Euser 18th on climbers’ day

LUCAS EUSER AMONGST LEADERS AT TOUGH CLIMBING DAY AT VUELTA A ANDALUCIA
All-climbing day features 15% slopes

NOTE TO TELEVISION STATIONS: Satellite coordinates for Stage resume are found below.

(Spain – Feb. 19, 2012) — Stage two of the Vuelta a Andalucia will likely be the decisive one for the general classification as the riders tackled a hilly, 144-km route from Malaga to Lucena.

Newly hired Team SpiderTech p/b C10 director Michael Carter — a former teammate of Steve Bauer on the Motorola professional team in 1991 — took over behind the wheel of the team car on a day that would have perfectly suited his climbing talents.

In warm, calm weather, the stage unfolded as expected. The peloton was very active with riders from each of the 18 teams wanting a place in the opening break, and as a result the break was difficult to accomplish.

Team SpiderTech protected their two climbers in the race, Caleb Fairly and Lucas Euser, in order to place them for the climb and put them in the best possible general classification position.

Euser fared the best on the final climb, taking the 18th spot of the tough race as he crossed the finish line just 32 seconds after the stage winner and new race leader Alejandro Valverde of UCI World Tour squad Movistar.

Euser thanked his teammates after the stage: “The team did a great job to position Caleb and I heading into the climb. We started the final climb top 20. The way the wind was today made the lower part of the climb a bit dicey, I didn’t like that. The headwind slowed the pace and I’d have preferred if it was a bit more full-throttle from the beginning to the end. I paid attention to Gesink today – he climbs smooth and I thought he’d be a good wheel for me to gauge myself off.”

Carter added: “That was a dirty climb today, and was much harder than the race book seemed to indicate. The final pitch was over 15% and the wind on the exposed climb made it really difficult.”

The team also had as an objective to protect Will Routley’s position in the Meta Volantes Classification. Routley, who stepped on the podium in yesterday’s race, is currently sitting in fourth place of the Meta Volantes classification, with two points.

The stage-races resumes tomorrow for the third stage, a 157 kilometer ride between Montemayor and Las Gabias.

STAGE RESUME – FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Inicio: 18,00 GMT (19,00 hora en España)
Final: 18,30 GMT (19,30 hora en España)
TRANSPONDEDOR: 69-0013-01-P004
ANCHO DE BANDA: 6,00 MHz
FRECUENCIAS BAJADA: DOWN 12.710 MHz V
ESTACION TRANSMISORA: FLY-ADSAT-3/AD14
SYMBOL RATE: 4540
Fec: 3/4
SATELITE: HISPASAT 1D

RACE PROFILE

Event : Vuelta a Andalucia (Spain)
Class : UCI 2.1
Type: Stage race (Five stages [Prologue+four stages])
Stage 2 : Malaga-Lucena (144.7 km)
Race leader: VALVERDE, Alejandro (Movistar Team)
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Start List

RESULTS –STAGE 2 (Malaga-Lucena)

1. VALVERDE, Alejandro (ESP) (Movistar Team) 4:02.37
2. MENCHOV, Denis (RUS) (Katusha) +0:10
3. TAARAMAE, Rein (EST) Cofidis-Le Crédit en Ligne +0:10
4. SCHLECK, Frank (LUX) Radio-Shack-Nissan +0:10
5. LAGUTIN, Sergey (UZB) (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Team) +0:13
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18. EUSER, Lucas (USA) (Team SpiderTech p/b C10) +0:32
60. DE LUNA, Flavio (MEX) (Team SpiderTech p/b C10) +1:57
63. FAIRLY, Caleb (USA) (Team SpiderTech p/b C10) +2:02
64. KUNZLI, Raymond (SUI) (Team SpiderTech p/b C10) +2:05
83. ROTH, Ryan (CAN) (Team SpiderTech p/b C10) +4:39
91. ANDERSON, Ryan (CAN) (Team SpiderTech p/b C10) +5:29
99. ROUTLEY, Will (CAN) (SpiderTech p/b C10) +5:53

TEAM SPIDERTECH RIDERS

Ryan ANDERSON (Vancouver, BC)
Flavio DE LUNA (Aguascalientes, MEX)
Caleb FAIRLY (Amarillo, TX, USA)
Ryan ROTH (Cambridge, ON)
Will ROUTLEY (Whistler, BC)
Raymond KÜNZLI (Sonvilier, SUI)
Lucas EUSER (Denver, CO, USA)
Directeur sportif: Kevin FIELD / Michael CARTER

THE STAGES

Prologue : San Fernando – San Fernando (Prologue 6 km)
Stage 1 : Zahara de los Atunes-Benalmadena (197.9 km)
Stage 2 : Malaga-Lucena (144.7 km)
Stage 3 : Montemayor-Las Gabias (157.1 km)
Stage 4: Jaen-La guardia de Jaen (135.7 km)

THE TEAMS

UCI World Tour Teams: Radio Shack-Nissan (USA); Lotto Belisol Team (BEL); Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Team (NED); Movistar Team (ESP); BMC Racing Team (USA); Katusha (RUS); Rabobank (NED); Euskaltel-Euskadi (SPA)

UCI Pro-continental/continental: SpiderTech powered by C10 (CAN); Team EuropCar (FRA); Team NetAPP (GER); Saur-Sojasun (FRA); Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda’s (BEL); Project IT41 (FRA);; Caja Rural (SPA); Andalucia (SPA); Cofidis (FRA); Team NSP (GER)

ABOUT Team SpiderTech powered by C10

Team SpiderTech powered by C10 is Canada’s first and only Continental Professional Cycling Team. The team is led by Steve Bauer an Olympic and World Championship medalist. The 17-rider cycling team is composed of 11 Canadians, six international riders and is sponsored by SpiderTech Inc. and a consortium of Canadian corporations known as C10 including BlackBerry, NRS Brakes, Pinetree Capital and Argon 18. (www.cyclesportmanagement.com)

ABOUT SpiderTech

SpiderTech is the Canadian developer and world leader of pre-cut and ready to apply kinesiology taping solutions. SpiderTech is committed to excellence and innovation in the management of pain and myofascial dysfunction through the use of specialized elastic tape applications. SpiderTech’s focus is on the development and manufacturing of products and therapy protocols that meet the demands of today’s health care clinician and therapist. www.spidertech.com