Alec Cowan

Alexander (Alec) Cowan
Personal information
Born (1996-11-19) November 19, 1996
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Team information
Current team Silber Pro Cycling
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Time Trialist
Amateur team(s)
2014 Canadian World Junior (U19) Track Cycling Team
2015-16 Team Race Clean/U23 Canada
2014 Team Alberta Provincial Road Team
Alec Cowan

Alec Cowan (born November 19, 1996) is a cyclist riding for the Silber Pro Cycling Team, a Canadian UCI Continental cycling team.[1] On January 2, 2017, Alec was awarded Pedal Magazine's 2016 Cycling Award for Best Canadian Road Senior/U23 Cyclist (Male or Female).

Alec Cowan is bilingual in English and French.

Career

In 2017, Alec Cowan had seven "top ten" placings in UCI races including a Time Trial win in Stage 3a at the Tour de Beauce.

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.[2]

In 2015 and 2016, Alec rode for Team Race Clean racing under the banner of Cycling Canada's anti-doping program.[3] The program was launched in 2015 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."

Palmares

2017

  • 1st Stage 3a - Tour de Beauce UCI 2.2
  • 1st KOM Mountains Classification - Tour of Alberta UCI 2.1
  • 3rd Stage 4 - Joe Martin Stage Race UCI 2.2
  • 3rd U23 Youth Classification - Colorado Classic 2.HC
  • 4th Stage 3 - Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay UC! 2.2
  • 6th Stage 1 - Tour de Beauce UCI 2.2
  • 7th ITT - National Championships Canada (NC)
  • 8th Stage 2 - Tour of the Gila UCI 2.2
  • 9th Stage 3 - Tour of the Gila UCI 2.2
  • 3 Days - Yellow Jersey at Tour de Beauce UCI 2.2

2016

2015

2014

  • 1st Criterium, Canadian Junior (U19) Road Cycling Championships

References

  1. ↑ http://www.silberprocycling.com/blog/cowan-comes-onboard/
  2. ↑ "Tour de la Manche". tourdelamanche.fr. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  3. ↑ "Race Clean - Resources - Cycling Canada Cyclisme". Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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