Gervais Rioux Explained

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.

Professional Cycling career

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.

Honours

Palmarès

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.

Professional Cycling Teams

Bike shop and company

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fédération Québécoise des Sports Cyclistes . 2015-03-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015217/http://www.fqsc.net/sites/default/files/TDLR/GRioux2008.htm . 2015-09-24 .
  2. Gervais Rioux Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105629/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/gervais-rioux-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 5 July 2016.