Silber Pro Cycling Team

Silber Pro Cycling Team was a Canadian UCI Continental[1] cycling team established in 2013. The team began at the club-level as Team Medique (2012) and Team Medique p/b Silber Investments (2013), before gaining a UCI Continental license from 2014-2018 as Silber Pro Cycling. The General Management of the team was overseen by Scott Toguri McFarlane, a Montreal-based cycling coach and owner of Toguri Training. Gord Fraser was hired on a part-time basis in 2014 before becoming the full-time Sports Director from 2015-2018.

Silber Pro Cycling Team
Team information
UCI codeSPC
RegisteredCanada
Founded2013
Disbanded2018
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
Team name history
2013
2014–2018
Medique p/b Silber Investments
Silber Pro Cycling Team

McFarlane initiated the team in 2012 to support his younger clients that were racing at the time, but Silber Pro Cycling became the best team in Canada and one of the best in North America for 5 years. Members of McFarlane & Fraser's teams went on to win National Championships, receive pro contracts and to represent their countries at the World Championships. In 2018, Arthur Silber stepped down as title sponsor, but the team was thrown a lifeline when Floyd Landis used proceeds from the settlement of the Lance Armstrong whistleblower lawsuit to give back to cycling and to support younger riders. Landis became title sponsor of Floyd's Pro Cycling in 2019.

Team roster
Rider Date of birth
 Stephen Bassett (USA) (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995
 Charles-etienne Chretien (CAN) (1999-06-19) 19 June 1999
 Pier-André Côté (CAN) (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997
 Alexander Cowan (CAN) (1996-11-19) 19 November 1996
 Adam Jamieson (CAN) (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996
 Emile Jean (CAN) (1993-10-21) 21 October 1993
Rider Date of birth
 Nicolas Masbourian (CAN) (1994-01-27) 27 January 1994
 Adam Roberge (CAN) (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997
 Ryan Roth (CAN) (1983-01-10) 10 January 1983
 Travis Samuel (CAN) (1994-10-18) 18 October 1994
 Marc-Antoine Soucy (CAN) (1995-04-22) 22 April 1995
 Graydon Staples (CAN) (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999
 Danick Vandale (CAN) (1995-12-07) 7 December 1995
 Nickolas Zukowsky (CAN) (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998

Major wins
2015
Stage 5 Tour de Beauce, Ben Perry
Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay, Matteo Dal-Cin
Stage 1, Matteo Dal-Cin
2016
 Canada Time Trial Championships, Ryan Roth
Winston Salem Cycling Classic, Ryan Roth
Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay, Ryan Roth
Stage 1, Ben Perry
Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic, Matteo Dal-Cin
Stage 1 Tour of Utah, Kris Dahl
2017
Stage 2 Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay, Émile Jean
Stage 3a (ITT) Tour de Beauce, Alec Cowan
2018
Stage 2 Joe Martin Stage Race, Alec Cowan
Stage 1 Tour de Beauce, Pier-André Coté

National champions
2015
Canada U23 Time Trial, Alex Cataford
Canada Road U23, Ben Perry
Canada Criterium, Ben Perry
2016
Canada Time Trial, Ryan Roth
Canada Road U23, Ben Perry
Canada Criterium, Ben Perry

References
  1. "Silber Pro Cycling 2015". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 4 August 2015.


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