Gervais Rioux | |
Fullname: | Gervais Rioux |
Birth Date: | 1960 11, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada |
Discipline: | Road & Track |
Role: | Rider (retired) Businessman |
Proyears1: | 1983–1986 |
Proteam1: | Bike Sport |
Proyears2: | 1986 |
Proteam2: | Bloor Cycle |
Proyears3: | 1987–1988 |
Proteam3: | Ten Speed Drive |
Proyears4: | 1989–1990 |
Proteam4: | Evian-Miko[1] |
Gervais Rioux (born 17 November 1960) is a Canadian former road bicycle racer. He rode at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] Rioux is the owner of Argon 18.
From 1981 to 1990, Gervais Rioux represented Canada at major international events including the Commonwealth Games in 1982 and 1986 and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Member of the Canadian Team throughout his senior career, Gervais Rioux took part in all the World Road Championships between 1981 and 1990. In all, he has accumulated more than 150 wins in some 1500 races and 18 years.
27th place the Canada Games
Winner of the Tour du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Junior
Winner of the Tour du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Junior
21st place at the Commonwealth Games
76th place at the World Road Championships
Winner of the Tour of Luxembourg
Grand Prix de Vimy
27th position at the World Road Championships
3rd in Paris-Reims
Winner of the Canadian Road Title
Winner of the Grand Prix Marc Blouin
Winner of two stages in the Mi-Août Bretonne
Grand Prix Toulon
33rd place at the World Road Championships
19th place at the Commonwealth Games
Winner of the Grand Prix Marc Blouin
76th position at the World Road Championships
Winner of the Canadian Road Title
Winner of the Grand Prix Val Bélair
Winner of the Nevada City Classic (second Canadian to ever win this event)
27th place at the World Championships
73rd in the Olympic Games in Seoul
Winner of the Grand Prix de Beauce
Winner of the Canada Cup
Winner of the Tour du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
2nd place in the Tour of Martinique
In the United States he won the Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne and South Miami Classic races.
Since 1989 he is the owner of Cycles Gervais Rioux’s bike shop. Along with his brother Martin Rioux, he founded the bicycle manufacturing company Argon 18, which sells bikes in over 70 countries.