Keen RaceTV watchers and EF Education-Oatly supporters know Mags from her room reviews and the tremendous pulls she has done for her teammates in races like the Tour de France Femmes. Our team believed in her and backed her world championship ambitions. Everyone at EF Pro Cycling was ecstatic when she pulled it off.

Still, many people around the world were left wondering who this 24-year-old Canadian from Sherbrooke, Québec, is when Mags attacked in the final kilometers of the world championships and soloed to her win at the summit of the Muur van Kigali.

So, who is Mags? We asked her 50 questions the day after her first race in the rainbow jersey.

I would say I am a cyclist from Québec, Canada, who has a really big passion for cycling. I’m quite a disciplined person. I like routine. And I like to be surrounded by great people. Sometimes, I can be a little bit intense. I like to go to bed early. I like to do my stretching before bed. I like to eat well. I like to train really hard. I like structure.

This. I am already doing my dream job.

We were in this small break of three riders, and on the last little climb I attacked and went all in and didn't look back. I just pushed as hard as I could on the pedals and got to the end and won.

I was thinking, “I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do.” I saw 500 meters to go, and then it started to feel a little bit more real, but also not so real. The last 500 meters felt long. The road went slightly up to the top. I thought, “Now, I guess I need to celebrate. But are they just right there? Do I have time?” I was thinking about Kristen’s win at the Olympics, when she just went through and didn't do anything, because she was so focused. So, I was like, “Okay, I need to do something.” I didn't think. I just lifted my arms. And then, because I was so in disbelief that it really happened, I think I just had a lot of emotion. Alison told me afterwards that my celebration was good, so I was like, “Okay, I'm good. It's fine. It was a good celebration.”

There was this small pitch, a steeper part at the beginning, and then it started to flatten down a little bit, and I thought I had really made a mistake. I was thinking, “This is going to be a long, long way to the line.” It was two K, but it was a long two K. And then I looked back, and I was sure they were going to be right there. I could not slow down in my head. I thought they were going to be right on my wheel, so I had to keep going right to the line. Even at the line, I could not believe it. I kept looking and thinking, “For sure they're there.”

I left home at 7:30 AM, took the train to go to the airport, and then our flight was a bit delayed, and the airline decided – you bought a ticket to Bologna; let's send you somewhere else. There were protests in Italy, so the roads were closed. We were supposed to arrive at the hotel at 2:00 PM, but arrived at 7:00 PM. So, plans changed, and I couldn’t ride. But I was really excited to see the jersey and everything, so I refocused on this. It was special to see it for the first time. Then we looked at it and then did the photoshoot.

It is really weird. I'm not used to it at all. I'm trying to hide a little bit because I feel a bit weird. I don't really understand it. I'm the same as I always was. It is special, but I'm not used to having all this attention. I didn’t realize it would be such a big thing.

From Canada, I've had a lot of really nice messages, especially from the young riders, saying that they're excited and now see that it's possible to win races like worlds. I think this is the biggest thing. I didn't realize how much of an impact this could have on others, helping people believe in themselves. That is one of the things I'm the most proud of: that it is possible to inspire people to believe that they can really do it.

Trust the process and believe in yourself.

I like to be surrounded a lot by great people, and I think I can really put my trust in them, and when they believe me, I can believe in myself. That is one of my strengths: to be surrounded by great people. I think you have to be surrounded by people who make you happy, and when you're happy, you can do great things.

My biggest weakness is maybe that I don't have a lot of confidence in myself, but I think that is starting to change with all the belief and support I am getting from everyone.

Disappointing people.

Everyone I see who is working hard and pursuing their dreams inspires me and makes me want to be better.

When people are disrespectful.

I’m an optimist, I would say.

Still racing, but starting to think about transferring to a different career. I want to start my own business. I just need an idea. Luckily, I have time. I have ten years!

When I go out for a ride.

I like to read a book or watch TV.

A lot of sleeping. I will take a nap and try to sleep a lot during the day. If I can, I will get a massage. I like to eat good food, maybe see some friends for a little bit, watch some TV, read, and then normally try to catch up on studies.

I often just eat bread with peanut butter and fruit, and eggs, and a lot of sourdough bread. And corn.

It is a good carb and it is tasty and you can make lots of good things from it.

Until I give up because I don't want to do it anymore. One time at school, I did one for two hours, but we had to stop to go to class.

My first bike was a little hybrid with a bike rack in the back. That's the one we used when I rode 1000 kilometers to Gaspésie in Québec with my dad when I was eight. It had training wheels at the beginning, but after a little bit, we took them off.

I went to the Sherbrooke École de Triolet. I went to a special sports program there.

Business administration at the Université TÉLUQ. It is an online university from Québec.

Cycling, I guess, and then reading, cooking, and learning things.

Yes, I do!

I really like to make banana bread.

Normally, things made from corn, just normal corn, but polenta is also good. Cornbread is good. Anything with corn.

My bike. I really like my air fryer. And then, it’s a hard question. Probably my phone, to be honest.

Coffee.

Cappuccino with oat milk. Oatly, of course.

À bloc.

I really like the red because it reminds me of Canada and the blue because it reminds me of Québec. It is nice that they're close to each other on the jersey.

Now, it's my new rainbow jersey. That's for sure.

Comedies.

Lucinda Riley. I really like her books. I have read all of them.

Either WhatsApp or Spotify, the only two I use pretty much.

I don't know much about flowers. Orchids are really pretty, and I know it takes a lot of work to make them bloom.

Savory.

This is a hard one. Cats, I think.

No, but my friends Ruby West and Derek Gee, who live just in front of me, have cats named Simba and Stella, and I get to go take care of them sometimes.

I am listening to a lot of French music right now. Charlotte Cardin from Québec is an artist I am really into at the moment.

I don’t want to say. My sister just came over to Europe. When we were really young, we used to watch this high school drama—902… something. We started watching it again, so I have been rewatching it.

I was named after Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, the Magdalen Islands in English. I’ve been once. It’s really nice. There is good seafood. I want to go there again on holiday.

I would like to visit more of Québec and go to some of the different regions that I haven't seen yet. I like the mountains. My mum comes from Gaspésie, and I would like to go there for a holiday in the summer to explore. I’ve visited to ski, but want to go in the summer. It’s really nice there.

It was probably to my boyfriend Cian—something really random. Let me check. “Call me when you have time.”

I don't dance very well. I can't sing. I’m not good at ball sports like tennis. I am really, really bad at things that require coordination.

The people around me, my friends, my family.

I want to win one of the Ardennes classics. That is on my bucket list. I want to have a business after cycling. I don’t know yet what it will be, but I want to start something. And then I want to learn a new language. That is on my bucket list for the winter. Thanks to EF, I am going to try to learn Spanish this winter.

Thanks, Mags! Fans are going to be seeing a lot more of you in rainbows this coming year.