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22nd Tour de Beauce - 2.2
Canada, June 12-17, 2007
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Stage 5 - June 16: Québec, 125 km
MacGregor rides 'cool' in hot Beauce stage
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Québec City, Québec
Navigators control all breaks until end
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Slipstream-Chipotle has been racing all week at a disadvantage - starting with one less rider than the other big teams and losing two riders to illness on the first stage. However, that has not prevented it from placing a rider in the top three overall this week with a strong ride by Danny Pate. And today in Québec City, Ian MacGregor added a stage win to the team's accomplishments, attacking his breakaway at the bottom of the monster finishing climb and holding off the catch to the line.
"We only have four guys in the race so it is good to be competitive," MacGregor said. "I was wrecked after Philly week and it took me the first four stages to get my legs back."
The key to the win, according to MacGregor, was battling the hot temperatures as much as possible. "I was in the break and pulled equally, but made sure I wasn't driving it too hard and staying cool," he explained. "Dr. Alan Lim taught us how important it is to keep cool and regulate your core body temperature. Even if you are weak, if you take care of that, you will be better than the other guys. I dumped as many bottles as I could over the top of me all day."
The main break consisted of MacGregor, Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery), Jacob Nielsen (Farso Denmark), Andreas Schillinger (Sparkasse), John Fredy Parra Calada (Tecos Trek) and Cameron Evans (Symmetrics), who was also in a break in last night's criterium. "I'm starting to get tired now!" Evans joked. However, with nine laps of a 14km urban and technical course that featured nearly a two kilometre climb rising 100 metres every lap, one could understand his pain.
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"For the most part we were all rolling through together because we knew that Navigators would ride tempo in the field," said Anthony. "As long as everyone worked it would stay. A couple of times guys sat on, including myself, because at certain points you just don't have it."
The final lap saw an attack out of the break by Nielsen who was trying a last-ditch effort. "I knew I couldn't follow them up the climb, and if there was a chance it was there - I had to go early," he said. "I tried it down the descent but they worked together and they caught me with 4.5km to go."
Nielsen was counting on the usual disorganization that occurs late in a race, with riders not wanting to do the chasing. But the break kept it's wits about it and rode a steady tempo to keep him within reach. "Everyone was rolling through," said Evans who was wearing the best young rider's jersey. "We weren't worried about him because he wasn't putting a time on us."
The hesitation Nielsen was looking for came after he was caught. "MacGregor got away just before the final climb," Evans explained. "Everyone kind of looked at each other and that was it."
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"Going into it I noticed the guys were real hesitant," MacGregor said. "I'm not really fast on the flats but I hit out with about four kilometres to go. I tried to regulate my power and keep it steady. At the bottom I was well over 600 but at the top I was barely over 380-390. I was just holding on!"
"The last time up the hill we dropped a few guys," said Anthony. "When Ian went that hill is hard to hit solo after a four minute effort, so hats off to him - he rode phenomenal and a big effort. It was close and we were for sure closing on him."
Back in the peloton, Ben Day was safely escorted to the final climb by his team, and delivered up the first part of it before taking over himself. "The way the guys set it up for me at the finish, they rode their asses off and hit the last climb with me on the front of the peloton with 1.5km to go," said Day. "I just f***ing drilled it from there and saw Svein and Danny just behind me."
"I think we kind of shocked them today," he said regarding the other GC riders. "They have said the last couple of days how they were going to come out and smash us but once again we saw how strong we were today and hopefully that will scare them off tomorrow. All respect for them though, they are fighters and will come out. We have a job to do and will bring it home tomorrow."
Tomorrow's final stage is about as rough-and-tumble as today, with 12 laps of a 10.5km hilly course.
Photography
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Images by Jerome Lessard
- 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.
Results
1 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 2.57.54 (42.158 km/h) 2 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 0.02 4 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 0.09 5 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 0.13 6 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 0.19 7 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.24 8 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.25 9 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 10 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 11 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 0.33 12 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 13 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 14 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 15 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 16 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 0.37 17 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 0.39 18 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 0.40 19 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 0.46 20 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 21 Rob Britton (Can) La_Z_Boy 0.50 22 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 23 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 24 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 25 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau - Crocs 0.52 26 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 27 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 0.55 28 Mathieu Roy (Can) Eva-Devinci 0.57 29 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 1.02 30 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 31 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 32 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 1.15 33 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 34 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 1.17 35 Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 36 Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 1.19 37 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 1.21 38 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 39 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 1.26 40 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci 1.35 41 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 1.50 42 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 43 Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E 2.03 44 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 2.09 45 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 2.24 46 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 2.43 47 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6.39 48 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 49 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 50 Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec 12.45 51 Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau - Crocs 52 Connor Trevor (Can) La_Z_Boy 16.42 53 Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream 17.03 54 Benjamin Martel (Can) Garneau - Crocs 55 André Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 56 Cody O'rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 57 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 58 William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen Trek 59 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 17.06 60 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E 61 Jamie Sparling (Can) La_Z_Boy 62 Ryan Beliveau (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 17.17 63 Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E 64 Phil Cortes (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 21.15 65 Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E 66 Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec 67 Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek 68 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 69 Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau - Crocs 28.06 70 Peter Morse (Can) Tean Spin 12 DNF Éric Boily (Can) Eva-Devinci DNF Dave Vukets (Can) Tean Spin 12 DNF Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat DNF Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Farso Denmark Nat DNF Jeffrey Dirksen (Ned) Team R.A.C.E Points 1 1 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 3 pts 2 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 2 3 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1 Points 2 1 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 pts 2 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 2 3 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 1 Points 3 1 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 15 pts 2 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 14 3 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 13 4 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 12 5 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 11 6 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 10 7 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 9 8 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 8 9 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 7 10 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 6 11 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 5 12 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 4 13 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 3 14 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 1 Mountains 1 1 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 10 pts 2 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 8 3 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 6 4 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 5 5 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 4 6 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 3 7 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 2 8 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1 Mountains 2 8 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 10 pts 14 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 8 12 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 6 10 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 5 1 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 4 23 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 3 13 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 2 4 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 1 Mountains 3 13 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 10 pts 21 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 8 25 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 6 26 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 5 6 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 4 11 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 29 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 2 31 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1 Teams 1 Symmetrics 8.54.53 2 Team Sparkasse 0.03 3 Tecos Trek Vh 0.04 4 Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 0.10 5 Navigators Insurance 0.39 6 Team Slipstream 1.04 7 Farso Denmark Nat 1.36 8 Savings And Loans Cycling Team 2.24 9 Québec 12.44 10 Calyon-Litespeed 19.32 11 Garneau - Crocs 29.29 12 La_Z_Boy 33.27 13 Volkswagen Trek 34.10 14 Team R.A.C.E 35.15 General Classification after Stage 5 1 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 18.04.14 2 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 0.40 3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 1.08 4 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 1.40 5 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1.46 6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 2.55 7 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 2.59 8 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 3.11 9 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.17 10 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 3.32 11 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 4.42 12 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 8.36 13 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 9.01 14 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 9.55 15 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 10.47 16 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 11.54 17 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 12.44 18 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 13.08 19 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 14.24 20 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 15.03 21 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 16.02 22 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 17.41 23 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 17.51 24 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 18.33 25 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 20.21 26 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 20.53 27 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 20.54 28 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 21.57 29 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 22.09 30 Mathieu Roy (Can) Eva-Devinci 22.16 31 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 22.47 32 Rob Britton (Can) La_Z_Boy 23.08 33 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 23.25 34 Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 24.11 35 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 24.14 36 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci 25.20 37 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 28.11 38 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 30.31 39 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 31.24 40 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 33.28 41 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 34.44 42 Connor Trevor (Can) La_Z_Boy 36.06 43 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 38.52 44 Jamie Sparling (Can) La_Z_Boy 39.40 45 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 40.19 46 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau - Crocs 47 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 41.19 48 William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen Trek 43.16 49 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 47.12 50 Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec 48.38 51 Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek 50.22 52 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 50.55 53 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 52.26 54 Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec 55.29 55 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 55.40 56 Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E 56.59 57 Benjamin Martel (Can) Garneau - Crocs 57.55 58 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1.00.10 59 Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 1.01.26 60 Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau - Crocs 1.01.35 61 Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream 1.01.43 62 Cody O'rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 1.01.51 63 Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E 1.04.14 64 Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E 1.09.02 65 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E 1.09.48 66 Phil Cortes (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 1.10.45 67 Ryan Beliveau (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 1.24.41 68 André Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 1.43.45 Points classification 1 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 59 pts 2 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 49 3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 48 4 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 43 5 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 41 6 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 39 7 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 35 8 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 29 9 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 29 10 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 29 11 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 27 12 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 23 13 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 23 14 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 20 15 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 19 16 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 17 17 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 16 18 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 16 19 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 16 20 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 15 21 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 15 22 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 15 23 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 14 24 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 14 25 Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek 13 26 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 12 27 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 11 28 Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec 11 29 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 10 30 Cody O'rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 10 31 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 6 32 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 4 33 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 4 34 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 3 35 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 3 36 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 37 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 2 38 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2 39 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 1 Mountains classification 1 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 58 pts 2 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 35 3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 35 4 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 33 5 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 27 6 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 25 7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 20 8 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 20 9 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 16 10 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 16 11 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 15 12 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 12 13 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 12 14 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 12 15 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 9 16 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 9 17 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8 18 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 8 19 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 8 20 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 8 21 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 8 22 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 7 23 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 7 24 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6 25 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 6 26 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 5 27 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 4 28 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 4 29 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 4 30 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 3 31 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 2 32 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 1 Teams classification 1 Navigators Insurance 54.17.50 2 Symmetrics 4.48 3 Tecos Trek Vh 11.21 4 Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 24.15 5 Team Sparkasse 30.06 6 Team Slipstream 30.08 7 Farso Denmark Nat 38.48 8 Québec 47.46 9 Savings And Loans Cycling Team 55.42 10 La_Z_Boy 1.33.46 11 Calyon-Litespeed 2.06.32 12 Volkswagen Trek 2.16.45 13 Garneau - Crocs 2.34.31 14 Team R.A.C.E 2.50.49
