Team RST Vélosports
TEAM RIDERS
- Nathan Sterckx:
Role: Athlete full-time for Pivot Cycles / Enve Composites / RST (part-time work at the bike shop)
Riding Since: 2013
Achievements: 2019 North American Champion of the EWS Continental, 3rd place at the Trophy of Nations – Enduro World Series U21 Finale Ligure, Italy, 2019 Quebec Enduro Champion, 5th place at the 2020 Enduro World Series Zermatt, Switzerland
Favorite Trail: RudeRock Queenstown New Zealand
Favorite Local Trail: Petit Poney Mont-Gabriel
Favorite Bikes: Pivot Firebird, Pivot Switchblade, Pivot Phoenix 29, Pivot Point
Links: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | EWS | ROOTS AND RAIN
- Gabrielle Sterckx:
Role: Downhill racer ESC- RST Vélosports, part-time work at the shop
Riding Since: 2018
Education: Mountain bike sports studies at the polyvalent
Favorite Trail: Morzine, France
Favorite Local Trails: Petit Poney- Mont-Gabriel, QC
Favorite Bike: Pivot Phoenix
Links: INSTAGRAM
- Samuelle Courcelles:
Role: Cross Country & Enduro racer RST Vélosports / Vélo Pays d’en haut
Riding Since: 2015
Achievements: 2019 Quebec sprint and enduro champion
Favorite Trail: Sidewinder – Burke, Vermont, USA
Favorite Local Trail: Carbon – Forêt Héritage, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, QC
Favorite Bike: Pivot Les 29
- Eliot Courcelles:
Role: Racer RST Vélosports / Vélo Pays d’en haut
Riding Since: 2013
Favorite Trail: Black Bear – Burke, Vermont, USA
Favorite Local Trail: Edge – Forêt Héritage, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, QC
Favorite Bikes: Yeti ARC, Yeti SB130
- Ronny Sterckx:
Role: Racer, dad, owner of RST Vélosports, passionate about cycling
Riding Since: 1991
Achievements: EWS North American enduro continental – General classification champion of Masters 40+, participated in 3 World Cup enduro races
Favorite Trails: Top Of The World, Delayed Fuse & Crazy Train – Whistler BC
Favorite Local Trails: Résine Forêt Héritage, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs QC, Moustache – Mont Gabriel, QC
Favorite Bikes: Pivot Switchblade, Pivot Shuttle
- Twix:
Favorite Activity: Sleeping / eating
Role at RST: Welcoming clients
Favorite Trip: Dog park in Bromont
AMBASSADORS
- Alain Denis:
Role: Professional photographer, passionate cyclist
Riding Since: circa 1987
Favorite Trails: Pleasure Trail – Squamish BC, Pretty Slab – Squamish BC, Feel the Love – Kelowna BC, Wolverine – Lac Beauport QC, Bone Shaker – Mont Sainte Marie QC
Favorite Local Trails: La moustache – Mont Gabriel, Fat Garou – Ste Adele, Vertigo – Mont Habitant, Bardasse – Forêt Héritage, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs QC
Favorite Bikes: Pivot Switchblade, Pivot Firebird
Links: ALAIN DENIS PHOTO | INSTAGRAM
- Simon Happy:
Status: Line assembler, passionate cyclist
Riding Since: since birth :)
Favorite Trail: Hiline – Sedona, Arizona, USA
Favorite Local Trail: Résine – Forêt Héritage, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs QC
Favorite Bikes: Pivot Switchblade, Giant Trance E+ SX Ebike
Links: INSTAGRAM
- Jean-Philippe Courcelles:
Role: Proud dad, bike coach at Vélo Pays d’en haut, mechanic in spare time, passionate about cycling for 30 years
Riding Since: 1995
Favorite Trail: Rasta – Waterbury, Vermont, USA
Favorite Local Trails: Forêt Héritage, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, QC
Favorite Bike: Giant Trance 29
- Julie Prégent:
Role: Passionate, determined, and committed mom towards cycling
Riding Since: 2002
Favorite Trail: Rastaman – Stow, Vermont, USA
Favorite Local Trail: Edge – Forêt Héritage, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, QC
Favorite Bike: Pivot Trail 429