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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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