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20th Tour de Beauce Bell - 2.2

Canada, June 14-19, 2005

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Third stage a lucky charm for O'Loughlin

By Matt Hansen in St. Georges

David O'Loughlin (Navigators)
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A rain-soaked, shortened stage saw Navigators finally take a stage win, with Irish champ David O'Loughlin just stay ahead of a charging field, as his teammate Vassili Davidenko sprinting for second in a select group of 33 riders. Quebec rider Dom Rollin fought hard in the stage, finishing with the leaders and will wear yellow in the 27km time trial tomorrow.

How it unfolded

The 180km stage was shortened to 142km so the entire caravan drove from the original stage start at St. Joseph to the new start at Beauceville. With rain making conditions on the first KOM even worse - the climb had large holes and gravel due to roadwork, coupled with a nasty wooden bridge beforehand - there was not much protest from the field. Once again the temperature was under ten degrees Celsius; the clouds opened up with drizzle, and riders emerged at the very last possible moment from their warm team cars, donning long sleeves, raincoats, overshoes and long-fingered gloves.

Before the stage, there was a mix of both ambition and dread for the day's events. After yesterday's epic day, the list of GC contenders was small: only the top 15 riders were within even a few minutes. One of the riders in yesterday's lead group was young revelation Brandon Crichton (Italpasta - Transport Belmire), who at 20 surprised many with his 7th place and the stage, and inheritance of the best young rider's jersey. "Today should be another tough day and I my plan is to keep the red jersey," he said. "How? I will just follow the big guns, stay at the front and survive." Another Canadian, Andrew Pinfold joked that he wasn't sure which one of his Symmetrics teammates he should support - there were three to choose from in the top 15. "Well right now since they are all up there I'm just not sure whom to work for. Maybe since I'm 18 minutes down I should just try and make it all back today and go for the lead myself. Yeah, that sounds right on."

Young Rider Jersey Brandon Crichton
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Dominique Rollin, who took the yellow jersey after winning yesterday, said that his small Quebec team was still up for the task ahead: defending the lead. Resembling a similar situation yesterday, where the smaller Volkswagen - Trek team worked beyond expectations for Martin Gilbert, Rollin said anything was possible. "We will do what we can - ride a little tempo when we can, but mostly show ourselves at the front. I'll do my absolute best to keep my lead for Friday's time trial."

Rollin wasn't the only one thinking ahead. With the double stage day looming - a TT in the morning and an evening criterium, followed by a tough Quebec circuit Saturday - some of the other contenders hoped to play it cool and save it for those crucial stages. Cyclingnews.com's Gilbert De Weerdt said that the plan was just that: "Another day to stay at the front, make the moves but not do too much. The race will be won or lost in the next few days."

After yesterday's tough stage, Canada's Dom Perras was on the offensive from the get-go, attacking several times and getting a gap along with Amore e Vita Beretta's Kimmo Kananen. Although the day was cold, many riders seemed keen to warm themselves up by riding hard. For Perras, it was a sign his legs felt good. "I cracked a bit at the end yesterday so I was disappointed. I rode well the entire race, making the lead moves, bridging up when there were gaps, and it was just the last hill where I didn't have it. That's racing. But yeah, today the legs felt good so I hope I can pull out a good result in the next few days - maybe on the Quebec circuit, that would be great." Another rider who seemed eager to test his legs was Jittery Joe's - Kalahari rider Tim Johnson, whose Tour de Beauce Bell has been relatively quiet. Even after quite a few tough stretches of climbs and false flats where several smaller groups formed, the peloton regrouped, with the help of the Health Net and Quebec team. After the stage, Rollin would praise his riders, saying that "They all really rode well, especially Alexandre Nadeau. It was great. I was on the rivet a few times but I made it to the end."

The gals (and guy) of the feed zone
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Navigators tested the field, riding hard over the first KOM, splitting the field. But the pack regrouped again for another flurry of attacks - and with 40km to go, a serious move came from Johnson, who being a former 'cross star might have just been enjoying the foul weather, and at one point had 40 seconds on the field. Perras made another attack and tried to bridge, but once again, the Navigators-led field was too aggressive and brought him back, and then Johnson.

A slew of attacks came from the peloton in the final 10km - initiated by Health Net and Navigators, and ultimately, as the pack approached the two finishing circuits, O'Loughlin and Doug Ollerenshaw broke clear. The duo was just ahead of the field - which split twice due to the pace - and with a few strong pulls by Pinfold and Canada's Max Plaxton, it was down to the wire with one lap to go. As the line approached the Irishman put a small gap after the short climb and Ollerenshaw was just caught as the pack swarmed him. O'Loughlin managed to stay clear by a few bike lengths and Davidenko took the sprint over Amore e Vita Beretta's Domenico Passuello.

The race continues tomorrow with the 27km test against the clock.

Photography

Dominique Rollin (Equipe du Quebec)
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Images by Karoline Thériault

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

Results

1 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance             3.46.24
2 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance               0.03
3 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska           
4 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                       
5 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                          
6 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska                
7 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                    
8 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Equipe du Quebec                   
9 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                     
10 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team                   
11 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance                       
12 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                    
13 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                    
14 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                  
15 Max Plaxton (Can) Canadian National Team                      
16 Dominique Rollin (Can) Equipe du Quebec                       
17 Brandon Crichton (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport          
18 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                   
19 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens Racing Team                       
20 Dominique Perras (Can) Canadian National Team                 
21 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance                        
22 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                         
23 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                       
24 Chris Isaac (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport               
25 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance                     
26 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska             
27 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com                 
28 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska                
29 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                                  
30 Claudio Bartoli (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska             
31 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance                     
32 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                              
33 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                     
34 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                      0.19
35 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com               0.56
36 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology                     
37 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance                     
38 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                        
39 Cory Jay (Can) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology                   1.03
40 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                                
41 Nat Faulkner (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport              
42 Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                    1.29
43 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens Racing Team                 2.04
44 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Team Cyclingnews.com                 2.55
45 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics                           3.41
46 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team                    4.03
47 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Yeti                               6.23
48 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Equipe du Quebec                   8.34
49 Bradley Fairall (Can) Symmetrics                         14.52
50 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics                                   
51 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Cyclingnews.com                     
52 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                           
53 Zach Bell (Can) Canadian National Team                   17.45
54 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari              20.20
55 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com                       
56 Richard Bowker (NZl) Italpasta - Belmire Transport            
57 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Cyclingnews.com                         
58 Peter Morse (Can) Yeti                                        
59 Johny Hayes (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology               24.31
60 Mathieu Roy (Can) Equipe du Quebec                            
61 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                       
62 Peter Sanowar (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport             
63 Daniel Maclaren (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport           
64 Alex Richer (Can) Yeti                                        
65 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout              
66 Jean-Sébastien Béland (Can) Equipe du Quebec                  
67 Bruno Langlois (Can) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                   
68 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens Racing Team                      
DNF Michael Norton (USA) Team Nerac.com                          
DNF Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                    
DNF Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                      
DNF Luc Dionne (Can) Yeti                                        
 
Teams
 
1 Navigators Insurance                                   39.05.17
2 Paged - MBK - Scout                                        1.22
3 Symmetrics Cycling                                         2.09
4 Health Net pb Maxxis                                       3.25
5 Canada National Team                                      20.15
6 Team Cyclingnews.com                                      23.44
7 Amore & Vita – Beretta                                    23.58
8 Volkswagen Trek                                           24.03
9 Equipe Du Quebec                                          29.19
10 Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C.                       38.32
11 Stevens Racing                                         1.21.24
12 Jittery Joe's - Kalahari                               1.39.40
13 CRCA/Sakonnet Technology                               1.58.56
14 Yeti                                                   2.03.16
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Equipe du Quebec                13.01.24
2 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance                    0.12
3 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance                     0.16
4 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                      0.19
5 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                0.20
6 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                        
7 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com              0.28
8 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska          1.11
9 Brandon Crichton (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport       1.16
10 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                1.17
11 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                                  
12 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                         
13 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance                     
14 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                1.37
15 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance               1.45
16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                            2.17
17 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis               2.51
18 Dominique Perras (Can) Canadian National Team             2.53
19 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Equipe du Quebec                  
20 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                    
21 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com               3.46
22 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                          5.14
23 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team               6.03
24 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska               
25 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                    8.14
26 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                     11.29
27 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance                12.24
28 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                     
29 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska     17.35
30 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance             18.30
31 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari             18.40
32 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens Racing Team                       
33 Max Plaxton (Can) Canadian National Team                      
34 Chris Isaac (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport               
35 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska                
36 Claudio Bartoli (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska             
37 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                 19.00
38 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance                19.33
39 Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology                     
40 Cory Jay (Can) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology                  19.40
41 Nat Faulkner (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport              
42 Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                   20.06
43 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens Racing Team                20.41
44 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Team Cyclingnews.com                21.32
45 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics                          22.38
46 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                      24.52
47 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Yeti                              25.00
48 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Equipe du Quebec                  27.11
49 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics                              27.13
50 Bradley Fairall (Can) Symmetrics                         33.29
51 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Cyclingnews.com                     
52 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team                   34.37
53 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Cyclingnews.com                    38.00
54 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari              38.56
55 Richard Bowker (NZl) Italpasta - Belmire Transport       38.57
56 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com                       
57 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout         42.41
58 Mathieu Roy (Can) Equipe du Quebec                       43.08
59 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                       
60 Bruno Langlois (Can) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                   
61 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens Racing Team                      
62 Jean-Sébastien Béland (Can) Equipe du Quebec             52.42
63 Zach Bell (Can) Canadian National Team                   55.25
64 Peter Morse (Can) Yeti                                   57.10
65 Peter Sanowar (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport      1.01.45
66 Alex Richer (Can) Yeti                                 1.20.40
67 Johny Hayes (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology             1.24.56
68 Daniel Maclaren (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport    1.41.30
 
 
 
 
 
Points classification
 
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Equipe du Quebec                      33 pts
2 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska         26
3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                  25
4 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance                      25
5 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance                       24
6 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                        21
7 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                         19
8 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance                 19
9 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                  17
10 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                       15
11 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska           14
12 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                  14
13 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                     13
14 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                  13
15 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout                    12
16 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com               11
17 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                                10
18 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Cyclingnews.com                       10
19 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska             10
20 Brandon Crichton (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport        10
21 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Equipe du Quebec                 8
22 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team                  6
23 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance                    5
24 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                   4
25 Jean-Sébastien Béland (Can) Equipe du Quebec                 3
26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                               2
27 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Paged - MBK - Scout             2
28 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                 2
29 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                  2
30 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                  1
31 Max Plaxton (Can) Canadian National Team                     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

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