Cam Evans took a fantastic win for the S-Team this past weekend in San Dimas, California—beating Tour de France rider, Oscar Sevilla by just one second.

Symmetrics Cycling headed to San Dimas, California with a strong 7-man team hoping to try and beat some of the top International talent for stage wins and a high overall placing. Racing began with the tough 5km hillclimb time trial—won by Tour de France standout Oscar Sevilla, now riding with Rock Racing. Sevilla was barred from racing in European racing after doping allegations, and still rides under a cloud of suspicion with the Rock Racing Team. He is most known for Sevilla winning the young rider's jersey at the 2001 Tour de France at just 21 years old, and finishing second at the Tour of Spain. On the day of Sevilla's win, the op rider for the S-Team was Evans, who took 17th.

After the hillclimb, it was time for the road race, a 134km ride which featured a tough climb. The powerful Rock Racing team—which employs several top Tour de France riders—did its best to control the race by thwarting breakaway attempts, in order to retain Sevilla's lead. The S-Team did its best throughout the race to break away and spoil the parade, but to no avail. Evans did however, make an attack which was a definite sign of what was to come--the Canadian champion put in an escape which put the Rock Racing team to the test, and he was caught with just a km to go. The race ended in a bunch sprint which saw Andrew Pinfold start his 2008 season well, with a 7th place in a chaotic finish.

And so it came down to the criterium stage on Sunday—a 90 minute stage which would feature tonnes of aggressive, high-speed racing. The team knew well that it had a chance of pulling off an upset, after some solid attacks in the road race yesterday. Kevin Cunningham, team co-owner, explained that "We were confident going into the crit we had a good chance of winning, or catapulting Cam to the podium at least. We focused the time bonuse—and so did Rock Racing, but we managed to get Cam clear."

Once Evans got clear with two other riders, the rest of the team worked hard to make sure he stayed away. Evans, riding well with his breakaway partners, knew that he needed just over half a minute to spoil Rock Racing's day—all 12 riders---and dethrone Sevilla.

At the finish, Evans had 38 seconds on the pack, which was 37 more than he needed. Evans won the overall by one second and showed that after a tough winter, Symmetrics is hungry.

"It was a great day today," Evans said. "I knew the legs were good after the road race and to win by this close of a margin over such a top rider is great. I hope we can keep the energy going and keep on winning at Redlands."