Jeremy’s Roubaix has become a staple on the B.C. road cycling scene.
Based in the City of Pitt Meadows, it started out 13 years ago as the Harris Roubaix, and is now named Jeremy’s Roubaix after B.C. cycling legend Jeremy Storie.
The race is based on the spring classic bike race Paris Roubaix, substituting cobble stone roads for gravel dike paths.
Registration is now open for Jeremy’s Roubaix, Hell North of the Fraser road race, which will take place on April 10.
Jeremy Storie was a fixture in B.C. and Canadian road and track cycling. He mentored and coached many of Canada’s top cyclists, including Steph Roorda, Jasmine Glasser and Laura Brown of Canada’s national women’s track endurance team.
His work in cycling also included a strong dedication to developing youth cycling and to challenge the system for gender equity.
Jeremy died suddenly in February 2013.
Proceeds from this race will go to help one of his former athletes, 17-year-old Maggie Coles-Lyster of Maple Ridge, to continue to pursue her cycling dreams and to attend World Championship races in 2016.
Jeremy’s Roubaix is the first race in the Cycling B.C. Premier Road series.
• For full series information, go to www.cyclingbc.net.
For more information, contact Barry Luyster by email at localrideracing@gmail.com.
Early registration pricing ends on March 15. To register and for info see www.localride.ca.