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Interesting to see what this might mean for Derek Gee.

Scott, notably, are based in Switzerland, where this team will be registered for next season.

Factor out, Scott in as bike supplier with Sylvan Adams' team, per Daniel Benson.

Canadian national champs: Men: Tyler Clark Women: Maghalie Rochette Men U23: Mika Comaniuk Women U23: Rafaelle Carrier Junior Men: Emilien Belzile Junior Women: Eliane Blais

The sand pit proved decisive in the men's race as well as Nieuwenhuis rode it better than any other rider in the last 3 laps, while Nys' race fell apart there.

Derek Gee notably not in the list of thanked departing riders, for obvious reasons.

Of the current registrants, Rochette will be favourite for the national champs jersey with Sidney McGill as her biggest competition. Carrier is racing for the U23 title, understandably as it is her first year out of junior.

Mike Woods was a top junior and collegiate middle distance runner. He doesn't have a 10k PB on the World Athletics site, but his 5k PB of 14m14 results in a predicted 10k finish of 29m41.

Well, Gee was first onto the Trouée d'Arenberg a few years ago so he can do a job for that team (don't ask what happened like a minute later...)

The latest rumour (Ciro Scognamiglio reports, not sure how accurate he usually is) has IPT, under a new name, operating under a Swiss license in 2026. The same reporter has Alpecin in pole position for obtaining the Premier Tech sponsorship, though I thought that had already been debunked...

MVDP posts his first activity on Strava in nearly 3 years: a sub-34 minute 10k run. https://www.strava.com/activities/16443479344

I'm beginning to wonder if the Holmgrens have plans to race 'cross at all this year. They haven't dropped into any North American races yet this season, nor are they in the registrant list for this weekend's national championships. Still time to sign up, but if they miss out it would the first...

It's tough. Without his social media presence, Johnson likely would not have been selected initially, and certainly not kept around for 4 seasons. But he has increased his level and does have some good results to his name (top 10 at Unbound, notably). With the number of international riders...

Grand Prix entrants for 2026 announced: https://www.lifetimegrandprix.com/athlete/

Not quite as embarrassing as that UAE shootaround clip from a few years ago, so that's a win of sorts.