Derek Gee, Alison Jackson pilot Canadian road teams at Glasgow Worlds

HOOGERHEIDE NETHERLANDS FEBRUARY 04 Isabella Holmgren of Canada celebrates at finish line as gold medal during the 74th World Championships CycloCross 2023 Womens Junior CXWorldCup Hoogerheide2023 on February 04 2023 in Hoogerheide Netherlands Photo by David StockmanGetty Images

Isabella Holmgren became Canada’s first junior cyclocross world champion in February 2023 (Image credit: David StockmanGetty Images)

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Paris-Roubaix winner Alison Jackson (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) and Giro d’Italia sensation Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) will lead Team Canada at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships in Glasgow. Rosters for elite women and elite men each feature seven riders.

Pulling double duty on the road and on the track will be Maggie Coles-Lyster (Israel-Premier Tech Roland) and Sarah Van Dam (DNA Pro Cycling), while 2023 junior cyclocross World Champion Isabella Holmgren goes for junior titles on the road and mountain bike cross-country.

The two-time trial national champion Paula Findlay makes her Worlds debut in cycling, having represented Canada in triathlon at two Olympic Games. Olivia Baril (UAE Team ADQ) will compete in the time trial and road race, while Sara Poidevin (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) and Simone Boilard (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93) will be part of the elite women’s road race. Van Dam qualifies for the under-23 classification in the women’s elite road race.

With four runner-up finishes at this year’s Giro, Gee finished the Grand Tour with the 'Super Fighting Spirit' prize for his numerous attacks. He will compete in the road and time trial events in Glasgow and will be joined in both by newly-crowned road champion Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5 Pro Cycling). Gee will also serve as a traveling alternative rider for the men on the track, in pursuit events.

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).