LIVE AUCTION – ENDS JANUARY 28, 2010
LIVE AUCTION IS OPEN
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The end of the auction will take place January 28, 2010 – Between 8:00pm and 11:00pm eastern time in Toronto, Canada.
Bids from the website and the audience will be taken during that [...]
Stage 1 – Gilbert finished 5th – Cavendish won
It’s a start for Planet Energy. The Team completed its 1st Stage of the Tour of Missouri. During the last 5 laps; the whole team has been prensent at the front until the end. Few crashes happened after the last right turn entering the final 500 meters to go. None of the Planet Energy [...]
Planet Energy Tunes up for Tour of Missouri by Winning Chris Thater Memorial
Planet Energy Pro Cycling Team headed to Binghamton NY this weekend for the Chris Thater Memorial race and the final event of the NRC Series in the USA. It was an important goal for the team to race flat out cohesively and tune up for the Tour of Missouri beginning one week today.
PLANET ENERGY DOMINATES QUEBEC CHAMPIONSHIPS AND CANADA GAMES
A week of medals for Planet Energy riders who dominated the Quebec Championships and the Canada Games. Eight Planet Energy riders were participating to the Provincials in Huntingdon, whereas Guillaume Boivin and Éric Boily were participating under the Quebec Team colours to the Canada Games held in Prince-Edward-Island.
Between the two of them, Boily and [...]
Elliot Lake Stage Race
With all of the team heading up to Quebec to take part in the last Mardis Lachine crit and do some intense training prior to the Tour of Missouri and me back at home in Ontario unable to attend due to some other commitments I headed North for the 2 day, 3 stage Elliot Lake [...]
A Win to End our Training Camp
Saturday was the last day of our team camp. After the final race at the Mardi Lachine, the whole team went to Bromont for an intensive 4 day training camp to be ready and top shape for the season final stretch (Tour of Missouri and Univest GP).
The Niagara Classic or the “Eff” as the Locals Like to Call it
The Planet Energy boys lined up Sunday to tackle the famous Saylors Hill in one of Canada’s true classic events which has character and history thicker than years old asphalt we raced on. On the line representing the squad was Randy Randell, Ryan “the bull” Roth, Andrew Huntinelli, Mark “I did chores this morning” Batty [...]
Stage 4 Criterium Lined up for the Sprint
Here’s a nice photo of Andrew Randell and Keven Lacombe lining it up one lap to go.
Keven is taking a quick peek of who’s on his wheel…. none the less, LA himself.
Unfortunately two turn later (at 1km to go) Alex Candelario crashed in front of Keven taking him down with him, eliminating a great [...]
Report Stage 2 Tour of the Gila by Steve Bauer
Stage 2 – Fort Bayard to Fort Bayard 125.5 km Inner Loop Road Race
It did not take long before the race was on for Planet Energy as Keven Lacombe jumped into the first important breakaway with Ben King (Trek Livestrong) and Roman Van Uden (Land Rover). The threesome worked together gaining an advantage quickly. Keven [...]
Race Report Stage 1 Tour of the Gila by Steve Bauer
Planet Energy Race Report by Steve Bauer
Tour of Gila Stage 1
Silver City to Mogollon, 151.5km, mountain top finish in 3:36:02
Planet Energy Pro Cycling Team began the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico with reserved ambitions. The 6 men team of Francois Parisien, Ryan Roth, Andrew Randell, Bruno Langlois, Maxime Vives and Keven Lacombe was [...]
Battenkill – François Report
At last a race! That’s what I told myself Sunday morning when I woke up. After six weeks of waiting and preparation, I was ready for a hard 200km race, the Tour of the Battenkill, America’s Queen of the Classics. For several weeks, I had already been imagining myself racing
Another Podium at Battenkill
Another day of racing for Planet Energy team in NY State, the Tour of the Battenkill, a 200km course (2 circuits of 100km) with paved and unpaved roadways.
Our rider François Parisien finished 3rd with Karl Menzies of OUCH 2nd behind solo rider Scott Nydam of BMC in 1st position.
Good Friday Road Race – OCup #1
Team Planet Energy lined up for the 2009 edition of the Good Friday road race with just three guys: Andrew Randell, Buck Miller and myself. The plan was
Results Stage 5 & 6
Stage 5 YOUNG to PAYSANDU – 173,5Km – Average 45,274Km/h
Results
1º DOTI, Juan Pablo USA Latino Cycling 3:49:56 10″
2º CLINE, Hernán J. URU Alas Rojas s.t. 6″
3º NOLLA, Esteban A. URU Con Los Mismos Colores s.t. 4″
54° HUNT, Andrew @ 13″
Results Stage 3 & 4
Stage 3 SAN JACINTO to DURAZNO – 179,5Km – Average 41,159Km/h
Results
1º KEOUGH, Jack USA KELLY BENEFITS Strat 4:21:40 10″
2º SASSO, Mario Alfredo URU DOLORES CICLES CLUB s.t. 6″
3º GRAU, Oscar ESP COSAOR-COSTA DE AZAH s.t. 4″
14° VIVES, Charly all s.t.
Stage 2 – Results and Short Report from Steve
Stage 2 Maldonado to Ramallo – 140km Average 33,62Km/h
It was tough day: Hilly, windy, breaks, echelons, and some rain…
Charly had the first bad luck. He crashed without damage, punctured and off the back with a dropped group all day. The rest of the boys fared pretty good, but some were hurting.
Stage 1 Vuelta Uruguay
Stage 1 Montevideo to Maldonado – 146.6 km Average 41.786 km/hr
1) Jack Keough USA Kelly Benefit in 3:30:30 (10sec bonus)
2) Kleber Ramos BRA Brazil National Team s.t. (6sec bonus)
3) Emile Abraham USA Latino Cycling Team s.t. (4sec bonus)
20) Charly Vives s.t.
35) Mark Batty s.t.
41) Joël Dion-Poitras s.t.
53) Éric Boily s.t.
61) Keir Plaice s.t.
81) Andrew Hunt [...]
UCI America Tour Ranking as per Feb 25 2009
The team is ranked in 3rd position after it’s first UCI race of the year.
On the UCI individual ranking:
20th – Francois Parisien
21st – Keven Lacombe
70th – Ryan Roth
103rd – Martin Gilbert
128th – Andre Randell
Visit the UCI ranking: http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MjExMw&LangId=1
Telmex Tour
Not six days after finishing the Vuelta Cuba we were off to Mexico to start the Telmex Tour. This was the early season and miles in the legs was the plan and that was just what we were going to get: the Telmex Tour was 8 days with most of the stages between 150 and [...]
1st Stage win Stage 1 Baracoa – Guantánamo by Keven (French version only)
Première étape au tour de Cuba, 150 kilomètres avec pluie et une montée 5 kilomètres après le départ.
Vuelta a Cuba TT by Francois (in French only)
Après six jours de course à essayer de sauver le plus d’énergie possible en vue du contre la montre, la septième étape du Tour de Cuba était enfin le temps pour moi de montrer ce que j’avais en tête depuis plusieurs semaines.
L’ambition de Steve Bauer
Planet Energy Team Launch gets press in Montreal. This article is in French, read the full article on Radio-Canada.ca
Meilleur cycliste canadien de tous les temps, Steve Bauer dirige depuis sa retraite, en 1996, une prolifique entreprise qui organise des voyages à vélo.
Pourtant, il avait toujours refusé de devenir directeur sportif… jusqu’à l’an dernier. Pour aider [...]
Training and Tunnels
Last time I wrote I was saying how getting out on the gravel roads was a great way to deal with the winter weather. Turns out I’m actually a bit of a wimp. On Tuesday I jumped in the car and drove about 13hrs down to Asheville, NC. Dan Timmerman from the team this [...]
2008 Ontario Road Male Athlete of the Year by the OCA
by Keir Plaice
In recognition of his fantastic season, my team mate Ryan Roth has recently been celebrated as the 2008 Road Male Athlete of the year by the Ontario Cycling Association. Ryan is an admirable character and a team mate that I look up to immensely.
Ryan is a model professional with great class, he has a [...]
