22nd Tour de Beauce - 2.2

Canada, June 12-17, 2007

Photography

Stage 6 - June 17: St-Georges, 133 km

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Images by Jerome Lessard

Phillip Mamos (Sparkasse) is looking for a souvenir from Tour de Beauce.
Dominique Perras (Team Quebec) signs in before the last Stage of Tour de Beauce.
The peloton in the first kilometre of the race.
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) in full speed mode.
Not an easy day for Oleg Grishkin (Navigators Insurance), rain and flat tire.
Once again, Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) was quite involved in the stage.
Grag Reain (Calyon-Litespeed) and Lars Wackernagel (Sparkasse).
Lars Wackernagel (Sparkasse) in the rain.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) and Cameron Evans (Symmetrics).
Dominique Perrras (Team Quebec) wont stop because of the rain.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) escaped from the peloton.
Some kids gathering in a caravan watch the yellow jersey's group passing by.
Charles Dionne (Team Quebec), another Quebecer who wont stop because of the rain.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) still on his own.
Mathieu Roy (Eva-Devinci).
Sore Petresen (Farso Denmark) makes his way to win Stage 6.
Christian Meier (Symmetrics) and Soren Petresen (Farso Denmark) in the final breakaway of the race.
Soren Petersen (Farso Denmark) wins Stage 6.
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) takes the overall victory, and couldn't be happier.
Christian Meier (Symmetrics) could have won Stage 6, but still got the red jersey for best young rider.
Gregorio Ladino Vega (Tecos Trek) and his polka dot jersey.
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) will leave St-Georges with the white jersey as well.
Tour de Beauce 2007 podium (L-R): Danny Pate (Slipstream), Ben Day (Navigators Insurance), and Jacob Erker (Symmetrics).
Champagne for the winner, Ben Day (Navigators Insurance).
Navigators Insurance, defenitively the best team of Tour de Beauce 2007.
Happy team mates: Ben Day and Glen Chadwick of Navigators Insurance.
Tour de Beauce 2007's winner, Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) and Denis Levesques, Tour de Beauce's President.

Stage 5 - June 16: Québec, 125 km

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Mark Walters and Dominique Rollin (kodak Gallery) talk with Louis Garneau a few minutes before the start.
Lars Wackernagel (Sparkasse) seems relaxed and confident before the start.
Mark Batty (Team R.A.C.E.) waiting for the start.
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) seems confident he'll keep his yellow jersey after the stage.
Red jersey Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) waits for the start with his friends.
Andre Tremblay (Volkswagen Trek) had a good pace in the first laps of the race.
Charles Dionne (Team Quebec) won Quebec City's stage two years ago.
Ben Day and Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) riding along in Vieux-Quebec.
Martin Gilbert (Team Quebec) on Boulevard Champlain.
The break was quite fast in that corner. Chateau Frontenac in the background.
Charles Dionne (Team Quebec) riding at home.
A view of the peloton.
Martin Gilbert (Team Quebec) riding on his own in the streets of Quebec City.
Ryan Mckenzie (Volkswagen Trek), still in the early break.
Hey David Pell (Savings and Loans), are we over the speed limit?
Riders in the peleton.
Francois Parisien (Team Slipstream) also rides at home.
Ryan Mckenzie (Volkswagen Trek) working hard in the climb.
Yellow Jersey's group riding on Grande-Allée.
A perfect line in the early break.
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) climbing within the last breakway.
Ciarán Power helps out his yellow jersey teammate Ben Day (Navigator Insurance) in the climb.
Two Quebecers in action on the climb: Charles Dionne (Team Quebec) and Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery).
A good angle to feel what the riders had to climb today.
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) attacking the climb.
Ian Macgregor (Team Slipstream) wins Stage 5.
Charles Dionne (Team Quebec) gets some good words after the race.
Andreas Schillinger (Sparkasse) thought he grabbed a soda instead of a beer after the race. He finished second to Ian Macgregor (Team Slipstream).
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) still in yellow after Stage 5.

Stage 4b - June 15: Centre-ville de St-George Critérium, 60 km

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Catherine Gastov from UCI speaks to some riders from Team Tecos Trek before the start of Stage 4b.
Pierre Gagne from UCI gives some information to Team Tecos Trek's riders before the start of Stage 4b.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) seems to look back, Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) was right behind.
Charles Thibault (Eva-Devinci) seemed to have a good pace at beginning of the race.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) is focused on the 35 laps remaining.
Peter Ladd from Team Garneau-Crocs.
Glen Chadwick (Navigator Insurance) white Jersey and winner of Stages 2 and 3.
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) is chassed by Dirk Muller (Sparkasse).
Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) gets a lot of speed up the hill.
Team Navigators Insurance has a really good week so far. Oleg Grishkin won stage 4b.
Eric Boily (Eva-Devinci) works hard in the street of St-Georges.
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) kept his yellow jersey after the stage.
Dominique Perras (Team Quebec) had a good day overall.
Charles Dionne (Team Quebec), second from right, lead the race for quite a while.
Charles Dionne (Team Quebec) and Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) are controling the race.
Mathieu and Joel had the best seats in St-Georges to follow the action.
Oleg Grishkin (Navigators Insurance) and Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery) ride hard in St-Georges.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse).
Morten Christiansen (Farso Denmark) in the last corner.
Charles Dionne (Team Quebec) did lead the breakaway for many laps and offered a great performance for his fans.
Podium (L-R): Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery), Oleg Grishkin (Navigators Insurance) and Keven Lacombe (Volkswagen Trek).
A second yellow jersey for Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) today.

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Kodak Gallery brings the break into sight.
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) , the best young rider, trys to motivate the breakaway.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) , former race leader, puts in a dig for teammate Dominque Rollin.
Oleg Grishkin (Navigators Insurance) passes Dominque Rollin (Kodak Gallery) at 200 meters for the win.

Stage 4a - June 15: St-Jean-de-la-Lande ITT, 20 km

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Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle) tries some new adjustments.
The Garneau-Crocs team is representing the Quebec region.
Morton Christiansen (Farso Denmark) could not bring a TT bike all the way to Canada.
Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle) shows off his U23 world champion bands.
David O'Laughlin (Navigators Insurance) is the time trial champion of Ireland.
Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) wearing the UCI America Tour leader's kit.
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) looking to take over the race lead with a fast ride.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) tries to find some gas after two wins in order to represent his Kiwi champion's kit.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) , former race leader, tries to make back some time.
Dominque Rollin (Kodak Gallery) sees the 1km to go flag.
Philipp Mamos (Sparkasse) pushes up the final climb.
Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle) shows is war face.
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) sees the leader's jersey around the corner.
Gregorio Ladino Vega (Tecos Trek) put in a valiant effort as a one day race leader.
Pate and Day compare notes.

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Teammates Jean-François Racine et Jamie Lamb (Team Garneau-Crocs) warm up before the start of the TT.
Charles Thibault (Eva-Devinci) was the first to start.
Three...two...one...Ryan Mckenzie (Volkswagen Trek) is out for his 20 km TT.
Jesse Anthony (Kodak Ga llery) was eighth to start.
Mark Batty (Team R.A.C.E.) rides his regular bike for the TT.
Alex Howes (Team Slipstream) is focus on the road.
Could Derrick St-John (Garneau-Crocs) be faster than his shadow?
Mark Pozniak (Team R.A.C.E.) rides his way to the finish line.
Jamie Lamb (Garneau-Crocs) is pushing hard in the last kilometre.
Alex Howes (Team Slipstream) riding to the finish line.
Ryan Mckenzie (Volksawagen Trek) finished 45th.
Lars Wackernagel (Team Sparkasse).
Joel Dion-Poitras (Eva-Devinci) rides fast in the streets of St-Georges.
Ian Macgregor (Team Slipstream), another rider and his shadow.
Timo Honstein (Team Sparkasse) shouldn't get a speeding ticket, despite an average of 42 km/h.
Dominique Perras (Team Quebec) had a good performance during the TT.
Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery) is agressive in the last corner.
Ben Day (Navigator Inssurance) won the TT and grabed the yellow jersey.
Ben Day (Navigator Inssurance) leads the Tour de Beauce 2007 after he won the TT.

Stage 3 - June 14: St-Georges-Mont-Mégantic, 153 km

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The peloton or what is remaining of it after two hard days of racing, leaves the race hotel parking lot.
Attacks came quickly after the end of a 1km neutral start.
Breaks form early.
The early break consisted of Cameron Evans (Symmetrics), Ryan McKenzie (VW-Trek) and Dirk Muller (Sparkasse).
An early crash left some riders rather bloody.
Navigators Insurance put a chase on to keep the leaders within reach.
Evans and Muller left McKenzie behind.
Muller takes the KOM.
Kodak Gallery leads the peloton up the KOM.
Ben Raby (Kodak Gallery) looks for some bottle refills.
The two leaders riding under perfect weather.
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) leading the Young rider classification
Long roads in Beauce.
Kodak Gallery riders in place to look after race leader Mark Walters.
Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) puts in an attack.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) took many points in the KOM competition.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) had no time to think about a swim.
A few less Kodak Gallery riders on the front later.
The chasers caught Muller to create a new lead group.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) is escorted on the front.
Mont-Megantic looms in the background.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) attacked on the road to Mont-Megantic, but Francois Parisien (Slipstream-Chipotle) bridged.
Parisien takes the lead at the start of the climb.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) cannot match Parisien's pace.
Francois Parisien (Slipstream-Chipotle) climbs strong in the lead to Mont-Megantic.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) comes out of nowhere to bridge to Parisien.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) takes over the tempo up the climb.
Francois Parisien (Slipstream-Chipotle) works to stay in contact with Chadwick.
Chadwick makes it two for two.
Francois Parisien (Slipstream-Chipotle) is happy with second.
Walters needs some help after a long climb.
Gregorio Ladino Vega (Tecos Trek) finished fourth and takes over the race lead.

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A last mechanical check-up for Team Eva Devinci before the start.
Dave Vukets (Team Tean Spin) shows how light his bike is. It's even lighter with no water bottles on.
Martin Gilbert's Lemond poses with some elementary school kids who attended the start in St-Georges.
Charles Thibeault (Team Eva-Devinci) on the left and William Goodfellow (Team Volkswagen Trek) on the right, get together before the start of stage 3.
Dominique Rollin (Team Kodak Gallery), white jersey and Cameron Evans (Team Symmetrics), red jersey, pose together a few minutes before the stage.
The breakaway (l-r): Ryan Mckenzie (Volkswagen Trek), Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) and Dirk Müller (Team Sparkasse).
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) on and Dirk Müller (Sparkasse) collaborating in the break away.
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics), Dirk Müller (Sparkasse) and William Goodfellow (Volkswagen Trek) in the break.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) second from the right, is working his strategy in order to win Stage 3.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) leads the break away.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) on the right, works hard to keep his position in the break.
Team-mates Mark Walters and Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery) are working closely in the peloton.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) rides towards victory.
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) red jersey and Dirk Müller (Sparkasse) working hard in the break
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) leads Dirk Müller (Sparkasse) They are seen through the window of a car.
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) and Dirk Müller (Sparkasse) collaborating in the break.
Team Kodak Gallery works hard in the peloton to conserve Mark Walters' yellow jersey and Dominique Rollin's white jersey.
Dominique Perras (Team Québec), second from right, got involved all day. Either in the peloton, the pack or the breakaway.
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) enjoys Beauce's countryside.
Riders in the final break get ready to attack the Mont-Mégantic, a major climb in the 2007 Tour de Beauce.
Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) on the left and Dirk Müller (Sparkasse) are getting some speed.
Dominique Rollin's team mates push hard in the peloton, helping him out to keep his white jersey.
François Parisien (Team Slipstream) leads the break a few minutes before climbing Mont-Mégantic.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) celebrates his second win on the top of Mont-Mégantic.

Stage 2 - June 13: Vallée-Jonction, 170 km

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Race leader Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) rides by elementary school students after the morning sign-on.
Mark Pozniak (Team R.A.C.E.) and a teammate prepare for the day's stage.
André Tremblay (Team Volkswagen Trek) gets encouragements from elementary school kids.
Presentation of the leaders before the start (L-R): Gregorio Ladino Veda (Team Tecos Trek), Rob Britton (Team L_Z_Boy), Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) and Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery).
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) is pushing hard and leads the peloton in the first kilomters of the stage.
Charles Dionne (Team Québec), second from the left, rides along in the the break away.
Team Québec's Charles Dionne, third from the left, leads the break away and rides along with Navigators Insurance's stage winner Glen Chadwick, on the right.
Last year's winner Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators Insurance), right, leads the brake away for a moment.
Navigators duo Valeriy Kobzarenko and Glen Chadwick look towards one of the major climbs of the day. A lot of work ahead guys?
Charles Dionne (Team Québec) and Geln Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) keep pushing the break away.
François Parisien (Team Slipstream) controls the break away for a little while, with Eric Wohlberg (Team Symmetrics) on his wheel.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) escaped from the break and pushed hard, focusing on a win.
Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) wins Stage 2 after a great individual effort at the end of the race.

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School children come out in every town.
Yellow jersey Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) and Francois Parisien (Team Slipstream) on the first KoM.
One of the early break attempts.
In Quebec there's a church on every corner.
The long line of the peloton.
Jean-Sébastien Beland (Volkswagen Trek) gets a quick 'fix'.
Jean-Sébastien Beland (Volkswagen Trek) heads back to peloton after a flat.
The break pulls away from the remaining riders in the peloton.
Andrew Randell paces Symmetrics teammate Svein Tuft back up after a flat.
Kodak Gallery protects its the yellow and white jerseys.
One of many climbs on the 170 kilometre Vallée-Jonction Stage 2.
Francois Parisien (Team Slipstream) and Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics)
Former Beauce winner Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics) of Canada.
Mexican Hector Rangel (Tecos Trek Vh) took second place on Stage 2.
Dominique Perras (Team Québec) changes bikes on the fly.
Dropping by the doctor's office, you don't even need an appointment!
U23 leader Rob Britton (La_Z_Boy) lost his jersey to break member Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) at the end of the stage.
Up close and personal with Ben Raby (Kodak Gallery).
Glen Chadwick (Navigators) looks back to see if anyone is chasing his race-winning move.
New Zealand's Glen Chadwick (Navigators) wins Stage 2.
Podium (L-R): Hector Hugo Rangel (Tecos Trek Vh), Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance), and Francois Parisien (Team Slipstream).

Stage 1 - June 12: Lac Etchemin, 180 km

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The field has a nice two hour chat before really racing.
Jean-Sebastian Beland (Volkswagen-Trek) made the most of the slow peloton for some TV time.
Jean-Sebastian Beland (Volkswagen-Trek) unzipped in the warm weather.
Beautiful Beauce countryside goes unnoticed by the breakaway.
Canadian champion Dominque Rollin (Kodak Gallery) goes for the intermediate time bonus.
The chase group is led by Navigators Insurance.
Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) is the national champion of Germany.
Defending champion Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators) smiles as he rolls along.
Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle) is looking to better last year's third place.
Attacks fly out of the breakaway.
The attacking split the lead group.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) makes a solo move with 12km to go.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) puts in a big effort.
Gregorio Ladino Vega (Tecos-Trek) climbed well and into the KOM jersey.
The break waves bye-bye to Walters.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) is a six time Canadian champion.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) looking at nothing but the yellow line in front of him.
Hector Hugo Rangel (Tecos-Trek) launches a last-ditch effort to catch Walters.
Hector Hugo Rangel (Tecos-Trek) drives up the final climb with four kilometres to go.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) takes his first win of the season.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) is happy to be done for the day.
Canadian champion Dominque Rollin (Kodak Gallery) celebrates his teammate's win and moves into the points jersey.

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Tilo Schüler (Team Sparkasse) gets ready before the depart of Stage 1.
Team Calyon-Litespeed's riders get their bikes back after the pre-race sign on.
Jamie Sparling (Team L Z Boy) gives autographs to some children before the start of Stage 1.
David Veilleux (Team Québec) waits to give an interview on TV before the start of Stage 1.
The peloton is calm in the first kilometers of the race.
Riders are still wondering what's going to happen in the race, the peloton is still calm in the first kilometers of Stage 1.
Jean-Sébastien Béland (Team Volkswagen Trek) got out of the peloton, forming the first break of the day. He had a gap of almost seven minutes before being caught.
Gregorio Vega Ladino (Team Tecos Trek VH), second from right, was in a climbing mood.
Gregorio Vega Ladino (Team Tecos Trek VH), second from right, took the mountain's lead early.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) stays focus during the climb on his way to victory.
Dominique Perras (Team Québec), third from right, works hard in a eight percent climb.
Gregorio Vega Ladino (Team Tecos Trek VH)
Fans standing by the side of the road cheer on the riders.
Gregorio Vega Ladino (Team Tecos Trek VH) collects some more mountains points.
Numbers in the lead bunch reduced as the stage progressed.
Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery) keeps pushing hard untill the end of the stage.
Gregorio Ladino Vega (Team Tecos Trek VH) stays in the wheel of his team mate.
Jean-Sébastien Béland (Team Volkswagen Trek) believed he had a chance but was caught at mid-race distance.
Dominique Perras (Team Québec) got quite involved in the last break untill the end of the race.
The last break of the race stayed away untill the end, with Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery) taking the sprint for second.
Gregorio Ladino Vega (Team Tecos Trek VH) took the mountains jersey.
Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) won the stage and leads Tour de Beauce.
Kodak Gallery's Mark Walters works hard while he escapes from the break.
Canada's Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) all alone on the stretch home.
Dominique Perras (Team Québec) smiles while he is interviewed by local television after the race.
Did Andreas Schillinger (Team Sparkasse) stop for a 'limonade' or 'creame glacer' after the race? Indeed, it's been a warm day at Tour de Beauce.