Sector figures for women's professional road cycling, drawn from published broadcast and audience reporting for the 2024–2025 seasons. These describe the category, not Project North Star performance.
Three disciplines, one squad
Built for the pinnacle of women's WorldTour racing
The planned roster — 14 to 16 riders — is designed to contest every Grand Tour and Spring Classic on the calendar. For a partner that means multi-hour, uninterrupted exposure in the 4th most-followed women's sport on earth, reaching a fast-growing, near gender-equal and highly active global audience.
Category benchmarks for UCI Women's WorldTour teams — the exposure model this programme is built against.
Major Canadian events
The domestic calendar our riders come through and race around. Team participation is confirmed season by season — these are not Project North Star events.
Building for 2027
Where the programme stands today.
Tour de Gatineau & Chrono Gatineau
The Tour de Gatineau is Canada's premier international UCI 1.1 professional women's road cycling event, serving as a critical North American warm-up for the UCI Road World Championships.
The Road & Criterium Progression Architecture
Project North Star Cycling couples domestic racing foundation with elite international testing. Mounting the Tour de Gatineau directly over Lachine demonstrates how our athletes transition from high-cadence urban criteriums to world-class UCI circuit pacing.
Tour de Gatineau Winners (2023–2026)
| Year | Event / Race | Winner | Team / Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chrono Gatineau (ITT) | Marlen Reusser | Switzerland |
| 2026 | Tour de Gatineau (Road Race) | Steffi Häberlin | Swiss Cycling |
| 2025 | Chrono Gatineau (ITT) | Grace Brown | Australia |
| 2025 | Tour de Gatineau (Road Race) | Letizia Paternoster | Liv AlUla Jayco |
| 2024 | Chrono Gatineau (ITT) | Grace Brown | Australia |
| 2024 | Tour de Gatineau (Road Race) | Letizia Paternoster | Liv AlUla Jayco |
| 2023 | Chrono Gatineau (ITT) | Amber Neben | United States |
| 2023 | Tour de Gatineau (Road Race) | Megan Jastrab | Team DSM-Firmenich |
Course Profiles & Technical Breakdown ▼
Staged on flat, high-speed urban circuits through downtown Gatineau. Features technical ninety-degree corners requiring aerodynamic precision and power modulation at 48+ km/h average speeds.
Features demanding laps climbing into scenic Gatineau Park before plunging into fast downtown city circuits. Generates selective breakaways and explosive sprint finishes among WorldTour professionals.
Talent Pipeline & World Championships Readiness ▼
Operating as the premier women's stage in North America, the Tour de Gatineau attracts world-class national teams and UCI Women's WorldTour squads prepping for the UCI Road World Championships. Project North Star Cycling leverages Gatineau as a direct graduation benchmark for our development roster to measure against Olympic champions and global WorldTour winners.
Lachine Criterium Finale
On Tuesday, August 4, 2026, the 46th edition of Les Mardis cyclistes de Lachine closed out ten weeks of summer racing at Parc LaSalle. For its 46th year the series added a dedicated women's peloton — announced on International Women's Day — expanding each Tuesday night from three races to four, with junior and senior women given their own start at 18:25 alongside new U15 and U17 fields.
The course is a flat, fast 1.61 km loop with four sharp 90-degree left turns — a circuit that rewards positioning over patience. Forty-two women started the finale; thirty finished it, covering 15 laps for 24.15 km in 32 minutes and 38 seconds.
Justine Thomas (Higherdose Renova) took the win from Camille Desrochers Laflamme and Elissa Proulx, all three given the same time. Victoria Dupont crossed fourth on the night — and it was enough. Her 410 points across the ten weeks took the overall title by a margin of 180. This is the level Project North Star is being built to feed, and the racing our Junior and U23 pipeline is designed to graduate riders from.
True legacy is built from the ground up
Alongside the pro roster, our Junior & Under-23 Development Program is being built to carry the next generation of Canadian women's cycling — from first race to first pro contract.
Talent Identification
Scouting and recruiting top junior talent nationwide, with elite coaching, testing and mentorship from day one. Rider enquiries are open now.
The Pathway to the Pros
Our U23 program will bridge regional racing and the WorldTour — the calendar, mechanical support and experience to turn professional.
Shared Responsibility
A powerful grassroots narrative for partners: direct investment in youth development, female empowerment and healthy living.