Véronique Fortin

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Véronique Fortin (born 22 January 1980) is a Canadian racing cyclist originally from St Georges de Beauce, Quebec, Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=131344 |title=Veronique Fortin |access-date=5 October 2013 |work=ProCyclingStats}} Currently sponsored by Opus bike,{{Cite web|title = Opus » Our Riders|url = http://opusbike.com/en/company/our-riders|website = opusbike.com|access-date = 8 September 2015|first = Phil|last = Mongeon}} she won the Canadian Road National Championship in 2011.{{Cite web|title = National Championship, Road, Elite, Canada (F) 2011|url = http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=175888|website = www.cyclingarchives.com|access-date = 8 September 2015|first = Cycling|last = Archives}} She was a member of Team TIBCO in 2012 and finished 36th in the 2012 Giro della Toscana.{{Cite web|title = Giro della Toscana Prologue + Stages 1-4 and Final GC – Canada's Fortin 36th|url = http://pedalmag.com/canadas-fortin-36th-at-giro-della-toscana-prologue-stages-1-4-and-final-gc/|access-date = 8 September 2015}} She won the woman's 2012 Ontario Hell of the North race as well as the 2012 Tour of the Battenkill.{{Cite web|title = Canadian Cyclist - Hell of the North (ON) photos and results|url = http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=23747|website = www.canadiancyclist.com|access-date = 8 September 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Tour of the Battenkill 2012: Elite women Results {{!}} Cyclingnews.com|url = http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-the-battenkill-2012/elite-women/results/|access-date = 8 September 2015}} In 2013, she joined the Italian road team Pasta Zara-Cogeas-Manhattan.{{Cite web|title = TIBCO signs new Canadian Champion Veronique Fortin for 2012|url = http://www.voler.com/connect/detail/li/TIBCO-signs-new-Canadian-Champion|website = www.voler.com|access-date = 8 September 2015}} She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.{{cite web|url=http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2013/WM/11RES00.pdf|title=Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite|work=Sport Result|publisher=Tissot Timing|date=28 September 2013|access-date=28 September 2013|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012063031/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2013/WM/11RES00.pdf|archive-date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead}} She won the women's 2014 Haute Route Alps (904 km with 21,400m of climbs) as well as the women's 2015 Haute Route Dolomites Swiss Alps (906 km with 19,700 meters of climbs).{{Cite web|title = Haute Route|url = http://www.hauteroute.org/news/view/nice-welcomes-haute-route-alps-finishers|website = Haute Route|access-date = 8 September 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Haute Route|url = http://www.hauteroute.org/news/view/hrdsa-race-report-stage-6|website = Haute Route|access-date = 8 September 2015}} She won the women's 2015 Mt Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb.{{Cite web|title = Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb|url = http://www.mwarbh.org/|website = www.mwarbh.org|access-date = 8 September 2015}} She won the women's 2015 100 km Wilmington Whiteface MTB.{{Cite web|title = Results: 2015 Wilmington Whiteface MTB|url = https://results.chronotrack.com/event/results/event/event-11775?lc=en|website = results.chronotrack.com|access-date = 8 September 2015}}

In non-cycling sports she came in first place in the 27 km freestyle 2014 Gatineau Loppet and repeated her win in 2015 with the 42 km freestyle Gatineau Loppet, Canada's largest cross-country ski race.{{Cite web|title = Arctic Cold Sweeps Through the Second Day of the Gatineau Loppet Competition {{!}} Gatineau Loppet|url = http://www.gatineauloppet.com/news/arctic-cold-sweeps-through-the-second-day-of-the-gatineau-loppet-competition/?lang=en|website = www.gatineauloppet.com|access-date = 8 September 2015}} She also placed 1st in the female 30–34, 15 km freestyle Winter World Masters Games 2015 in Quebec City.{{Cite web|title = Jeux mondiaux d'hiver des maîtres, Québec, du 1er au 8 février 2015|url = http://veloptimum.net/skideal/C15/MondiauxMaitresQc.htm|website = veloptimum.net|access-date = 8 September 2015}}