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 Little Flower Academy (LFA) is a Canadian independent all girls Catholic secondary school located in Vancouver’s Shaughnessy neighbourhood established in 1927, by the Sisters of Saint Ann. History In 1858, five women of the Québec-based o ...

in Vancouver, BC, and graduated in 1991 after winning the triple jump event at the BC high school track and field provincial championships. She then went on to compete in track and field for the Kajaks Track & Field Club and the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

Thunderbirds while earning a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology. She placed ninth in the triple jump at the 1995

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in Montreal. Later, as a collegiate cyclist, she attended

Midwestern State University Midwestern State University (MSU Texas) is a public liberal arts university in Wichita Falls, Texas. In 2020 it had 5,141 undergraduate students. It is the state's only public institution focused on the liberal arts. History Founded in 1922 as ...

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

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for the 1997 Tour Cycliste Féminin, the women's version of the Tour de France. She represented Canada at the 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was the only Canadian cyclist to compete in four events—the road race, individual time trial, individual pursuit and

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. 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, one of ten career Canadian national championship medals. She notably finished third overall in general classification (GC) at the 2002

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in California. Coached by her father, Sandor (Alex) Hannos, an accomplished cyclist originally from Hungary, Hannos often trained and raced with her younger sister. 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

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for Midwestern State University. Both sisters also raced for the American cycling team, Verizon Wireless, in 2001. Hannos retired from professional cycling at the end of 2004 after racing three seasons for the UCI team Équipe Cycliste RONA 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,

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Major results

1996 *1st - Tour de White Rock (White Rock, BC) 1997 *1st - Tour de White Rock (White Rock, BC) *3rd - Bastion Square Grand Prix Criterium (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 (Québec) 1998 *3rd - Canadian National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite (Vancouver, BC) *2nd - Pursuit; 2nd - Points Race, Canadian National Track Cycling Championships (Victoria, BC) *4th - Prologue; 5th - Stages 2 & 4; 15th - General Classification, Tour de Bretagne Féminin (Brittany, France) *8th - Pursuit; 10th - Points Race,

UCI Track Cycling World Cup The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) is a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held i ...

(Victoria, BC) *9th - Pursuit; 12th - Points Race,

(Hyères, France) *6th - Points Race; 8th - Pursuit; 9th - ITT; 12th - Road Race, XVI Commonwealth Games (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 1999 *3rd - Canadian National Championship, Road, Criterium, Elite (Sherbrooke, QC) *2nd - Pursuit, Canadian National Track Cycling Championships (Calgary, AB) *1st - Team Time Trial, US Collegiate Road Cycling Championships (Greenville, SC) *1st - La Primavera Lago Vista Bike Race (Lago Vista, TX) *13th - Pursuit; 19th Points Race,

(Frisco, TX) *11th - Pursuit; 11th Points Race,

(Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy) *52nd - General Classification,

Holland Ladies Tour The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons ...

(Netherlands) 2000 *2nd - Canadian National Championship, Road, Criterium, Elite (Peterborough, ON) *2nd - Pursuit; 2nd - Points Race, Canadian National Track Cycling Championships (Bromont, QC) *1st - Road Race; 1st - Team Time Trial, US Collegiate Road Cycling Championships (Athens, OH) *1st - Individual Pursuit; 1st - 500m Time Trial; 1st - Italian Pursuit, USA Collegiate Track Cycling Championships (Frisco, TX) *1st - HotterN’ Hell Hundred Road Race (Wichita Falls, TX) 2001 *2nd - Canadian National Championship, Road, Criterium, Elite (Dieppe, NB) *7th - Prologue; 6th - Stage 4; 13th - General Classification, Tour of Willamette (Eugene, OR) *6th - US Postal Service Clarendon Cup (Arlington, VA) *5th - Road Race,

Nature Valley Grand Prix The North Star Grand Prix is a men's and women's road bicycle racing stage race held each June in Minnesota, United States, as part of the North Star Bicycle Festival. An event was added in North Mankato in 2016. The North Star Grand Prix is on ...

(Minneapolis, MN) *8th -

Tour of Somerville The Tour of Somerville is an annual, three-day series of bicycle races held in and around Somerville, New Jersey during Memorial Day weekend. The featured Memorial Day event, the Kugler-Anderson 50-mile race for professional and elite cyclists is t ...

(Somerville, NJ) *5th - General Classification,

Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, also known as the Longsjo Classic, was an annual bicycle race held in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. The race began in 1960 as the Arthur M. Longsjo Jr Memorial Race, in honor of Art Longsjo. History Th ...

(Fitchburg, MA) *10th -

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(Athens, GA) *4th - Stage 1, Grand Prix Feminin International du Québec (Québec) *9th - BMC Software Lance Armstrong Criterium (Austin, TX) *9th - BMC Software Tour of Arlington (Arlington, MA) *4th - Overall, BMC Software Racing Series *37th - UCI Women’s Road World Cup, First Union Liberty (Philadelphia, PA) 2002 *1st - Canadian National Championship, Road, Criterium, Elite (Oxford County, ON) *1st - Valley of the Sun Stage Race, Criterium (Phoenix, AZ) *1st - Quad Cities, Criterium (Davenport, IA) *2nd - Stage 3; 3rd - General Classification,

(Redlands, CA) *3rd - Stage 2; 2nd - Stage 7,

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(Altoona, PA) *45th - General Classification, HP International Women's Challenge (Boise, ID) 2003 *1st - Overall, BC Superweek (British Columbia, Canada) *3rd -

Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix The Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix is a criterium cycling race held in Gastown, the oldest neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The race is part of BC Superweek, a series of nine races held over 10 days in July in the greater Va ...

(Vancouver, BC) *5th - General Classification, Valley of the Sun Stage Race (Phoenix, AZ) *5th - General Classification,

Joe Martin Stage Race Joe Martin Stage Race is a road cycling stage race held annually in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is part of the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...

(Fayetteville, AR) *12th - Wachovia Liberty Classic (Philadelphia, PA) *1st - Mercy Celebrity Classic Criterium (Fort Smith, AR) *50th - UCI Women’s Road World Cup, Grand-Prix de Plouay (Plouay, France) 2004 *3rd - Stage 5; 4th - Stage 3; 9th - General Classification,

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI America ...

(Silver City, NM) *1st - Stage 2; 5th - General Classification,

(Fayetteville, AR) *3rd - Stage 4; 2nd - Sprint Competition,

(Minneapolis, MN) *1st - Twilight Circuit Race; 4th -

(Athens, GA) *1st - Road Race; 1st - Criterium; 1st - General Classification, Mississippi Gran Prix (Natchez, MS) *1st - Texas State Criterium Championships (Fort Worth, TX) *12th - Wachovia Liberty Classic (Philadelphia, PA) *5th - Stage 4; 6th - General Classification,

(Fitchburg, MA) *5th - Stage 2,

(Altoona, PA) *1st - Stage 2; 2nd - Overall, International Cycling Classic - Superweek (Wisconsin) *1st - Stage 2; 1st - Stage 3; 2nd Overall,

Gateway Cup The Gateway Cup is a four-day criterium cycling race held in St. Louis, Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennesse ...

(St. Louis, MO) *2nd - Stage 2; 3rd - Stage 3; 2nd - General Classification, Bermuda Grand Prix (Bermuda) *3rd - Sprint Competition; 9th - Overall Competition, Women’s Prestige Cycling Series *11th - Pursuit; 15th - Scratch Race; 19th - Points Race,

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References

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