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The summer of ’86 he would travel Europe by
bicycle. He welded his first bike for the trip - it
was build like a tank. The trip was planned for 3
months and was extended to 4 -thru 9 countries.
In 1988 a serious knee injury, playing baseball ended
that career path. A new one was discovered - “triathlon”.
Part of rehab was biking and swimming.
May 1990 was his first duathlon, followed by first
triathlon in early July. He participated in both sport
until 1992 when he discovered mountain biking.
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The first race was at Mont-St-Anne. June of that year
he dislocated his thumb - but still finished the race.
That year, success during the summer bought him a
place to his first World Championship.
Until 2000 Jean-Pierre continued
to participate in all 3 sports. Since then he has
devoted more time to coaching, fitting and a consultant
to bicycle stores across Canada and the US. |
