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For 2013, I continued with the same structure in the USA, now sponsored by Predator Carbon Repair. Racing mostly criteriums on the USA pro circuit (USA Crits, NCC), I contributed to many podium placing’s and victories by the team given my top-end power quality, excellent for lead-out’s. In July, I got a serious injury in a crash, which forced me into a two-week break and low intensity for the whole month of August. Leading into track nationals and Tour of Alberta, it was far from ideal preparation, but I manage to come back into decent form quick enough to achieve some results and contribute to team efforts in the Tour of Alberta, the highest level I had ever raced yet.
After a track national team camp in Los Angeles, I went on and race the 49th Vuelta a Costa Rica. I experienced the best form of my life achieving a first UCI win, 2 second places, a third place, leader of the points competition for 8 days and ultimately 2nd in that standing, 3rd in intermediate sprints and 20th overall despite a violent crash on a descent on the last stage with 30km to go! Having lost a good amount of time in that crash and on stage 2 with the “flu”, that was a encouraging eye opener of GC potential on such a difficult and challenging race.
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Position |
Event |
Location |
Type |
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1 |
Stage 4 - 49th Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
road race |
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2 |
Stage 1 - 49th Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
road race |
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2 |
Stage 9 - 49th Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
road race |
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2 |
Points competition - 49th Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
stage race |
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3 |
Intermediate sprints - 49th Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
stage race |
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3 |
Redlands Criterium |
Redlands, USA |
criterium |
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3 |
Belmont Criterium |
USA |
criterium |
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3 |
Stage 4 - Mardis cyclistes de Lachine |
Lachine,Canada |
criterium |
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3 |
Track national championship |
Dieppe, Canada |
points race |
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3 |
Track national championship |
Dieppe, Canada |
Scratch |
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3 |
Stage 5 - 49th Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
road race |
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4 |
Stage 7 - Vuelta Independencia Nacional |
Dominican Republic |
road race |
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4 |
Delray Beach Computrainer Grid |
Delray, Florida |
Comp. race |
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4 |
Equinelle GP |
Ontario, Canada |
criterium |
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4 |
UBC GP |
Vancouver, Canada |
criterium |
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4 |
Stage 6 - 49th Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
road race |
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6 |
GP Gatineau |
Gatineau, Canada |
road race |
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6 |
Stage 5 - Mardis cyclistes de Lachine |
Lachine, Canada |
criterium |
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6 |
Stage 8 - 49th Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
road race |
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8 |
Sunny King Criterium |
Alabama, USA |
criterium |
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8 |
Spartanburg Regional Classic |
USA |
criterium |
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8 |
Stage 2 - 49th Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
road race |
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9 |
Coastal Empire crit |
USA |
criterium |
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9 |
Stage 1 - Mardis cyclistes de Lachine |
Lachine, Canada |
criterium |
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9 |
Stage 1 - Tour de Québec |
Québec, Canada |
road race |
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9 |
Road provincial championship |
Rimouski, Canada |
road race |
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10 |
Stage 6b - Vuelta Independencia Nacional |
Dominican Republic |
time trial |
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10 |
FootHills Cycling Classic |
Alabama, USA |
road race |
Other highlights : Participation to the Tour of Alberta (UCI 2.1) with Canadian national team, 21st stage 1, 19th stage 4
Photo: Brad White, Carlos Alzate, Jean-Michel Lachance at Belmont criterium - © credit photo - Emile Abraham
