Roland Green

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**Roland Green**
Personal information
Full name	Roland Green
Date of birth	July 29, 1974 (1974-07-29) (age 33)
Country	Canada
Team information
Discipline	MTB XC & Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1999-2000 2001-2004 2005	Team GT^[1] Trek-Volkswagen^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Kona Les Gets Factory Team^[6]
Major wins
MTB XC World Champion (2001 & 2002)
Infobox last updated on:
18 December 2007

Roland Green (born on 29 July 1974 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian mountain bike and road bicycle racer. Green was a member of the Canadian Olympic Mountain Bike Racing Team for the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia. He was a commonwealth gold medalist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, winning the MTB event on the same day as his birthday.^[7] Green dominated the world cup circuit of cross-country mountain biking from 2000 until 2003, becoming world champion in both 2001 and 2002.

He was named VeloNews' Mountain Bike Man of the Year in 1999 and Canada's Male Cyclist of the Year in 2000. Green retired at the end of the 2005 racing season.

[edit] Palmarés

1996: 2nd Tour of Hawaii Time Trial; 4th World Championships, U-23 category; 1st Canadian National XC Championships; 3rd Tour of Malaysia Road Race

1997: 7th World Championships; 2nd Canadian National XC Championships

1998: 4th Overall, NORBA NCS; 1st Canadian National XC Championships

1999: 1st Overall, NORBA NCS Short Track XC; 1st Overall, NORBA Short Track Championship; 3rd Overall, NORBA NCS; 1st NORBA NCS #6, Mt. Snow, Vermont; 2nd NORBA NCS #5, Deer Valley, Utah; 3rd NORBA NCS #1, Snow Summit, California; 2nd Tour of the Rockies, Colorado; 1at Time Trial Stage, Tour of the Redlands; Bronze medal, World Team Relay Championships

2000: 2nd World Championships, Spain; 4th World Cup #1; 1st Overall, Whistler International Classic Stage Race

2001

1st

UCI World Championships, Vail, Colorado

1st Overall, UCI World Cup

1st UCI World Cup, Houffalize, Belgium

1st UCI World Cup, Mont St. Anne, Canada

2nd UCI World Cup, Grouse Mountain, British Columbia

2nd UCI World Cup, Sarentino, Italy

1st Overall, NORBA NCS XC Series

1st NORBA NCS XC, Snowshoe, West Virginia

1st NORBA NCS XC, Mammoth, California

1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont

2nd NORBA NCS XC, Big Bear, California

1st Overall, NORBA NC STXC Series

1st NORBA NCS STXC, Snowshoe, West Virginia

1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mammoth, California

1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont

3rd NORBA NCS STXC, Big Bear, California

1st

Canadian National Championships

1st UCI World Cup Team Relay, Vail, Colorado

2nd Overall, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California

1st Cross Country, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California

3rd Redlands Road Race, California

2002: 1st UCI World Championships, Kuprun, Austria; 1st Commonwealth Games, MTB Race, Manchester, England; 2nd Cross-Country World Cup, Madrid, Spain; 5th Cross-Country World Cup, Houffalize, Belgium; 5th Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Les Gets, France; 1st Norba NCS XC, Troy, Wisconsin; 1st Norba NCS XC, Durango, Colorado; 1st Norba NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont; 1st Norba NCS XC, Showshoe, West Virginia; 1st Norba NCS STXC, Troy, Wisconsin; 1st Norba NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont; 3rd Norba NCS STXC, Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia