She may be small in stature, but when she’s on her bike Victoria native Sarah Van Dam is a force.

Getting her start at the Tripleshot Cycling Club in B.C.’s capital, she’s now based in Europe racing alongside the best female cyclists in the world.

With so much track behind her, Van Dam has come a long way.

“When I first started cycling I was like, ‘Oh, I’m not sure I want to compete,” she says. “And then once I got into it, it was like, ‘Woah!’”

Van Dam was only 11 when she caught the cycling bug.

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“It was called Bike Jam and it was a middle school event and they introduced you to all the disciplines,” she says.

She didn’t know it at the time, but the school bike league was organized by the Tripleshot Cycling Club. It’s a club that Van Dam would soon belong to.

“I kinda

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