Svein Tuft

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Svein Tuft (born May 9, 1977 in Langley, British Columbia) is a Canadian road bicycle racer. Tuft first raced in 1999, at the British Columbia Provincial Championships. Strong results landed him a place on the Broadmark Capital team, followed by short stints on the Mercury and Prime Alliance teams. Tuft currently races for the Symmetrics cycling team.

Tuft is the reigning Canadian National Time Trial Champion, having secured the title for the third consecutive year. Tuft captured the title three years ago from his current teammate and three time Canadian Olympian Eric Wohlberg. Wohlberg held the title for eight consecutive years prior to Tuft.

[edit] Trivia

  • Tuft lives in a trailer behind Symmetrics Cycling Team owner Kevin Cunningham's house near Langley BC. In the adjacent trailer is Tuft's teammate Christian Meier. The team refers to the two as the trailer park boys.
  • In February 2007, Tuft won the Vuelta a Cuba, his first UCI stage race overall victory.

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