16th GP Cycliste de Beauce - 2.4Canada, June 18-24, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 3 - June 20: Lac-Etchemin - Lac-Etchemin, 189.7 kmVogels rides into the leadMercury's Henk Vogels has ridden into the overall lead in the GP Cycliste de Beauce with a strong ride in the third stage that started and finished in Lac-Etchemin. Vogels won the longest stage from breakaway companion Svein Tuft (Canada), with the bunch finishing over 4 minutes behind the duo. The one lap, 190 km circuit started and finished in the town of Lac Etchemin and featured 2 hard KOM sprints, in addition to the never ending "rollers". With the weather cooperating today, the major challenges would be the distance and the strong winds that greeted the riders as they headed out of town. Within minutes, the peloton was broken into several parts as a stiff crosswind battered the bunch. The splits didn't last long as the roads zig-zagged through the farm fields, allowing the peloton to regroup with the changing wind direction. However, it was a taste of things to come. With the powerful Mroz team still wearing the yellow jersey of the race leader, the onus was on them to defend it. Before the race had reached the 20 km mark, a group of three had separated themselves from the rest. Off the front were Henk Vogels (Mercury), Svein Tuft (Canada National) and Florencino Ramos (Tecos). With the strong winds and Mroz on the front of the peloton, it didn't appear that the trio would last. After about 15 km of chasing into the wind, the Mroz squad decided that without any help from other teams, they would no longer work. A 190 km day of working in such windy conditions would surely cause damage to even the strongest of teams. As the now cautious peloton rode into the wind at 35 km/hour, the gap to the 3 leaders grew until it reached 23 minutes at the 100 km mark, just over half-way through the race. As the field reached St. Raphael and turned right, giving the riders a strong tailwind for the next 60 km, the game of 'chicken' became serious. With no single team interested in doing Mroz' job for them, it was a game for the gamblers: could the trio make it to the end without an organized chase to close the large time gap? As the peloton continued their ride, the tailwind aided their efforts and the gap started to come down, albeit slowly. Although several attempts were made to escape the peloton, the speed of the field kept these efforts in check. Once the gap reached 13 minutes and it appeared that the leaders would make it to the finish, the Mroz squad again began to chase in earnest. With a little help from several other teams, notably the Saturn team trying to retain their 2nd position in the team standings, the gap came down rapidly in the final kilometers. At the 10 km mark the report came in: Florencino Ramos had been dropped from the break, reducing their horsepower by 33%. With 5 km remaining, the main field scooped up Ramos after his 170 km foray and charged toward the finish. The 2 remaining leaders held on to their lead and finished 4-minutes in front of the field. Vogels (Mercury) took the sprint in front of Tuft (Canada National) while Gord Fraser (Mercury) nipped Navigators' Vassili Davidenko at the line for the group sprint. Vogels' win puts him in the leader's jersey heading into tomorrow's 178 km stage around St. Georges. Report courtesy of Team Navigators
Results1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 4.46.21 2 Svein Tuft (Can) Team Canada 0.02 3 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury-Viatel 4.02 4 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 5 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 6 Charles Dionne (Can) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 7 Bart Herirweah (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 8 Czeclaw Lukaszewicz (Can) Team Canada 9 Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico.ca Cycling Team 10 Nicolas White (RSA) Team HSBC 11 Oleg Kozlintine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 12 Andy Capelle (Bel) Saint-Quentin Oktos 13 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 14 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 15 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen 16 David Chassot (Swi) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 17 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 18 Ryan Guay (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 19 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 20 Sttephane Gremaud (Swi) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 21 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 22 Philippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 23 Remegijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 24 Eduardo Garciano (Mex) Team Tecos 25 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 26 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 27 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 28 Micheal Barry (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 29 David Mckenzie (Aus) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 30 James Perry (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 31 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nurnberger 32 Micheal Sayers (USA) Mercury-Viatel 33 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 34 Jacob Herker (Can) Team Canada 35 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury-Viatel 36 Dominique Perras (Can) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 37 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Mapei-Quick Step 38 Marc André Salois (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 39 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 40 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury-Viatel 41 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico.ca Cycling Team 42 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Team Canada 43 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 44 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nurnberger 45 Joern Reuss (Ger) Team Nurnberger 46 Piotr Chmielenski (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 47 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Team HSBC 48 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 49 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Team Tecos 50 Danniel Spence (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 51 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn Cycling Team 52 Chris Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 53 Sebastien Mattozza (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 54 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 55 Simon Kessler (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 56 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 57 John Leiswyn (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 58 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 59 Greg Sieniewicz (Can) Equipe Oryx 60 Joerg Foester (Ger) Team Nurnberger 61 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 62 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 63 Andrew Randell (Can) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 64 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Team Canada 65 Robert Foster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 66 Kevin Monhan (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 67 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 68 Daren Lill (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 69 Jean Frrancois Laroche (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 70 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 71 Jose Garcia (Mex) Team Tecos 72 Bill Hurley (Can) Equipe Oryx 73 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 74 Min Van Velzen (Can) Team Canada 75 Morne Bester (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 76 Erik Sanders (USA) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 77 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 78 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 79 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 80 Zbigniew Wyrzykowski (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 81 Harm Jansen (Ned) Saturn Cycling Team 82 David De Bremaeker (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 83 Emmanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 84 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 5.37 85 Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen 86 Jose Luis Castel (Mex) Team Tecos 87 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 88 Ross Hooker (Can) Team Canada 89 Cesare Diciento (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 90 Mathieu Beliveau (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 91 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 92 Malcom Lange (RSA) Team HSBC 6.34 93 Rodney Green (RSA) Team HSBC 94 Cameron Macleod (RSA) Team HSBC 7.45 95 Jac Louis Van Wijk (RSA) Team HSBC 96 Derek Bouchard-Hall (USA) Mercury-Viatel 97 Francois Parisien (Can) Volkswagen 98 Owen Hannie (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 9.16 99 Florencino Ramos (Mex) Team Tecos 100 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Team Tecos 101 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assuran 16.57 102 Jean Francois Racine (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 103 Frederic Ruberti (Fra) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 104 James Ball (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 105 Martin Nuckle (Can) Volkswagen 22.37 106 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen 107 Ariel Decardenas (Can) Equipe Oryx 108 Jason Crookham (Can) Sympatico.ca Cycling Team 109 Gladish Corey (Can) Volkswagen 110 Jean Philippe Houle-Paradis (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 111 Christophe Cheseaux (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 112 Juan Gabriel Sanchez (Mex) Team Tecos 113 Philippe Viau-Dupuis (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 114 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 115 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Cycling Team 116 Martin Gosselin (Can) Equipe Oryx 42.00 117 Mike Luther (Can) Equipe Oryx 43.07 118 Hugh Trechard (Can) Equipe Oryx DNF Dan Maggiacomo (Can) Sympatico.ca Cycling Team DNF Chad Grochowina (Can) Sympatico.ca Cycling Team DNF Jay Cory (Can) Volkswagen DNF Steve Cote (Can) Equipe Oryx TC Brendon Cameron (NZl) Sympatico.ca Cycling Team General classification after stage 3 1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 9.23.03 2 Svein Tuft (Can) Team Canada 0.40 3 Remegijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3.50 4 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3.51 5 Piotr Chmielenski (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 6 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 7 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 8 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn Cycling Team 3.59 9 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 10 Micheal Barry (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 11 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 12 Zbigniew Wyrzykowski (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 13 Harm Jansen (Ned) Saturn Cycling Team 14 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury-Viatel 4.04 15 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury-Viatel 4.10 16 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury-Viatel 17 Robert Foster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 4.21 18 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 4.24 19 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nurnberger 20 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nurnberger 21 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Mapei-Quick Step 4.35 22 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 23 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 24 Philippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 25 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 4.36 26 Chris Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 27 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 28 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 29 Charles Dionne (Can) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 4.43 30 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Team Canada 31 John Leiswyn (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 4.44 32 Andrew Randell (Can) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 33 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 34 Czeclaw Lukaszewicz (Can) Team Canada 4.45 35 Min Van Velzen (Can) Team Canada 36 James Perry (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 4.51 37 Danniel Spence (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 38 Morne Bester (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 39 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 4.53 40 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 41 Bart Herirweah (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 4.57 42 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 43 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 44 Sebastien Mattozza (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 45 Joern Reuss (Ger) Team Nurnberger 4.58 46 Oleg Kozlintine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 4.59 47 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 48 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 49 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 50 David Mckenzie (Aus) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 5.01 51 Sttephane Gremaud (Swi) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 52 Dominique Perras (Can) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 53 Erik Sanders (USA) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 54 Nicolas White (RSA) Team HSBC 5.11 55 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Team HSBC 56 Marc André Salois (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 5.15 57 Jean Frrancois Laroche (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 58 Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico.ca Cycling Team 5.16 59 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico.ca Cycling Team 60 Eduardo Garciano (Mex) Team Tecos 5.21 61 Jose Garcia (Mex) Team Tecos 62 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Team Tecos 63 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen 5.26 64 Jacob Herker (Can) Team Canada 65 Simon Kessler (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 5.28 66 David De Bremaeker (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 5.38 67 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5.45 68 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 69 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 5.54 70 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 6.01 71 Joerg Foester (Ger) Team Nurnberger 6.12 72 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Team Canada 6.14 73 Kevin Monhan (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 74 Bill Hurley (Can) Equipe Oryx 6.18 75 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 6.20 76 Micheal Sayers (USA) Mercury-Viatel 77 Ryan Guay (USA) 7Up-Colorado Cyclist 6.30 78 Ross Hooker (Can) Team Canada 79 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 6.33 80 Daren Lill (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 81 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 6.37 82 David Chassot (Swi) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assurances 6.42 83 Mathieu Beliveau (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 6.50 84 Jose Luis Castel (Mex) Team Tecos 6.56 85 Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen 7.01 86 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 7.26 87 Malcom Lange (RSA) Team HSBC 7.43 88 Greg Sieniewicz (Can) Equipe Oryx 7.49 89 Cesare Diciento (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 7.59 90 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 8.24 91 Francois Parisien (Can) Volkswagen 9.09 92 Rodney Green (RSA) Team HSBC 9.34 93 Derek Bouchard-Hall (USA) Mercury-Viatel 10.27 94 Florencino Ramos (Mex) Team Tecos 10.34 95 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Team Tecos 10.35 96 Owen Hannie (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 10.42 97 Cameron Macleod (RSA) Team HSBC 10.45 98 Andy Capelle (Bel) Saint-Quentin Oktos 11.54 99 Emmanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 16.28 100 James Ball (RSA) Team I.B.M. Lotus 17.46 101 Frederic Ruberti (Fra) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assuranc 19.37 102 Jean Francois Racine (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 19.51 103 Jac Louis Van Wijk (RSA) Team HSBC 20.29 104 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Ficonseils-RCC Conseils Assuran 21.28 105 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 23.32 106 Jean Philippe Houle-Paradis (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 23.50 107 Juan Gabriel Sanchez (Mex) Team Tecos 23.56 108 Christophe Cheseaux (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 24.51 109 Martin Nuckle (Can) Volkswagen 25.06 110 Ariel Decardenas (Can) Equipe Oryx 25.50 111 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Cycling Team 26.57 112 Jason Crookham (Can) Sympatico.ca Cycling Team 35.23 113 Philippe Viau-Dupuis (Can) Equipe Du Quebec 35.25 114 Gladish Corey (Can) Volkswagen 35.36 115 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen 36.41 116 Mike Luther (Can) Equipe Oryx 56.48 117 Martin Gosselin (Can) Equipe Oryx 57.09 118 Hugh Trechard (Can) Equipe Oryx 1.06.25 |