Team SpiderTech - Insider News from Steve

Racing Resumes!

The Tour of Utah begins tomorrow.  Billed as‘America’s Toughest Stage Race’, it covers 658 km with nearly 9100 metres of climbing over 6 days of racing.  The team brings many cards to play, including climbers Pat McCarty and Lucas Euser, and experienced all-rounders Bruno Langlois and Francois Parisien.  Watch for altitude-ready Flavio De Luna to be a young rider contender. Andrew Randell, Simon Lambert-Lemay and Ryan Roth round out the roster.  Live web casting will be available via the official event web site.                  

Last weekend, the Sparkassen Giro marked Guillaume Boivin’s return to racing. Although not the best day for the Spiders, with crashes taking their toll, the guys rode well against a ProTour-laden field.

Recently Team SpiderTech Takes in the Tour

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 describes the unbelievable energy, while Charly shares his thoughts on Steve Bauer passing the torch to another Canadian rider in the not-too-distant future. 

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While one squad is at the Tour of Utah, another squad contends Tour de l'Ain, in the Rhône-Alpes area of France.  Watch for Svein in the 3.7 km prologue in Bourg-en-Bresse, the town famous for Poulet de Bresse poultry.  The last stage concludes with a decisive climb of the 1,534 metre Grand Colombier, climbs in France.

On the team website, ‘Our Favourite Rides’ features continue to be a hit with fans, where our riders share training routes, maps and even their favourite bakeries along the way.  During the racing break in July, our follower counts on Twitter and Facebook continued to grow, demonstrating we are retaining loyalty and interest.

SpiderTech junior riders recorded some impressive results, with a strong showing at Tour de l'Abitibi, and three riders selected to represent Canada at the world championships in Denmark.  Alex Cataford, Emile Jean and Alizée Brien of the Montreal-based SpiderTech p/b Powerwatts junior team will contend both road races and time trials beginning Sep 19 in Copenhagen.            

Until next week. Thanks for your continued support,               

Steve Bauer

Team Director          



Upcoming Events                                           

8/9-14

Tour of Utah, USA                                        

8/9-13                                                    

Tour de l'Ain, France                                    

8/16-19

Tour de Limousin, France                                 

8/22-28

USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Colorado, USA

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