August 9/11 17:25 pm - Tour de l'Ain: Prologue, Tuft 15th
Posted by Editoress on 08/9/11
SpiderTech Starts Tour de l'Ain
Riders from Team SpiderTech powered by C10 are back on the saddle in a competitive setting in Europe, after a month without racing. Team SpiderTech powered by C10 has both double Canadian Champions in the lineup, with Svein Tuft and Hugo Houle on the start line at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain - La Route du progrès, a race with five stages, including the prologue.
Six riders per team will be racing the Tour de l'Ain this year. Alongside Tuft and Houle, Ryan Anderson, Zach Bell, Martin Gilbert and Guillaume Boivin will be riding with hopes of winning Team SpiderTech's first stage race since its arival on the Pro Continental tour this season.
The race kicked off with a 3.7 kilometre prologue - a shorter time trial race. Tuft, the defending Canadian Champion in the time trial, posted the top result with 15th place.
From the Directeur Sportif, Kevin Field:
We were very hopeful for Svein's chances going into today's prologue. He is feeling very good after a month off racing and a solid block of training at altitude. The course was fantastic; short, but it featured a little bit of everything - variable road surface, technical narrow roads and some wide open fast gentle downhill.
All our guys rode well. Guillaume put our new Argon E118 prototype TT bike through a good test.
In the end for Svein, he felt great, but the racing break is probably what cost him a better ride today. He wasn't accelerating out of the corners well. He just lacks a bit of racing rhythm and the top end that only comes from racing.
On the plus side, this leaves things wide open for us tomorrow. We anticipate a traditional sprint day and we have three very fast guys here with Guillaume, Martin and Zach. Hugo and Ryan will be let loose to look for breakaway opportunities and hopefully that will take the pressure off our fast men to go for it in the finish - if (or when) the break comes back.
Courtesy Team SpiderTech powered by C10
| Prologue: Bourg-en-Bresse ITT, 3.7 km | Time | Diff |
| 1 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 4:33.16 | |
| 2 Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp | 4:33.58 | at s.t. |
| 3 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 4:34.38 | 0:01 |
| 4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 4:34.89 | s.t. |
| 5 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 4:36.91 | 0:03 |
| 6 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 4:37.65 | 0:04 |
| 7 Jasper Bovenhuiss (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 4:37.80 | s.t. |
| 8 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | 4:38.27 | 0:05 |
| 9 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 4:40.95 | 0:07 |
| 10 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Netapp | 4:41.29 | 0:08 |
| 11 Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana | 4:41.58 | |
| 12 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 4:41.75 | both s.t. |
| 13 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 4:42.14 | 0:09 |
| 14 Daan Olivier (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 4:42.85 | |
| 15 Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 4:42.87 | both s.t. |
| 16 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil -DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4:43.24 | 0:10 |
| 17 David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 4:43.27 | |
| 18 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 4:43.35 | |
| 19 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 4:43.56 | |
| 20 Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 4:43.63 | all s.t. |
| 21 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 4:44.07 | 0:11 |
| 22 Dmitriv Gruzdev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 4:44.61 | |
| 23 Thibault Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 4:44.68 | |
| 24 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 4:44.80 | |
| 25 Sylvain Georges (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93 | 4:44.96 | |
| 26 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ | 4:44.98 | all s.t. |
| 27 Ryan Anderson (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 4:45.34 | 0:12 |
| 28 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 4:45.59 | |
| 29 Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil -DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4:45.65 | |
| 30 Jean-Lou Païani (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 4:45.70 | |
| 31 Zach Bell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 4:45.77 | all s.t. |
| 32 Andreas Dietziker (Sui) Team Netapp | 4:46.20 | 0:13 |
| 33 Rudy Molard (Fra) Equipe de France Espoirs | 4:46.25 | |
| 34 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | 4:46.29 | |
| 35 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 4:46.31 | |
| 36 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil -DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4:46.72 | all s.t. |
| 37 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 4:47.12 | 0:14 |
| 38 Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 4:47.16 | |
| 39 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar | 4:47.51 | |
| 40 Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93 | 4:47.57 | |
| 41 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 4:47.71 | |
| 42 Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 4:47.75 | |
| 43 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 4:47.77 | |
| 44 Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93 | 4:47.78 | all s.t. |
| 45 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 4:48.22 | 0:15 |
| 46 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 4:48.60 | |
| 47 Assan Buzayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 4:48.68 | |
| 48 Emilien Viennet (Fra) Equipe de France Espoirs | 4:48.75 | all s.t. |
| 49 Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Colombia es Pasion- Cafe de Colombie | 4:49.26 | 0:16 |
| 50 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 4:49.45 | |
| 51 Leopold Koenig (Cze) Team Netapp | 4:49.66 | |
| 52 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 4:49.90 | |
| 53 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia es Pasion- Cafe de Colombie | 4:49.92 | all s.t. |
| 54 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 4:50.52 | 0:17 |
| 55 Hugo Houle (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 4:50.75 | |
| 56 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | 4:50.84 | |
| 57 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 4:50.96 | all s.t. |
| 58 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 4:51.01 | 0:18 |
| 59 Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 4:51.26 | |
| 60 Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 4:51.56 | |
| 61 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 4:51.59 | |
| 62 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 4:51.89 | all s.t. |
| 63 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Netapp | 4:52.05 | 0:19 |
| 64 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | 4:52.05 | |
| 65 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 4:52.08 | |
| 66 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93 | 4:52.10 | |
| 67 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | 4:52.11 | |
| 68 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil -DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4:52.23 | |
| 69 Césare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp | 4:52.29 | |
| 70 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 4:52.43 | all s.t. |
| 71 Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 4:53.29 | 0:20 |
| 72 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | 4:53.39 | |
| 73 Warren Barguil (Fra) Equipe de France Espoirs | 4:53.45 | |
| 74 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93 | 4:53.60 | |
| 75 Florian Le Corre (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 4:53.96 | all s.t. |
| 76 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil -DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4:54.94 | 0:21 |
| 77 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 4:55.08 | 0:22 |
| 78 Juan Villegas (Col) Colombia es Pasion- Cafe de Colombie | 4:55.77 | s.t. |
| 79 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 4:56.02 | 0:23 |
| 80 Romain Bardet (Fra) Equipe de France Espoirs | 4:56.62 | s.t. |
| 81 Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 4:57.30 | 0:24 |
| 82 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93 | 4:57.37 | |
| 83 Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 4:57.75 | both s.t. |
| 84 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 4:58.16 | 0:25 |
| 85 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 4:58.29 | |
| 86 Yoann Michaud (Fra) Equipe de France Espoirs | 4:58.76 | both s.t. |
| 87 John Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia es Pasion- Cafe de Colombie | 4:59.67 | 0:26 |
| 88 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 4:59.85 | s.t. |
| 89 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 5:00.96 | 0:27 |
| 90 Axel Domont (Fra) Equipe de France Espoirs | 5:01.42 | 0:28 |
| 91 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 5:03.23 | 0:30 |
| 92 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia es Pasion- Cafe de Colombie | 5:04.94 | 0:31 |
| 93 Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 5:12.96 | 0:39 |
| 94 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil -DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5:13.04 | 0:40 |
| 95 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 5:29.87 | 0:56 |
| 96 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) Colombia es Pasion- Cafe de Colombie | 6:18.19 | 1:45 |
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