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18th GP Cycliste de Beauce - 2.3
Canada, June 17-22, 2003
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Stage 6 - June 22: Saint-Georges - Saint-Georges, 154 km
Tesar wins stage with Lieswyn holding on to overall win
By Kristy Scrymgeour
Lubor Tesar (Ed's Systems - ZVVZ) won today's final stage of the Grand prix de Beauce in an exciting plot that saw all the riders who had been aggressive all week give it one last shot for a stage win. Tesar won three stages of this tour in2002 and this year he has been just as active. Involved in several breaks throughout the tour working for his teammate Tomas Konecny, this one finally came through for him when he and three others were able to stay away from a chasing field and he out sprinted the small group to take the win.
John Lieswyn and his 7UP-Maxxis team were also able finish the tour on top after a long hard week which consisted of many hours chasing down potentially dangerous breaks. Lieswyn took his first tour win for the season with Chris Baldwin and Konecny coming in second and third respectively in the overall General Classification.
How it unfolded
On another beautiful spring day in St-George, Quebec, the peloton faced a challenging 154 km course over an 11km circuit. Organizers decided to shorten the race due to a delay to the start, however 14 times around the circuit which included a hard 2.5km climb, was enough to make the race too hard for many.
Once again, as has been the pattern in this year's tour, and early break of seven riders escaped the field and gained a quick couple of minutes on the field. In the break were Irving Aguilar and Joel Alamillo (Tecos -Mercurio), Lubos Kejval (Ed's System-ZVVZ), Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators), Bert Scheirlinckx (Flanders-IteamNova) and Ryan Roth (Jet Fuel). As the race progressed Lubor Tesar (Ed's System-ZVVZ) and another Tecos Mercurio rider, David Solomon Alvarez broke away from the peloton in an attempt to bridge to the break. The two caught the break, but before long Alvarez was dropped with his two teammates and Kejval and Roth. Four remained in the break and held a minute on the field as 7UP-Maxxisa and Health Net chased.
The determined Swindlehurst attacked the small group as the others waited for the peloton. He kept the gap at over a minute and was caught by Tesar, Svein Tuft (Prime Alliance) and Jeff Louder (Navigators) and the three gained another minute on the bunch. More aggression rose out of the bunch as Todd Herriot (Health Net) broke away to take up chase. Not far behind him were Charles Dionne (Canadian National Team), Trent Wilson (Flanders IteamNova) and Andrew Davidson (Jet Fuel).
With 15km remaining in the race Herriot and Dionne were with the leaders making a front group of six, soon to be whittled down to four when Swindlehurst and Herriot fell off the pace. With only a lap remaining the four were forced to work hard to stay away from the chasing bunch, with Dionne doing the majority of the work. In the end, after a long day in the saddle, it was Tesar who managed to out sprint the group with Dionne and Louder finishing behind him in second and third place respectively.
With the exciting Grand Prix Cycliste de Beauce completed, some teams will head to Boston for the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic which begins on Thursday whilst others will remain in Canada for the Canadian National Championships.
Results
1 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 4.01.22 2 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 3 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 4 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 5 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 0.07 6 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 7 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 8 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 9 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 10 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 11 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 12 Hisafumi Imanisi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 13 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 14 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 15 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 16 Joe Giuliano (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 17 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 18 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 19 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 20 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 21 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canadian National Team 22 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 23 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 24 Stig Somme (Nor) Jet Fuel Coffee 25 Christopher McGovern (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 26 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 27 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 28 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 29 Todd Herriot (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 30 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 31 Jean-Sebastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Québec 0.14 32 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 33 David Salomon Alvarez (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 34 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 35 Jason McCartney (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 0.20 36 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 0.22 37 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 2.14 38 Chris Isaac (Can) Canadian National Team 39 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 40 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 41 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 42 Andrew Davidson (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 43 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 44 Christophe Cheseaux (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 3.46 45 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 4.02 46 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 5.21 47 Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 5.23 48 Dominique Rollin (Can) Équipe Québec 7.26 49 Jean-Francois Racine (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 50 Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Équipe Québec 8.57 51 Ryan Roth (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 11.35 52 Craig Boileau (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 14.33 53 Bryan Rusche (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 26.20 54 Paulo Rego (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 55 Patrick Shea (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 49.03 DNF Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com DNF Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis DNF Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ DNF Lubos Kejval (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ DNF David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com DNF Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Cycling DNF Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team DNF Chris Wherry (USA) Navigators Cycling Team DNF Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team DNF Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net Cycling Team DNF Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team DNF Brice Jones (USA) 7UP / Maxxis DNF Kevin Monahan (USA) 7UP / Maxxis DNF Cory Lange (Can) Canadian National Team DNF Peter Sanowar (Can) Canadian National Team DNF Warren Tilbrook (Can) Canadian National Team DNF Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee DNF Mathieu Roy (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval DNF Jean-François Laroche (Can) Volkswagen - Trek DNF Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen - Trek DNF Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek DNF Alexandre Cloutier (Can) Volkswagen - Trek DNF Pierre-Olivier Boily (Can) Équipe Québec DNF Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Équipe Québec DNS Cameron J. Evans (Can) Canadian National Team Mountains GPM 10 1 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 7 pts 2 Lubos Kejval (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 5 3 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 3 4 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 2 GPM 11 1 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 7 pts 2 Cory Lange (Can) Canadian National Team 5 3 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 3 4 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 2 5 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 1 GPM 12 1 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 7 pts 2 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 5 3 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 3 4 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 2 5 Todd Herriot (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 1 Final general classification 1 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 20.56.58 2 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 0.47 3 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 0.53 4 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 0.59 5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canadian National Team 1.31 6 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 2.28 7 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 3.03 8 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 3.21 9 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 3.39 10 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 3.40 11 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 3.57 12 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 5.49 13 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 5.58 14 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 6.18 15 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 6.41 16 Todd Herriot (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 6.46 17 Jean-Sebastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Québec 6.59 18 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 7.26 19 Christopher McGovern (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 7.37 20 Joe Giuliano (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 7.40 21 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 7.53 22 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 8.01 23 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 8.02 24 Stig Somme (Nor) Jet Fuel Coffee 8.18 25 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 8.19 26 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 9.34 27 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 9.50 28 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 10.35 29 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 10.36 30 Hisafumi Imanisi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 11.19 31 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 12.29 32 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 12.45 33 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 13.46 34 Chris Isaac (Can) Canadian National Team 14.25 35 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 17.02 36 Jean-Francois Racine (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 18.07 37 Dominique Rollin (Can) Équipe Québec 18.32 38 Christophe Cheseaux (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 18.45 39 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 19.13 40 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 19.50 41 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 20.45 42 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 21.18 43 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 21.39 44 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 21.49 45 Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Équipe Québec 26.22 46 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 27.28 47 Jason McCartney (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 29.47 48 David Salomon Alvarez (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 31.36 49 Ryan Roth (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 39.20 50 Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 41.56 51 Craig Boileau (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 53.56 52 Paulo Rego (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 55.25 53 Bryan Rusche (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 1.02.16 54 Andrew Davidson (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 1.02.46 Mountains classification 1 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 94 pts 2 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 54 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis 48 4 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 28 5 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 27 6 Lubos Kejval (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 27 7 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 21 8 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 21 9 David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 17 10 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 17 11 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 17 12 Todd Herriot (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 17 13 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 16 14 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 13 15 Chris Isaac (Can) Canadian National Team 13 16 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 10 17 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 10 18 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 10 19 Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 10 20 Christopher McGovern (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 9 21 Cory Lange (Can) Canadian National Team 8 22 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 8 23 Stig Somme (Nor) Jet Fuel Coffee 8 24 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 7 25 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 6 26 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 6 27 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 5 28 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 4 29 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canadian National Team 4 30 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 4 31 Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 3 32 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 3 33 Jean-Sebastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Québec 2 34 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 1 35 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 1 Points classification 1 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 57 pts 2 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 56 3 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 55 4 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 51 5 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 45 6 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 38 7 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 37 8 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canadian National Team 34 9 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 28 10 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 25 11 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 24 12 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 24 13 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 23 14 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 23 15 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 20 16 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 19 17 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 18 18 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 18 19 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 14 20 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 14 21 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 13 22 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 13 23 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 9 24 Jean-Sebastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Québec 7 25 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis 5 25 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 7 26 Dominique Rollin (Can) Équipe Québec 6 27 Hisafumi Imanisi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 4 28 Joe Giuliano (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 3 29 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 3 30 Christophe Cheseaux (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 3 31 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 3 32 Todd Herriot (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 2 33 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 1 Teams classification 1 eD'system - ZVVZ 62.58.47 2 Flanders - Iteamnova.com 2.43 3 Navigators Cycling Team 2.45 4 Tecos - Mercurio 10.31 5 Canadian National Team 14.22 6 Shimano Cycling 16.43 7 Health Net Cycling Team 20.58 8 7UP / Maxxis 27.25 9 Prime Alliance Cycling Team 28.59 10 Atlas Cold / Italpasta 33.21 11 Équipe Québec 34.33 12 Les Espoirs de Laval 37.29 13 Jet Fuel Coffe 49.35
