WOODS Michael

Canada
Cycling Road
12 Oct 1986
34
Male
1.75/5'8''
EAST YORK, ON
 
Canada
ANDORRA

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CRD Cycling Road Men's Road Race 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Road Race
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationRoad Race
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA55

UCI Road World Championships
YearLocationRoad Race
2020Imola, ITA12
2019Harrogate, GBRDNF
2018Innsbruck, AUT3
2015Richmond, VA, USA94
2014Ponferrada, ESPDNF

Tour de France
RankEventYearLocation
32Men's Individual2019Paris, FRA

Giro d'Italia
RankEventYearLocation
19Men's Individual2018Rome, ITA
38Men's Individual2017Milan, ITA

Vuelta a Espanya
RankEventYearLocation
7Men's Individual2017Madrid, ESP
34Men's Individual2020Madrid, ESP
34Men's Individual2018Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
22018Road RaceLiege - Bastogne - LiegeAns, BEL
32020Road RaceFleche WallonneHuy, BEL
42021Road RaceFleche WallonneHuy, BEL
52021Men's IndividualTour de SuisseAndermatt, SUI
52021Men's IndividualTour de RomandieFribourg, SUI
52021Road RaceLiege - Bastogne - LiegeLiege, BEL
52019Road RaceIl LombardiaComo, ITA
52019Road RaceLiege - Bastogne - LiegeLiege, BEL
52016Men's IndividualTour Down UnderAdelaide, SA, AUS
62019Men's IndividualVolta a CatalunyaMontjuic, ESP


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit
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Rusty, Woodsy (cyclingnews.com, 02 May 2016; rustywoodscycling.com, 05 Feb 2016)
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Athlete
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English - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Wife Elly, one daughter
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English
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Israel Start-Up Nation [Israel] since 2021
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He is a former professional middle distance runner and has completed a sub four-minute mile. He retired from the sport in 2011 after battling a recurring stress fracture to the navicular bone in his left foot. (runningmagazine.ca, 02 Jul 2016; rustywoodscycling.com, 05 Feb 2016)
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Turned professional in 2013
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He abandoned the 2021 Tour of the Basque Country in Spain after crashing on stage three. He sustained a badly bruised left hand and shoulder in the accident. (cyclingweekly.com, 08 Apr 2021)

He broke the femur bone in his leg during stage five of the 2020 Paris-Nice in France. He was unable to train for two months. (velonews.com, 02 Jun 2020)

He missed the 2016 Giro d'Italia after breaking three bones in his hand in a crash during the 2016 Liege-Bastogne-Liege race in Belgium. (cyclingnews.com, 29 Apr 2016)

A recurring stress fracture in the navicular bone in his left foot in 2011 ended his athletics career. (rustywoodscycling.com, 05 Feb 2016)
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He began cycling after injury ended his athletics career in 2011. (rustywoodscycling.com, 05 Feb 2016)
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A foot injury put an end to his career as a middle distance runner, so he began cycling as a way of maintaining his fitness. He got involved in local group rides and competitions, where he realised he had potential in the sport. He then decided he would have another go at being a professional athlete following encouragement from coach Paulo Saldanha. "I first met Paulo in 2013, and he immediately took me under his wing. He pushed me to quit my jobs [working as a bank teller and at a bike shop], and he told me I had the ability to be a pro." (cyclingweekly.com, 12 Aug 2020; rustywoodscycling.com, 05 Feb 2016)
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Coach Paulo Saldanha, cycling team owner Sylvan Adams. (cyclingweekly.com, 12 Aug 2020)

General Interest

Type of rider
Climber (israelcyclingacademy.com, 12 Aug 2020)

General
NEW ATTITUDE
He began cycling at age 25, having previously hoped to represent Canada in athletics at the Olympic Games. Injury problems put an end to his track ambitions, and they have given him a different perspective during his cycling career. "Because people celebrated me for my accomplishments on the track, I tied my value as a person closely to how fast I ran. If I was running fast I was great, but if I wasn't then I was the opposite. Being constantly injured, and trying to come back, taught me a lot of valuable lessons. As a cyclist I no longer associate my value as a person with a number on a results sheet, and this allows me to just enjoy the process of racing my bike and learning the sport." (cbc.ca, 30 Jun 2016)

Legend
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Bronze Medal Event
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