Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team
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Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team (UCI Team Code: SYM) was a Canadian
UCI Continental cycling team
, active until 2008, focusing on road bicycle racing
and title sponsored by Symmetrics, a Canadian-based computer software company. The team is owned by brothers Kevin Cunningham and Mark Cunningham with assistance from directeur sportif
Kevin Field. The Cunninghams are entrepreneur
s, owners of multiple businesses and lead sponsors of the team with their respective companies Westlam and Symmetrics. The team won the 2007 UCI America Tour teams classification, while team member Svein Tuft
won the UCI America Tour Individual Classification.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
UCI Continental cycling team
Cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...
, active until 2008, focusing on road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
and title sponsored by Symmetrics, a Canadian-based computer software company. The team is owned by brothers Kevin Cunningham and Mark Cunningham with assistance from directeur sportif
Directeur sportif
A directeur sportif is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event...
Kevin Field. The Cunninghams are entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
s, owners of multiple businesses and lead sponsors of the team with their respective companies Westlam and Symmetrics. The team won the 2007 UCI America Tour teams classification, while team member Svein Tuft
Svein Tuft
Svein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
won the UCI America Tour Individual Classification.
2008 Team Roster
As of June 20, 2008.Olympic Games (Beijing, China)
- 7th, Time Trial (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 7th, Points Race (Zach Bell)
Pan American Road and Track Championships (Montevideo, Uruguay)
- 1st, 2008 Pan American Road and Track ChampionshipsPan American Road and Track ChampionshipsThe Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation...
, Individual Time Trial (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 1st, 2008 Pan American Road and Track ChampionshipsPan American Road and Track ChampionshipsThe Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation...
, Madison (Zach Bell, Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
t) - 1st, 2008 Pan American Road and Track ChampionshipsPan American Road and Track ChampionshipsThe Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation...
, Points Race (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 1st, 2008 Pan American Road and Track ChampionshipsPan American Road and Track ChampionshipsThe Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation...
, Individual Pursuit (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
)
Canadian National Championships
- 1st, Canadian Championships - Elite Road Race (Christian Meier)
- 1st, Canadian Championships - Time Trial (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 1st, Individual Pursuit - Track Championships (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 1st, Points Race - Track Championships (Zach Bell)
Other Major 2008 Results
- 1st, Prologue Mad River Glen Green Mountain Stage Race (Andrew Randell)
- 1st, Stage 4 Tour de la Guadeloupe (Cameron Evans)
- 1st, in Stages 1 and 2 Tour de White Rock (Andrew Pinfold)
- 1st, Giro di Burnaby (Andrew Pinfold)
- 1st, Tour of Gastown (Andrew Pinfold)
- 1st, Overall GC Tour de Delta (Zach Bell)
- 1st, in stages 1,2 and 3 Tour de Delta (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
, Cameron Evans, Andrew Pinfold) - 1st, Elkhorn Stage Race (Will Routley)
- 1st, Stage 4 Tour de Nez (Eric Wohlberg)
- 1st, Premier etape Mardis Cycliste de Lachine, Montreal Canada (Zach Bell)
- 1st, 2008 Tour de BeauceTour de BeauceTour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986...
Overall, Canada (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 1st, stage 4A Tour de BeauceTour de BeauceTour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986...
, St. Georges Canada (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 1st, 2008 Westside Classic Road Race, Vancouver Canada (Cameron Evans)
- 1st, St. Lawrence Market Criterium, Toronto Canada (Andrew Pinfold)
- 1st, 2008 MERCO Classic Road Race, California (Eric Wohlberg)
- 1st, 2008 San Dimas Stage Race, California (Cameron Evans)
- 1st, stage 5 2008 Mount Hood Classic Stage Race (Andrew Pinfold)
- 2nd, Overall General Classification Tour de la Guadeloupe (Cameron Evans)
- 2nd, 2008 Tour de GeorgiaTour de GeorgiaThe Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and has been contested six times. It is one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe stage race events by the UCI, which is cycling's international governing body,...
Young Rider Classification (Christian Meier) - 3rd, 2008 Tour de GeorgiaTour de GeorgiaThe Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and has been contested six times. It is one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe stage race events by the UCI, which is cycling's international governing body,...
Young Rider Classification (Cameron Evans) - 3rd, 2008 Tour de GeorgiaTour de GeorgiaThe Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and has been contested six times. It is one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe stage race events by the UCI, which is cycling's international governing body,...
Mountains Classification (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 3rd, 2008 Tour de GeorgiaTour de GeorgiaThe Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and has been contested six times. It is one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe stage race events by the UCI, which is cycling's international governing body,...
Points Classification (Andrew Pinfold) - 3rd, Tour of MissouriTour of MissouriThe Tour of Missouri is a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States.The 2009...
Overall Classification (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 3rd, stage 3, Tour of MissouriTour of MissouriThe Tour of Missouri is a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States.The 2009...
(Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
)
2007
- 1st, 2007 UCI America Tour, Individual (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 1st, 2007 UCI America Tour, Team
- 1st, 2007 US Open, Richmond Virginia (Svein TuftSvein TuftSvein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...
) - 1st, 2007 Vuelta a Cuba (Svein Tuft)
- 1st, 2007 Canadian Championships, Road Race (Cameron Evans)
- 1st, 2007 Canadian Championships, Espoir Road Race (Christian Meier)