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21st Tour de Beauce - 2.2
Canada, June 13-18, 2006
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Stage 5 - June 17: Québec, 125 km
Québec City parcours the center of controversy
British champion wins field sprint
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Ville de Québec
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The fifth stage of the Tour de Beauce, a circuit race in the downtown of Québec's provincial capital city, was supposed to be a highlight of the tour, since this would be the largest population of any city in the race. But this fact might have been the center of today's problem as a car on the course swerved right into the front of the peloton, causing former Canadian champion Mark Walters (Navigators Insurance) to crash and the field to stop racing. After all was sorted and some logistics changed, a shortened stage was highlighted by a fast downhill sprint, won by British road champion Russel Downing (DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed).
"They had really strung it out on the climb," said Downing. "I just rode within myself on the steep section, then put it in my big ring on the easier part to catch back on. I started my sprint at like 400 meters! I was just sitting at the back down the final kilometer and David [Harrigan] said to have a go. So we went right and there was nothing, so we went left and caught the yellow jersey and leaders. They all looked at us, probably thinking it was too early to start a sprint."
This win certainly adds to Downing's confidence as he prepares to defend his national championship next week. "Definitely! My form's been there the last few weeks. I was feeling good in the criterium last night, I was just outnumbered."
The remnants of a tired peloton followed in, with all of the significant players safely tucked inside the lead group, including race leader Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators Insurance) and second place Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF). "I felt confident all day and we were getting good information, so [controlling] was not a problem," explained Kobzarenko. "The break went which made it easier to control things. With three laps to go it got harder when Tecos went to the front and Pate tried an attack, and it's been hard after four days. In the last sprint we had Sergey up there to try to take some points -- but Pate was a little back."
The parcours
While it was exciting to have an urban setting for the race after four days of rural backdrops, the two-way road section of the race between the two dog bone-shaped ends was the big worry. The four lane city avenue was divided into three equal lanes, divided only by pylons. The middle lane was the outgoing section of the course, the left lane was the incoming and the right lane was for public traffic.
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Now any racer will tell you that orange pylons are hardly a deterrent -- and since the width of the course with the pylons was so narrow, the temptation to ride outside was even more. However, the first two laps were without incident as the peloton climbed the first lap up the Cote de Gilmore climb, a steep 350 meter section of 14 percent followed by another 500 meters of 6 percent pitches.
A break of six riders had gone up the road on the second lap with no dangerous riders. A collective sigh was breathed by all as the peloton would now be controlled by the Navigators Insurance team.
On the way out the third time, the peloton still navigated the narrow center section of the course without incident. But turning off this on the way to the descent the road narrows more. Here one lane is for the race and the other is for vehicle traffic. A car had pulled into this lane and was just in front of the peloton when it suddenly swerved across the pylons, cutting off the field.
"We had just finally gotten a non-dangerous break up the road which was what we wanted to do," said Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance). "Then the shit hit the fan. This car had pulled onto the road, in the traffic lane. But then it drove between the witches hats [pylons] -- it just suddenly turned. I was able to swerve, lock up my brakes and started yelling at her -- which made her just slow. Mark then clipped my wheel and hit the deck."
Walters landed on his backside hard. In a display of sportsmanship, the entire field stopped. "When I was on the ground a bunch of riders yelled to stop, which was just great." Walters was able to continue and finish, but is feeling the effects of the crash. "I have some soreness, and some movements really hurt while others don't," he said. "I was trying to put on my shoes after the race and couldn't lean over without holding on to something."
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At this point the race stopped for more than 45 minutes while the organisers and teams decided what to do. "The managers had an impromptu manager's meeting right there," said Chadwick. "There was a sort-of 'gentlemen's agreement' to let the break go again and let them have it until the last lap." In addition, the race organisers decided to remove the center pylons that divided the two race lanes, allowing the field to have a wider section. However, the vehicle traffic lanes remained, with organisers citing city traffic flow demands.
The race then rolled completely neutral back to the start to finalize the plans. Another 30 minutes went by with the six rider break sitting on the start line while the field was sitting 25 meters behind. Walters went up to the break and explained to them the plan. Finally the race resumed with the officials starting the field forty seconds behind the break -- the last gap before the incident.
The break
The break contained yesterday's winner Richard Faltus (Sparkasse), Ian McGreggor (TIAA-CREF) Tony Mann (FRF Couriers-Caravello), Svein Tuft (Symmetrics), Andrew Randell (Symmetrics), Michael Ford (SouthAustralia.com-AIS), Éric Boily (Volkswagen Trek) and Jairo Hernandez (Colombian National). Hernandez was the most dangerous to the overall, but still more than four minutes down, so Navigators was willing to let the break go to keep the race safe.
Within the break, the riders agreed to let Hernadez claim all of the KOM points in an effort to motivate cooperation. "We all agreed to give the Colombian the KOMs," said Tuft. "But he was rather spastic, I don't think he believed us. He ended up just making it hard for himself."
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Back in the field, the lack of communication was also evident among the other non-English speaking teams, as Team Sparkasse and Tecos-Trek drove the pace earlier than planned. "We definitely wanted to see if Ian could stay away," said Pate regarding the break. "I told him it was a good break and that he didn't need to push it -- to sit-on even."
"But at one point the Tecos team had Navigators on the ropes, they put the screws to everybody. If they could have done it another half-lap it would have blown the field apart!" This is when Pate made a small attempt to bridge across, awakening the field.
However, the Navigators Insurance team managed to keep everything together, but the speed increase shredded the field to bits, leaving only about twenty five riders in the main peloton. The catch of the break was timed perfectly, the final time up the Cote de Glimore climb.
"I attacked at the base of the climb," said MacGregor. "When I was caught I ended up pulling, trying to give Danny a shot at the time bonus." The restarting of the break after sitting for more than 30 minutes did not help the break's chances of succeeding. "It was hard to get going. And it gave the Navigators a chance to really talk things over, but the safety of the riders is the most important."
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The incidents of today will be fresh on the Canadian Cycling Association as this exact parcours will be used for the national championships in two weeks. "Maybe they can do a better job securing the the roads -- or having it as a rolling enclosure," said Walters. "We only come down the road for line two or three minutes at a time. A lot of guys wanted to stop the race all together -- they were pretty freaked out."
The final stage of the Tour de Beauce is another circuit race, but is the less urban setting of Saint-Georges. Danny Pate still trails Valeriy Kobzarenko by only sixteen seconds, so the racing is certainly not finished. "I expect more of the same tomorrow," said Pate. "Hard racing."
Photography
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- Cesar Grajales (Navigators Insurance) leads his team leader Valeriy Kobzarenko over the Cote de Gilmore climb.
- Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators Insurance) is watched carefully by Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF).
- Australian Cameron Hughes (Italpasta-Transport Belmire) is having a strong Tour de Beauce.
- The break gets away with Hernandez (Colombian National) leading the way.
- Ian MacGregor (TIAA-CREF) puts his head down on the steep incline.
- Andrew Randell (Symmetrics).
- The field stays at a steady tempo behind, with Navigators Insurance happy with the break.
- The field climbs.
- "I give up!" The break rolls neutral after the incident.
- Tony Mann (FRF Couriers-Caravello) talks it over with Hernandez.
- An official explains the situation to the break.
- The officials try to figure out the answers.
- Canadain time trial champion Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) chats with friends to kill the time.
- The peloton rolls back to the start.
- Canadian champion Francois Perisien (TIAA-CREF) will have this parcours to look forward to in two weeks as he defends his title.
- Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators Insurance) waits with the rest of the field.
- Top Canadian Mark Walters (Navigators Insurance) gets his bike checked out after the crash.
- Walters explains to the announcer what happened.
- Francois Perisien (TIAA-CREF) is popular with the press in Quebec.
- The race director explains the new situation with Walters looking on.
- "Do you think they'll explain it to us en Espanol too?"
- Ever the good sport Mark Walters (Navigators Insurance) knows what a bum rap this is for a break away, and offered Ian MacGregor (TIAA-CREF) and consolation energy bar.
- Riders found interesting ways to relax during the impormtu mid-race break.
- "Hmmm Svein, do you think they'll notice if I start in the break?" A sneaky Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF) tries to put one under the Navigators guys.
- Nope - Glen Chadwick and Ciaran Power have their eyes glued on Pate.
- Mark Walters explains the plan to the break riders.
- The field descends towards the Saint Lawrence Seaway, probably saying a prayer for a safe remainder of the race.
- The break tries to find a rhythm again.
- Svein Tuft shows his true colours with his sock choice -- Go Oilers!
- Hernandex leads the break up the climb.
- Hernandez goes for more KOM points on the climb.
- The field sprints with Russel Downing (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) in the lead at 300 meters.
- British champ Russel Downing (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) takes the fast downhill sprint.
- Russel Downing (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) celebrates his win.
- Russel Downing (DFL-Cyclingnews) wins the stage. Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) and Peter Hatton (Jittery Joes-Zero Gravity) finish in second and third place.
- Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators Insurance) keeps his yellow jersey.
Results
1 Russel Downing (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 2.33.08 2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators 3 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 4 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics 5 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 6 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 7 Fausto Esparza Munoz (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 8 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Priority Health 9 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 10 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 11 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek VH 12 Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 13 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 14 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators 15 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Sparkasse 16 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators 17 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek VH 18 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 19 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 20 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health 21 Yovanny Torres Castro (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 0.08 22 Ian Macgregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 23 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.14 24 Joshua Dillon (USA) Fiordifrutta 0.20 25 Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 26 Francisco Matamoros Navarro (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 27 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 28 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 0.22 29 Tony Mann (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 0.48 30 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 31 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 32 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators 33 Eric Boily (Can) Volkswagen Trek 0.51 34 Tom Flammang (Lux) Sparkasse 35 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 36 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 1.43 37 Rodolfo Lopez (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 4.21 38 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 5.57 39 Hector Rangel Zimarron (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 40 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 12.09 41 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 42 Kevin Miller (Can) Fiordifrutta 43 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 44 Philippe Abbott (Can) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 45 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 46 Niek Asbroek (Ned) Altipower 47 David Veilleux (Can) Garneau - Optik 48 Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau - Optik 49 Francois Parisien (Can) TIAA-CREF 50 Clovis Auger (Can) Volkswagen Trek 51 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Du Québec 52 Mathieu Roy (Can) Garneau - Optik 53 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 54 Diego Montoya (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 55 Jairo Salas Atehortua (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 56 Simon Kelly (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 57 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health 58 Edward King (USA) Priority Health 59 Matthew White (USA) Fiordifrutta 60 Peter Sanowar (Can) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 61 Phillip Cortes (Can) Garneau - Optik 62 Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 63 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 64 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 65 Derek McMaster (Can) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 66 Jacob P. Erker (Can) Symmetrics 67 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canadian National Team 68 Thoren Wieditz (Can) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 69 Richard Faltus (Cze) Sparkasse 70 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Canadian National Team 71 Timo Honstein (Ger) Sparkasse 72 Greg Reain (Can) Canadian National Team 73 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 74 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Altipower 75 Condor Murphy (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 76 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 77 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 78 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 79 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 80 David O'Brien (Can) Équipe Du Québec 81 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 82 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team 83 Jean-Sébastien Beland (Can) Volkswagen Trek 84 William Frischkorn (USA) TIAA-CREF 85 Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Altipower 86 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Altipower 12.17 DNF Sebastian Frey (Ger) Sparkasse DNF Christian Lademann (Ger) Sparkasse DNF Derek Burke (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn DNF Koki Simbo (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team DNF Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team DNF Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon-Litespeed DNF Daniel Maggiacomo (Can) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. DNF Alexi Richer (Can) Équipe Du Québec DNF Zachary Garland (Can) Équipe Du Québec DNF Christopher Rozdilsky (USA) Fiordifrutta DNF Dan Timmerman (USA) Fiordifrutta Teams 1 DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 7.39.24 2 Navigators Insurance 3 Tecos Trek VH 4 South Australia.Com - Ais 0.14 5 Colombia Es Pasion 0.28 6 Symmetrics 0.51 7 Jittery Joe's - pb Zero Gravity 1.43 8 Priority Health Cycling 12.09 9 Team TIAA-CREF 12.17 10 Team Sparkasse 13.00 11 FRF Couriers - Caravello 13.19 12 Fiordifrutta 24.38 13 Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 14 Volkswagen Trek 25.09 15 Garneau - Optik 36.27 16 Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 17 Altipower 18 Canadian National Team General classification after stage 5 1 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators 16.29.21 2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators 0.15 3 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 0.18 4 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Sparkasse 0.42 5 Fausto Esparza Munoz (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 1.49 6 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek VH 2.50 7 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek VH 4.01 8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 4.03 9 Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 4.08 10 Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 4.51 11 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 5.09 12 Yovanny Torres Castro (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 5.14 13 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 5.18 14 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Priority Health 6.13 15 Russel Downing (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 6.59 16 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators 7.38 17 Francisco Matamoros Navarro (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 7.47 18 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 8.04 19 Joshua Dillon (USA) Fiordifrutta 9.35 20 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 10.11 21 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 10.51 22 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 11.00 23 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 12.54 24 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 14.00 25 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 15.46 26 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 18.02 27 Jairo Salas Atehortua (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 18.48 28 Edward King (USA) Priority Health 19.16 29 Ian Macgregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 19.23 30 Rodolfo Lopez (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 19.34 31 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 21.04 32 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health 21.09 33 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 21.16 34 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Canadian National Team 21.26 35 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Du Québec 21.33 36 Phillip Cortes (Can) Garneau - Optik 21.47 37 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics 38 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 22.08 39 Mathieu Roy (Can) Garneau - Optik 22.30 40 Diego Montoya (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 22.38 41 David Veilleux (Can) Garneau - Optik 22.39 42 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 22.47 43 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 22.56 44 Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau - Optik 23.10 45 Derek McMaster (Can) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 23.30 46 William Frischkorn (USA) TIAA-CREF 23.46 47 Francois Parisien (Can) TIAA-CREF 23.47 48 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 25.41 49 Simon Kelly (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 25.45 50 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 26.23 51 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 26.26 52 Hector Rangel Zimarron (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 26.48 53 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canadian National Team 28.03 54 Kevin Miller (Can) Fiordifrutta 28.16 55 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 28.30 56 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 28.35 57 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team 29.18 58 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Altipower 30.27 59 Richard Faltus (Cze) Sparkasse 30.35 60 Tony Mann (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 31.23 61 Jacob P. Erker (Can) Symmetrics 33.09 62 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 36.26 63 Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 36.54 64 Thoren Wieditz (Can) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 37.05 65 Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Altipower 38.25 66 Timo Honstein (Ger) Sparkasse 38.37 67 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators 40.26 68 Niek Asbroek (Ned) Altipower 41.25 69 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health 42.23 70 Matthew White (USA) Fiordifrutta 43.08 71 Greg Reain (Can) Canadian National Team 44.02 72 Jean-Sébastien Beland (Can) Volkswagen Trek 44.36 73 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 46.18 74 Tom Flammang (Lux) Sparkasse 46.37 75 Philippe Abbott (Can) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 47.41 76 Eric Boily (Can) Volkswagen Trek 51.29 77 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 52.36 78 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 53.29 79 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 55.59 80 David O'Brien (Can) Équipe Du Québec 1.00.49 81 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Altipower 1.03.48 82 Clovis Auger (Can) Volkswagen Trek 1.06.56 83 Peter Sanowar (Can) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 1.11.14 84 Condor Murphy (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 1.11.58 85 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.16.01 86 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 1.23.13 Pooints classification 1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators 67 pts 2 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators 56 3 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 56 4 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Sparkasse 54 5 Fausto Esparza Munoz (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 40 6 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek VH 34 7 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 28 8 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 28 9 Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 27 10 Russel Downing (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 26 11 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 22 12 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 21 13 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek VH 18 14 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 18 15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Priority Health 17 16 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators 17 17 Richard Faltus (Cze) Sparkasse 16 18 Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 16 19 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 13 20 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 13 21 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics 12 22 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 12 23 Jairo Salas Atehortua (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 11 24 Jacob P. Erker (Can) Symmetrics 10 25 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 9 26 Yovanny Torres Castro (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 8 27 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators 8 28 Phillip Cortes (Can) Garneau - Optik 7 29 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 7 30 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 6 31 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Du Québec 5 32 Joshua Dillon (USA) Fiordifrutta 5 33 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 5 34 Edward King (USA) Priority Health 4 35 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team 3 36 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Altipower 3 37 Francisco Matamoros Navarro (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 2 38 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 2 39 Rodolfo Lopez (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 2 40 Kevin Miller (Can) Fiordifrutta 1 Mountains classification 1 Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 65 pts 2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators 59 3 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 29 4 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek VH 29 5 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators 28 6 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 25 7 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators 21 8 Eric Boily (Can) Volkswagen Trek 19 9 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Sparkasse 18 10 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 17 11 William Frischkorn (USA) TIAA-CREF 15 12 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 13 13 Tony Mann (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 12 14 Ian Macgregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 11 15 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek VH 9 16 Yovanny Torres Castro (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 9 17 Hector Rangel Zimarron (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 8 18 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 7 19 Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 7 20 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators 7 21 Fausto Esparza Munoz (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 6 22 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 6 23 Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Altipower 6 24 Richard Faltus (Cze) Sparkasse 6 25 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's pb Zero Gravity 4 26 Francisco Matamoros Navarro (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 4 27 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 3 28 Rodolfo Lopez (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 3 29 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - Caravello 2 Teams classification 1 Navigators Insurance 49.29.01 2 Tecos Trek VH 8.07 3 Colombia Es Pasion 12.40 4 DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 24.57 5 Team TIAA-CREF 31.27 6 Symmetrics 36.32 7 Jittery Joe's - Pb Zero Gravity 38.22 8 FRF Couriers - Caravello 38.33 9 South Australia.Com - AIS 44.24 10 Priority Health Cycling 44.28 11 Team Sparkasse 57.21 12 Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C. 57.34 13 Garneau - Optik 1.03.19 14 Fiordifrutta 1.08.04 15 Canadian National Team 1.15.47 16 Altipower 1.44.13 17 Volkswagen Trek 2.08.25 18 Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 2.52.16
