Eat-Clean Diet® Women’s Cycling Team Debuts at International UCI Women’s Race

Eat-Clean Diet® Women’s Cycling Team Debuts at International UCI Women’s Race

June 11, 2010 - Leigh Hargrove of The Eat-Clean Diet® Women’s Cycling Team returned to international racing today at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau. Leigh got her start in bike racing in 1991 when her Dad took her to a time trial. She was hooked! Her love for cycling led her to climb up the ladder to becoming one of the best junior cyclists in Canada by 1995 where she won the national road title and placed 14 in the world. As a senior rider she continued to race for the national team until 1997.

After thirteen years away from the sport, Leigh has returned and is still as passionate as ever. She founded the brand new Eat-Clean Diet® Women’s Cycling Team to provide a supportive environment for female competitive cyclists to assist them in taking their riding and racing to the next level, and the UCI (Union Cycliste International) race in Gatineau is the perfect race to do this.

Every race Leigh has competed in this season has her getting closer to the elite rider that she once was, and being on the same start ramp as some of the World’s best female racers today was motivating and encouraging, and helped propel her to a solid finish, completing the 17.7 km time trial in 30:45.

Tomorrow Leigh will be joined in the green Eat-Clean Diet® jerseys by long time professional, national champion, and former silver world medalist in the ITT, Anne Samplonius. Former professional triathlete and long distance national champion Cynthia Wilson, and first year senior Krista Ruby who competed at last year’s track World Championships.