Svein Tuft

About Svein Tuft

Svein Tuft (born May 9, 1977) is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. He was born in Langley, British Columbia. Tuft first raced in 1999, at the British Columbia Provincial Championships. Strong results landed him a place on the Broadmark Capital team, followed by short stints on the Mercury and Prime Alliance teams. Tuft currently races for Team Garmin-Slipstream.

Tuft is a four time Canadian National Time Trial Champion, having secured the title three years straight from 2004 to 2006 and again in 2008. Tuft captured the in 2004 from his current teammate and three time Canadian Olympian Eric Wohlberg. Wohlberg held the title for eight consecutive years prior to Tuft. In 2007 Tuft conceded the Canadian National Time Trial title to Ryder Hesjedal.

Tuft was selected to compete for Canada at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China in the Road Race and Time Trial. He was the leader at the finish for a long time in the time trial, before eventually finishing 7th.