05.21.11 - TEAM SPIDERTECH AT THE 2011 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA

Pat McCarty officially crowned King of the Mountain at Tour of California

2011 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA

Category: UCI 2.HC

Location: California, USA

Stage 7: Claremont to Mt. Baldy

Type: Road Race

Distance: 121.9 km

Number of riders:

Website: www.amgentourofcalifornia.com

Stage 7 at the 2011 Tour of California was without a decisive stage for General classification. Starting in the college town of Claremont and ending 121km later at the top of Mt Baldy, riders had their work cut out.

With a gigantic category HC Climb compared with some of the toughest climbs in European races, the last portions of Stage 7 would most likely proclaim the eventual winner of the Tour.

With the red, King of the Mountain jersey, Pat McCarty knew the task ahead. With a six-point lead over his closest competitor entering the race, McCarty knew today would be critical in defending his jersey and the best climber win for Team SpiderTech.

McCarty got to the task right from the get go. As part as the first serious break of the day, he took the points in the first King of the Mountain check point. In the second climb, McCarty sprinted past the attack group to take the second of third point-grabbing challenge.

With 39 points in the King of the Mountain category, McCarty has successfully defended the red jersey for SpiderTech, and build a large enough lead to win it.

“It was another tough day with a very fast start. With help from my team and Lucas, I got into the day’s break and won two of the three KOM locking up the jersey. I was a very hard day by satisfying to step up on the podium one more time.” said McCarty.

“The game plan was to follow the Shack Train as the first attacks of the day developed. We knew Garmin-Cervélo would be aggressive and they made the race tough. Pat timed the move perfectly. Winning the first KOM of the day virtually guaranteed the KOM overall title. He rode with a strongmen break of Hejesdal, Talansky, Hincapie, Efemkin, Britton, and Tem Dam for the majority of the race and capped his race with a second KOM. The jersey is in the pocket now and finish tomorrow’s stage ” added Steve Bauer, directeur sportif for SpiderTech.

Levi Leipheimer of RadioShack won the gruelling stage after the last climb, holding the hand of teammate Christopher Horner, the golden jersey leader. Leipheimer, a three-time winner of the Tour, also takes the climbing points for the HC category climb.

Horner, who easily took the mountainous Stage 5 to grab possession of the golden jersey, was everyone’s target today. With a lead of 35 seconds on his closest competitor in the General Classification, Horner went on to finish second, increasing his lead heading into tomorrow’s final stage.

Tomorrow is the final day at the Tour of California. Bearing a catastrophe, Horner should win the General Classification and take the title of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California. The trek will take the riders on a road filled with switchbacks and plenty of opportunities to grab sprint points. The winner will then be crowned, and riders will celebrated the completion of the hardest stage race in the history of the United States.

RESULTS – STAGE 7

1. Levi LEIPHEIMER (Team RadioShack) 03:33:01

2. Christopher HORNER (Team RadioShack) s.t.

3. Laurens TEN DAM (Rabobank Cycling Team) +0:43

4. Tom DANIELSON (Team Garmin – Cervelo) +1:01

5. Steve MORABITO (BMC Racing Team) +1:21

42. Lucas EUSER (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +9:56

65. Jonathan Patrick MCCARTY (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +15:06

101. Zach BELL (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) 00:32:21

104. Kevin LACOMBE (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +:32:21

106. Martin GILBERT (Team Spidertech Powered by C10)+32:21

109. Will ROUTLEY (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +32:21

111. Ryan ANDERSON (Team Spidertech Powered by C10 +32:21

112. Svein TUFT (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +32:21

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1. Christopher HORNER (Team RadioShack) 20:50:02

2. Levi LEIPHEIMER (Team RadioShack) +0:38

3. Tom DANIELSON (Team Garmin – Cervelo) +2:45

4. Christian VANDEVELDE (Team Garmin – Cervelo) +3:18

5. Tejay VAN GARDEREN (HTC – Highroad) +3:23

37. Jonathan Patrick MCCARTY (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +21:46

40. Lucas EUSER (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +24:22

99. Zach BELL (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +59:26

100. Svein TUFT (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +1:00:16

113. Will ROUTLEY (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +1:04:38

119. Kevin LACOMBE (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +1:10:48

120. Ryan ANDERSON (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +1:11:49

122. Martin GILBERT (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) +1:12:17

THE JERSEYS

Golden Jersey Leader: Christopher Horner (Team RadioShack)

Best sprinter: Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale)

Most courageous rider: Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1 – Sanofis Aventis)

Best Young rider: Tejay Van Garderen (HTC HighRoad)

King of the Mountain: Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Team SpiderTech powered by C10)

THE SPIDERTECH RIDERS – 2011 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA

Ryan Anderson – Vancouver, BC [13th, 2011 Trofeo Laigueglia]

Will Routley – Whistler, BC [National Champion, Road, 2010]

Martin Gilbert – Chateauguay, QC [Stage Winner, 2009 Tour of Missouri]

Svein Tuft – Langley, BC [Silver Medallist, 2008 UCI Road World Championships, Time Trial]

Zach Bell – North Vancouver, BC [2011 Omnium World Cup Champion, Track]

Keven Lacombe – Montréal, QC [Winner, 2010 GP des Marbriers]

Pat McCarty – Austin, TX, USA [4th, 2010 Tour of Utah]

Lucas Euser – Napa, CA, USA [Winner, 2008 Univest Grand Prix]

THE TEAMS:

9 World Tour: Team Garmin-Cervelo (USA); RaboBank (NED); Liquigas-Cannondale (ITA); HTC-Highroad (USA); Saxo Bank SunGuard (DEN); BMC Racing Team (USA); Leopard Trek (LUX); Sky ProCycling (GBR); Team RadioShack (USA)

9 Pro Continental: SpiderTech powered by C10 (CAN); Team Type 1 – Sanofi-Aventi (USA); Team Net APP (GER); Kenda 5-Hour Energy Cycling (USA); United Healthcare (USA); Jamis-Sutter Home (USA);Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth (USA); Jelly Belly Cycling (USA); Bissell Cycling (USA)

THE STAGES

Sunday, May 15 – Stage 1: South Lake Tahoe to North Lake Tahoe - 191km - cancelled

Monday, May 16 – Stage 2: Nevada City to Sacramento - 122.8km - completed

Tuesday, May 17 – Stage 3: Auburn to Modesto - 196.2km - completed

Wednesday, May 18 – Stage 4: Livermore to San Jose - 131.6km - completed

Thursday, May 19 – Stage 5: Seaside to Paso Robles - 217.4km - completed

Friday, May 20 – Stage 6: Solvang – Solvang (Time Trial) - 24km - completed

Saturday, May 21 – Stage 7: Claremont to Mt. Baldy - 121.9km – completed

Sunday, May 22 – Stage 8: Santa Clarita to Thousand Oaks - 129.1km

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 a Professional Continental license from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The 19 rider team of 16 Canadians and 3 other North American 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.

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.