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PCC’s Caleb Bender was training in Tucson last month. Here is his report and an update since he returned to Canada. Reporting post ride, shower, and recovery meal, at the time of writing (before current events created the necessity…

Olympian Svein Tuft has hung up his professional cleats to concentrate on creating memorable cycling experiences. Tuft’s Adventure Tours is offering single or multi-day gravel bike touring in Andorra. Two five-day camps in March and…

Pacific Cycling Centre is offering athletes an opportunity to register for a Performance Training Camp in March which has an option to prepare and race the Aldergrove Long Road Race on March 29 in Langley, BC. The camp has two four-day options…

PCC athlete Amiel Flett-Brown is competing at the World Cup Track Championships in Milton this weekend. He was selected after his solid performances at the Canadian Track Nationals. He has been training at Milton for the last four weeks…

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has sent out a reminder to the Canadian sport community that the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) 2020 Prohibited List came into effect January 1, 2020. See their media release here. …

Pacific Cycling Centre coached athlete Alex Amiri will be racing for Team California in 2020, a Domestic Elite Cycling Team based in Northern California. Amiri rode with them for a short time earlier this year taking a podium spot at the…

Pacific Cycling Center kicked off the 2019-20 season with its first training camp from October 25-27. The camp started with a two-hour presentation by Coach Houshang Amiri on Friday Oct 25th focusing on planning and nutrition. “In past…

PCC athletes had a successful BC Track Championship last weekend in Victoria – over 40 podium finishes were recorded by nine athletes. Holly Simonson came away with seven medals – three gold, two silver and two bronze. Parker Swanstrom…

PCC coached athletes Micaiah Besler and Caleb Bender competed in the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Saskatchewan from August 9 – 18 and came away with some notable podium performances. With six provinces and territories participating…

PCC coached athlete Zoe Saccio competed in the 2019 USA Track Nationals last week in California and won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit. This was a remarkable result for the Vancouver-based young American as she has only been racing…

PCC’s Alex Amiri will be spending the summer in Europe riding for 303 Project, a US based UCI Continental Team. Alex, who has having one of his best ever season’s, left for Europe after riding for Cycling BC in the Tour…

Pacific Cycling Centre (PCC) is excited to announce that new applications are now being accepted for on-line and Victoria-based athletes for the 2019/2020 Development and High-Performance Development Programs. The 2018 season was another…

Eight PCC athletes competed in the Tour de Bloom Stage Race last weekend, which resulted in a GC win for Caleb Bender, his first Tour win, and a third place for Holly Simonson in the final road race. The race was a three-day cycling event…

PCC athletes excelled at the Tour of Walla Walla last weekend in Washington. Holly Simonson and Brenna Pauly rode the four-stage race for Team Red Truck and Holly recorded a win on the second stage. The weekend started with the Wilson…

PCC Athletes have been on the road and this past weekend achieved some notable results. Caleb Bender competed in the Bare Bones Track Race in the Burnaby Velodrome and on Saturday won the Men B-Omnium race.  Hailing from Saskatchewan, Caleb…

Pacific Cycling Centre held their annual February road camp from February 20-24 in Greater Victoria.  The five-day camp took place during university reading break allowing most PCC-trained athletes to take part. The camp provided on excellent…