April 05, 2012 (Belgium) – 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, a race part of the UCI Europe Tour.

Both Boivin and Anderson finished side-by-side in the Top 5, crossing the finish line 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 knew and expected that the real race would likely happen on the three-lap finish circuit of 24km. 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 sprint to the finish line

“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 Guillaume Boivin, after the race.

Kevin Field, directeur sportif of Team SpiderTech: “We had a clear plan and the boys executed really well today. The race more or less happened the way we expected, but there were more riders in the sprint at the end than we expected. It’s great to see Randy get in there. And great to see how committed the guys were to helping him. He’s the ultimate team-mate, and today was a bit of payback for all the work he normally puts in for his team.”

Boivin, who raced over 2500 kilometers in 17 races this season alone – the most of all riders in Team SpiderTech–, has cracked the Top 5 five times this season alone, stepping three times on the podium.

For Ryan Anderson of Vancouver, BC, 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.

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Race Profile
Event: Grand Prix Pino Cerami (Belgium)
Class: UCI 1.1
Type: One-Day Road Race – 200.2 km
Race winner: Gaetan Bille (Lotto-Belisol)
Website HERE

Results

1. Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4:52:11
2. Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
3. Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
4. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
5. Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
6. Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
7. Moreno Hofland (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team
8. Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
9. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda’s
10. Marco Minnaard (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team
11. Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet
12. Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
13. Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
14. Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
15. Wesley Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team
16. Philip Deignan (Irl) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team
17. Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
18. Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rusvelo
19. Gilles Devillers (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
20. César Bihel (Fra) Team Differdange-Magic-Sportfood.De
21. Rony Martias (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
22. Olivier Pardini (Bel) Colba-Superano Ham
23. Justin Van Hoecke (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole
24. Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Team Netapp
25. Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet
26. Kevin Ista (Bel) Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda’s
27. Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Geofco-Ville D’alger
28. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp
29. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
30. Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
31. Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
32. Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
33. Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
34. Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) An Post-Sean Kelly
35. Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
36. Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Colba-Superano Ham
37. Andy Cappelle (Bel) Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda’s
38. Ivar Slik (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team
39. Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
40. Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
41. Nikita Eskov (Rus) Rusvelo
42. Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet
43. Niels Wytinck (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly
44. Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
45. Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
46. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
47. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
48. Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10
49. Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
50. Sam Bennett (Irl) An Post-Sean Kelly
51. Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
52. Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) Rusvelo
53. Johan Coenen (Bel) Team Differdange-Magic-Sportfood.De
54. Florent Serry (Bel) Lotto-Pôle Continental Wallon
55. Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
56. Melvin Boskamp (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team
57. Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
58. Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
59. Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Team Differdange-Magic-Sportfood.De
60. Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole
61. Sergey Klimov (Rus) Rusvelo
62. Timothy Vangheel (Bel) Colba-Superano Ham
63. Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp
64. Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
65. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
66. Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
67. Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
68. Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
69. Jenning Huizenga (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team
70. Ivan Rovny (Rus) Rusvelo
71. Will Routley (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
72. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
73. Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
74. Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
75. Meran Russan (Eri) MTN Qhubeka 00:31
76. Olivier Poppe (Bel) Lotto-Pôle Continental Wallon
77. Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 00:35
78. Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Lotto Belisol Team
79. Alex Meenhorst (Nzl) Team Differdange-Magic-Sportfood.De
80. Christopher Macic (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team
81. Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Geofco-Ville D’alger
82. Jacobe Keough (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team
83. Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
84. Connor Mcconvey (Irl) An Post-Sean Kelly
85. Alexander Mironov (Rus) Rusvelo
86. Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
87. Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
88. Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
89. Boris Zimine (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
90. Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
91. Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
92. Roberto De Patre (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
93. Boris Dron (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole
94. Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
95. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN Qhubeka
96. Mark Mcnally (Gbr) An Post-Sean Kelly
97. Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Rabobank Continental Team
98. Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Lotto-Pôle Continental Wallon
99. Andrew Fenn (Gbr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
100. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team
101. Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda’s
102. Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
103. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
104. Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole
105. Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
106. Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 01:09
107. Denis Flahaut (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 01:23
108. Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
109. Etienne Tortelier (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
110. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
111. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda’s 01:32
112. Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 01:54
113. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
114. Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Colba-Superano Ham
115. Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
116. Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
117. Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
118. David Boily (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
119. Jacobus Venter (RSA) Team Differdange-Magic-Sportfood.De
120. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
121. Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly
122. Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
123. Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team
124. Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Team Differdange-Magic-Sportfood.De
125. Axel Gremelpont (Bel) Lotto-Pôle Continental Wallon
126. Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
127. Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team