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Jason Spaceman
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STUTTGART, Germany - Five athletes on Canada's team at the world road
cycling championships will have to use borrowed bikes after thieves
stole theirs from a van outside their hotel.
Nine bikes with a total estimated value of between C$40,000 and
$50,000 were taken. Christian Meier of Sussex, N.B., David Veilleux of
Quebec City, Brad Fairall of Vancouver, Keven Lacombe of Amos Que.,
and Ryan Anderson of Spruce Grove, Alta., are busy adjusting borrowed
bikes for racing which begins Wednesday.
How the five will fare without their own bikes remains to be seen,
said Kris Westwood, high performance director for the Canadian Cycling
Association.
"It's tough to say," he said. "The guys are on equipment at least as
good as the bikes stolen but riders' positions are adjusted to within
millimetres for races.
"When you switch to a new bike there's always a bit of transition time
before you're comfortable on it. I don't know if all our riders are
going to get completely comfortable in time. That's something you
don't know until you put in a hard effort in a race."
The German team Gerolsteiner graciously opened its doors after hearing
of the loss and offered Canada's team whatever it needed.
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Read it at
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/09/25/4525337-cp.html
J. Spaceman
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STUTTGART, Germany - Five athletes on Canada's team at the world road
cycling championships will have to use borrowed bikes after thieves
stole theirs from a van outside their hotel.
Nine bikes with a total estimated value of between C$40,000 and
$50,000 were taken. Christian Meier of Sussex, N.B., David Veilleux of
Quebec City, Brad Fairall of Vancouver, Keven Lacombe of Amos Que.,
and Ryan Anderson of Spruce Grove, Alta., are busy adjusting borrowed
bikes for racing which begins Wednesday.
How the five will fare without their own bikes remains to be seen,
said Kris Westwood, high performance director for the Canadian Cycling
Association.
"It's tough to say," he said. "The guys are on equipment at least as
good as the bikes stolen but riders' positions are adjusted to within
millimetres for races.
"When you switch to a new bike there's always a bit of transition time
before you're comfortable on it. I don't know if all our riders are
going to get completely comfortable in time. That's something you
don't know until you put in a hard effort in a race."
The German team Gerolsteiner graciously opened its doors after hearing
of the loss and offered Canada's team whatever it needed.
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Read it at
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/09/25/4525337-cp.html
J. Spaceman
