be offered throughout the summer and before the events. Race dates are July 6, 15 & 20.

In August racing moves back on the road with the criterium series (Aug 10, 17 & 24). The race circuit will be announced later – watch the web site for details.

In September, we will have BMX events on the Subway BMX track in the Rotary Park in Ste. Anselme (Sept 7, 14 & 21).

Last, but not least, we will hold 3 cyclo-cross events in October (12, 19 & 26) to conclude the series with our famous Boo-Cross event.

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Velo NB, The National Cycling Centre - Atlantic, and the Canadian Cycling Association are partnering to bring a community level introduction to cycling program to as many communities in New Brunswick as we can reach. The program is designed to introduce safe cycling skills to children aged 9 - 12 and can be taught by parents or community recreation staff as well as cyclists like yourselves. The course is called "Let's Ride" and we are excited about the potential it has to teach children good safe skills as well as introduce them to the world of organized cycling. ...

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Velo NB, The National Cycling Centre - Atlantic, and the Canadian Cycling Association are partnering to bring a community level introduction to cycling program to as many communities in New Brunswick as we can reach. The program is designed to introduce safe cycling skills to children aged 9 - 12 and can be taught by parents or community recreation staff as well as cyclists like yourselves. The course is called "Let's Ride" and we are excited about the potential it has to teach children good safe skills as well as introduce them to the world of organized cycling.

We need two things for this to succeed - community liaison people and course instructors in many communities. Interested? We are looking to you to become involved in this program - your level of involvement could be up to you - from someone who teaches the course to the children in their local school or youth group up to the community learning facilitator ( you would teach others how to give the course).

This course is designed to be self supporting in terms of revenue and course instructors will earn a reasonable income for their time and effort.

The GO NB program has given their backing to this launch and we are excited about the possibilities. We have two opportunities for training to become involved in this program - May 7/8 in Dieppe or May 22/23 at the Atlantic Coaching Symposium in PEI.

Sound like something you'd like to be part of?? Get in touch with Sheila at velo.sheila@hotmail.com to get on board.

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The 2010 Cycling Academy registrations are opened and we still have spots available in all three of our programs: the BMX membership, the Let's Ride Program, and the Peter Wedge Program. See April 7th news or simply click here for more details.

Here are the links to register:

• Let's Ride (for 9 to 12 years old - starts May 1st)
• Peter Wedge Program (for 12 to 14 years of starts May 8th)
• BMX (should start mid May as soon as the track is dried up)

Come and learn Cycling’s FUNdamental skills from the best coaches. For more information, contact your cycling experts at 877-7809.

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The 2010 Cycling Academy registrations are opened and we still have spots available in all three of our programs: the BMX membership, the Let's Ride Program, and the Peter Wedge Program. See April 7th news or simply click here for more details.

Here are the links to register:

• Let's Ride (for 9 to 12 years old - starts May 1st)
• Peter Wedge Program (for 12 to 14 years of starts May 8th)
• BMX (should start mid May as soon as the track is dried up)

Come and learn Cycling’s FUNdamental skills from the best coaches. For more information, contact your cycling experts at 877-7809.

 

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As part of this volunteer week, today marks the day Dieppe rewards its most dedicated volunteers. This year, the National Cycling Centre is very please to underline the enormous work done Charles Cormier.

During the 2009 season, Charles was heavily involved in with the National Cycling Centre at several levels. Sitting on the Centre’s Corporation as a representative of cycling clubs of the Greater Moncton area, he offered his services to support our Head Coach as a driver during the National Junior Championships. ...

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As part of this volunteer week, today marks the day Dieppe rewards its most dedicated volunteers. This year, the National Cycling Centre is very please to underline the enormous work done Charles Cormier.

During the 2009 season, Charles was heavily involved in with the National Cycling Centre at several levels. Sitting on the Centre’s Corporation as a representative of cycling clubs of the Greater Moncton area, he offered his services to support our Head Coach as a driver during the National Junior Championships.

Back in Dieppe after this long journey, he continued with his hard work in the renovations Velodrome Caisse populaire Dieppe. As soon as the work was completed, he ran many initiation courses (track 101); a task he accomplished successfully. At the end of the season, he took responsibility for organizing the Atlantic Track championships.

During the past few months, even with the snow on the ground, he led the very important task to seek funding the save the Caisse populaire Dieppe Vélodrome in order to host future national track championships once again in Dieppe.

The National Cycling Centre would also like to take this opportunity to thank the many volunteers, without whom, the Centre would not exist as we know it. Weather it’s on from the administrative side, to organizing events, to the hard labour of fixing our facilities, to trail building, all are greatly appreciated from the minutes to the hours offered.

Thanks to all, and congratulations to Charles Cormier for his dedication during the past 12 months. 

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The weather was not super cooperative, but it did not scare anyone away. Last weekend, seven participants were initiated to para-cycling at the National Cycling Centre – Atlantic Canada in Dieppe. For the occasion, Luc Arseneau, head coach, tagged along Canadian Cycling Association’s Sébastien Travers and Vélo NB’s Sheila Colbourne to initially talk about the sport in a class session on Friday, and then put words into action on Saturday morning.

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The weather was not super cooperative, but it did not scare anyone away. Last weekend, seven participants were initiated to para-cycling at the National Cycling Centre – Atlantic Canada in Dieppe. For the occasion, Luc Arseneau, head coach, tagged along Canadian Cycling Association’s Sébastien Travers and Vélo NB’s Sheila Colbourne to initially talk about the sport in a class session on Friday, and then put words into action on Saturday morning.

“It was great to see everyone succeed, and especially to know that everyone liked their first experience with the sport. They all said they wanted to be back, and most importantly, most of them said they had friends who wanted to give it a try as well;” mentions Luc Arseneau.

The next step for this program is to now identify where these participants fit in with the Long Term Athlete Development stages and line them up with a cycling program to fit there needs. Equipment and events are also an important part of the development of the sport in our region. Further research will be done by the Centre and its partners to find specific bikes and Velo NB will be looking at integrating certain events onto its calendar.

Sheila Colbourne, Executive Director of Velo NB was also very pleased with the camp: “This camp really represents a first step, but a huge one. We will now all work together to develop this very important side of our sport.”

Other events will also take place to pursue the development of para-cycling in Atlantic Canada. Namely, a tandem demonstration (for visually impaired) will take place in Charlottetown on May 23rd and some discussion have also started regarding a hand-bike (for tetra and quadriplegics).

For further information, or if you would like to try para-cycling, do not hesitate to contact your National Cycling Centre at 506-877-7809.

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The CCA is proud to partner with the National Cycling Centre-Atlantic Canada for their Para-cycling Introduction Camp, being held in Dieppe, NB on April 16-17. The camp will be directed by Luc Arseneau, Head coach at the National Centre and coach at the Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008) Paralympic Games. Arseneau will be assisted by Para-cycling Development National Coach, Sébastien Travers and Prince Edward Island coach, Andrew Scott who was involved in the Spring Para-cycling National Camp in Cuba. ...

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The CCA is proud to partner with the National Cycling Centre-Atlantic Canada for their Para-cycling Introduction Camp, being held in Dieppe, NB on April 16-17. The camp will be directed by Luc Arseneau, Head coach at the National Centre and coach at the Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008) Paralympic Games. Arseneau will be assisted by Para-cycling Development National Coach, Sébastien Travers and Prince Edward Island coach, Andrew Scott who was involved in the Spring Para-cycling National Camp in Cuba.

“The addition of the National Para-cycling Development Coach, Sebastien Travers, to our initiation camp will allow participants to get a better picture of the discipline in which Canada excels. It is very important to maintain this link to our National Cycling Centre has with the Canadian Cycling Association; it provides a better overview of the development plan we are putting forward for cyclists, from beginners to the elite level.”, to comment Arseneau.

"The initiative of the National Center Atlantic fits perfectly into the development program paracycling Canada and we want to support them.", Travers adds. "Such activity represents a lot for the National Para-cycling Program since it allows us to identify new athletes, coaches and staff. Moreover, it is taking this kind of activity that the Centre of Dieppe will become a center for paracycling in Atlantic Canada. "

In addition to providing support in the activities of talent detection and skills practice, Travers will also present the existing development opportunities appearing in the 2010 Para-cycling Program.

Click here for the camp's schedule.

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Just received the official confirmation from Christian Meier that he clinched the sprint jersey in the Pro Tour’s Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco. Although the rider from Sussex, NB, is not a sprinter, he claimed the jersey on day 1 by slipping himself into the big breakaway of the day a scored 14 points in the intermediate sprints. “It’s a tough race; thanks goodness it’s done and I still have the jersey on my shoulders” were his words in a recent e-mail.

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Just received the official confirmation from Christian Meier that he clinched the sprint jersey in the Pro Tour’s Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco. Although the rider from Sussex, NB, is not a sprinter, he claimed the jersey on day 1 by slipping himself into the big breakaway of the day a scored 14 points in the intermediate sprints. “It’s a tough race; thanks goodness it’s done and I still have the jersey on my shoulders” were his words in a recent e-mail.

Although the race is not completed, tomorrow’s stage is an individual time trial, where no sprint points will be available. All Meier needs to do now is to ride the remaining 22 km within the official time cuts, and he’ll officially win the sprint competition of the 2010 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country); a major event on the Pro Tour circuit.

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Once again this spring, the National Cycling Centre - Atlantic Canada is proud to offer youth developments programs. The 2010 Cycling Academy will be divided in three programs. If you need to stay active, need to gain confidence, or need to stay fit, these programs are the perfect way to gain self esteem on two wheels! ...

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Once again this spring, the National Cycling Centre - Atlantic Canada is proud to offer youth developments programs. The 2010 Cycling Academy will be divided in three programs. If you need to stay active, need to gain confidence, or need to stay fit, these programs are the perfect way to gain self esteem on two wheels!

Come and learn Cycling’s FUNdamental skills from the best coaches. The National Cycling Centre’s Youth Academy includes:

• BMX Programs (5 to 15 years old mainly, but everyone can become a member at the Subway BMX track) - 50$
  • Includes a membership to the Subway BMX track
  • Wednesday evening practice with some educated advices from coaches
  • Fun racing series
  • The opening date for the Subway BMX Track will be determine with the weather conditions. But if it keeps this way, we should see an early May opening for 2010.
  • Click here to get your membership card
• Let’s Ride Program (9 to 12 years old) - 50$
  • Newly developed national initiation program showing kids the basic skills of cycling with certified coaches
  • 8 weeks (May 1st to June 19th) on Saturday mornings
  • Click here to register
• Peter Wedge Program (12 to 14 years old - 125$
  • Canada’s best learn to train program – from the skills of the Let’s Ride Program to advanced cycling techniques.
  • Certified coaching from a National Team coach
  • 16 weeks (May 8th to late August)
  • Click here to register

For more information, contact your cycling experts at 877-7809.

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