Silber Pro Cycling Team

Silber Pro Cycling Team

Team information
UCI code	SPC
Registered	Canada
Founded	2013
Disbanded	2018
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Team name history
2013 2014–2018	Medique p/b Silber Investments 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 Direction was overseen by Scott Toguri McFarlane, a Montreal-based cycling coach and owner of Toguri Training. The Team Management and logistic was overseen by Claudine Gilbert. Gord Fraser was hired on a part-time basis in 2014 before becoming the full-time Sports Director from 2015-2018.

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 (age 29)  Charles-etienne Chretien (CAN) (1999-06-19) 19 June 1999 (age 25)  Pier-André Côté (CAN) (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27)  Alexander Cowan (CAN) (1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 28)  Adam Jamieson (CAN) (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 28)  Emile Jean (CAN) (1993-10-21) 21 October 1993 (age 31)

Rider Date of birth  Nicolas Masbourian (CAN) (1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 30)  Adam Roberge (CAN) (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27)  Ryan Roth (CAN) (1983-01-10) 10 January 1983 (age 41)  Travis Samuel (CAN) (1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 30)  Marc-Antoine Soucy (CAN) (1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 (age 29)  Graydon Staples (CAN) (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999 (age 25)  Danick Vandale (CAN) (1995-12-07) 7 December 1995 (age 29)  Nickolas Zukowsky (CAN) (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26)

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.