{"id":236572,"date":"2025-10-24T09:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/236572\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:26:14","slug":"magdeleine-or-pogacar-video-shows-new-champ-inspiring-next-gen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/236572\/","title":{"rendered":"Magdeleine or Poga\u010dar? Video shows new champ inspiring next gen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res Mill\u2019s world championship win was historic\u2014but it also is important for the next crop of aspiring cyclists.<\/p>\n<p>The Sherbrooke, Que., native became the first Canadian to win in the elite road race. Ever. Valli\u00e8res Mill is also the first non-European female winner of the title since 1980.<\/p>\n<p>It was clear from the start of the race Valli\u00e8res had a big goal. She was floating at the front of the pack, following moves but keeping her nose out of the wind. Once she made what would be the winning move, she drove it. When they hit the final climb with just three riders\u2014no one had a chance. She launched up the C\u00f4te de Kimihurura and soloed to a historic, and beautiful, solo win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/magdeleine-vallieres-lots-of-things-will-change-for-me-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res: \u2018Lots of things will change for me now\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Although some were calling it a surprise win, her teammates knew she had the legs to pull off a huge day. \u00c9milie Fortin <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/magdeleine-vallieres-world-title-shocked-cycling-but-not-her-canadian-teammates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> to Sportcom,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were calling it a huge surprise, but I wasn\u2019t surprised. I knew she could do it. That\u2019s why I put my name forward to ride these worlds. I wanted to be there to help a Canadian make history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a video created by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r0Sn6QN72M8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MC SportEdge<\/a>, titled, \u201cL\u2019effet Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res Mill : son impact sur la communaut\u00e9 cycliste qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise\u201d (The Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res Mill effect: Its impact on the Quebec cycling community), an interviewer speaks to locals at a cyclocross race in Magog about what the win means.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than a world champion, Magdeleine has become a source of inspiration for the next generation of Quebec cyclists,\u201d the caption reads. \u201cYoung athletes, former competitors, and enthusiasts share here the real impact she has had on the Quebec cycling community, especially among women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clip interviews several people of various ages.\u00a0 Locals say how she\u2019s made them so proud, and how inspiring her win is. They mention watching her excel at a young age in \u2018cross and how excited they were to follow her progress. One woman says that she\u2014like all of us\u2014had frissons, the French word for goosebumps, watching Valli\u00e8res Mill win.<\/p>\n<p>But the best part is the end. The card reads, \u201cBut here is the real effect.\u201d And the interviewer asks several boys and girls who they prefer:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMagdeleine or Poga\u010dar?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re going to want to watch this video.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res Mill\u2019s world championship win was historic\u2014but it also is important for the next crop of aspiring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[52521,49,48,635,89330,906,82,11588],"class_list":["post-236572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-2025-uci-road-worlds","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-magdeleine-vallieres-mill","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}