Roland Green (cyclist)

About Roland Green (cyclist)

Roland Green is a Canadian mountain bike and road bicycle racer. Green was a member of the Canadian Olympic Mountain Bike Racing Team for the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia.

Career Success:

He was a commonwealth gold medalist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, winning the MTB event on the same day as his birthday.Green dominated the world cup circuit of cross-country mountain biking from 2000 until 2003, becoming world champion in both 2001 and 2002. Roland also is the record holder of the Mount Doug Hill climb in his hometown of Victoria BC, Canada with a fast 4Min. 39sec which nobody has broken in 10 years. He was named VeloNews' Mountain Bike Man of the Year in 1999 and Canada's Male Cyclist of the Year in 2000. 

Roland Green (cyclist) Achievements

Prize List:

1996

• 2nd Tour of Hawaii Time Trial
  
• 4th World Championships, U-23 category
  
• 1st Canadian National XC Championships
  
• 3rd Tour of Malaysia Road Race
  

1997

• 7th World Championships
  
• 2nd Canadian National XC Championships
  

1998

• 4th Overall, NORBA NCS
  
• 1st Canadian National XC Championships
  

1999

• 1st Overall, NORBA NCS Short Track XC
  
• 1st Overall, NORBA Short Track Championship
  
• 3rd Overall, NORBA NCS
  
• 1st NORBA NCS #6, Mt. Snow, Vermont
  
• 2nd NORBA NCS #5, Deer Valley, Utah
  
• 3rd NORBA NCS #1, Snow Summit, California
  
• 2nd Tour of the Rockies, Colorado
  
• 1at Time Trial Stage, Tour of the Redlands
  
• Bronze medal, World Team Relay Championships
  

2000

• 2nd World Championships, Spain
  
• 4th World Cup #1
  
• 1st Overall, Whistler International Classic Stage Race
  

2001

• 1st UCI World Championships, Vail, Colorado
  
• 1st Overall, UCI World Cup
  
• 1st UCI World Cup, Houffalize, Belgium
  
• 1st UCI World Cup, Mont St. Anne,
  
• 2nd UCI World Cup, Grouse Mountain, British Columbia
  
• 2nd UCI World Cup, Sarentino, Italy
  
• 1st Overall, NORBA NCS XC Series
  
• 1st NORBA NCS XC, Snowshoe, West Virginia
  
• 1st NORBA NCS XC, Mammoth, California
  
• 1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
  
• 2nd NORBA NCS XC, Big Bear, California
  
• 1st Overall, NORBA NC STXC Series
  
• 1st NORBA NCS STXC, Snowshoe, West Virginia
  
• 1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mammoth, California
  
• 1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
  
• 3rd NORBA NCS STXC, Big Bear, California
  
• 1st Canadian National Championships
  
• 1st UCI World Cup Team Relay, Vail, Colorado
  
• 2nd Overall, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California
  
• 1st Cross Country, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California
  
• 3rd Redlands Road Race, California
  

2002

• 1st UCI World Championships, Kuprun, Austria
  
• 1st  Commonwealth Games, MTB Race, Manchester, England
  
• 2nd Cross-Country World Cup, Madrid, Spain
  
• 5th Cross-Country World Cup, Houffalize, Belgium
  
• 5th Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Les Gets, France
  
• 1st Norba NCS XC, Troy, Wisconsin
  
• 1st Norba NCS XC, Durango, Colorado
  
• 1st Norba NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
  
• 1st Norba NCS XC, Showshoe, West Virginia
  
• 1st Norba NCS STXC, Troy, Wisconsin
  
• 1st Norba NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
  
• 3rd Norba NCS STXC, Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia
  

2003

• 1st Canadian National MTB Championships
  
• 1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
  
• 1st NORBA NCS XC, Sand Point, Idaho
  
• 1st Overall, Sea Otter Classic
  
• 1st Stage 1, Sea Otter Classic
  
• 1st Stage 3, Sea Otter Classic
  
• 1st Stage 4, Sea Otter Classic
  
• 2nd Overall, Subaru Nova Desert Classic
  
• 1st Stage 2, Subaru Nova Desert Classic
  
• 1st Stage 3, Subaru Nova Desert Classic
  
• 3rd World Cup #3, Mont-Sainte-Anne,
  
• 3rd NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
  
• 3rd Stage 2, Redlands Classic
  
• 4th Stage 4, Dodge Tour de Georgia