Olympic champion Clara Hughes holds all the Olympic medals she has won in her career following a press conference Tuesday, April 13, 2010. (Marcel Cretain/QMI Agency)
Clara Hughes of Canada cycles during a breakaway at the women's road race women elite event at the UCI World cycling championships in Copenhagen September 24, 2011. (Denis Balibouse/REUTERS)
Clara Hughes of Canada starts the time trial women's elite event at the UCI World cycling championships in Copenhagen September 20, 2011. (Denis Balibouse/REUTERS)
Canada's Tara Whitten competes in the women's individual pursuit during cycling at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 8 ,2010. Whitten won the bronze medal. (Andy Clark/REUTERS)
Tara Whitten of Canada cycles to finish fourth at the time trial women's elite event at the UCI World cycling championships in Copenhagen September 20, 2011. (Denis Balibouse/REUTERS)
Tara Whitten from Canada reacts on the podium during the award ceremony for the Individual Pursuit of the Women's Omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn March 27, 2011. (Jerry Lampen/REUTERS)
Tara Whitten of Canada reacts after the Individual Pursuit of the Women's Omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn March 27, 2011. (Jerry Lampen/REUTERS)
Tara Whitten talks to media after winning at the 2010 National Road Cycling Championships at Hawrelak Park. (Doreen Thunder/QMI Agency)
Team Canada Tara Whitten, Jasmin Glaesser and Gillian Carleton compete to win bronze in the Women's Team Pursuit Final at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne April 5, 2012. (Daniel Munoz/REUTERS)
Canada's Tara Whitten, Gillian Carleton and Jasmin Glaesser cycle during the Women's Team Pursuit Final against Canada at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, a test event for the London 2012 Olympic Games, at the Velodrome in the Olympic Park in London on February 17, 2012. Canada lost to Great Britain won the gold medal winning in a world-record time of 3:18:148. (Adrian Dennis/AFP)
Catharine Pendrel from Canada celebrates with her gold medal after wining the women's cross country event at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Champery, September 3, 2011. (Valentin Flauraud/REUTERS)
Catharine Pendrel from Canada celebrates on the finish line after wining the women's cross country event at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Champery, September 3, 2011. (Valentin Flauraud/REUTERS)
Catharine Pendrel from Canada cycles to win the women's cross country event at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Champery, September 3, 2011. (Valentin Flauraud/REUTERS)
Canada's Catharine Pendrel leads in the Women's Cross Country Mountain Biking test event at Hadleigh Farm, east of London July 31, 2011. (Eddie Keogh/REUTERS)
Canada's Catharine Pendrel competes in the Women's Cross Country Mountain Biking test event at Hadleigh Farm, east of London July 31, 2011. Mountain biking is one of the Olympic Games test events. (Eddie Keogh/REUTERS)
Canada's Catharine Pendrel and Marie-Helene Premont speaks after the women's cross country at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mount Ste-Anne, Beaupre, September 4, 2010. (Mathieu Belanger/REUTERS)
Catharine Pendrel, Geoff Kabush and Marie-Helene Premont. (Stevens LeBlanc/QMI Agency)
Marie-Helene Premont. (Simon Clark/QMI Agency)
Canada's Laura Brown celebrates her team's gold medal win in the women's team pursuit cycling track competition against Cuba at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 18, 2011. (Jose Miguel Gomez/REUTERS)
Laura Brown of Canada competes to win the bronze medal in the women's individual time trial competition at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 16, 2011. (Jose Miguel Gomez/REUTERS)
Laura Brown of Canada celebrates at the podium her bronze medal in the women's individual time trial competition at at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 16, 2011. (Jose Miguel Gomez/REUTERS)
Amanda Sin of Canada crosses the finish line to win the bronze medal in the mountain bike cycling competition at the Pan American Games in Tapalpa October 15, 2011. (Jose Miguel Gomez/REUTERS)
Amanda Sin rides uphill as Ha Ling Peak stands in the background as she rides to a third place finish in the women's elite race at the National Mountain Bike Championships at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Saturday. (Pam Doyle/QMI Agency)
Amanda Sin of Canada rides to win the bronze medal in the mountain bike cycling competition at the Pan American Games in Tapalpa October 15, 2011. The games run through October 30. (Jose Miguel Gomez/REUTERS)
Canada's Stephanie Roorda reaches out to take her national flag to celebrate with teammate Jasmin Glaesser their gold medal in the women's team pursuit cycling track competition against Cuba at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 18, 2011. (Jose Miguel Gomez/REUTERS)
Canada's Stephanie Roorda celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Women's Team Pursuit cycling competition at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 18, 2011. (Alejandro Acosta/REUTERS)
Canada's Stephanie Roorda, Jasmin Glaesser and Laura Brown compete to win the women's team pursuit cycling track final against Cuba at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 18, 2011. (Jose Miguel Gomez/REUTERS)
Canada's Stephanie Roorda, Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser pose with their gold medals in the women's pursuit cycling track competition at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, October 18, 2011. (Alejandro Acosta/REUTERS)
Geoff Kabush of Mont-Sainte-Anne in action July 2, 2011 at the World Cross Country Cup. (Annie T. Roussel/QMI Agency)
Geoff Kabush of Canada in action at the World Dirt Bike Championship at Velo Mountain, Mont-Saint-Anne, September 3, 2010. (Simon Clark/QMI Agency)
Zach Bell of Canada poses with his medal after the men's omnium event at the 2012 Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne, on April 6, 2012. (William West/AFP)
Canada's Zach Bell poses with his bronze medal after coming in third in the men's scratch race during the cycling event at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 8 ,2010. (Andy Clark/REUTERS)
Canada's Zach Bell reacts while heading into finish behind Australia' Cameron Meyer and Michael Freiberg during men's scratch cycling at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 8, 2010. Cameron placed first while Freiberg was silver and Bell bronze. (Andy Clark/REUTERS)
Zach Bell of Canada races in the Men's Individual Pursuit Omnium at the 2012 Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne on April 6, 2012. (Mark Gunter/AFP)
Glenn O'Shea of Australia poses with his gold medal after winning the men's omnium event with silver medallist Zach Bell of Canada and bronze medallist Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark at the 2012 Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne, on April 6, 2012. (William West/AFP)
India's Sombir and Canada's Zachary Bell race to the finish line during the men's 40km individual cycling time trial along the Noida Expressway at the Commonwealth Games, outside Delhi October 13, 2010. (Suzanne Plunkett/REUTERS)
Cyclist Monique Sullivan of Canada waves to spectators gathered to watch the final of the women's 500-metre Time Trial cycle event during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 5, 2010. (Suzanne Plunkett/REUTERS)
Calgary's Monique Sullivan and Edmonton's Tara Whitten celebrate their team sprint cycling bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Dehli on Wednesday. Whitten also captured bronze in the 25-km points race.
Men's elite winner Max Plaxton, of Victoria, BC hurtles down the Laundry Chutes during Canadian Mountain Bike Championships, July 16, 2011. (Jesse Winter/QMI Agency)
Derek Zandstra flies over the stadium bridge on his way to 3rd place at Canadian Mountain Bike Nationals, July 16, 2011. (Jesse Winter/QMI Agency)
Sabrina Millman, BMX contender.(Annie T. Roussel/QMI Agency)
BMX racer Tory Nyhaug. (Annie T. Roussel/QMI Agency)