# Roland Green (cyclist)

Roland Green (born 29 July 1974 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian mountain bike and road bicycle racer. Green was a member of the Canadian Olympic Mountain Bike Racing Team for the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia. He was a Commonwealth gold medalist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, winning the MTB event on the same day as his birthday. Green dominated the world cup circuit of cross-country mountain biking from 2000 until 2003, becoming world champion in both 2001 and 2002. Roland also is the record holder of the Mount Doug Hill climb in his hometown of Victoria BC, Canada with a fast 4Min. 39sec which nobody has broken in 10 years. He was named VeloNews' Mountain Bike Man of the Year in 1999 and Canada's Male Cyclist of the Year in 2000. Green retired at the end of the 2005 racing season.

## Major results
### 1996

    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    4th Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
    2nd Tour of Hawaii Time Trial
    3rd Tour of Malaysia Road Race

### 1997

    2nd Cross-country, National Championships

### 1998

    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    4th Overall, NORBA NCS

### 1999

    1st Overall, NORBA NCS Short Track XC
    1st Overall, NORBA Short Track Championship
    3rd Overall, NORBA NCS
    1st NORBA NCS #6, Mt. Snow, Vermont
    2nd NORBA NCS #5, Deer Valley, Utah
    3rd NORBA NCS #1, Snow Summit, California
    2nd Tour of the Rockies, Colorado
    1at Time Trial Stage, Tour of the Redlands
    3rd Team relay, UCI World Championships

### 2000

    2nd Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    4th World Cup #1
    1st Overall, Whistler International Classic Stage Race

### 2001

    UCI World Championships
       1st Cross-country
       1st Team relay
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall UCI World Cup
       1st Houffalize
       1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
       2nd Grouse Mountain
       2nd Sarentino
    1st Overall, NORBA NCS XC Series
       1st NORBA NCS XC, Snowshoe, West Virginia
       1st NORBA NCS XC, Mammoth, California
       1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
       2nd NORBA NCS XC, Big Bear, California
    1st Overall, NORBA NC STXC Series
       1st NORBA NCS STXC, Snowshoe, West Virginia
       1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mammoth, California
       1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
       3rd NORBA NCS STXC, Big Bear, California
    2nd Overall, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California
       1st Cross Country, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California
    3rd Redlands Road Race, California

### 2002

    1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, Commonwealth Games
    UCI World Cup
       2nd Madrid
       5th Houffalize
       5th Les Gets
    1st Norba NCS XC, Troy, Wisconsin
    1st Norba NCS XC, Durango, Colorado
    1st Norba NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
    1st Norba NCS XC, Showshoe, West Virginia
    1st Norba NCS STXC, Troy, Wisconsin
    1st Norba NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
    3rd Norba NCS STXC, Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia

### 2003

    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
    1st NORBA NCS XC, Sand Point, Idaho
    1st Overall, Sea Otter Classic
       1st Stage 1, Sea Otter Classic
       1st Stage 3, Sea Otter Classic
       1st Stage 4, Sea Otter Classic
    2nd Overall, Subaru Nova Desert Classic
       1st Stage 2, Subaru Nova Desert Classic
       1st Stage 3, Subaru Nova Desert Classic
    UCI World Cup
       3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
    3rd NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
    3rd Stage 2, Redlands Classic
    4th Stage 4, Dodge Tour de Georgia