Our Riders
At Opus, we are proud to support athletes at the national and regional levels. Nationally, we sponsor our Opus Road and Mountain bike teams comprised of riders in the Elite, U23, Masters and Junior categories.
Opus Mountain Bike Team
Andréanne Pichette
Race Experience: 2013 will be my 14th racing season
Hometown: Quebec City, Quebec
Category: Elite
Career Highlights: 2012 U23 Canadian champion, Elite provincial champion,
2012 World Cup Results : Overall 14th > 22nd World Championship Austria 5th Mont Sainte Anne,CAN World Cup, 7th Windham,USA World Cup, 11th La Bresse FR, World Cup, 18th Czech Republic World Cup, 2nd Mont Sainte-Anne Québec Cup
2013 Goals: Make the best transition between U23 and Elite. Get to represent my country at the next World Championship in South Africa.Have fun!
Steven Noble
Race Experience : 9th season on the circuit
Hometown: Mansfield, Ontario
Category: Senior Elite
Career Highlights: 2012 : - 2nd Overall Ontario Cup Series- 6th U23 Nationals
2013 Goals: Podium at National Championships and Canada Games
Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
Race Experience: 12th season
Hometown: Quebec City, Quebec
Category: Senior Elite
Career Highlights: 2012 - BC Bike Race, 10th at XC Nationals, 7th at XCM Nationals and of course 1st at the National Team Relay
2013 Goals: MSA WC in august. Top 5 at XCM Nationals is still one of my goal this year
Alex Frappier
Race Experience: This is going to be my 20th season , I`m getting old !
Hometown: St-Hyacinthe,QC
Category: Master Expert
Career Highlights: 2012 : 1st at Windham NY & 1st at Millstone Vermont
2013 Goals: Top 20 BC Bike Race solo
Daniel Varga
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Category: Espoir U23 Canada Cup and Ontario Cup
Career Highlights: 2011 3rd at 2011 Nationals Junior Expert
Frédérique Larose-Gingras
Hometown: Lac Beauport, Quebec
Category: Junior
Career Highlights: 4th at Mont Sainte Anne 2011
Road Athletes
Véronique Labonté
Race Experience: 10th season between QC, USA and Europe circuits.
Hometown: Montreal,QC
Category: Elite W
Career Highlights:
• 2012 – 2nd Coupe de France Izernore
• 2012 – 7th Canadian Championships, road
• 2011 – 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau, UCI
• 2011 – 1st Stage 1, 2nd GC, Killington SR
• 2011 – 9th Stage 2, Redlands Bicycle Classic
• 3 times Quebec Champion title Time Trial for 2008, 2009 et 2011;
• 1 times Quebec Champion title Road for 2008.
• 27 podiums on the Québec circuit;
2012 Presence :
• 2012 World championship, 67th;
• 22 UCI events;
• 4 World cups;
• 34 stage races International;
Goals:
World Championships Selection, 2013;
National Champion (CANADA) Time Trial title;
World Championships Selection, 2013, 2014, 2015;
Commonwealth Selection, 2014;
Olympic Selection, 2016
Stéphane Le Beau
Race Experience: 9th season in the Masters. Over 30 years of implication in the cycling community.
Hometown: Montreal,QC
Category: Master
Career Highlights: 8 Times World Champion on the Track :
- 2007 Sydney Australie: Points Race.
- 2010 Anadia, Portugal : Points Race, Scratch, Pursuit.
- 2011 Manchester, Angleterre : Points Race, Scratch, Pursuit.
- 2012 Manchester, Angleterre : Pursuit.
8 times Canadian Road Champion .
2 times Canadian Road Champion .
12 Canadian Champion Track titles .
2013 Goals: Winning the World Championships on the track . Establish a new World Record : Pursuit. Set a new hour record in my category.
Hugues Lapointe
Race experience: 2013 will be my 15th year of racing (since 1999)
Category : Sénior 1-2/Pro-Élite
Hometown :Drummondville (currently living in Sainte-Catherine)
Career Highlights: Silver medalist of the Provincial Criterium Championship
2013 Goals: Masters A (30-39) Provincial and National road championships
Philippe Raymond
Race experience: Been racing for ever... started as a cadet in 1983
Category : PRO/elite track & Road
Hometown : I'm a montreal boy
Career Highlights: 2012 : PanAm title. Got 1st in the 3k pursuit and 3rd in Points race
2013 Goals: Win the Worlds Track Master Championships in Manchester either the pursuit or the points race
Marc-Wayne Addison
Race experience: 2013 will be my 23rd season
Category : Master
Hometown : Lachine
Career Highlights: 4th world on road & 7th TT World Master Games
2013 Goals: Podium at the World Master Games held in italy
David Dulude
Race experience: I`m racing since I was a Cadet : 20 years ago
Category : Master A but I mainly race in the Senior elite
Hometown : St-Isidore-de-LaPrairie
Career Highlights: 10th Maters Canadian Crit Championships
2013 Goals: Play my role as a teamate and perform during the whole season.
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