The federation has announced the elite men’s selection pool from which they can draw a team of four for the road race and two for the individual time trial.
In the elite women's category, Canada can race a team of six in the road race and two in the individual time trial.
Hesjedal made history earlier this year, becoming the first Canadian to win a grand tour. 2012 Canadian Road Race Champion Ryan Roth and 2012 Canadian Time Trial Champion Svein Tuft have also been selected.
Elite men - road race long list: Michael Barry (Team Sky Pro Cycling) Guillaume Boivin (Team SpiderTech p/b C10) Marsh Cooper (Optum-Kelly Benefits) Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) Bruno Langlois (Garneau-Québécor) Christian Meier (Origa-GreenEdge) Francois Parisien (Team SpiderTech p/b C10) Dominique Rollin (Française-Des-Jeux) Ryan Roth (Team SpiderTech p/b C10) Sebastien Salas (Optum-Kelly Benefits) Svein Tuft (Origa-GreenEdge) David Veilleux (Team EuropCar)
Elite men - individual time trial long list: Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) Christian Meier (Origa-GreenEdge) Svein Tuft (Origa-GreenEdge)
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