Roland Green (born 29 July 1974 in

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and

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. Green was a member of the Canadian Olympic Mountain Bike Racing Team for the

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, held in

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. He was a Commonwealth gold medalist at the

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, winning the MTB event on the same day as his birthday. Green dominated the world cup circuit of cross-country mountain biking from 2000 until 2003, becoming world champion in both 2001 and 2002. Roland also is the record holder of the Mount Doug Hill climb in his hometown of Victoria BC, Canada with a fast 4Min. 39sec which nobody has broken in 10 years. 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.

Major results

;1996 : 1st MaillotCan

Cross-country, National Championships : 4th Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships :2nd Tour of Hawaii Time Trial :3rd Tour of Malaysia Road Race ;1997 : 2nd Cross-country, National Championships ;1998 : 1st MaillotCan

Cross-country, National Championships :4th Overall, NORBA NCS ;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 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Team relay,

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;2000 : 2nd Silver medal uci

Cross-country,

:4th World Cup #1 :1st Overall, Whistler International Classic Stage Race ;2001 :

::1st Cross-country ::1st Team relay : 1st MaillotCan

Cross-country, National Championships : 1st Overall UCI World Cup ::1st

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::1st

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::2nd

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::2nd Sarentino :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 :2nd Overall, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California ::1st Cross Country, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California :3rd Redlands Road Race, California ;2002 : 1st Cross-country,

: 1st

Cross-country,

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: UCI World Cup ::2nd

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::5th

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: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 ;2003 : 1st MaillotCan

Cross-country, National Championships :1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont :1st NORBA NCS XC, Sand Point, Idaho :1st Overall, Sea Otter Classic ::1st Stage 1, Sea Otter Classic ::1st Stage 3, Sea Otter Classic ::1st Stage 4, Sea Otter Classic :2nd Overall, Subaru Nova Desert Classic ::1st Stage 2, Subaru Nova Desert Classic ::1st Stage 3, Subaru Nova Desert Classic : UCI World Cup ::3rd

:3rd NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont :3rd Stage 2, Redlands Classic :4th Stage 4, Dodge Tour de Georgia

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20100225093131/http://www.victoria-cycling.com/MountDougHillClimb.html

External links

An interview with Roland Green after retirement
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Roland 1974 births Living people Canadian male cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers Cyclists from Victoria, British Columbia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Canada UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (men) Canadian mountain bikers Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling