Canadian cyclist

Lyne Bessette (born 10 March 1975, Lac Brome, Quebec) is a politician and retired professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She was elected to represent the riding of Brome—Missisquoi in the 2019 federal election as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Bessette was a member of the Canadian Olympic team in 2000 and 2004. She won the Tour de l'Aude Feminin in 1999 and 2001 and the Women's Challenge in 2001.

Bessette was the pilot for para-cyclist and para-nordic skier Robbi Weldon's gold medal wins at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Women's road race B and 2010 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Para-cycling Championships. Even though she retired from professional bike racing in 2006, in 2018, she was appointed Garneau amb*ador.

Bessette declined to seek re-election in July 2021 ahead of the year's federal election.

Contents

• 1 Record of achievements
  • 1.1 1999
  • 1.2 2000
  • 1.3 2001
  • 1.4 2002
  • 1.5 2003
  • 1.6 2004
  • 1.7 2006
  • 1.8 2007
  • 1.9 2015
  • 1.10 2016
  • 1.11 2017
• 2 Electoral record
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Record of achievements

1999

• 20th Time Trial UCI Road World Championships
• 7th Tour de Suisse Feminin

2nd Prologue6th Stage 3, Göschenen to Göscheneralp time trial3rd Stage 4, Embrach to Embrach1st Mountains Jersey (QOM)

• 2nd Killington Stage Race

2nd Stage 1, Brandon Gap Road Race5th Stage 2, Rutland Criterium6th Stage 3, Saab Road Race

• 2nd GP Feminin du Quebec

1st Stage 2, Lac Brome Road Circuit Race1st Stage 3, Sutton Road Circuit Race4th Stage 4, Bedford Road Circuit Race1st Stage 5, Brigham Time Trial5th Stage 6, Cowansville Criterium

• 2nd Pan American Games Time Trial
• Women's Challenge (2.9.1)

2nd Stage 5, Sun Valley Circuit Race2nd Stage 12, Statehouse Criterium

• 2nd Montreal (Can) World Cup
• 1st Tour de l'Aude (2.9.1)

5th Prologue, Gruissan time trial4th Stage 2, Rieux Minervois3rd Stage 5, Castelnaudary time trial2nd Stage 6a, Mazamet to Pic de Nore8th Stage 6b, Pradelles Cabardes to Mazamet2nd Stage 8a, Quillan to Matemale4th Stage 8b, Matemale to Quillan

• 1st Tour of Willamette

3rd Prologue Time Trial2nd Stage 1, Hinman Vineyards Road Race3rd Stage 3, Brownsville Road Race3rd Stage 4, Time Trial

• 2nd Sea Otter Cl*ic

3rd Stage 1, time trial3rd Stage 3, circuit race

• 1st Redlands Bicycle Cl*ic

3rd QOM2nd Stage 14th Stage 2

2000

• 2nd Killington Stage Race

2nd Points Cl*ification3rd Stage 1, Brandon Gap Road Race4th Stage 2, Rutland Criterium3rd Stage 3

• 4th GP Féminine International du Québec (2.9.2)

2nd Points Cl*ification2nd Mountains Cl*ification2nd Stage 1, Farnham to Farnham1st Stage 3, Richford to Lac Brome6th Stage 4, Bedford Time Trial5th Stage 6, Sutton to Mount Sutton

• 1st Tour de 'Toona

2nd Stage 1, Altoona Time Trial1st Stage 3, Hollidaysburg Circuit Race1st Stage 5, Verizon Circuit Race2nd Stage 6, Downtown Altoona Criterium

• 5th Stage 1, Blue Cosmos Design Time Trial, Wendy's International Cycling Cl*ic
• 1st Fitchburg Longsjo Cl*ic

3rd Stage 1, Royal Plaza Time Trial4th Stage 2, Aubuchon/Gudden Road Race1st Stage 3, Unitil/FG&E Road Race10th Stage 4, Downtown CriteriumWomen's Challenge10th Stage 4, Rupert to Pomerelle7th Stage 5, Burley South Individual Time Trial10th Stage 6, Burley to Buhl

• 12th Montreal (Can) World Cup
• 10th Tour de l'Aude

8th Prologue, Gruissan Time Tria;10th Stage 2a (Rieux-Minervois to Pic de Nore2nd Stage 4 (Port Lauragais to Port Lauragais8th Stage 5 (Castelnaudary Time Trial

• 3rd Tour of Willamette

2nd Prologue, Skinner's Butte Time Trial1st Stage 1, Greenhill Road Race9th Stage 2, Smith River Road Race3rd Stage 3, Kill Hill Road Race3rd Stage 4, Coburg Time Trial3rd Stage 6, Brownsville Road Race

• 5th Sea Otter Cl*ic

4th Prologue (Laguna Time Trial)

• 2nd Redlands Bicycle Cl*ic

2nd Climber's Cl*ification4th Prologue, San Bernardino Street Sprints2nd Stage 1, East Highlands Circuit Race3rd Stage 2, East Highlands Time Trial7th Stage 3, Lake Matthews to Oak Glen Road Race

• Sequoia Cycling Cl*ic

5th Rocky Hill Road Race

• McLane-Pacific Bicycle Cl*ic

6th Merced Downtown Criterium8th Foothills Road Race

2001

• 12th UCI rankings
• Tour de Suisse Féminin (2.9.1)

2nd Stage 1 (Sarnen Time Trial)9th Stage 2 (Sarnen)

• 3rd, Overall, GP Féminin International du Canada (2.9.2)

10th, Stage 1 (Farnham to Farnham)6th, Stage 2 (Frelighsburg)1st, Stage 3 (Richford to Lac Brome)1st, Stage 4 (Bedford Time Trial, 19.1 km)3rd, Stage 6 (Sutton to Mont-Sutton)

• 10th, Timex International Women's Open
• Tour de 'Toona

2nd, Stage 1, Time Trial1st, Stage 28th, Stage 3

• 1st :Canada Canadian National Time Trial Cycling Championships
• 1st :Canada Canadian National Road Race Cycling Championships
• 1st BMC Software Tour of Arlington
• 1st Fitchburg-Longsjo Cl*ic

1st Stage 1, Time Trial2nd Stage 2, Circuit Race2nd Stage 3, Road Race4th Stage 4, Criterium

• 1st Women's Challenge (2.9.1)

1st Points Cl*ification2nd Mountains Cl*ification4th Sprints Cl*ification2nd Stage 1, Boise to Idaho City2nd Stage 3, Stanley to Ketchum1st Stage 4, Sun Valley Time Trial, 5.1 km2nd Stage 5, Elkhorn Resort Circuit Race10th Stage 6, Shoshone to Burley2nd Stage 7, Burley to Pomerelle5th Stage 8, Burley to Magic Mountain1st Stage 9, Twin Falls to Buhl1st Stage 11, Emmett to Firebird Time Trial, 21 km6th Stage 12, Idaho Statehouse Criterium

• 3rd, Montréal (Can) World Cup
• 1st Tour de l'Aude (2.9.1)

2nd Points Cl*ification1st Mountains Cl*ification5th Sprints Cl*ification6th Prologue, Gruissan Time Trial, 3 km7th Stage 1, Coursan to Coursan2nd Stage 2, Rieux Minervois to Rieux Minervois8th Stage 5, Castelnaudary Time Trial, 26.5 km2nd Stage 6, Castelnaudary to Castelnaudary5th Stage 7a, Castelnaudary to Bram4th Stage 7b, Bram to Limoux2nd Stage 9, Limoux to Limoux

• 3rd Tour of the Gila

3rd Stage 1, Tyrone Time Trial, 15.7 miles2nd Stage 2, Silver City to Mogollan Road Race2nd Stage 3, Inner Loop Road Race) - 2nd place4th Stage 4, Downtown Silver City Criterium3rd Stage 5, Gila Monster Road Race

• Redlands Bicycle Cl*ic (2.9.2)

2nd Stage 1, Mt. Rubidoux Time Trial, 5 km3rd Stage 2, Highland Road Race

• Sequoia Cycling Cl*ic

1st Rocky Hill Road Race4th Visalia Criterium

• 1st Stage 2, Foothills Road Race, McLane-Pacific Grand Prix

2002

• 20th UCI Rankings
• 13th GP Suisse (Swi) féminin World Cup
• 3rd Canadian National Time Trial Championships
• 6th Canadian National Road Race Championships
• 3rd Time Trial, Commonwealth Games
• 7th Road Race, Commonwealth Games
• 1st Fitchburg Longsjo Cl*ic

1st Sprints Cl*ification1st Stage 1, Royal Plaza Time Trial1st Stage 2, Circuit Race1st Stage 3, Wachusett Mountain Road Race

• 5th Women's Challenge (2.9.1)

8th Stage 2, Lowman to Stanley5th Stage 3, Stanley Time Trial, 40 km3rd Stage 5, Shoshone to Pomerelle5th Stage 6, Burley to Magic Mountain4th Stage 8, Idaho Statehouse Criterium

• 5th Le Tour du Montréal (2.9.2)

4th Stage 1, Lachine Time Trial, 3 km

• 2nd La Flèche Wallonne (Bel) World Cup
• 6th Montréal (Can) World Cup
• 4th Damesronde van Drenthe (1.9.1)
• 2nd Overall, Solano Bicycle Cl*ic

1st Stage 1, Lagoon Valley Road Race2nd Stage 2, Montezuma Hills Time Trial

• 1st Sea Otter Cl*ic

3rd Stage 1, Laguna Seca time trial, 27.2 km5th Stage 2, Cannery Row Criterium3rd Stage 3, Fort Ord Road Race1st Stage 4, Laguna Seca Circuit Race

• 4th Redlands Bicycle Cl*ic

3rd QOM Cl*ification3rd Stage 1, Mt. Rubidoux Time Trial1st Stage 2, Highland Circuit Race5th Stage 3, Oak Glen Road Race4th Stage 4, Beaver Medical Group Criterium2nd Stage 5, Sunset Road Race

• Sequoia Cycling Cl*ic

2nd, Rocky Hill Road Race10th Visalia Criterium

• McLane-Pacific Bicycle Cl*ic

2nd Stage 1, Merced Downtown Criterium1st Stage 2, McLane-Pacific Road Race

2003

1st International Tour de Toona2nd Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

2004

1st Nature Valley Grand Prix1st International Tour de Toona16th Summer Olympics Time Trial

2006

1st New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series (NECCS) Round #6, W.E. Stedman Grand Prix

2007

1st Female Age 30-39 Paris to Ancaster 14th Annual Cl*ic

2015

1st Female Gaspesia 100 MTB Marathon - 50 miles

2016

1st Female Gaspesia 100 MTB Marathon - 100 miles (1st Female to complete a 100 miles mtb race in Quebec.

2017

1st Female Gaspesia 100 MTB Marathon - 100 miles10th Gran Prix of Gloucester, Day 2

Electoral record

References

External links

• A fan site in French
• A brief biography on Canoe