Help support the BC Cancer Foundation through team members Annie Ewart and Craig Logan, as they ride the 90km "Tour of Courage" on September 23, 2007 in Vancouver, led by cancer survivor and legendary Tour de France champion, Lance Armstrong. More >>
The Tour will need 300+ road marshal volunteers alone to help make this event a success, so if you can help out on May 28, 2011 please considering signing up!
The Victoria Cycling Academy gathered outside Trek Bike Shop last week before a morning ride to accept half of the total $1,179.77 raised at the local film premiere of Life Cycles at Parkside in January.
The Victoria Cycling Academy is a junior-specific training centre for young up-and-coming cyclists. Head coach Steve Lund and team members helped run the sold-out fundraiser held at Parkside's HD movie theatre, taking tickets and ushering guests.
The remaining $589.88 was given to the South Island Mountain Bike Society (SIMBS), and will be used to help build and maintain local trails.
With the sweet surround sound of birds chirping, rain falling, and two wheels ripping across beautiful landscapes, Parkside's HD movie theatre delighted more than 100 people during Victoria's first official screening of Life Cycles on Saturday (Jan. 8).
Parkside Victoria Resort & Spa is donating the use of its fitness centre and private HD movie theatre to the Victoria Cycling Academy to help sharpen the young cyclists' competitive edge during the off-season.
The academy's development team members, mostly in their mid-teens, are using the facilities to maintain form, core strength and flexibility at a time when limited daylight hours make it hard to get on the bike after school.
Parkside provided the celebratory setting for a hero's welcome as about 200 people flooded the resort's atrium to shake hands and pose for photos with local cycling phenom Ryder Hesjedal on Saturday, September 4. See story in the Victoria Times Colonist.
Hesjedal, who placed seventh overall in this summer's epic Tour de France, used the community celebration to help launch the Wheelmen Ride Bicycles program, which supports competitive youth cycling. The 29-year-old Victoria resident talked about the program on camera during the meet and greet at Parkside.
Funds raised through the Wheelmen Ride Bicycles initiative are currently going to the Aviawest Cycling Society, a not-for-profit organization that provides young up-and-coming cyclists in Victoria with the financial support they need to develop their talents and become successful cyclists.
Come and join us in welcoming home professional cyclist Ryder Hesjedal from his phenomenal seventh place overall finish at the 2010 Tour de France, the best showing from a Canadian in 22 years.
Meet Ryder, celebrate his impressive placing and help support his latest project, "Wheelmen Ride Bicycles", an initiative designed to help support the development of young, competitive cyclists in Canada.
Commemorative "Tourmalet T-shirts" signed by Ryder will be available for purchase.
T-shirts for this event are $50.00, with 50% of the sale proceeds going to the "Wheelman Ride Bicycles" initiative.
Did you know that Aviawest sponsors a group of master cycling and fitness enthusiasts who provide coaching support and develop projects and programs for young competitive cyclists?
The Aviawest Cycling Society is a not-for-profit organization that has provided many young up-and-coming cyclists in Victoria with the financial support they need to develop their talents and become successful competitive cyclists.
Ryan Anderson Dominates Tour de Delta, winning the GC with an overall time of 4:41:08, 4.66 seconds ahead of runner up Andrew Pinfold. The win is this year's biggest for Anderson, who also finished second at the recent Canadian Championship U23 time trial. More >>
