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THIS WEEK IN PRO CYCLING
Charles Dionne
Key Stats
Palmares
1st, T-Mobile International (San Francisco Grand Prix) 2004
1st, San Francisco Grand Prix 2002
3 career stage wins, Redlands Cycling Classic
2 career stage wins, Tour de Beauce
9-time Canadian Champion (road, BMX, track)
2007
1st, Canadian criterium championship
1st, points competition, International Tour de Toona
1st overall, La Coupe de la Paix
2005
1st, Canadian criterium championship
1st, stage 5, Tour de Beauce
2nd, Pan Am Games road race
2004
1st, T-Mobile International
1st, stage 4, Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st, stage 5, Cascade Cycling Classic
1st, stage 3, Tour de Beauce
1st, stage 2, Tour of Wellington
1st, points competition, Sea Otter Cycling Classic
2nd, stage 3, Tour of Connecticut
2nd overall, Tour of Connecticut
3rd, stage 5, Tour de Georgia
3rd, stage 6, Cascade Cycling Classic
3rd overall, Sea Otter Classic
3rd overall, Tour of Wellington
2003
1st, CapTech Classic
1st, stage 4,Redlands Bicycle Classic
2002
1st, stage 4, Redlands Bicycle Classic
2nd, McLane Pacific Road Race
3rd, McLane Pacific Road Criterium
3rd, stage 5, Redlands Bicycle Classic
Biography
Dionne was the only rider to twice win the demanding San Francisco Grand Prix. His 2002 win was voted the “North American Ride of the Year” by the editors of VeloNews.