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Ryan Primeau Excels at High Level Racing

team sports. That really suited me.”
By Molly Kett
In 2016, Primeau did a few
wenty-five-year-old Ryan introductory races at the novice level,
TPrimeau is in his second CAT 1 taking the novice points as the overall
year of biking. In recent years, he Quebec winner for the season and the
finished his undergraduate program novice Quebec Time Trial Champion.
at McGill in Mathematics and His main current focus happened in
Computer Science and a Masters 2017 when he began racing at the
at the University of Toronto in Pro/Cat1/Cat2 level races.
Computer Science in 2015. He has
“I’ve noticed that going up each
now begun working on building a level it never really got easier or
tutoring company.
harder. I feel like I suffered just as
When Primeau isn’t working on much or more in my novice races
his education and future career, he as I did in more competitive events.
spends quite a bit of time cycling and Going from non-racer to baseline
travelling, which allows him to also novice was difficult,” says Primeau.
work remotely. “The biggest change is the length
of the events, with some races
Primeau’s cycling habits started
back at the Cornwall Cycling Club approaching 5 hours. The other is Ryan Primeau Photo Submitted
multiple day events like Tour De
in 2010 and he has been passionate maintenance, food, and equipment,” Stage race in Vermont.”
about it since. Beauce that happens over 5 days. says Primeau.
I got smarter with the training and Primeau just finished the BC
“I always had a bike before this keeping the weight down for events.” His most notable race to date has Superweek, which consists of nine
but never considered it sport,” says been the Tour de Beauce 2018 races over the course of ten days from
Primeau. “I mostly took part in For Primeau, there are a few things “I had trained for it all winter, but July 6 to 15. Next, Primeau leaves
that make biking awesome.
cycling group rides. These are slower unfortunately crashed out on stage directly from Vancouver to Chicago
paced social events with a few hard “I think the best part is how 3b,” says Primeau. “Also the Grand for the Intelligentsia Cup which is
efforts like sprinting to a road sign. I awesome if feels to in races where Prix Cycliste de Saguenay 2017 another 10 days of racing July 20–29.
found cycling uses different strengths a huge area is sectioned off for the and the Canadian National Cycling We’re sure you’ll hear more
like endurance and patience than races like the Gastown Grand Prix Championships. My next big race on from Primeau on his future biking
would be used in the most common and all the race support I get in bike the calendar is the Green Mountain successes.

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