Bruno Langlois: In transition
Bruno Langlois is looking for a good spot to go fishing after helping his SpiderTech p/b C10 teammates Pat McCarty and Lucas Euser to Top 10 finishes in the Tour of Utah: Le Tour de l’Utah étant terminé, l’équipe est de retour sur la route. Direction Hotchkiss, Colorado, là ou nous seront en transition pour [...]
Andrew Randell: Racing in the oven
Andrew Randell is racing in the Tour of Utah with SpiderTech p/b C10. He talks about the hellish heat during Saturday’s Stage 4: Today’s stage was a circuit race in Salt Lake City. The race consisted of 11 laps, the main feature of which was a 500m climb that kicked up to the state capitol [...]
Andrew Randell: A long day’s wait
Andrew Randell is racing the Tour of Utah for Team SpiderTech p/b C10. Today (Friday) is a long day of waiting around for the time trial tonight. Despite the short race the day is still full: a morning spin to open the legs and make last minute adjustments to the time trial bikes; lunch; a [...]
Zach Bell: Learning the ropes in Europe
Zach Bell is learning the ropes of European racing as part of SpiderTech p/b C10. This week the team is competing at the Tour de l’Ain in France. Zach tells the tale: The end of Thursday marked the halfway point of our first tour back in Europe and I think the opening two days saw [...]
Bruno Langlois: A hard day’s racing in Utah
Bruno Langlois had a tough day during Thursday’s Stage 2 of the Tour of Utah. Bruno tells the tale: Aujourd’hui j’avais l’intention de vous parler de autre chose que de la course mais je n’ai pas été témoin de choses très très excitante alors je vais vous parler de mes péripéties et ceux de l’équipe [...]
Andrew Randell: Back from Hell
Andrew Randell has been suffering through the heat and climbs at the Tour of Utah. Andrew tells the story: To Hell and Back. That’s a phrase used to describe one of the French cobbled spring classics, Paris-Roubaix, but it is certainly how I felt through yesterday and today. Yesterday I got worse on each of [...]
Will Routley: Sidelined by nasty crash
A horrific crash has temporarily sidelined Will Routley from SpiderTech p/b C10′s European racing program. Will tells the story: Our first race back in Europe and I lasted 40 minutes. I crashed out in the Sparkassen Giro on July 31st. It was probably the worst crash I’ve ever had, hitting my face into a fence [...]
Bruno Langlois: Back to racing in Utah
Bruno Langlois is part of the SpiderTech p/b C10 squad racing at the Tour of Utah this week. Bruno shares his experience so far: Suite à un camp d’entraînement à Boulder, CO de 10 jours afin de se familiariser avec l’altitude, nous voilà à Salt Lake City, Utah, pour le Tour of Utah. Samedi le [...]
Hugo Houle: Ready for the last big push of the season
Hugo Houle is part of the SpiderTech p/b C10 squad that is taking part in the Tour de l’Ain in France this week. Hugo talks about the team’s first week back in Europe and the competitions ahead: Nous voilà de retour à la compétition sur le continent européen, après quelques mois d’absence. Deux jours seulement [...]
Randell: Heat, hydration and high altitude in Utah
Andrew Randell is part of the SpiderTech p/b C10 squad at the Tour of Utah, which starts Tuesday in Park City. I arrived in Salt Lake City yesterday afternoon after a long day of travel. To be honest though I took it as a nice rest day on which I had no obligations other than [...]
At the worlds biggest bike race with Steve Bauer Bike Tours
July is a big month for Steve Bauer Bike Tours each year because that’s when the clients get to see the world’s biggest bike race. This year Team SpiderTech p/b C10 riders Mark Batty and Charly Vives went along to help out and taste the atmosphere at the Tour de France. Charly Vives shares his [...]
Zach Bell: Back to racing
Zach Bell is in Europe for the month of August with his SpiderTech p/b C10 teammates. August 1 and the rest of the pro world goes back to racing bikes. With the lull of racing that can happen for so many pro riders during the TDF August brings an interesting time. It is a time [...]
SpiderTech at the Tour de France
The big event for Steve Bauer Bike Tours each year is the Tour de France, and this year Team SpiderTech p/b C10 riders Mark Batty and Charly Vives went along to help out and taste the atmosphere of the world’s biggest bike race. Mark Batty tells the story: July 18, 2011, was the final rest [...]
Flavio de Luna 9th in Mexican championship
On Sunday, the same day the Canadian nationals wrapped up in Burlington, Ont., SpiderTech rider Flavio de Luna was racing in the Mexican championships. Flavio tells the story: GUADALAJARA, MEX — The road nationals were in Guadalajara, is the second largest city in Mexico. It’s located on the west side of Mexico about to hours [...]
A first win … at a grand prix!
Martin Gilbert and Guillaume Boivin won the Pit Stop Challenge during the Grand Prix festival on Crescent St. in downtown Montreal Thursday, against star athletes including Montreal Canadiens hockey player P.K. Subban and Olympic diving medallist Alexandre Despatie. Martin tells the story: Guillaume Boivin et moi nous somme lancé dans la mécanique de F1 pour [...]
Andrew Randell blog: Misfortune in Philly
Philly has been a good race for SpiderTech p/b C10 over the last two years. On both occasions the team has ridden well and placed riders towards the front of the race. And again this year the team rode superbly, placing Martin and Keven at the front for the sprint. Only this year we were [...]
David Boily blog: Wind tunnels and TT bikes
David Boily, Hugo Houle and Ryan Roth were in North Carolina last week to refine their time trial positions in a wind tunnel. Boily tells the story. Tout d’abord, un test en soufflerie consiste à trouver une position le plus aérodynamique possible sans perdre de puissance. L’aérodynamisme est vraiment la clef pour pouvoir glisser dans [...]
Switching gears in California
After snow forced organizers to cancel Stage 1 and shorten Stage 2, racing is well underway at the Amgen Tour of California. Team SpiderTech p/b C10 has been in the thick of the action in the opening stages of the tour, working hard to position Keven Lacombe for the bunch sprints on the criterium-style finishing [...]
Reboot
Ok, let’s try that again. Yesterday, the Route Adelie de Vitre was my first race back after three weeks of being sick – really a new start to the season and my spring campaign here in Europe. Since my sickness had come in two waves – first I had a sinus infection that seemed to [...]
Early season impressions from Hugo Houle (in French)
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Keven Lacombe’s comments on his 8th place at Nokere Koerse (in french)
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A rough week
By Andrew Randell Despite my optimism after the race in the Ardeche things haven’t turned out to so well. Leaving the Ardeche I was sure that my form was coming and that my performance in the upcoming races would improve. Not quite. On the Wednesday after Ardeche, at La Samyn in Belgium, I started with [...]
Prepare for Flanders
By Simon Lambert-Lemay The first bloc of European racing with Team Spidertech p/b C10 is behind me, it’s now time to prepare for racing in the Flanders region. Following the Boucles du Sud de l’Ardèche in France and the GP Samyn in Belgium, I was surprised and happy when Steve asked me to participate in [...]
Build that Confidence
Les Boucles Sud Ardeche, a one-day race in the foothills of the Alps, was my second race of the season and the next step in building myself up into a bike racer again. We lucked out with a nice day – 11C with the sun shining, warming us up despite a cold, winter wind that [...]
