Trek Red Truck signs Riley Pickrell, announces 2019 roster

Vancouver-based team Trek Red Truck Racing has announced their roster for the 2019 season. The team is celebrating their 25th anniversary after a season in which they had strong showings throughout the season especially on the B.C. race circuit. The addition of talented junior sprinter Riley Pickrell highlights the announcement with a good mix of returning riders and new young riders joining the program for the coming season.

The men’s team has been bolstered by the addition of junior sprinter Riley Pickrell, former H&R Block rider Oliver Evans and climber Alex Fraser Maraun. Pickrell comes to the team after winning three stages at the 2018 Tour de l’Abitibi, the junior crit championships and represented Canada at the UCI junior track world championships in Switzerland. Evans raced with H&R Block for two seasons but an injury derailed his 2018 season.

The women’s team is strengthened by the additions of junior track athlete Van Dam who also raced junior track worlds in Switzerland and American Jasmine Soh who represented the U.S. at the junior road world championships in the ITT and road race. Brenna Pauly steps up from the Triple Shot Cycling youth development team.

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TRT well represented at the @cyclingbc provincial track championships this weekend, hosted by @victoriavelodrome. The team swept the elite men's Omnium podium and took 1st and 2nd on the women's side! Congrats everyone! Racing continues today with timed events and a sprint tourney. Thanks so much to all the organizers and volunteers working so hard to make the full days run smoothly! #truckineh #trtracing #trackseason #provincialchamps

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Returning riders on the women side are Holly Simonson who won the elite crit title at provincials and Callie Swan finished in the top-20 at the GP Gatineau and nationals. On the men’s side, elite crit champion Al Murison returns along with U23 provincial crit champ Chris McCleod. Also staying with the team are veteran riders Brendan Armstrong, Clarke Lind and Kyle Buckosky.

The team has been focused on developing and supporting athletes as they pursue their athletic ambitions while also focusing on life beyond cycling. Graduates of the program include Rally Cycling siblings Nigel and Gillian Ellsay, Sara Bergen, Kinley Gibson, Olympian Allison Beveridge and 2017 Canadian cyclocross champion Michael van den Ham.

Men

Clarke Lind
Brendan Armstrong
Alex Murison
Oliver Evans
Kyle Buckosky
Chris McLeod
Alexander Fraser-Maraun
Riley Pickrell

Women

Holly Simonson
Callie Swan
Sarah Van Dam
Brenna Pauly
Jasmine Soh