A first injury free off-season since career threatening accident – Two and a half years ago, SpiderTech’s Lucas Euser was struck by a car while out training on his bike, shattering his knee.

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(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 is a former pro who raced with SpiderTech-C10 co-founder Steve Bauer on the Motorola team in 1991. He competed in cycling’s greatest events in the 1980s and ’90s, including the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a Espana, Tour of Switzerland and the professional world championships.

“I love a challenge, and I couldn’t turn down Steve’s offer to help SpiderTech-C10 reach its ambitious goal of racing at the Tour de France,” Carter said.

Carter joins the team as one of the two principal on-road directors, alongside Kevin Field. Bauer continues to guide the team’s sporting activities and strategic direction, and will direct the riders at major events, but his focus is increasingly on laying the groundwork for the team to step up to the World Tour level.

Carter’s background makes him an ideal addition to the team. Since his professional career, he has been working as sport director for Team Type 1 in the U.S. at the same time as coaching athletes through his business, Echelon Sports, based near Denver, Colorado. He has also continued to race himself, winning several masters world titles.

“We’ve been considering the need for an additional sport director for some time,” said Bauer. “When I found out Mike was no longer with Team Type 1 I was surprised, but jumped at the chance to engage him. I’ve been impressed with his work and Mike brings a calm demeanor and methodical approach that will fit well within our management team. I’ve known Mike more than 20 years; it was an easy choice for me and I’m really happy to welcome Mike to the team.”

Carter will join the team in Europe in mid-February to work alongside Field at the Ruta del Sol in the south of Spain. He will then join Bauer for the Belgian semi-classics.

“I’m really looking forward to working alongside Steve again,” Carter said. “I have a lot of great memories from our time together at Motorola and it’s going to be exciting taking the team program to the next level.”

ABOUT Team SpiderTech powered by C10
Team SpiderTech powered by C10 is Canada’s first Continental Professional Cycling Team. Founded by Steve Bauer and Josée Larocque in 2007, the team has earned in 2011 a Professional Continental license from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The 17-rider cycling team of 10 Canadians and six international riders is sponsored by SpiderTech Inc. and a consortium of Canadian corporations known as C10 including BlackBerry, NRS Brakes, Pinetree Capital, Planet Energy and Saputo. (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. (http://www.nucapmedical.com)

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 picture.

The person who submits the one we like the best will get a special edition copy of the Pro Cycling Manager 2011 video game featuring Team SpiderTech p/b C10.

Please send us your entries no later than Jan. 15 to team@cyclesportmanagement.com, with “T-shirt contest” in the subject line. Don’t forget to include your contact info as well. We’ll announce the winner soon after that.

Good luck!

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 …

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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 …

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Bell was in Cali, Colombia, competing as a member of the Canadian national team in the second round of the UCI Track World Cup.

After skipping the first round, Bell was using the Cali event to gauge his progress towards his target event, the 2012 Olympics in London in August.

And progress looks good: In Cali Bell set a new Canadian individual pursuit record of 4:27.686 and personal bests in all the timed events on the way to capturing a silver medal in the event.

Bell is now returning to the Los Angeles region to continue his preparation.

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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.

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More media coverage:

• Cyclingnews.com
• Daily Peloton
• Canadian Cyclist
• Pedal Magazine
• Canadian Cycling magazine
• VeloNation.com
• canoe.ca (in French).