Steve Bauer moving to role with UCI WorldTour team in 2017
Bauer will be leaving his current role as coordinator and head coach for cycling at the Mattamy National Cycling Center in Milton, Ont.
Following two years as the coordinator and head coach for cycling at the Mattamy National Cycling Center in Milton, Ont. Canadian cycling legend Steve Bauer will be taking up a position with a UCI WorldTour team in 2017. It has not yet been announced which team Bauer will be joining or in what role he will be working. His previous management experience with a pro team was with Spidertech-C10 in 2012.
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In 2007, Bauer co-founded Cycle Sport Management which developed and owned a UCI Continental team from 2008 to 2010. For the 2011 and 2012 season, the team moved up to UCI Professional Continental status under the sponsorship of Spidertech before ceasing operations ahead of the 2013 season.
The Town of Milton congratulates Steve Bauer, who has accepted an exciting opportunity in Europe. We thank him and wish him all the best! pic.twitter.com/DBmn1PsVea
— MattamyCyclingCentre (@MattamyVelo) October 28, 2016
During his cycling career, Bauer wore the Tour de France yellow jersey for a total of 14 days between two stints in the race lead at the 1988 and 1990 editions. As a member of Canada’s Olympic cycling team he won a silver medal in the 1984 Olympic road race in Los Angeles, Canada’s first ever Olympic road cycling medal, and took home a bronze medal in the world championship road race in Barcelona, Spain. Bauer has been inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame.
A great experience to work with @townofmilton @MattamyVelo Many good people in the team who have contributed to the MNCC success Thanks!
— Steve Bauer (@SteveBauer59) October 28, 2016
The Milton Velodrome opened in January 2015 and hosted the track cycling competitions for the 2015 Pan American Games. The facility is the only class 1 indoor velodrome in Canada and the second in North America. Bauer has played an important role at the facility helping to grow the cycling programs for all ages and abilities making significant contributions to the development of cycling in Canada.
