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Lyne, October 1, 2006
photo : Marco Quesada, on Cyclingnews
| Lyne Bessette |
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Lyne, October 1, 2006
photo : Marco Quesada, on Cyclingnews
This site will allow you to recall greats moments of Lyne Bessette's carreer and follow her throughout
2008
« (...) what was a completely unexpected surprise was seeing retired cycling great Lyne Bessette warming up for the women’s race in her Cyclocrossworld.com kit. Bessette was lured out of retirement for the weekend by promoter Myles Romanow.
“A long time ago, actually at the beginning of ‘cross season, Myles called me and asked if I’d come out of retirement and do his race,” she said. “And I said ‘sure’ because he supports the women’s racers as much as he does the men’s. I think that’s great and that’s why I’m here today.”
Bessette said there was another reason, too. Romanow, who owns the acclaimed Wild Thyme restaurant with his wife Delaney, tempted the Canadian with cooking lessons to come out of retirement.
“I love to cook, I’ve always loved to cook,” Bessette said. “I asked Myles if I could get into the kitchen for, you know, a couple of hours and he accepted, so that was part of the deal.” »
Velonews, November 22
2007
- Winner of Paris-Ancaster, April 22
- Lyne was training with the guys at the Grand Prix de Brossard, May 6
- Lyne was at the Grand Prix de Charlevoix, June 2-3
- Winner of the Time Trial at the Défi Gaston Langlois, June 23
- second at the Time Trial at the Canadian Road Championships, July 9
- Lyne was at the International Tour de Toona, July 23-29
- Lyne was at the Quebec Track Championships, September 1-2
- Lyne was at the Canadian Track Championships, September 6-9
- Winner of the Excel Sports Cross Vegas, September 26
- 2nd at the Whitmore's Landscaping Super Cross, October 6
- 2nd at the Whitmore's Landscaping Super Cross #2, October 7
- Winner of the Grand Prix of Gloucester #1, October 13
- Winner of the Grand Prix of Gloucester #2, October 14
- 2nd at the British Columbia Cyclo-cross Provincial Championship, Kamloops, October 20
- 3rd at the Cyclocross Canadian Championships, Kamloops, October 21
- 5th at the Derby City Cup #1, Louisville, Kentucky, October 27
- 9th at the Derby City Cup #2, Louisville, Kentucky, October 28
- winner of the Chainbiter 9.0 in Farmington, Connecticut, November 3
- winner of the Cycle-Smart in Northampton, Massachusetts, November 4
- 2nd at the Mercer Cup run in Trenton, New Jersey, November 17
- 2e at the Mercer Cup USGP#4, Trenton, New Jersey, November 18
- 12e at World Cup#4, Koksijde, Belgium, November 24
- 4th at US Grand Prix of Cyclocross #5, Portland, Oregon, December 1
- winner of the Verge New England Championship cyclo-cross #7, December 9
2006, once again Canadian and American Cyclocross Champion.
2005, Canadian Cyclocross Champion.
2004, Canadian Road Champion.
In 2003 Lyne was Canadian Time Trial National Champion. And she also won at the Wachovia Liberty Classic, at the Cascade Cycling Classic and at the Tour de ‘Toona.
In 2002 Lyne won the Sea Otter, was second at La Flèche Wallonne, got bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games and at the Canadian Road Nationals before becoming for the second time in a row the Canadian cyclocross champion.
In 2001, Lyne, 26, was in her third year with the Saturn Cycling Team. That was her best year yet in her career, winning the Tour de l'Aude, the Hewlett-Packard Classic, the Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic (for a third year in a row), winning at Vasilia, Merced, Arlington and the Canadian Championships. She was named Canadian Cyclist of the Year, North American Cyclist of the Year and Cyclo-Cross Woman of the Year in North America for Year 2001.
Year 2000 was packed with great races, starting in USA, moving to France for Le Tour de l'Aude, coming to Montreal for the World Cup on Mount Royal, then going back to USA for the Fitchburg-Longsjo and the Tour de 'Toona, back here for the Grand Prix féminin international du Québec, then the Killington Stage Race, the Olympic Games, etc. until the World Championships in France in October.
All the results for 1999 when she won the Redlands Classic, the Tour of Willamette, the Tour de l'aude, the Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic, etc. The years before, including 1998 when she won a gold medal Commonwealth Games.
Page updated on December 16, 2008 by SVP
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