20th Tour de Beauce Bell - 2.2

Canada, June 14-19, 2005

Photography

• Stage 1 - June 14: Saint-Georges - Saint-Georges, 169 km
• Stage 2 - June 15: Lac-Etchemin - Lac-Etchemin, 180 km
• Stage 3 - June 16: St-Joseph - St-Joseph, 180 km
• Stage 4a - June 17: St-Jean-de-la-Lande, ITT, 27 km
• Stage 5 - June 18: Quebec city urban circuit, 125 km
• Stage 6 - June 19: Saint-Georges urban circuit, 132 km

Stage 6 - June 19: Saint-Georges urban circuit, 132 km

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Images by Matt Hansen/http://7thgroove.com/~hansen/new/

• Tim Johnson's biggest fan, Lyne Bessette was watching the race
• The climb
• Brandon Crichton (Italpasta - Belmire Transport) before the stage
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) contemplates the day ahead
• Health Net relax before the last stage
• David O'Loughlin and Mark Walters (Navigators) looking pretty happy in the sun before the last stage
• Nathan O'Neill (Navigators) ready to defend his yellow jersey

Images by Anthony Rancourt

• Wojciech Kalemba (Paged-Mbk-Scout) took the mountains jersey overall
• The start of the final stage bathed in sunshine
• Alexandre Nadeau (Equipe du Quebec) in the pack on stage 6
• Jeff Louder (Navigators) gets out of the saddle on teh final stage
• Tim Johnson (Jittery Joe's) and Charles Dionne (Canadian National Team) ride safely in the bunch on stage 6
• Jittery Joe's had a quiet week in Canada
• Brandon Crichton and Tim Johnson riding together on stage 6
• Krzysztof Mermer (Paged-Mbk-Scout) and Tim Johnson (Jittery Joe's)
• The pack heads uphill on stage 6
• The break worked hard to stay away
• David O'Loughlin (Navigators) finished the stage in 14th
• David O'Loughlin (Navigators) leads his teammates during stage 6
• Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net) wins stage 6
• Overall winner Nathan O'Neill (Navigators) relaxes post-stage
• Who's a happy camper, then? Nathan O'Neill can smile after winning the Tour de Beauce Bell
• Teammate Oleg Grichkine congratulates O'Neill on a job well done
• The stage podium: (l-r) Cameron Jenings (Team Cyclingnews), Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net) and Krzysztof Mermer (Paged-Mbk-Scout)
• Navigators men Jeff Louder and Nathan O'Neill celebrate a great week in Canada
• Let 'er rip! Nathan O'Neill (Navigators) celebrates his overall win
• It's time to get down... as the celebrations begin for the Navigators Insurance team
• Some flowers for the winner... who will they be given too?

Stage 5 - June 18: Quebec city urban circuit, 125 km

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Images by Matt Hansen/http://7thgroove.com/~hansen/new/

• Symmetrics before the race
• Has Ivan found a new job? Ivan Dominguez (Health Net) before the stage 5 start
• Symmetrics riders get everything in order before the stage start
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) checks a few things before the start
• Brandon Crichton (Italpasta) Young rider
• Massage time for Svein Tuft
• Oleg Grigckine (Navigators) rolls through on stage 5

Images by Anthony Rancourt

• Charles Dionne (Candian National Team) pushed hard close to the finish
• A Quebec rider on home soil
• Navigators had a great weekend
• Jeremy Vennell (Team Cyclingnews.com) pushes hard out front of this group
• Jean-Sébastien Béland (Equipe du Quebec) focusses hard during stage 5
• Charles Dionne (Canadian National Team) wins stage 5 and looks elated to have done so
• The emotion spills over for Charles Dionne after winning stage 5
• It's all a bit much for Charles as he lets it all out after winning stage 5
• An emotional Charles Dionne after winning stage 5
• Dionne and his niece
• The stage podium: (l-r) Domenico Passuello (Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska), Charles Dionne (Canadian National Team) and Oleg Grichkine (Navigators Insurance)
• Brandon Crichton (Italpasta - Belmire Transport) was best young rider after stage 5
• The overall podium after stage 5: (l-r) Svein Tuft (Symmetrics), Nathan O'Neill (Navigators Insurance) and Jeff Louder (Navigators Insurance)

Stage 4a - June 17: St-Jean-de-la-Lande, ITT, 27 km

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Images by Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com

• Kacper Sowinski (Amore & Vita - Beretta) on the way to ninth
• John Lieswyn (Health net pb Maxxis) is still a threat after finishing sixth in the TT
• Jeff Louder (Navigators Insurance) on the way to third
• Nathan O'Neill (Navigators Insurance) showed why he's Aussie TT champ.
• Mike Jones (Health net pb Maxxis) turned a 'so pro' performance for 12th
• Jacob Erker (Symmetrics )
• Brandon Crichton (Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C.)
• Glen Chadwick (Cyclingnews.com) works it for tenth.
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) maxing out on the way to second place and the overall lead
• Dawid Krupa (Paged - MBK - Scout) appears to have picked up a stormtrooper helmet by mistake
• Mark Walters (Navigators Insurance) showing the pain
• Dominique Rollin (Equipe Du Quebec) was unable to defend his slender lead.
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) takes the lead after a fine second place in the TT

Images by Matt Hansen/matthewhansen.net

• National team riders Zach Bell and Ryan Roth warm up
• Dominique Rollin's very slippery-looking Kuota
• Brandon Crichton's hastily anonymised TT bike
• Cyclingnews.com's len Chadwick and his team Fondriest with TT adaptations - aero bars and wheels. Glen turned in a solid tenth despite the lack of an aero wonder-bike.
• The Volkswagen-Trek team are, unsurprisingly, on Trek TT bikes
• David O'Loughlin's Navigators Colnago time trial bike
• Health Net warms up en masse
• Nathan O'Neill (Navigators Insurance) warms up before the time trial
• Symmetrics Norco TT bike
• Jittery Joe's Louis Garneau TT bike
• Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics) ready to go
• Nathan O'Neill (Navigators Insurance) in Australian TT champ colours in the start house.
• John Lieswyn (Health Net) strikes a pose
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) before the TT
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics)
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics)
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics)

Images by Karoline Thériault

• A Canadian team rider gets going
• Alexandre Cloutier (Volkswagen-Trek) rolls out of the start house
• Mike Sayers (Health Net) starts the time trial
• An Italpasta rider sets out in the time trial
• A Jittery Joe's rider looking cautious in the wet conditions
• Glen Chadwick (Cyclingnews.com) rolls in to the finish
• Nathan O'Niell (Navigators) with a very big smile from the podium
• David O'Laughlin (Navigators) wears the points jersey after stage 4a
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) wears the yellow jersey

Stage 3 - June 16: St-Joseph - St-Joseph, 180 km

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Images by Matt Hansen/matthewhansen.net

• Young Rider Jersey Brandon Crichton (Italpasta - Transport Belmire) at the start
• Charles Dionne (Canada) talks to Health Net's Justin England
• The pack on the startline
• Canada's Max Plaxton and Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics) the workhorses in the final kilometres
• The gals (and guy) of the feed zone
• David O'Loughlin (Navigators) damp but happy after his win

Images by Karoline Thériault

• Autograph hunters managed to find the start
• The start was improvised for the shorter stage
• The peloton rolls trough he very damp Canadian countryside.
• The start of one of many climbs
• Tackling yet another hill
• The peloton strings out on a climb
• Jockeying for position as riders cross a bridge.
• Brandon Crichton (Italpasta - Belmire Transport) has been one of the revelations of this tour
• Descending was no fun either
• Riders had to tackle fog as well as rain and hills today
• A two-man break emerges from the gloom
• Two riders try to escape
• Wojciech Kalemba (Mesetacaffe-Mbk-Scout) still in the mountains jersey
• Kevin Lacombe (Volkswagen-Trek)
• Riders pass a farm but decline to buy it.
• Max Plaxton (Canadian national team)
• Riders work on a climb with race leader Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec) in yellow, left
• David O'Loughlin (Navigators) rides in the peloton during stage 3
• Riders battle up a climb in the foul conditions.
• Zach Bell (Canada) grits his teeth against the cold.
• The final lap. And there was much rejoicing.
• David O'Loughlin (Navigators) wins the stage
• David O'Loughlin (Navigators) celebrates a tough win
• The podium - Domenico Passuello (Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska), David O'Loughlin (Navigators) and Vassili Davidenko (Navigators)
• Vassili Davidenko (Navigators) waves from the podium
• David O'Loughlin is congratulated on his win
• David O'Loughlin waves from the podium
• Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec) in the points jersey
• Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec) kept the leader jersey too

Stage 2 - June 15: Lac-Etchemin - Lac-Etchemin, 180 km

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Images by Karine Martel

• Volkswagen-Trek leads the peloton
• Volkswagen-Trek in control
• Alexandre Lavallée (Volkswagen-Trek) takes a turn on the front, protecting his team leader.
• Cameron Jennings (Cyclingnews.com) rides in the bunch early in the race.
• Mavic tech support had a busy day swapping wheels punctured in the wet.
• The Volkswagen team's orange-clad daredevils lead the peloton on a descent.
• Health Net leads the peloton
• There's a reason why it's so green as the peloton is discovering
• The peloton approaches the base of a climb
• The peloton takes a moment after cresting a rise.
• Andrew Randell (Canadian National Team) was one of many riders not to finish on a brutal day.
• The peloton enjoys the serenity of the Quebec woods
• The peloton never looked in danger of catching the break
• Charles Dionne (Canadian national team) gets away for a while
• A Canadian national team rider slips off the front of the break
• Cameron Jennings (Cyclingnews.com) gets away from the break
• Cameron Jennings (Cyclingnews.com) accompanied by the tech support moto
• Cameron Jennings (Cyclingnews.com) tries to make good his escape
• Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) was a factor in teh break's success.
• Jittery Joe's grabs a musette, and hopes there's a warm, dry hotel room in there...
• Soigneurs pass up a feed
• The top three Jeff Louder (Navigators Insurance), Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec) and Kacper Sowinski (Amore & Vita-Beretta)
• Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec) smiles as he climbs up to the podium.
• Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec) waves from the podium
• Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec) very happy with the jersey after avery hard day
• Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec) also earned the best young rider's white jersey
• Wojciech Kalemba (Mesetacaffe-MBK-Scout) and the mountains jersey

Stage 1 - June 14: Saint-Georges - Saint-Georges, 169 km

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Images by Matt Hansen/matthewhansen.net

• Health Net's steeds before the stage start in St Georges
• The Navigators Colnagos await their riders near the Mavic support trucks
• The Mavic neutral support fleet all ready for a busy day
• Mark Walters (Navigators) appears to be pretty relaxed before the start
• Team Cyclingnews gather before the start
• Joviality is part of the game at Team Cyclingnews
• Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics) won here in 1995 and has a chat before the start
• Nat Faulkner and Jeff Hansen (Italpasta) looking pretty happy before the start, despite the cool conditions
• Team Cyclingnews are presented before the start in St Georges
• Kane Oakley (Team Cyclingnews) rides close to the race car in the wet weather
• The opening pace was pretty slow as the weather and tactics kept riders' cards close to their chests
• Glen Chadwick (Team Cyclingnews) solos to the break
• The conditions were less than ideal for riders on the first stage

Images by Tour de Beauce

• Nerac.com riders sign autographs at the start
• Navigators riders meet the public
• Symmetrics riders ready to start
• Stevens Racing Team riders meet the people
• Italpasta - Belmire Transport riders
• Jittery Joes and VW-Trek all looking very orange before the start
• The peloton cruises along early in the stage
• The peloton
• Follow that moto! A couple of riders ham it up a little for the TV cameras.
• Things begin to liven up
• Jiri Pospisil (Stevens) working hard
• Jiri Pospisil (Stevens) crossed over dirt to lead the early break
• Navigators leads the chase
• Roadside fans cheer on the break
• The break hammers through some rolling countryside
• The peloton snakes through the countryside
• Jonathan Sundt (Jittery Joe's-Kalahari) gives chase
• Jonathan Sundt (Jittery Joe's-Kalahari) gets down and aero
• The break echelons in the wind
• Breakaway riders jockey for position.
• The breakaway on a gloomy day into Saint-Georges
• Martin Gilbert (Volkswagen-Trek) wins the first stage
• Martin Gilbert (Volkswagen-Trek) is pretty ahappy with things
• Stage winner Martin Gilbert discusses the win.
• The Volkswagon-Trek team
• Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec) shows off the white jersey
• Martin Gilbert (Volkswagen-Trek) is the race leader after the first stage
• Jean-Sébastien Béland (Equipe du Quebec) in the mountains jersey after stage 1
• Kevin Lacombe (Volkswagen-Trek) wears the red jersey