Alec Cowan
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 November 1996 Calgary Alberta, Canada |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Race Clean - U23 Canada |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time Trialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2014 | Canadian World Junior (U19) Track Cycling Team |
| 2015 | Team NextGen U23 Canada |
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Infobox last updated on 31 July 2016 | |
Alec Cowan (born 19 November 1996) is a Canadian cyclist riding for Cycling Canada's U23 Team Race Clean.
Career
Alec Cowan is currently the 2016 U23 Canadian Time Trial Champion. Alec placed 12th in the U23 Individual Time Trial at the 2016 UCI World Road Cycling Championships in Doha, Qatar. This road world's ITT performance was the best result for a U23 Canadian since David Veilleux in 2009. Alec placed sixth in the 2016 Canadian Elite Time Trial in a field that included Hugo Houle, Svein Tuft, Mike Woods, Rob Britton and Ryan Roth. In May 2016, Alec was awarded the Most Aggressive Rider Jersey, Stage 2 -Tour of Berlin UCI 2.2 U23 and Best Young Rider U23 Jersey, Stage 2 – Tour de la Manche.[1]
In 2016, Alec rides for Team Race Clean racing under the banner of Cycling Canada’s anti-doping program.[2] The program was launched in 2014 by Cycling Canada as Team NextGen. The team is built off of a select roster of Canadian U23 riders who train and compete together throughout the year. Canada is following in the footsteps of Great Britain, Australia, Denmark, New Zealand,Switzerland. Cycling Canada’s high-performance director, Jacques Laundry said, “The objective stays the same: (Team Race Clean) to develop our track endurance program to be competitive at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. That’s a given, but along the way, if we can develop a rider to be placed on a WorldTour or a professional continental trade team, we will be happy to let him go."
Alec Cowan is bilingual in English and French.
Palmares
2016
- 12th ITT, U23 UCI World Road Cycling Championships
- Best Canadian U23 ITT Road World's result since 2009
- 1st ITT, U23 Canadian Road Cycling Championships
- 2nd ITT, Stage 4 - Tour de Namur 2.12
- 4th TTT, Prologue - Tour of Berlin UCI 2.2 U23
- 5th ITT, Stage 4 - Tour de la Manche Elite Nationale
- 6th General Classification, Eschborn Frankfurt U23 UCI 1.2
- 6th ITT, Elite Canadian Road Cycling Championships
- 8th ITT, Stage 3A – Tour of Berlin UCI 2.2 U23
- 8th TTT, Stage 1 – ZLM-Roompot Tour UCI 2.NCUP
- 9th General Classification, Tour de la Manche Elite Nationale (@1min 54 seconds)
- 11th General Classification, Tour of Berlin (@50 seconds)
- 16th General Classification, Tour de Namur (@1min 45 seconds)
- 17th Stage 3 – Paris-Arras Tour UCI 2.2
- 20th Stage 2 – ZLM-Roompot Tour UCI 2.NCUP
2015
- 5th Stage 4 – Vuelta Guatemala UCI 2.2
- 7th Stage 8 – An Post Ras UCI 2.2
- 9th Stage 7 – An Post Ras UCI 2.2
2014
- 1st Criterium, Canadian Junior (U19) Road Cycling Championships
External links
- Alec Cowan profile at ProCyclingStats
- http://pedalmag.com/?s=cowan
- http://calgaryherald.com/sports/calgary-cyclist-devoted-to-racing-career-in-europe
References
- ↑ "Tour de la Manche". tourdelamanche.fr. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ↑ "Race Clean - Resources - Cycling Canada Cyclisme". Retrieved 2016-07-31.