My name’s Carson Miles, and I’m a cyclist racing for Premier Tech u23 Cycling Project, a Canadian UCI Continental team from Canada. I currently spend most of my time in Europe racing, living an hour north of Paris, but when I’m not overseas I’m based in Ottawa, Ontario. I’ve been cycling for around 8 years now competitively. Before cycling, I was playing high level basketball in Ottawa and competing Nationally. I got into cycling through some family friends, and slowly fell more in love with the sport and started to take racing more seriously through my junior years. I quit basketball and spent more time away at training camps in Europe and the United States. During this time I also graduated from Woodroffe High School, where I did most of my grade 12 year online.
After high school, cycling became a full time pursuit for me. I had gone to worlds that year in Innsbruck, Austria, and I put going to post secondary on hold to follow my dreams. I later signed to a professional team, Floyd’s Pro Cycling, in my first year at the elite level. The year following I took another step forward and raced for the Israel Startup Nation development team, Israel Cycling Academy. In a year marred by Covid, my first experience racing in Europe was not an ideal one, but lots of lessons were learnt and experience gained. I did however have to take one step back and move to a smaller team this past year before moving back up to conti level. This just lit my fire even more to prove myself and show my capabilities to be worthy of a spot at the highest level. That year I proved I was capable of performing by winning the u23 National Championships and also coming 6th in the Elite race against World TOur competition. The following year I also managed to double up and win the u23 title again and finishing a better 4th in the Elite race out of another breakaway. This year I will have the chance to do some big races in Europe with the National team and thanks to the support of Abacus Data, I can spend more time in Europe racing and training before my big goals this season.
After high school, cycling became a full time pursuit for me. I had gone to worlds that year in Innsbruck, Austria, and I put going to post secondary on hold to follow my dreams. I later signed to a professional team, Floyd’s Pro Cycling, in my first year at the elite level. The year following I took another step forward and raced for the Israel Startup Nation development team, Israel Cycling Academy. In a year marred by Covid, my first experience racing in Europe was not an ideal one, but lots of lessons were learnt and experience gained. I did however have to take one step back and move to a smaller team this past year before moving back up to conti level. This just lit my fire even more to prove myself and show my capabilities to be worthy of a spot at the highest level. That year I proved I was capable of performing by winning the u23 National Championships and also coming 6th in the Elite race against World TOur competition. The following year I also managed to double up and win the u23 title again and finishing a better 4th in the Elite race out of another breakaway. This year I will have the chance to do some big races in Europe with the National team and thanks to the support of Abacus Data, I can spend more time in Europe racing and training before my big goals this season.
