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20th Tour de Beauce Bell - 2.2
Canada, June 14-19, 2005
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Stage 4b - June 17: Saint-Georges downtown Criterium, 60 km
Navigators' long good Friday; Davidenko takes crit
By Matt Hansen in St. Georges
Vassili Davidenko made it a very successful day for Navigators Insurance, taking the stage after a breakaway managed to stay clear of a Symmetrics-led field. The break never got more than 24 seconds, eventually finishing just 17 seconds ahead. Svein Tuft rode regally in seventh position for most of the day behind his Symmetrics teammates and will continue to wear yellow tomorrow for Quebec's circuit race.
How it unfolded
Once again, the weather was agreeable…relatively speaking. Although the temperature was still not exactly summer weather, the course stayed dry. Had there been rain, there was a general consensus amongst the riders that the race should be either nullified or cancelled. The course was a tricky one in the wet, and almost all the favourites contended that the yellow jersey should not be won or lost because of an accident on a slick corner in a fast crit. The officials were unwavering, saying that the race would go on no matter what. Luckily, it never became an issue. In fact, it was almost perfect timing: the rain began just after Davidenko threw his arms up for the win.
A few early moves started off the action with Canada's Max Plaxton, Health Net's Doug Ollerenshaw and Tim Johnson (Jittery Joe's - Kalahari) looked promising, getting a gap of 10 seconds on the field. Johnson had a slight problem when he broke his seat post and needed to switch bikes, but was put back in the move. As the race progressed, more riders bridged up including including Health Net's John Lieswyn, Charles Dionne (Canada), Justin England (Health Net), Navigators' David O'Loughlin and Davidenko.
But the move came back just after points sprint with 19 laps to go. A counter launched with 17 to go, once again with Navigators riders present, the ubiquitous Davidenko and MTB star Plaxton, Canadian National team rider Dom Perras, Health Net's Mike Sayers, Italpasta - Transport Belmire's Brandon Crichton, and Mark Walters, among others.
A few more riders would bridge up-Health Net's Mike Jones and Cyclingnews.com's Glen Chadwick-making the breakaway total 11. Chadwick said getting into the move made sense. "It was safer to be away, easier. Guys were undercutting the corners, the speed wasn't as steady going in and out. I figured I should try and make it up there, see if we could make a few extra seconds." Navigators had a good situation as well, with Walters pushing the move to gain ground.
"Mark was driving the break for two reasons," Navigator's Ed Beamon explained. "First, for Vassili, so he could try and take the win. But it was good for us because it put Symmetrics and Health Net on the defensive. But Symmetrics rode well. Should be interesting in the next few days." Cesar Grajales tried in vain to make it a Navigators threesome, but couldn't close the gap.
The gap rose and fell with the break working well on some laps, and worse on others. Riders like Walters and Chadwick kept on hitting the front to keep the move away, all the while as Symmetrics kept a fast tempo. As Symmetrics Eric Wohlberg explained, there was some of friction in the field as they rode at the front for Tuft.
"The euro teams kept swarming us as we kept the tempo up. It was pretty surprising, the lack of respect for the leader's jersey. It's something that you expect at some local jitbag race, not an UCI international event."
Tuft echoed Wohlberg's words, but had high praise for his team. Having a breakaway hovering at a gap of 25 seconds was perfect for Symmetrics, on a trying course like today's.
"The team worked well today. It was a hard day for them but they were steady. I don't understand why some of the teams were riding the way they were-it was pretty frustrating. But we let the break sit there just ahead, and since there were none of the bigger classification threats in it, it worked well. Much easier than to let Navigators counter us over and over again." For the most part, Symmetrics was quite consistent-with almost all of the team pulling through, apart from the halfway point where young rider Christian Meier took a spill on the fourth corner after the downhill.
"I just took it too hot, riding on Pinner's wheel. But I'm ok. Just lost a little skin."
Perras tried a last gasp attempt on the last time up the climb, but didn't get more than a few seconds. The break came to the line and Davidenko sprinted ahead, taking the win by two bike lengths.
Results
1 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1.25.58 2 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 3 Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 4 Max Plaxton (Can) Canadian National Team 5 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 6 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com 7 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 8 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 9 Dominique Perras (Can) Canadian National Team 10 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 11 Brandon Crichton (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 12 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 0.17 13 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 14 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 15 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 16 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Equipe du Quebec 17 Dominique Rollin (Can) Equipe du Quebec 18 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Team Cyclingnews.com 19 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 20 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 21 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com 22 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 23 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Cyclingnews.com 24 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 25 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 26 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 27 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 28 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 29 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 30 Chris Isaac (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 31 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 32 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 33 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 34 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 35 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 36 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 37 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 38 Nat Faulkner (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 39 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 40 Bruno Langlois (Can) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 41 Claudio Bartoli (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 42 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 43 Peter Morse (Can) Yeti 44 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 45 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com 46 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 47 Mathieu Roy (Can) Equipe du Quebec 48 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 49 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 50 Zach Bell (Can) Canadian National Team 51 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 52 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 53 Peter Sanowar (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 54 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Yeti 55 Cory Jay (Can) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 56 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Cyclingnews.com 57 Jean-Sébastien Béland (Can) Equipe du Quebec 58 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 59 Johny Hayes (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 0.47 60 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team 0.53 61 Bradley Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 1.26 62 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics 1.53 63 Richard Bowker (NZl) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 2.40 64 Alex Richer (Can) Yeti 2.48 65 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics 3.43 66 Daniel Maclaren (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 9.02 Teams 1 Volkswagen Trek 4.18.11 2 Canada National Team 3 Navigators Insurance 4 Health Net pb Maxxis 5 Team Cyclingnews.com 0.17 6 Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 7 Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 8 Paged - MBK - Scout 0.34 9 Equipe Du Quebec 10 Amore & Vita – Beretta 11 Symmetrics Cycling 12 CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 1.04 13 Yeti 3.05 General classification after stage 4b 1 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 15.04.14 2 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.06 3 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.26 4 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 1.11 5 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 1.15 6 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 1.29 7 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com 1.32 8 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 2.25 9 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 2.29 10 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 2.39 11 Dominique Rollin (Can) Equipe du Quebec 3.09 12 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 3.26 13 Brandon Crichton (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 3.45 14 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 4.05 15 Dominique Perras (Can) Canadian National Team 5.06 16 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 5.23 17 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 5.24 18 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 6.06 19 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 6.09 20 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com 8.00 21 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 9.20 22 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 10.21 23 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 10.30 24 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 12.03 25 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 13.44 26 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 14.57 27 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 15.09 28 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 20.58 29 Chris Isaac (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 21.31 30 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 22.14 31 Max Plaxton (Can) Canadian National Team 22.23 32 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 22.49 33 Cory Jay (Can) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 23.17 34 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 23.58 35 Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 24.04 36 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 24.12 37 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 24.37 38 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 25.38 39 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Team Cyclingnews.com 26.07 40 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 26.20 41 Claudio Bartoli (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 26.32 42 Nat Faulkner (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 26.37 43 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 28.41 44 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Equipe du Quebec 30.32 45 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Yeti 31.08 46 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics 31.58 47 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics 35.29 48 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Cyclingnews.com 37.17 49 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team 39.37 50 Bradley Fairall (Can) Symmetrics 41.04 51 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 42.30 52 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com 45.12 53 Bruno Langlois (Can) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 46.21 54 Richard Bowker (NZl) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 46.27 55 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Cyclingnews.com 46.29 56 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 47.06 57 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 47.14 58 Mathieu Roy (Can) Equipe du Quebec 48.03 59 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 50.17 60 Jean-Sébastien Béland (Can) Equipe du Quebec 58.14 61 Zach Bell (Can) Canadian National Team 59.38 62 Peter Morse (Can) Yeti 1.03.43 63 Peter Sanowar (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 1.05.25 64 Alex Richer (Can) Yeti 1.30.59 65 Johny Hayes (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 1.31.53 66 Daniel Maclaren (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 1.57.25 Points classification 1 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 40 pts 2 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 38 3 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 37 4 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 34 5 Dominique Rollin (Can) Equipe du Quebec 33 6 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 31 7 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 30 8 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 30 9 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com 27 10 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 26 11 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 25 12 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 24 13 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 21 14 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 20 15 Brandon Crichton (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 15 16 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 14 17 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 14 18 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 13 19 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 13 20 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 13 21 Max Plaxton (Can) Canadian National Team 13 22 Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 13 23 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 11 24 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 10 25 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 10 26 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 10 27 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Cyclingnews.com 10 28 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 10 29 Dominique Perras (Can) Canadian National Team 9 30 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 6 31 Jean-Sébastien Béland (Can) Equipe du Quebec 3 32 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 3 33 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 3 34 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 2 35 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 2 36 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 1 37 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 Mountains classification 1 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 36 pts 2 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 24 3 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 17 4 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 14 5 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com 14 6 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 12 7 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout 12 8 Jean-Sébastien Béland (Can) Equipe du Quebec 10 9 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari 10 10 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 10 11 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 9 12 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 8 13 Dominique Perras (Can) Canadian National Team 8 14 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 7 15 Dominique Rollin (Can) Equipe du Quebec 6 16 Chris Isaac (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport 6 17 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 6 18 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 5 19 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 4 20 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 3 21 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 1 22 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 Team classification 1 Navigators Insurance 45.12.55 2 Symmetrics Cycling 4.42 3 Health Net pb Maxxis 8.48 4 Paged - MBK - Scout 10.30 5 Canada National Team 31.16 6 Team Cyclingnews.com 33.42 7 Volkswagen Trek 34.42 8 Amore & Vita – Beretta 37.24 9 Equipe Du Quebec 41.36 10 Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 48.24 11 Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 1.50.36 12 CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 2.14.47 13 Yeti 2.27.08
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