Ryan Roth
{{Short description|Canadian cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Ryan Roth
| image = Ryan Roth 3DWV2011 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Roth at the 2011 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
| fullname = Ryan Roth
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|1|10}}
| birth_place = Kitchener, Ontario
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|71|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| disciplines = Road
Cyclo-cross
Mountain biking
| role = Rider
| ridertype = All-rounder
| amateuryears1 = 2014
| amateurteam1 = Jet Fuel Cycling/Norco Bicycles{{cite news|url=http://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/ryan-roth-and-peter-disera-join-jet-fuel-cycling-norco-bicycles/|title=Ryan Roth and Peter Disera join Jet Fuel Cycling/Norco Bicycles|date=13 January 2014|accessdate=26 February 2014|work=Canadian Cycling|publisher=Gripped Publishing Inc.}}
| amateuryears2 = 2020
| proyears1 = 2002–2004
| proteam1 = Sympatico–Jet Fuel Coffee
| proyears2 = 2007
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|KBS|2007}}
| proyears3 = 2008–2012
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|SPI|2008}}
| proyears4 = 2013
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}}
| proyears5 = 2014–2018
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|SPC|2014}}
| proyears6 = 2019
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|XSU|2019}}
| majorwins = National Time Trial Championships (2016)
National Road Race Championships (2012)
Tro-Bro Léon (2012)
}}
Ryan Roth (born 10 January 1983) is a Canadian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019. Prior to becoming a road cyclist, Roth also competed in the junior levels in mountain-biking and cyclo-cross; he was national junior cyclo-cross champion in 2000.{{cite news|url=http://cyclingmagazine.ca/2012/04/sections/news/tro-bro-leon-roth-first-boivin-third/|title=Tro-Bro Leon: Roth first, Boivin third|first=Rob|last=Sturney|date=15 April 2012|accessdate=16 April 2012|work=Canadian Cycling|publisher=Gripped Publishing Inc.|quote=Roth, Junior Canadian cyclocross champion in 2000, is the first foreign winner of Tro-Bro Leon since Australian Mark Renshaw in 2006.}}
Career
Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Roth competed as a professional from 2002, making his début with the Sympatico–Jet Fuel Coffee team. After a short stint with the {{UCI team code|KBS|2007}} team,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mccook-and-perras-sign-for-kelly-benefit-strategies|title=McCook and Perras sign for Kelly Benefit Strategies|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=13 December 2006|accessdate=16 April 2012|first=Brecht|last=Decaluwé}} Roth competed for the {{UCI team code|SPI|2012|nolink=yes}} team from its formation as a professional team at the start of 2008, when it was known as {{UCI team code|SPI|2008|nolink=yes}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/team-race-pro-canadas-continental-road-team-13803/|title=Team RACE Pro Canada's Continental road team|work=BikeRadar|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=27 December 2007|accessdate=16 April 2012}} Having featured highly in several North and Central American races during his career, Roth won his first UCI Europe Tour race in April 2012, by winning the Tro-Bro Léon race. Roth soloed to victory in Lannilis after catching the breakaway and went clear of them,{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11635/Ryan-Roth-solos-to-Tro-Bro-Leon-victory.aspx|title=Ryan Roth solos to Tro Bro León victory|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|first=Ben|last=Atkins|date=15 April 2012|accessdate=16 April 2012}} finishing thirteen seconds clear of his nearest rival, Benoit Jarrier of Véranda Rideau U.{{cite news|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15042012/58/roth-storms-tro-bro-leon.html|title=Roth storms to Tro-Bro Leon|work=Yahoo! Eurosport|publisher=TF1 Group|date=15 April 2012|accessdate=16 April 2012}} It was the first non-French victory in the race since Mark Renshaw in 2006,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tro-bro-leon-2012/results|title=Roth wins Tro-Bro Leon|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=15 April 2012|accessdate=16 April 2012|first=Jean-François|last=Quénet}} and was his team's first victory of the year.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/weekend-roundup-canada-starts-strongly-in-olympic-water-polo-quest/article2403123/|title=Weekend roundup: Canada starts strongly in Olympic water polo quest|first=James|last=Christie|work=The Globe and Mail|publisher=Phillip Crawley; The Globe and Mail Inc.|date=15 April 2012|accessdate=16 April 2012|quote=In professional road cycling, the Canadian-based SpiderTech squad enjoyed its first victory in a European circuit race this season with Ryan Roth of Cambridge, Ont., winning the Tro-Bro Léon event in France.}} Roth also won the 2012 Canadian National Road Race Championships.{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/canadian-road-championships-2012/elite-u23-men-road-race/results/|title=Roth wins Canadian national championship over Barry|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=23 June 2012|accessdate=22 September 2022}}
Major results
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;2000
: 1st 20px Junior race, National Cyclo-cross Championships
;2004
: 1st Overall Multi Laser GP
: 1st Classic Chlorophylle
: 4th Univest Grand Prix
;2005
: National Under-23 Road Championships
::2nd Time trial
: 1st Overall Jewel in the Wilderness
::1st Stages 1 & 2
;2006
: 1st Overall Jewel in the Wilderness
::1st Stages 1a & 2
: 1st Classique Montréal-Québec Louis Garneau
;2007
: 2nd Univest Grand Prix
: 2nd Tour de Leelanau
;2008
: 1st Stage 11 International Cycling Classic
: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 2nd KW Classic
: 3rd Overall Rochester Omnium
::1st Stage 1 (ITT)
: 3rd Copperas Cove Classic
;2009
: 1st Niagara Classic
: 2nd Overall Jewel in the Wilderness
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 6th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
: 6th Overall Vuelta a Cuba
;2010
: 1st Niagara Classic
: 2nd Chrono Gatineau
: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 4th Overall Vuelta a Cuba
::1st Stage 7a (ITT)
: 8th Overall Tour de Beauce
: 10th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
;2011
: 1st Univest Grand Prix
;2012
: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Tro-Bro Léon
: 8th Overall Tour de Beauce
;2014
: National Road Championships
::2nd Road race
::3rd Time trial
: 7th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
: 8th Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay
: 8th Philadelphia International Championship
: 9th Overall Tour de Beauce
;2015
: National Road Championships
::2nd Time trial{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingcanada.ca/sport/cycling/news/karol-ann-canuel-hugo-houle-earn-first-canadian-time-trial-titles/ |title=Karol-Ann Canuel, Hugo Houle Earn First Canadian Time Trial Titles|date=25 June 2015 |website=Cycling Canada Cyclisme |access-date=8 October 2015}}
::3rd Road race
: 2nd Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay
: 5th Overall Tour de Beauce
: 6th White Spot / Delta Road Race
: 8th Philadelphia International Cycling Classic
;2016
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Road Championships
: 1st 20px Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay
: 1st Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
: 1st White Spot / Delta Road Race
;2017
: 2nd Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
;2019
: 6th Overall Tour de Iskandar Johor
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 1
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References
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External links
- [http://cyclesportmanagement.com/team/ryan-roth/ Spidertech profile]
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Category:Canadian male cyclists
Category:Cross-country mountain bikers
Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Canadian cyclo-cross cyclists
Category:Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario