Andrea Hannos

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Andrea Hannos
Personal information
Born (1973-05-08) 8 May 1973 (age 50)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Team information
DisciplineRoad, Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
Canadian National Team
Professional teams
2000Intersports
2001Verizon Wireless
2002–2004Équipe Cycliste RONA

Andrea Hannos (born May 8, 1973) is a former Canadian professional road and track racing cyclist who first entered sport in track and field, specializing in the long and triple jump. She attended high school at Little Flower Academy in Vancouver, BC, and graduated in 1991 after winning the triple jump event at the BC high school track and field provincial championships.[1] She then went on to compete in track and field for the Kajaks Track & Field Club[2] and the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds while earning a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology. She placed ninth in the triple jump at the 1995 Canadian Track and Field Championships in Montreal.[3] Later, as a collegiate cyclist, she attended Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, obtaining a Master of Science degree in biology.

Hannos first raced her bike in 1996 and a year later was selected by Cycling Canada for the 1997 Tour Cycliste Féminin, the women's version of the Tour de France. She represented Canada at the 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games[4] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was the only Canadian cyclist to compete in four events—the road race, individual time trial, individual pursuit and points race. In the points race, she won the final sprint to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place but, after tie-breaking procedures, officially finished in sixth place.

Hannos has many career wins including gold in the criterium at the 2002 Canadian National Road Cycling Championships,[5] one of ten career Canadian national championship medals. She notably finished third overall in general classification (GC) at the 2002 Redlands Bicycle Classic in California.[6]

Coached by her father, Sandor (Alex) Hannos, an accomplished cyclist originally from Hungary, Hannos often trained and raced with her younger sister.[7] In 1998, the sisters were recruited by Midwestern State University and offered athletic scholarships to race for the school cycling team. Over the next few years, the sisters won a total of nine US collegiate national championship (division I) events on the road and on the velodrome for Midwestern State University.[8][9] Both sisters also raced for the American cycling team, Verizon Wireless, in 2001.[10]

Hannos retired from professional cycling at the end of 2004 after racing three seasons for the UCI team Équipe Cycliste RONA[11] from Québec. In 2011, she helped manage the Vancouver-based Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes Women's Cycling Team alongside mountain bike cross country Olympic silver medalist, Alison Sydor.[12]

Major results[edit]

1996

  • 1st - Tour de White Rock (White Rock, BC)

1997

  • 1st - Tour de White Rock[13] (White Rock, BC)
  • 3rd - Bastion Square Grand Prix Criterium[14] (Victoria, BC)
  • 4th - Canadian National Championship, Road, Road Race, Elite (Rouyn-Noranda, QC)
  • 6th - Canadian National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite (Rouyn-Noranda, QC)
  • 1st - Prologue; 5th - General Classification, Tour of Willamette (Eugene, OR)
  • 15th - General Classification, GP Feminin International du Canada[15] (Québec)

1998

1999

2000

2001

  • 2nd - Canadian National Championship, Road, Criterium, Elite (Dieppe, NB)
  • 7th - Prologue; 6th - Stage 4; 13th - General Classification, Tour of Willamette[25] (Eugene, OR)
  • 6th - US Postal Service Clarendon Cup[26] (Arlington, VA)
  • 5th - Road Race, Nature Valley Grand Prix (Minneapolis, MN)
  • 8th - Tour of Somerville[27] (Somerville, NJ)
  • 5th - General Classification, Fitchburg Longsjo Classic[28] (Fitchburg, MA)
  • 10th - Twilight Criterium[29] (Athens, GA)
  • 4th - Stage 1, Grand Prix Feminin International du Québec[30] (Québec)
  • 9th - BMC Software Lance Armstrong Criterium[31] (Austin, TX)
  • 9th - BMC Software Tour of Arlington[32] (Arlington, MA)
  • 4th - Overall, BMC Software Racing Series
  • 37th - UCI Women’s Road World Cup, First Union Liberty[33] (Philadelphia, PA)

2002

2003

2004

References[edit]

  1. ^ "bctfa.ca/historicalresults"
  2. ^ "Kajaks: All-Time Top Ten Women". Richmond Kajaks Track and Field Club.
  3. ^ "The Toronto Star July 17, 1995"
  4. ^ Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games, Graham Groom, Oct. 17, 2017"
  5. ^ "canadiancyclist.com/dailynews August 2002
  6. ^ "McGann Publishing's Bike Race Results 2002"
  7. ^ "The Province, June 6, 1997"
  8. ^ "usacycling.org National Championship Results 1999"
  9. ^ "usacycling.org National Championship Results 2000-2004"
  10. ^ "canadiancyclist.com/dailynews May 29, 2001"
  11. ^ "cyclingnews.com/teams/2004/equipe-cycliste-rona"
  12. ^ "cyclingnews.com/news January 2011
  13. ^ "The Review, Richmond, Internet Edition June 1997"
  14. ^ "canadiancyclist.com/dailynews June 1997"
  15. ^ "canadiancyclist.com/dailynews Sept 1997"
  16. ^ News Sept 1998"
  17. ^ "cyclingnews.com/results June 1999"
  18. ^ "usacycling.org National Championship Results"
  19. ^ "Track World Cup 1999"". Archived from the original on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  20. ^ "dewielersite.net Holland Ladies Tour Results 1999
  21. ^ "cycling news.com July 2000"
  22. ^ "usacycling.org National Championship Results"
  23. ^ "usacycling.org National Championship Results"
  24. ^ "canadiancyclist.com/dailynews August 2000
  25. ^ "cyclingnews.com/results April 2001
  26. ^ "cyclingnews.com/results June 2001
  27. ^ "canadiancyclist.com/dailynews May 2001"
  28. ^ "velonews.com July 2, 2001"
  29. ^ "velonews.com April 28, 2001"
  30. ^ "velonews.com August 23, 2001"
  31. ^ "velonews.com April 7, 2001"
  32. ^ "cyclingnews.com/results July 1, 2001
  33. ^ "canadiancyclist.com/dailynews June 10, 2001"
  34. ^ "dailypeloton.com/roadresults_Feb 2002"
  35. ^ "Quad-Cities Online-May 27, 2018"
  36. ^ "McGann Publishing's Bike Race Results 2002"
  37. ^ "velonews.com July 31, 2002"
  38. ^ "velonews.com August 4, 2002"
  39. ^ "cyclingnews.com/results June 23, 2002"
  40. ^ "rds.ca July 29, 2003"
  41. ^ "pedalmag.com July 23, 2003"
  42. ^ "velonews.com June 8, 2003"
  43. ^ "neworleansbicycleclub.org April 4, 2004"
  44. ^ "espn.com June 6, 2004"
  45. ^ "cyclingnews.com July 2004"
  46. ^ "canadiancyclist.com Sept 25, 2004
  47. ^ "canadiancyclist.com Sept 26, 2004"
  48. ^ "dailypeloton.com Oct 20, 2004"
  49. ^ "cycling news.com Dec 12, 2004"