Team Garneau-Quebecor ready to roll in 2016

The nine rider lineup for the 2016 Garneau-Quebecor pro cycling team has been announced. Seven Quebec natives and two Australians make up the roster that is set to race a busy schedule this coming season. The team is led by co-captains Remi Pelletier-Roy and Bruno Langlois. Returning riders for 2016 also include Simon-Pierre Gauthier, a four-year veteran of the team, Olivier Brisebois and Marc-Antoine Soucy, who are both back for their third seasons on the roster.

Four riders are joining the team for their first seasons. David Boily, 25, raced for three years at the pro continental level with Spidertech. His most notable result was a second-place finish overall at the Tour de l’Avenir in 2011. The Quebec City native had to take time away from competition for health reasons. Alexis Cartier, 24,and Australians Michael Rice,19, and Darcy Wooley, 22, also join the roster for 2016.

Co-captain Remi Pelletier-Roy spoke about the team’s preparations for the season: “The training camp in Florida went really nicely, enabling us to reunite for the first time this season. Four new faces are onboard for the 2016 season and they have well integrated into the already close-knit team. We were able to get some good mileage under our belts on the occasion of the Garneau Florida Granfondo on March 20, and we are impatient to start racing in Canada and the United States over the next few weeks,”

The team’s race program includes the Joe Martin Stage Race from April 21 to 24, the Tour of the Battenkill on May 21, the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic on June 5, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay from June 9 to 12, the Tour de Beauce from June 15 to 19 and the Tour of the Delta, July 8 to 10.

Louis Garneau continues his sponsorship for the team saying, “My goal is to help young cyclists to get to the upper levels of competition, but without forgetting about studies because there is a life after the bike.”