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18th GP Cycliste de Beauce - 2.3
Canada, June 17-22, 2003
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Stage 2 - June 18: Lévis - Lévis, 169 km
Grishkine Too Quick
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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Oleg Grishkine (Navigators) won the bunch sprint today to win the second stage of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Beauce. In what was a long day in the wind for five riders in particular, the race came down to a bunch sprint and the Russian Navigator was too quick.
The stage was 169km making one large loop of 144 km before facing three laps of the same 8.5 km loop as yesterdays stage started on. It was a hot, windy day in Levis, the home town of Charles Dionne, and the course was open in many areas so that the wind had the potential to be a big factor.
Very early in the race, in fact only ten minutes after the start, a group of five went up the road and was allowed to ride away. The riders in this break were Trent Wilson (Flanders-IteamNova), Thomas Swimdlehurst (Navigators), Jindrich Vanna (Ed's System zvvz), Jeff Hanson (Atlas Cold Italpasta) and Cameron Evans (Canadian National Team). With such a long way left to ride, 7UP were not yet too worried about the break and the gap drew out to over five minutes.
7UP-Maxxis rode tempo on the front most of the way but it wasn't until about 50km to go that the chase really began. Health Net joined 7UP in the chase at one stage, realizing their chance for a stage win and before long the gap was quickly diminishing.
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Back in the break Hansen, who also had an aggressive race yesterday was feeling the long day in his legs and got dropped, eventually caught by the peloton just as they reached the closing laps with 25 kilometers remaining in the race. In a brave move from the front, Swindlehurst was feeling strong and realizing the danger of getting caught, attacked the break. With Wilson, Vanna and Evans being swallowed up by the bunch with 17 kilometers to go, Swindlehurst still had a 37 sec lead.
The speed of the bunch as teams prepared their sprinters for the finish was too much however, and Swindlehurst was caught with only 1 lap to go. Navigators immediately counter attacked, but all moves were quickly shut down. Health Net, 7UP-Maxxis and VW were all attempting to get their sprinter in place and it came down to a close finish, with Navigators winning out. Grishkine, backing up an already successful season took the stage over home town boy Charles Dionne and David McKenzie (Flanders-Iteam Nova).
John Lieswyn (7UP-Maxxis) keeps the leaders jersey going into tomorrow's stage which starts and finishes in Lac Etchemin and covers 151km of hilly terrain.
Photos
Images by Communication GPCB
- Schoolkids assemble to watch the race
- A breakaway group ride through farmland
- 7UP/Maxxis riders out in front
- The breakaway group bearing down on the photographer
- Russian rider Oleg Grishkine showing off his trophy
- Stage winner Oleg Grishkine (Navigators) flanked by Charles Dionne (Canadian National Team) and David McKenzie (Flanders - Iteamnova.com)
Results
1 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 4.01.21 2 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 4 Lubos Kejval (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 5 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 6 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 7 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 8 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 9 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 10 Dominique Rollin (Can) Équipe Québec 11 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 12 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 13 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 14 Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (Can) Équipe Québec 15 Joe Giuliano (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 16 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Équipe Québec 17 Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Équipe Québec 18 Pierre-Olivier Boily (Can) Équipe Québec 19 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 20 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 21 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 22 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis 23 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 24 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 25 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 26 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 27 David Whyman (NZl) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 28 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 29 Jean-Francois Racine (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 30 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 31 Chris Isaac (Can) Canadian National Team 32 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 33 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 34 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canadian National Team 35 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 36 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 37 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 38 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 39 Hisafumi Imanisi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 40 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 41 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 42 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 43 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 44 Cory Lange (Can) Canadian National Team 45 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 46 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 47 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 48 Patrick Shea (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 49 Andrew Davidson (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 50 Craig Boileau (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 51 Christopher McGovern (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 52 Todd Herriot (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 53 Chistopher Pic (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 54 Brice Jones (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 55 Frederic Millette (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 56 Ryan Roth (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 57 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 58 Alexandre Cloutier (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 59 Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 60 Cameron J. Evans (Can) Canadian National Team 61 Warren Tilbrook (Can) Canadian National Team 62 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 63 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 64 Dylan Sebel (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 65 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 66 Jean-Sebastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Québec 67 Bryan Rusche (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 68 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 69 David Salomon Alvarez (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 70 Paulo Rego (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 71 Stig Somme (Nor) Jet Fuel Coffee 72 Chris Wherry (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 73 Peter Sanowar (Can) Canadian National Team 74 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 75 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 76 Christophe Cheseaux (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 77 Mathieu Roy (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 78 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 79 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 80 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 81 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 82 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 83 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 84 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 85 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 2.26 86 Jason McCartney (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 2.57 87 Colin Burn (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3.59 88 Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 4.40 89 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 4.41 90 Hughes Lapointe (Can) Équipe Québec 6.28 91 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 8.04 92 Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 10.41 DNF Pascal Choquette (Can) Volkswagen - Trek DNS Emiel Abraham (Tri) Team Maestro - Nella DNS Paul Ellis (USA) Team Maestro - Nella DNS Peter Fairbanks (USA) Team Maestro - Nella DNS Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Maestro - Nella General classification after stage 2 1 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 7.02.02 2 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 0.05 3 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 0.17 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canadian National Team 0.21 5 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 0.23 6 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 0.24 7 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 8 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 9 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 0.27 10 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 0.30 11 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 0.32 12 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 0.52 13 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 1.11 14 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 1.45 15 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 16 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 1.52 17 David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 1.53 18 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 1.59 19 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 20 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 2.54 21 Stig Somme (Nor) Jet Fuel Coffee 22 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Équipe Québec 2.56 23 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 24 Cameron J. Evans (Can) Canadian National Team 2.57 25 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 2.58 26 Joe Giuliano (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 27 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 28 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 29 Chris Isaac (Can) Canadian National Team 30 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 31 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 32 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 33 Cory Lange (Can) Canadian National Team 34 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 35 Jean-Sebastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Québec 36 David Salomon Alvarez (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 37 Peter Sanowar (Can) Canadian National Team 38 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 39 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 3.00 40 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 3.06 41 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 42 Christopher McGovern (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 43 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 44 Dominique Rollin (Can) Équipe Québec 3.10 45 Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (Can) Équipe Québec 46 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 47 Jean-Francois Racine (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 48 Todd Herriot (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 49 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 50 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 51 Brice Jones (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 52 Dylan Sebel (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 53 Christophe Cheseaux (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 54 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 55 Lubos Kejval (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 3.17 56 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 3.18 57 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 3.21 58 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3.27 59 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 3.29 60 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 3.33 61 Chris Wherry (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 3.35 62 Hisafumi Imanisi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 4.02 63 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis 4.29 64 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 5.32 65 Pierre-Olivier Boily (Can) Équipe Québec 7.26 66 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 7.28 67 Alexandre Cloutier (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 7.31 68 Patrick Shea (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 7.35 69 Craig Boileau (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 70 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 71 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 7.41 72 Frederic Millette (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 7.45 73 Chistopher Pic (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 7.48 74 Warren Tilbrook (Can) Canadian National Team 75 Bryan Rusche (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 76 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 77 Paulo Rego (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 78 Mathieu Roy (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 79 Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Équipe Québec 7.56 80 Andrew Davidson (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 81 Ryan Roth (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 82 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 8.16 83 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 8.18 84 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 8.27 85 Jason McCartney (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 10.42 86 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 11.55 87 Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 12.28 88 Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 14.39 89 David Whyman (NZl) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 14.50 90 Hughes Lapointe (Can) Équipe Québec 21.14 91 Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 25.31 92 Colin Burn (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 29.39 Points classification 1 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 19 pts 2 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 17 3 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 15 4 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 15 5 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 14 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 13 7 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 13 8 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 13 9 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 12 10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canadian National Team 12 11 Lubos Kejval (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 12 12 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 11 13 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 10 14 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 10 15 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 10 16 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 8 17 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 8 18 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 8 19 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 7 20 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 6 21 Dominique Rollin (Can) Équipe Québec 6 22 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 6 23 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 4 24 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 4 25 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 3 26 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis 3 27 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 2 28 Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (Can) Équipe Québec 2 29 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 2 30 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 1 31 Joe Giuliano (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 1 32 Cameron J. Evans (Can) Canadian National Team 1 33 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 1 34 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 1 Teams classification 1 Flanders - Iteamnova.com 21.07.29 2 eD'system - ZVVZ 1.07 3 Prime Alliance Cycling Team 1.36 4 Navigators Cycling Team 2.09 5 7UP / Maxxis 3.51 6 Canadian National Team 4.54 7 Tecos - Mercurio 5.25 8 Volkswagen - Trek 6.18 9 Health Net Cycling Team 6.52 10 Équipe Québec 7.41 11 Shimano Cycling 7.43 12 Les Espoirs de Laval 8.03 13 Atlas Cold / Italpasta 12.31 14 Jet Fuel Coffee 12.39
