The event was due to be the second event of the eight-round series but organisers have struggled to secure significant Government funding required to host the competition on September 19.

With teams and suppliers requiring time to plan ahead the decision was therefore made to cancel the event, although both the UCI and Cycling Canada maintain they have the plan and the desire to stage the event in the future.

“The challenges we’ve faced came mainly from logistic and financial components,” said Patrice Drouin, President of Gestev, executive producer of the event.

“Because of insufficient time, we couldn’t bring together in time all the right partners needed in order to deliver an event that is up to the standards of a UCI World Cup.

“Taking into account the financial risk caused by this lack of time in coming with optimal conditions to hold a successful event, the committee has proposed to Cycling Canada and UCI to defer it to a later date.

“Even though all current partners that were approached we’re fully collaborating, time was not on our side.”

The UCI and Cycling Canada have claimed they will seek the financial support necessary to stage a leg of the World Cup prior to adding the event onto the calendar, as they aim to deliver a top-level of competition in Canada in the future.

The World Cup season is due to begin on September 16 in Las Vegas and now will head to Valkenburg in The Netherlands for the second event on October 18.

Belgium is then set to stage the next three events with Koksijde set to host round three on November 22, before the World Cup heads to Namur on December 20 and Heusden-Zolder six days later.

Lignieres-En-Berry in France is scheduled to stage the penultimate event on January 17, before the World Cup returns to The Netherlands’ for its closing event on January 24 in Hoogerheide.

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