Michael Woods

Michael Russell Woods, known as Rusty, was born on 12 October 1986 and is a Canadian professional racing cyclist. He was first a middle-distance runner, setting Canadian junior records in the mile and 3000 metres in 2005 and winning the 1500 metres at the 2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, before a recurring stress fracture ended his running and he took up cycling as cross-training. He was the first person to run a sub-four-minute mile and also complete the Tour de France. He finished second in Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2018, took Vuelta a España stage 17 that year, won Milano-Torino in 2019, won stage 9 of the 2023 Tour de France and announced his retirement for the end of 2025.