National cycling team to use Canadian-made Argon 18 bikes in multi-year deal
MONTREAL — Nearly three decades after retirement, Gervais Rioux is back on Canada’s national cycling team — this time as a bike supplier.
Rioux’s company Argon 18 announced an agreement this week to become the official supplier to Cycling Canada for its road, track and para-cycling teams through the 2020 Olympics in Toyko.
The team was previously equipped with French-made Look bicycles.
“As a Canadian company, it was natural for us to become a sponsor of the team,” Rioux said Thursday. “The possibility was there.