Photos from Camp
The team gears up for the 2012 racing season with a final prep camp in Aix-en-Provence France. It was much colder than anticipated, but we made the best of it.
Michael Carter joins SpiderTech sport director team
Former teammate of Steve Bauer comes in to provide depth, experience (St. Catharines, ON – January 24, 2011) — The riders on Team SpiderTech powered by C10, Canada’s only pro-continental cycling team, will have more than 30 years of professional cycling experience to draw from as Michael Carter joins the squad as sport director. Carter [...]
SpiderTech p/b C10 T-shirt photo contest
We’re launching one more contest to bridge the gap from the 2011 season to 2012. We’d like you to send us your best photo of you or a loved one wearing their 2012 Team SpiderTech p/b C10 T-shirt. It can be a beautifully composed photo, something taken in a strange location or simply a fun [...]
Team SpiderTech C10 unveils 2012 roster
TEAM SPIDERTECH POWERED BY C10, CANADA’S FIRST PROFESSIONAL CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM UNVEILS 2012 ROSTER New recruits and international experience gained in inaugural campaign to strengthen team’s overall competitiveness in 2012 TORONTO – December 2, 2011 – Team SpiderTech powered by C10 has reconfirmed and recruited an internationally experienced squad that will build on the successful [...]
Meet Team SpiderTech p/b C10
Open House: Meet Team SpiderTech p/b C10 Come see Team SpiderTech powered by C10 at the SpiderTech PowerWatts Cycling Studio on Saturday, November 26th! Stop by the new indoor training facility and have the opportunity to speak with your favourite team riders, get an update on the 2012 season from Steve Bauer and see the [...]
Year End Sale!
Cycle Sport Management & Team SpiderTech powered by C10 is will be open to public for 2 days only. We’ll be selling goodies: Team cycling APPAREL Used frames and complete BIKES – Road, Time Trial, Track & Hybrid Accessories Merchandise And more! Times & Dates Friday November 18th from 4:00pm to 8:00pm Saturday November 19th [...]
Mark Batty: Solid race, podium finish
Mark Batty shares his experience at the 2011 Canadian Cyclocross Nationals in Toronto on Nov. 5: Friday, Nov. 4: Emily, Adam and I pack the car and head down to preview the Nationals course. It was really nice to only have a one-hour drive meaning we were able to do this course inspection the day [...]
Zach Bell: Gearing up for Olympic omnium
When the track cycling World Cup gets underway in Kazakhstan this weekend, defending omnium champion Zach Bell won’t be there. But that doesn’t mean the Team SpiderTech p/b C10 rider has switched his focus from the velodrome. Far from it. In fact, Bell is in California gearing up for the most important track season of [...]
Mark Batty: Don’t believe the forecast
“Umm Mark, we’re not really getting out of the car?” When the decision was made to go to Beacon Cross in New Jersey there was nothing but sun in the forecast. A day before heading down I take another glimpse of the weather and, sure enough, they’re now calling for 20-30mm of rain, and they [...]
Fan photo contest winners
It was really, really tough, but we have finally chosen a winner for our 2011 fan photo contest. More than 40 people sent us more than 100 photos, and we had a hard time choosing our favourite. In fact, any number of the photos could have been our favourite, but in the end we had [...]
Mark Batty: Emptying the tank before cyclocross nationals
Mark Batty of Team SpiderTech p/b C10 kept it local this past weekend, racing in Barrie, Ont., north of Toronto. Coming as it did at the end of a heavy training block, results weren’t the objective: Last Sunday was the Barrie Cycling Baseball Cross. Unfortunately there was no baseball playing, just full-on cross racing. The [...]
Mark Batty: Podium at last
Team SpiderTech p/b C10′s Mark Batty continues his cyclocross season in preparation for the national championships in Toronto on Nov. 5. Here’s how his last weekend went: Another early morning, another 10-hour drive and another great weekend of racing. Granogue Cross located in Wilmington, Delaware, presented itself with sunshine, blue skies and high teens for [...]
Mark Batty: Back pain and bad luck in Gloucester
While most of his SpiderTech p/b C10 teammates are taking some time off, Mark Batty is racing on the North American cyclocross circuit until the national championships in November. This past weekend Mark was in Massachusetts for the Gloucester Grand Prix … which didn’t go as well as hoped: Writing about the Gloucester races is [...]
Keven Lacombe: Back in the saddle for 2012
If it’s possible to put a positive spin on a broken jaw and shattered teeth, Keven Lacombe can do it. The soon-to-be 26-year-old from Amos, Que., slipped on a corner and crashed heavily in the Canadian criterium championships on June 26, suffering a triple fracture to his jaw and losing several teeth in the process. [...]
Mark Batty: Long drive, stomach issues and mud
For the next two months, Mark Batty will be flying the Team SpiderTech p/b C10 flag on the North American cyclocross circuit. Mark reports on his first weekend of racing: Twelve hours of driving finally gets the van to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The temperature is quit chilly and the sky is overcast. Friday morning I [...]
Our Favourite Rides: Will Routley (Whistler, B.C.)
All of our favourite rides The riders on Team SpiderTech p/b C10 spend thousands of hours riding their bikes each year, so they get to discover some fantastic training routes. The next in the series is Will Routley with a hilly trek starting from Whistler, B.C.: ” In Whistler there simply aren’t a ton of [...]
Mark Batty: A new season … of cyclocross
While some Team SpiderTech p/b C10 riders duke it out at the world championships and others take a well-earned break before getting ready for 2012, a whole new season is just starting for Mark Batty. For the next two months Mark will be duking it out in the off-road discipline of cyclocross, and he’ll be [...]
Guillaume Boivin ready to tackle worlds
SpiderTech p/b C10 rider Guillaume Boivin is in Copenhagen for the road cycling world championships. He will be the sole Canadian in the U23 men’s road race Friday. The 23rd of September has been circled on my calendar for nearly a year. After finishing third last year in Australia, a day hasn’t gone by without [...]
SpiderTech p/b C10 photo contest
By the time SpiderTech p/b C10′s 2011 season draws to a close next weekend, our fans will have seen us do more than 90 days of racing at 40 different events. That means you’ve all had ample opportunities to take photos of the SpiderTech riders in action — and it also means you could win [...]
Our favourite rides: Simon Lambert-Lemay (Saint-Ours, Que.)
All of our favourite rides The riders on Team SpiderTech p/b C10 spend thousands of hours riding their bikes each year, so they get to discover some fantastic training routes. Next in the series is Simon Lambert-Lemay with his favourite training route from Saint-Ours, on Montreal’s south shore. Simon explains: “C’est un beau parcours le [...]
Hugo Houle: Good start at Tour de l’Avenir
Hugo Houle is competing at the Tour de l’Avenir in France with the Canadian National Team. Hugo was fifth in the prologue Sunday — Canada’s best-ever result at l’Avenir, which is the most prestigious U23 race on the international calendar: Aujourd’hui, avait lieu le prologue du Tour de l’Avenir, course U23 la plus prestigieuse au [...]
Our favourite rides: Zach Bell (West Vancouver, B.C.)
All of our favourite rides The riders on Team SpiderTech p/b C10 spend thousands of hours riding their bikes each year, so they get to discover some fantastic training routes. Next in the series is Zach Bell, who just came back from Team SpiderTech p/b C10′s last European project of the 2011 season, during which [...]
Our favourite rides: Flavio de Luna (Aguascalientes, MEX)
All of our favourite rides The riders on Team SpiderTech p/b C10 spend thousands of hours riding their bikes each year, so they get to discover some fantastic training routes. Next in the series is our Mexican team member, Flavio de Luna, who shares his favourite route back home:: “My favourite ride is a hilly [...]
Zach Bell: Flat roads at last
Zach Bell just wrapped up the final European trip of the season with Team SpiderTech p/b C10. The end of our Euro August tour finally finished on some flats. It was great to find that form that had been building up of the course of a month. The difference between racing at the beginning of [...]
