Gervais Rioux

Gervais Rioux
Personal information
Full name	Gervais Rioux
Born	November 17, 1960 (age 64); Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada
Team information
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider (retired); Businessman
Professional teams
1983–1986	Bike Sport
1986	Bloor Cycle
1987–1988	Ten Speed Drive
1989–1990	Evian-Miko

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.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Gervais Rioux was chosen athlete of the decade of the 1980s for the region of Eastern Quebec.
In November 2008, he was inducted into the Quebec Cycling Hall of Fame.^[1]

Palmarès

1977

27th place the Canada Games

1978

Winner of the unique selection event for the Junior World Road Championships

Winner of the Tour du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Junior

1979

Winner of the Tour du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Junior

1982

21st place at the Commonwealth Games

76th place at the World Road Championships

1983

Winner of the Tour of Luxembourg

Grand Prix de Vimy

27th position at the World Road Championships

3rd in Paris-Reims

1985

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

1986

19th place at the Commonwealth Games

Winner of the Grand Prix Marc Blouin

76th position at the World Road Championships

1987

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

1988

73rd in the Olympic Games in Seoul^[a]

Winner of the Grand Prix de Beauce

Winner of the Canada Cup

1989

Winner of the Tour du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

1990

2nd place in the Tour of Martinique

In the United States he won the Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne and South Miami Classic races.^[when?]

Professional Cycling Teams

Bike Sport (1983-1986)
Bloor Cycle (1986)
Ten Speed Drive (1987-1988)
Evian-Miko (1989-1990)^[1]

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.

Notes

^ Gervais Rioux rode more than 100 km in the race in a breakaway group of six riders: Swede Michel Lafis, Czechoslovak Loubos Lom, Algerian Sebti Benzine, Polish Zdzislaw Wrona, and South Korean Lee Jin-Ok.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Fédération Québécoise des Sports Cyclistes". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gervais Rioux Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

Gervais Rioux at Radsportseiten.net

[3] Gervais Rioux rode more than 100 km in the race in a breakaway group of six riders: Swede Michel Lafis, Czechoslovak Loubos Lom, Algerian Sebti Benzine, Polish Zdzislaw Wrona, and South Korean Lee Jin-Ok.

[fqsc.net-1] "Fédération Québécoise des Sports Cyclistes". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-03-27.

[SportsRef-2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gervais Rioux Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

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