Roland Green (born 29 July 1974 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian mountain bike and road bicycle racer. Green was a member of the Canadian Olympic Mountain Bike Racing Team for the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia. He was a Commonwealth gold medalist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, winning the MTB event on the same day as his birthday.[7] Green dominated the world cup circuit of cross-country mountain biking from 2000 until 2003, becoming world champion in both 2001 and 2002. Roland also is the record holder of the Mount Doug Hill climb in his hometown of Victoria BC, Canada with a fast 4Min. 39sec which nobody has broken in 10 years. He was named VeloNews' Mountain Bike Man of the Year in 1999 and Canada's Male Cyclist of the Year in 2000. Green retired at the end of the 2005 racing season.
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| Full name | Roland Green | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 29, 1974 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | MTB XC & Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999-2000 | Team GT[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001-2004 | Trek-Volkswagen[2][3][4][5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Kona Les Gets Factory Team[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Major results
edit- 1996
- 1st
Cross-country, National Championships - 4th Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Tour of Hawaii Time Trial
- 3rd Tour of Malaysia Road Race
- 1997
- 2nd Cross-country, National Championships
- 1998
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 4th Overall, NORBA NCS
- 1999
- 1st Overall, NORBA NCS Short Track XC
- 1st Overall, NORBA Short Track Championship
- 3rd Overall, NORBA NCS
- 1st NORBA NCS #6, Mt. Snow, Vermont
- 2nd NORBA NCS #5, Deer Valley, Utah
- 3rd NORBA NCS #1, Snow Summit, California
- 2nd Tour of the Rockies, Colorado
- 1at Time Trial Stage, Tour of the Redlands
- 3rd
Team relay, UCI World Championships - 2000
- 2nd
Cross-country, UCI World Championships - 4th World Cup #1
- 1st Overall, Whistler International Classic Stage Race
- 2001
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Cross-country - 1st Team relay
- 1st
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st
Overall UCI World Cup
- 1st Houffalize
- 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 2nd Grouse Mountain
- 2nd Sarentino
- 1st Overall, NORBA NCS XC Series
- 1st NORBA NCS XC, Snowshoe, West Virginia
- 1st NORBA NCS XC, Mammoth, California
- 1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
- 2nd NORBA NCS XC, Big Bear, California
- 1st Overall, NORBA NC STXC Series
- 1st NORBA NCS STXC, Snowshoe, West Virginia
- 1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mammoth, California
- 1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
- 3rd NORBA NCS STXC, Big Bear, California
- 2nd Overall, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California
- 1st Cross Country, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California
- 3rd Redlands Road Race, California
- 2002
- 1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
- 1st
Cross-country, Commonwealth Games - UCI World Cup
- 2nd Madrid
- 5th Houffalize
- 5th Les Gets
- 1st Norba NCS XC, Troy, Wisconsin
- 1st Norba NCS XC, Durango, Colorado
- 1st Norba NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
- 1st Norba NCS XC, Showshoe, West Virginia
- 1st Norba NCS STXC, Troy, Wisconsin
- 1st Norba NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
- 3rd Norba NCS STXC, Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia
- 2003
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
- 1st NORBA NCS XC, Sand Point, Idaho
- 1st Overall, Sea Otter Classic
- 1st Stage 1, Sea Otter Classic
- 1st Stage 3, Sea Otter Classic
- 1st Stage 4, Sea Otter Classic
- 2nd Overall, Subaru Nova Desert Classic
- 1st Stage 2, Subaru Nova Desert Classic
- 1st Stage 3, Subaru Nova Desert Classic
- UCI World Cup
- 3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 3rd NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
- 3rd Stage 2, Redlands Classic
- 4th Stage 4, Dodge Tour de Georgia
References
edit- ^ "Blatter and Evans Repeat Wins at World Cup Round Seven". UCI.
- ^ "Dunlap Takes Cross Country Gold". MountainZone.com. 16 September 2001.
- ^ "An interview with Roland Green". Cycling News.
- ^ "Redlands 2003: Featuring Roland Green and the Trek All-Stars". VeloNews. 27 February 2003.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NORBA NCS Series #1 - E1". Cycling News. 14 March 2004.
- ^ "Rider Questionnaire - ROLAND GREEN". Kona Les Gets Factory Team. Archived from the original on 2007-08-23.
- ^ "MENS MOUNTAIN BIKE REACTIONS". British Cycling.