![]() ![]() He has the ability, for sure, to win something big. “It’s really nice to have Steve back with me,” said Houle, who also welcomes Premier Tech’s increased involvement in the team.īauer is also happy to be back with Houle Prior to that, he was part of Canada’s SpiderTech team led by Bauer. Houle has raced on the UCI WorldTour since 2013, with AG2R La Mondiale (2013-17) before joining Astana in 2018. Former Canadian star rider Steve Bauer is now Astana’s sporting director. Houle’s Astana Pro Team became Astana Premier Tech in 2021 with Canada’s Premier Tech taking a title sponsorship role. ” I think he’s slowly establishing the same kind of reputation that a guy like (former Canadian rider) Svein Tuft had in the WorldTour - underrated, incredibly strong and a guy every team would want to have on their team,” he added. He’s certainly one of the reasons why a guy like Ben Perry, another Canadian (with Astana) is in the WorldTour now. “He’s one of the key player behind Astana becoming a partially Canadian team. “Hugo is hugely influential in the Canadian cycling scene,” he said. Woods says Houle has already made a difference. They were not especially happy that I spoke out, but I want things to move.” “I spoke to a lot of people there,” he said of Cycling Canada. Houle is now the road athlete representative on the athletes committee for Cycling Canada and hopes to help make improvements. “And I’m completely independent because I race in the WorldTour,” he added. Houle says he can speak out because he already has his Olympic berth “so they cannot touch that.” But still it costs nothing to give respect to the road cyclists and there’s a lot of road cyclists in Canada.” ![]() I understand there’s a financial issue behind it, the way the sport is financed and promoted. “My point is just I want the road race to be considered as much as the track. ![]() He says his protest was prompted by a Cycling Canada release that all but ignored road cycling. His concern is more about what can be done to provide under-23 and junior riders the kind of support they need to improve. Houle says he was not complaining for himself or his teammates, noting they have been helped by private sources like Montreal-born Sylvan Adam and Paulo Saldanha, the co-owner and performance manager, respectively, of Israel Start-Up Nation. ![]()
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