Lucas Euser completes comeback
At cyclingnews.com: A first injury free off-season since career threatening accident –Â Two and a half years ago, SpiderTech’s Lucas Euser was struck by a car while out training on his bike, shattering his knee. Click here to read the article.
Bauer: Expecting even better in 2012
At velochrono.fr: C’était une attraction en 2011, ça va devenir une habitude en 2012. Pour la deuxième année consécutive, les Canadiens de SpiderTech arpenteront les courses européennes, mais cette fois-ci avec l’expérience de ceux qui sont déjà venus en repérage … Click here for the full article.
Globe reporter takes an indoor spin with SpiderTech
In the Globe and Mail: For the past 25 seconds I’ve been churning my bike’s pedals as hard as I can. The fitness consultant behind me is offering advice or encouragement, but his voice is drowned out by the screaming from my leg muscles and the racing heartbeat thumping in my ears … Click here [...]
SpiderTech unveils 17-man roster for 2012
In the Globe and Mail: Will Routley’s expertise on the road will be one of the main weapons in Canada’s arsenal as Team SpiderTech unveiled a 17-man roster for the 2012 international cycling campaign in Toronto. Click here to read the article. More media coverage: Cyclingnews.com Daily Peloton Canadian Cyclist Pedal Magazine Canadian Cycling magazine [...]
Zach Bell at Columbian round of track World Cup
From the Canadian Cycling Association website: CANADA’S TRACK CYCLING TEAM BRINGS OUT BIG GUNS FOR SECOND WORLD CUP. World Cup Champions Whitten, Bell ready to start 2012 international season as World Cup in Colombia is set to begin. Click here for the full article.
Lucas Euser and natural foods
In the Chicago Tribune: Lucas Euser is a Denver-based cyclist who spends much of his year racing in Europe with Team SpiderTech PB-C10 …”I’m a 100 percent believer that you could not eat a single gel in a race and be fine …” Click here to read the article.
Mark Batty wins silver at cyclocross nationals
From the Canadian Cycling Association: SHEPPARD AND MCNEELY DEFEND TITLE; EMILY BATTY TAKES THE WIN AT 2011 CANADIAN CYCLO-CROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS Sheppard and McNeely both defend in their categories, Batty takes career first Elite title (November 5, 2011 – Toronto, ON) Chris Sheppard (Kamloops, BC/Rocky Mountain Bicycles) successfully defended his title at the 2011 Canadian Cyclo-cross [...]
SpiderTech p/b C10 awarded Pro Continental licence
On the UCI website: On the basis of the files received by the required deadlines and following their evaluation in collaboration with UCI-appointed auditors Ernst & Young, the UCI today proceeded with the registration of the teams listed below in either the first or second divisions for the 2012 season … Click here to read [...]
Steve Bauer reflects on 2011 season
On the Toronto Star website: You’ll have to pardon Steve Bauer if he’s a little worn out at the end of a long season. The former Canadian cycling great might not be racing the bike anymore, but as the manager of Team SpiderTech powered by C10 in their maiden season on the Continental Pro tour [...]
Boivin 11th at Pan Am Games
From the Canadian Cycling Association: 2011 CYCLING SEASON ENDS WITH ROAD RACES AT PAN-AMERICAN GAMES Numainville comes in sixth place of Women’s race; Boivin places in 11th position (Guadalajara, MEX – 22, 2011) The road cycling season came to an end today with the presentation of the road races at the 2011 Pan-American Games in [...]
Guillaume Boivin to compete in Pan Am Games
On the Canadian Cycling Association website: Tory Nyhaug, David Veilleux, Guillaume Boivin, Laura Brown, Joelle Numainville and Max Plaxton are headlining a well-balanced Canadian cycling team competing at the 2011 Pan-American Games to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, this month, announced the Canadian Cycling Association on Wednesday, in conjunction with the Canadian Olympic Committee … [...]
David Boily named La Presse ‘Personality of the Week’
In La Presse: Pendant que les meilleurs cyclistes du monde étaient de passage au Québec pour les Grands Prix cyclistes World Tour, le Québécois David Boily s’illustrait en Europe en terminant deuxième du Tour de l’Avenir, une course de haut rang réservée aux meilleurs coureurs de moins de 23 ans. Ce résultat est historique pour [...]
Bad luck for Boivin at worlds
On the Canadian Cycling Association website: Guillaume Boivin of Longueuil, QC (Team SpiderTech-C10) was hoping to repeat his 2010 World Championships bronze medal performance from the road race, this afternoon in Copenhagen, Denmark, but he knew heading into the race that it would be no easy task as the lone Canadian rider in the 175-rider [...]
Svein Tuft 13th at time trial worlds
On the Canadian Cycling Association website: Canada’s top time trials specialist Svein Tuft of Langley, British Columbia, rode to a 13th place performance in the Time Trials race at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday … Click here to read the article.
Hugo Houle 26th at U23 worlds
In La Presse: Houle a pris le 26e rang du contre-la-montre des moins de 23 ans aux Championnats du monde de cyclisme, qui s’ouvraient lundi à Copenhague. Trente-deuxième un an plus tôt à Melbourne, il espérait se glisser parmi les 15 premiers au Danemark. Click here to read the article.
SpiderTech’s Roth wins Univest Grand Prix
At velonews.com: Canadian Ryan Roth of Team SpiderTech powered by C10 capped an aggressive team race at the Univest Grand Prix Saturday, winning from a three-man sprint after counter-attacking once teammate Francois Parisien was caught after a 75-mile breakaway … Click here to read the article.
Gilbert headlines Univest GP
On Bike World News: The Univest Grand Prix – the final race on both the National Racing Calendar (NRC) and the UCIAmerica Tour calendar – will showcase some of the top cycling talent on the domestic and international racing circuit this weekend … Click here to read the article.
David Boily: Looking back on a ‘dream week’
In La Presse: Tour de l’Avenir runner-up David Boily looks back on his “dream week” in France. À cinq kilomètres de l’arrivée, quand il a compris que le Tour de l’Avenir allait lui échapper, David Boily a pensé à Laurent Fignon … Click here to read the article.
Boily 2nd at Tour de l’Avenir by just 17″
David Boily scores Canada’s best-ever result in Tour de l’Avenir by finishing second overall, just 17″ behind the winner. At radio-canada.ca: Ce que David Boily craignait s’est finalement produit. Il a dû rendre son bien au pire moment, dimanche, au Tour de l’Avenir .. Click here to read the article.
One more stage for Boily
In La Presse: Le Québécois David Boily, détenteur du maillot jaune du meneur au cours des trois derniers jours, a terminé 33e de la sixième étape disputée sur 153,5 kilomètres au Tour de l’Avenir, samedi … Click here to read the article.
Tour de l’Avenir: Boily still in yellow
In La Presse: À l’issue d’une cinquième étape remportée par le Français Romain Bardet, vendredi au Tour de l’Avenir, le coureur québécois David Boily a conservé le maillot jaune de meneur avec deux étapes à faire à la compétition … Click here to read the article.
Quebec, Montreal gear up for cycling fiesta
Article by Steve Bauer in the Globe and Mail: Tour de France champions, Olympic medalists and national champions from around the globe will compete on the streets of Quebec City and Montreal Friday and Sunday in these only two races on the 2011 World Tour circuit, a 27-race season highlighted by the Tour de France [...]
The magic continues for Boily
In the Journal de Montréal: Même s’il ne reste que deux cyclistes de l’équipe canadienne pour l’aider, David Boily a réussi à conserver le maillot jaune du Tour de l’Avenir jeudi, après avoir pris le 20e rang de la quatrième étape … Click here to read the article.
David Boily takes yellow at l’Avenir
In La Presse: L’Australien Michael Hepburn a remporté mercredi la troisième étape du Tour de l’Avenir, disputée sur 166 km, entre Gérardmer (Vosges) et Porrentruy (Suisse), à l’issue de laquelle le Québécois David Boily s’empare du maillot jaune de meneur … Click here to read the article.
