(Belgium – April 4, 2012) Guillaume Boivin of Team SpiderTech powered by C10 posted his fifth top-10 result of the season in the 100th edition of the prestigious Scheldeprijs in Belgium Wednesday.
Boivin, who will turn 23 in May, mixed it up in the bunch sprint that
ended the 200-km race in wet and cold conditions, which was marked by
multiple crashes in the last hour of racing.
“I felt really good today. I felt like I was able to hold position
well and I made all the splits in the hectic final. My team did great to
get me in position, but I had to freelance the last bit. I got a bit
boxed in, the sprint lead outs were a bit slow because of the rain and
it made for a messy finish. I’m really looking forward to me next
races,” said Boivin after the race.
Teammate Simon Lambert-Lemay of St. Ours, QC, played a critical role
in Boivin’s success, joining a breakaway that lasted for the majority of
the race, relieving the pressure on Team SpiderTech to better execute
the final sprint.
Boivin is having a remarkable season, posting strong and consistent
results week after week. So far this season Boivin has finished in the
top 11 seven times, including three podiums.
RESULTS
1. Marcel Kittel (GER) Argos-Shimano 4:30:52
2. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda ST
3. Theo Bos (NED) Rabobank Cycling Team ST
4. Romain Feillu (FRA) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team ST
5. Manuel Belletti (ITA) AG2R La Mondiale ST
10. Guillaume Boivin (CAN) Spidertech p/b C10 ST
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(Belgium – April 5, 2012) Team SpiderTech’s Guillaume Boivin of
Longueuil, QC and Ryan Anderson of Vancouver, BC both cracked the Top 5
at the Grand Prix Pino Cerami, in Belgium, part of the UCI Europe Tour.
Both Boivin (4th) and Anderson (5th) finished side-by-side with a
time of 4:52:11, the same time as the race winner Gaëtan Bille of World
Tour team Lotto-Belisol. Today, the team expected that the real race would likely happen on
the three laps of the 24-km finishing circuit. Caleb Fairly marked a
critical 19 man split on the first two laps. Then Lucas Euser bridged to
the move to have two Team SpiderTech riders in a split of 21 men. This
move was caught with one lap to go. Ultimately, the race ended with a bunch sprint, and despite his fourth-place finish Boivin was hoping for more.
“I’m not happy, no. Fourth is close, but we wanted to get a win. I’m
really happy to have helped Randy (Ryan Anderson) today. We talked and
knew there wouldn’t be much co-ordination with other teams because of
the uphill finish. I told him to just follow me, I would sprint for the
win, but if he could come around he should. And we should both sprint
for a result. Lucas [Euser] and Dave [David Boily] moved us into
position with 5km to go which was great. In the finish the Lotto rider
caught everyone off-guard. There was a pause and then Randy and I got a
bit caught in the swarm,” said Boivin after the race.
Boivin, who has raced more than 2,500 kilometers in 17 races this
season alone – the most of all riders in Team SpiderTech — has five Top 5
finishing this season alone, stepping three times on the podium. For Anderson, this fifth place today represents his career-best
result on the international scene, cracking the Top 10 for the first
time with a professional continental team.
RESULTS
1. [BEL] BILLE, Gaëtan (Lotto-Belisol) 4:52:112. [FRA] FEILLU, Romain (Vacansoleil-DCM ProCycling Team) ST
3. [BEL] VANGENECHTEN, Jonas (Lotto-Belisol) ST
4. [CAN] BOIVIN, Guillaume (Team SpiderTech-C10) ST
5. [CAN] ANDERSON, Ryan (Team SpiderTech-C10) ST
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(France - April 10, 2012)
Hugo Houle managed to finish 22nd of Paris-Camembert. He sprinted at the front of the peloton who was 30 seconds back on race winner Pierre-Luc Perichon (La Pomme Marseille).
RESULTS
1 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) La Pomme Marseille 4:47:34
2 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
3 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller
3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 0:00:06
3 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
...
16 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:30
...
22 Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech p/b C10
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(Belgium – April 11, 2012) Canadian cyclist Ryan Anderson of
Vancouver, BC came within seconds of a second Top 10 in as many races as
Team SpiderTech powered by C10 was back in action on Wednesday at the
52nd edition of Flanders’s classic “De Brabantse Pijl” in Belgium.
Anderson, who last week was fifth in the Grand Prix Pino Cerami,
crossed the finish line of the 196-km course in 11th place, just ahead
of 2011 race winner Philippe Gilbert of Team BMC Racing.
“This was definitely an improvement from last year, and knowing the
course really helped,” Anderson said. “The SpiderTech tape that I used,
four X-Spiders, kept my legs from cramping and I was able to really give
it all. I was marking the big-name guys that were left on the final
circuit, including [Philippe] Gilbert, and was able to get by him in the
finish.”
The technical finishing circuits featured four climbs, two of them on
cobbles. The team did a fantastic job of keeping Ryan protected until
the final 35 km, and delivered him in good position for the circuits
where position was crucial.
“Classic Belgium weather for a classic race – wind, rain on and off
all day, temperatures went from 8 to 12 degrees,” said Michael Carter,
directeur sportif on site.
RESULTS
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA) (Team Europcar) 4:49:07
2. Oscar Freire Gomez (SPA) (Katusha Team) +1:11
3. Pieter Serry (BEL) (Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator) +1:11
4. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (COL) (Colombia – Coldeportes) +1:14
5. Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) (BMC Racing Team) +1:17
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA) (Team Europcar) 4:49:07
2. Oscar Freire Gomez (SPA) (Katusha Team) +1:11
3. Pieter Serry (BEL) (Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator) +1:11
4. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (COL) (Colombia – Coldeportes) +1:14
5. Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) (BMC Racing Team) +1:17
...
11. Ryan Anderson (CAN) (SpiderTech powered by C10) +1:56
11. Ryan Anderson (CAN) (SpiderTech powered by C10) +1:56
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Team SpiderTech to race in Tour de Suisse
(St. Catharines, ON – March 28, 2012)
Canada’s own Team SpiderTech powered by C10 made another breakthrough
in professional cycling today, receiving an invitation to race the 2012
Tour de Suisse, the first-ever invite from a WorldTour race in Europe.
The Tour de Suisse is the fourth-biggest bike racein the world and
its long tradition and popularity make it the largest regular annual
event in Switzerland. Last year’s 75th anniversary edition of the Tour
de Suisse was broadcast on television in more than 100 countries.
“This is fantastic news for all of us at Team SpiderTech. We made
very public our vision to crack the WorldTour, and this is another step
in the right direction. We will use this golden opportunity to show we
can race amongst the biggest teams, in the largest races. Our results
this season, three podiums early in the season capped with a few
top-15 rankings in classic races, are a testament of the strength of our
program,” said Steve Bauer, Olympic medallist and directeur sportif for
Team SpiderTech powered by C10.
Bauer has good memories of the Tour De Suisse. During his illustrious
career he stepped on the podium four times at the Swiss national tour,
winning the eighth stage and finishing second overall in the 1988
edition.
Team SpiderTech has two other links with the Tour de Suisse.
Newly-signed Dane Brian Vandborg has had strong performances at the Tour
de Suisse, notably 26th overall in 2009 after finishing 8th in the time trial stage.
Swiss rider Raymond Künzli is thrilled to have a chance at being
selected to the eight-rider Team SpiderTech squad. Künzli signed his
first professional contract with Team SpiderTech during the off-season.
“A new chapter begins in 2012. It’s a dream come true for me to have the
chance to take part in an event like the Tour de Suisse right at the
start of my professional career,” said Künzli.
In securing the invitation to race the Tour de Suisse, Team
SpiderTech powered by C10 also owes a genuine thanks for the great
support of SpiderTech and its magic blue kinesiology tape that keeps our
riders performing on the bike every day.
The 2012 Tour de Suisse will start in Lugano on June 9 with a 7.3-km
time trial. The seventh stage, held on June 15, is a 34.3-kilometer time
trial race in Gossau. The ninth and final leg will finish in Sörenberg
on June 17.
“We have made some significant improvements in our operations this
past off-season,” said Bauer. “We picked up some great riders to the
already solid team we had last year and we are riding stronger this
season. We have great partners on board, such as SpiderTech Inc. as well
as a consortium of partners dubbed C10, which includes BlackBerry, NRS
Brakes, Pinetree Capital and Argon 18. We also brought on board key
players to our management, such as Michael Carter and Curt Harnett,
which will improve our field operations and business development
tactics.”
Team SpiderTech powered by C10 is sponsored by Giro and Finish Line.
