Pierre Hutsebaut, born in France in a cycling family, has developed in his early age the love for the sport at first as a competitor and then as a coach.
Pierre Hutsebaut, when graduating from the University with a Master degree in Sciences, came to Canada in his twenties to teach sciences courses at the College level. During this period, he experienced the thrill of the Olympic Games from the inside as he performed the duties of Road Technical Manager for the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
Soon after, Pierre Hutsebaut became the Quebec Provincial Coach and started to be involved in the development of coaching program, and it is admitted that Pierre Hutsebaut is one of the pioneer of the National Coaching Certification Program in Canada.
In 1982, Pierre Hutsebaut became National Road Coach for the Canadian Cycling Association and later on the Director of National Racing Program and finally the Executive Director of the Canadian Cycling Association.
Under his leadership, the Canadian athletes performed internationally as they never had before. The most famous one being Steve Bauer, Silver Medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and 4th overall in the Tour de France the following year.
Under Pierre’s guidance, the Canadian cycling team achieved 5 Olympic Medals in 1996 in Atlanta and was ranked second best country in cycling at these games. He managed and led the Canadian Team to 4 Olympic Games and multiple World Championships. At a time of restricted funds from the government, Pierre Hutsebaut developed a model of partnerships between the CCA, the Provincial Associations, the municipalities, the local educational institutions and the local clubs to implement seven National Cycling Centres across the country.
Furthermore, his contribution to the organization of the 2003 World Championships in Hamilton was a decisive factor in their success. These World Championships are still considered as a model of organization and they left behind them a significant legacy fund to support the development of young road athletes.
Pierre Hutsebaut is a certified level IV coach by the Coaching Association of Canada and a level III coach by the French Cycling Federation. Pierre Hutsebaut is recognized as a Chartered professional Coach (ch.p.c) by the association Coaches of Canada. These certifications associated with a master’s degree in science and a fluency in French and English certainly qualify Pierre as an international expert in cycling that the UCI employs for different missions worldwide, mostly for Olympic Solidarity Coaching courses worldwide.
In 2005, Pierre Hutsebaut was appointed as the UCI America Tour Advisor and his mandate is to help more events and more teams to come into the UCI’s umbrella.
A part from his America Tour Advisor role at UCI, Pierre Hutsebaut is also training new coaches within the Olympic Solidarity program of the UCI. Pierre delivere courses in various parts of the world: Eritrea, Bahamas, Belize and North Korea.
In the mean time, Pierre Hutsebaut is now associated in the Peak Centre for Human Performance. His invaluable experience and knowledge of what it takes to be a world-class athlete, is now accessible to a larger audience through the private business of coaching that Pierre Hutsebaut is now running in Montreal.
From the Peak Centre Montreal, Pierre Hutsebaut is coaching and training cyclists at different levels and ages ranging from 14 to 55. Pierre Hutsebaut is currently preparing the National Champion David Veilleux for the Road World Championships in Varese and two Paralympic athletes for the Beijing Games in Handcycling. One of them, Mark Beggs, just returned from the Beijing Paralympic Games with a 10th position. Athletes coached by Pierre Hutsebaut are performing as well in cyclo-cross and MTB at the highest level of competitions (World Cups). |
