staff
Neil Salway
Velodrome ManagerEducation: He has probably already forgotten more than most of us will ever know.
Years riding: Came to a Burnaby Six-day and never looked back.
Accomplishments: coming soon
BVC comments: Neil is a great addition to the BVC Team and a great ambassador for our sport. He is responsible for coordinating the team and the scheduling of staff. He also conducts the repairs to the track.
Hans Loeffelholz
Head CoachCoaching Level: Club Certified and Coach Developer
Education: Environmental Technology
Years riding: >30 years
Accomplishments: 2021 CyclingBC Coach of the Year
BVC comments: Passion for Cycling
Julian Base
Coach - Learn to Ride, Learn to RaceCoaching Level: NCCP Community
Education: coming soon
Years riding: coming soon
Accomplishments: coming soon
BVC comments: Julian has a great ability to get riders to focus on the key things that will make them successful during the Learn to Ride and Learn to Race sessions. But don’t think it is all serious business, expect to walk away with one or two tall tales from the life of a cyclist. During the day Julian is a representative for several bike brands and accessories that you will find in your local bike shop.
Timon Glaesser
Track Attendant, CoachEducation: SFU Business Administration and Computing Science
Years Riding Track: Since December 2016
Accomplishments: Competed in several international track races. Hold the BVC record for longest plank. Over two and a half years of coaching experience.
BVC comments: After learning to use the track he quickly took up the opportunity to work at the track as a coach and track attendant.
Daniel Fraser-Maraun
Track Attendant, Coach in TrainingJason Fraser-Maraun
Track AttendantEducation: coming soon
Years riding: coming soon
Accomplishments: coming soon
BVC comments: Jason came on board in 2020 and has been a great addition to the team.
Laura Brown
Coach - PerformanceCoaching Level: NCCP Performance Certified
Education: coming soon
Years riding:
Accomplishments: See this page”Olympic.ca”
BVC comments: Drkhorsecycling
Solveig Stoebe or “Sol”
CoachCoaching Level:
-NCCP Trained
Education:
-MasterClass e.V., Germany 03/2008 – 05/2008 Creative MasterClass Certificate
-Design Academy, Germany 05/1999 – 03/2003 Equivalent to a B.A. of Fine Arts
Years riding:
My whole life (since I am 7yrs old) but seriously since 2012!
Accomplishments:
-Canadian Provincial Masters Road Race Championships 1st, 08/2021
-Cross Canada Trip in 28 days 07/2019
-Mt Revelstoke Steamer 1st, 08/2019
-Canadian Provincial Masters Road Race Championships 3rd, 05/2017
-Canadian National Masters Road Race + Criterium Championships 2nd + 4th, 06/2017
-RBC GranFondo Whistler 1st, 09/2017
BVC comments:
Originally from Germany, Solveig or “Sol” combined her career as a Communication Designer with her love for sports, the outdoors, and travel, building her reputation in many countries around Europe. She moved to Canada 12 years ago, landed in Vancouver 2016, and used her role as a cycling tour guide to explore BC’s beautiful landscape.
As a coach in training Solveig is passionate about sharing the amazing benefits of cycling with youth and adults. Solveig worked with many companies including several cycling companies in BC and QC for rebranding and designed Cycling BC’s new provincial championships jersey, team kit, premier series, and iRide kit 2018, worked with Red Bull for their Air Race, X-Fighter, their events, and many more divisions.
Adam Reddy
Mechanic, Track AttendantEducation: coming soon
Years riding: coming soon
Accomplishments: coming soon
BVC comments: Adam has this unique ability to push his body beyond the red line. He is either on his bike making other hurt or he is on the ground having a heart attack as a result of the hard effort. He is a great trusted man with a wrench.
Steph Roorda
Coach - Performancehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Roorda
Micheal Wegner
Novice Race Whip - ride along coachExpect to see Micheal supporting the novice racers getting up to speed on the track. Ask him all sorts of questions even if they are not related to track racing!
Ben Chaddock
CoachDuring the day Ben is the Head of Coach Development, and iRide Manager at Cycling BC, but sometimes, if you are lucky you will have him as your learn to ride coach at the BVC!