On Saturday evening, January 25, 2020, at the Track Cycling World Cup in Milton, Canada, Stefan was given a heart-felt honouring. The announcers welcomed Stefan onto the track to a standing ovation. He rode five laps around his national home track for the first time since the August 30, 2018 injury. As a friend joked…Read more A Beautiful Ride
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My Track Cycling Career
photo credit: Cycling Canada Instagram Story It has been over a year now since my crash on August 30, 2018. The road to recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury is long and challenging. Although my recovery is going incredibly well, I still have the final portions of it ahead of me. With that being…Read more My Track Cycling Career
2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship
Stefan crashed on August 30th at the 2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship in Aguascalientes, Mexico. We (Barbara, Norman and Carsten Ritter) would personally like to thank the Cycling Canada for all their love and support at this time. As well as the love, outreach and support from lots of family, friends, Edmonton and world wide cycling communities,…Read more 2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship
GC2018 XXI Commonwealth Games
2018 XXI Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia - April 4 to 15, 2018 Stefan competed for Team Canada in the four Track Sprint Cycling events in the newly built Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane from April 4 to April 8, 2018. DAY 1 - April 5 - Team Sprint - placed 4th - 44.346 (qualifier) Team Canada qualified…Read more GC2018 XXI Commonwealth Games
2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Apeldoorn
(cover photo courtesy of SWpix.com) UCI 2018 Track Cycling World Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands - February 28 to March 4, 2018 March 2, 2018 - Stefan placed 12th in the sprint qualifications with a time of 9.828. This paired him up in the 1/16 Final against Yuta Wakimoto of Japan. Unfortunately, he lost and did not proceed…Read more 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Apeldoorn
World Cup V, Minsk, January 2018
World Cup V Minsk, Belarus – 19 to 21 January 2018 Men's Keirin - Saturday, January 20th SILVER for Stefan video of Keirin Final Quoted from Canadian Cyclist: For Ritter, a former Junior world champion (Kilo), the podium result came after a long recovery from a crash in 2017 that kept him out of competition for the…Read more World Cup V, Minsk, January 2018
Track Cycling Challenge 2017
The Canadian Sprint Team had a few days break and then it was back to racing. This time in Grenchen, Switzerland at the Tissot Velodrome for the Track Cycling Challenge 2017. Wednesday, December 20th was a day of Men Elite sprinting. Stefan steadily raced all day starting with the second fastest qualifying time to ending…Read more Track Cycling Challenge 2017
Troféu Internacional Municipio de Anadia 2017
Thanks to the UVP - Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo's Facebook page, here are a few photos of Stefan. DAY 1 - Sprint - Silver Flying 200 Qualifier with a first place qualifying time of 9.993. Match Sprint for first place versus Vaslijus Lendel. See the race in action - click here. Match Sprint Medal Ceremony DAY 2 -…Read more Troféu Internacional Municipio de Anadia 2017
Track Record and Saddle Broken
Stefan was back in the saddle racing at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome today, June24th. Broke the velodrome's track record in the Men's Flying 200m at 10.179. But just like the NEW saddle Stefan broke mid way through the ride, his holding of the track record was sweet but short. Shortly thereafter, Harrie Lavreysen (NED) bests…Read more Track Record and Saddle Broken
Trexlertown June 9th
Season opener of the Valley Preferred Cycling Centre in Trexlertown, PA, began with the UCI U.S. Sprint Gran Prix. Stefan set himself up nicely with a sprint qualifier of 10.300 behind Canadian Teammate Hugo Barrette. In the quarter finals Stefan was matched up with Eddie Dawkins (NZL). Thanks to Chris Knight for posting photos. Next onto…Read more Trexlertown June 9th
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