August 24/11 15:22 pm - Gilbert 12th in SpiderTech's Final European Race for 2011

Posted by Editor on 08/24/11
 

Martin Gilbert of the cycling team SpiderTech powered by C10 finished 12th at the Druivenkoers-Overijse 2011 in Belgium, only two seconds away from of the podium. Svein Tuft was also part of the bunch sprint for the peloton, and finished 42nd overall.

Belgian Bjorn Leukemans from Vacansoleil-DCM, who has just won the Tour du Limousin in France last week, won the sprint. Leukemans beat his countrymen Davy Commeyne of Team Landbouwkredit and Jurgen Van Goolen of Team Willems Veranda's & Vlaanderen.

The first European season for SpiderTech powered by C10 ended with this race. During this first season as a UCI Pro Continental team, cyclists from SpiderTech have performed well, including a victory in the GP Stad Zottegem by Svein Tuft, and a second place by Will Routley at the Classic Tro bron Leon.

In addition to these podiums, SpiderTech riders won victories in the King of the Mountain (KOM) by David Boily (Giro di Sardegna, Italy, UCI 2.1) and Lucas Euser (Tro Bro Leon Classic, France, UCI 1.1), as well as two Sprint classifications victories by Will Routley (GP Denain, France, UCI 1.1) and Lucas Euser (Tro Bro Leon Classic, France, UCI 1.1).

The season continues on North American soil for SpiderTech with the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec and Montreal, the USA Pro Cycling Challenge currently underway, and the Univest Grand Prix in Pennsylvania.

Team Director Kevin Field stated: "Martin Gilbert capped off a fantastic European campaign for the team with a hard fought 12th place finish in the Druivenkoers - Overijse in Belgium. This was a hard race. Really aggressive with four tough climbs that the guys had to get over during the 11 laps of this 200 kilometre race."

"Our guys were pretty aggressive again today. We had Hugo and Ryan in some good looking moves. And Svein went in a move with 40 kilometres to go that looked really good. I think Vacansoleil-DCM was really motivated to have Leukemans win today. Svein's move looked great and we thought Vaconsoleil-DCM would be happy with Johnny Hoogerland up there. But they had other plans with Leukemans. Once Svein's move came back he did everything he could to position Martin for the finish."

"We've had 12 really tough days of racing here. I don't think we could have asked for any better preparation for the World Tour races in Quebec. The timing is great, our guys will fly home immediately and get some rest. Their adaptation to the European racing tempo will be perfect. And we couldn't have asked for better results - we snagged our first pro win in Europe. The guys are all pretty excited."