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Pier-Andre Cote is stepping up from the Israel-Premier Tech academy, becoming the sixth Canadian on the pro cycling team.

The 27-year-old from Gaspe, Que., will join the Israel-Premier Tech pro team in 2025 on a two-year contract. Other Canadians on the roster are Michael Woods, Guillaume Boivin, Derek Gee, Hugo Houle and Riley Pickrell.

Cote is coming off a fifth-place finish in the general classification at CRO Race, formerly known as the Tour of Croatia.

“Pier-Andre has been an exceptional teammate all season and has stepped up to the pro team from the academy on many occasions,” Israel-Premier Tech IPT general manager Kjell Carlstrom said in a statement. “His result at CRO Race was just another example of Pier-Andre stepping up and making the most of an opportunity given to him. There will be many more opportunities to come in the next two years and I have no doubt Pier-Andre will excel in our pro team.”

Cote previously finished 10th overall in the Baloise Belgium Tour and fifth in the one-day Druivenkoers-Overijse race in Belgium.

“The racing this year has been great,” Cote said. “I have done a good amount with the pros and it’s so motivating to be working towards a victory or a team performance with such great athletes. To be surrounded with top-level and all-around great guys is empowering and it has allowed me to get the best out of myself.”

Cote won the time trial at the Canadian championships in June and finished second behind Woods in the road race.

“I have been surprising myself in all sorts of terrain lately, so I’m hoping I can keep going down this road and just become a better all-rounder,” he said. “I’m hoping I can bring my versatility into the classics and find success there.

“As far as a main goal for the next years is concerned, if I had to narrow it down to just the one, I would like to keep heading towards becoming the best bike racer I can possibly be.”

Israel-Premier Tech has plenty of Canadian connections.

Canadian-Israeli entrepreneur Sylvan Adams is one of the owners. Canadians Jean Belanger, president and CEO of Premier Tech based in Rivière-du-Loup. Que., and Kevin Ham are also partners in the team.

Former star rider Steve Bauer is the head sports director while fellow Canadian Paulo Saldanha is the team’s performance director.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 8, 2024

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The New York Jets have fired coach Robert Saleh after the team’s 2-3 start in his fourth season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.

Saleh was 20-36 as coach of the Jets, who are trying to snap the NFL’s longest active playoff drought at 13 seasons.

Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will act as the interim coach, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the Jets hadn’t announced Saleh’s firing.

It is the first time in owner Woody Johnson’s 25-year tenure that a head coach has been fired during the season.

The surprising move came a day after Saleh said he was confident Aaron Rodgers and the Jets would be able to turn things around after losing two straight, including falling 23-17 to undefeated Minnesota on Sunday in London. Rodgers had his worst game with New York, throwing three interceptions.

“There’s so much football to be played,” Saleh said Monday. “There’s so many things that we can get better at, and there’s so many things that we can continue to build on, the things that we are doing well.

“So, I’m not panicked. Nobody in the building is panicked.”

But apparently Johnson had seen enough from Saleh to make a change.

The Jets face the Buffalo Bills (3-2) on Monday night with a chance to share the AFC East lead with a victory. But instead of Saleh, it will be the 47-year-old Ulbrich leading the team on the sideline.

Ulbrich, who played linebacker for 10 seasons with San Francisco, joined the Jets as part of Saleh’s initial staff in 2021. Ulbrich was an an assistant with Atlanta for six seasons before coming to New York.

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TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index lost nearly 100 points in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the energy and base metal sectors, while U.S. stock markets climbed higher.

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 96.78 points at 24,005.93.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 42.35 points at 41,996.59. The S&P 500 index was up 43.17 points at 5,739.11, while the Nasdaq composite was up 215.69 points at 18,139.59.

The Canadian dollar traded for 73.15 cents US compared with 73.48 cents US on Monday.

The November crude oil contract was down US$3.42 at US$73.72 per barrel and the November natural gas contract was down two cents at US$2.73 per mmBTU.

The December gold contract was down US$32.20 at US$2,633.80 an ounce and the December copper contract was down 11 cents at US$4.46 a pound.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 8, 2024.

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