December 21, 2010 (St.Catharines, ON) – Cycle Sport Management is proud to announce that Team SpiderTech powered by C10, Canada’s first Professional Continental cycling team has successfully negotiated a deal with Svein Tuft. Former member of the Pro Tour team Garmin and time-trial specialist, Tuft won a silver medal at the 2008 Road World Championships in Varese, Italy and a stage in the 2010 Eneco Tour, a prestigious UCI World Tour event in cycling’s top tier of racing.

Tuft was supposed to join the team from the Pegasus Sports cycling of Australia for 2011. With Pegasus’s recent difficulty in securing its professional licence it created the opportunity for Tuft to negotiate a contract with Cycle Sport Management.

Svein joins the team as it completes the 2010 season ranked as # 1 North American team on the UCI America Tour and is now the third rider on the team with Pro Tour experience along with Lucas Euser who joined the team in 2010 and recent addition Pat McCarty.

“We are very excited to have Svein join the team,” said Josée Larocque, the team’s general manager, “Svein’s strengths as a rider complement our existing roster perfectly. We are already very competitive in one day racing and Svein adds depth to our general classification chances in multi-day tours. He is one of the world’s best “time-trialists” and he aligns perfectly with our long term goals to be competitive at the World Tour level.”

Tuft will join his team-mates at the official launch in early February before flying to southern France to start the team’s three month European racing campaign. “Svein joining our team is timely. Our 2010 results, expanded roster and recent upgrade into division 2 status are all compelling, but Svein reconfirms to sponsors, race directors, fans and media that the team is ready for the bigger game. Svein is a man extremely respected by his peers and I’m expecting Svein’s experience, horsepower and leadership capacities to launch team SpiderTech to new levels. We are ecstatic with this opportunity to work with Svein,” confirmed Cycle Sport Management Inc. CEO and team Sport Director Steve Bauer, who is currently finalizing the team’s racing schedule for the spring campaign in Europe.

Tuft is one of only three Canadian men who have won a medal at the Road Cycling World Championships and now all three are together with team SpiderTech powered by C10. Guillaume Boivin won a bronze at the 2010 U23 road Worlds’ in Geelong, Australia and is already a member of team SpiderTech powered by C10 and Sport Director Bauer is remembered for his silver medal at the 1984 Olympics and subsequent bronze medal at the 1984 road World Championships in Barcelona.

“It’s like a hat trick for us,” commented Boivin when he found out Tuft would be his team-mate in 2011. “We have brought together some of the most accomplished guys in Canada’s cycling history. It’s very motivating”.

“I was close to joining Steve’s team this summer,” said Tuft from his home in Langley, BC. “I knew then that I ultimately wanted to be a part of SpiderTech’s program, but the timing wasn’t quite right. Now that they’ve secured the Continental Pro licence and the opportunity to sign a new contract became an option, I knew that team SpiderTech was exactly where I wanted to be.”

About SpiderTech
Referred to as “the magic tape” and “the legal advantage”, SpiderTech is sixteen pre-cut, ready-to-apply taping applications designed to support muscles, improve blood and lymphatic circulation, alleviate pain, correct joint problems, and speed healing and recovery. The pioneering SpiderTech applications meet the needs of rehabilitative professionals by providing a synergistic influence on pain reduction, performance enhancement and prevention of injury, the triad of which is referred to as “3P” – Pain, Performance and Prevention. Distributed by SpiderTech, Inc., which was formed as a division of the Toronto, Ontario-based NUCAP Industries, Inc., SpiderTech and SpiderTape are made of the original kinesiology tape that was engineered by Nitto-Denko of Japan to mimic the thickness, weight and elasticity of human skin. The tape is water-resistant and breathable, and can be worn for up to five days. Additional information is available at www.spidertech.com

About Cycle Sport Management Inc.
Based in Canada, Cycle Sport Management Inc. is owned and managed by Josée Larocque and Steve Bauer, stage winner and former wearer of the race leader’s Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France and an Olympic silver medalist. Formed three years ago, the company has the lofty goals of developing the first Canadian team to compete in the Tour de France and to become Canada’s first Pro Tour squad. www.cyclesportmanagement.com