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22nd Tour de Beauce - 2.2

Canada, June 12-17, 2007

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

Day earns a rain-soaked overall yellow jersey in Beauce

By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Saint-Georges, Québec

Ben Day (Navigators Insurance)
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After five days of beautiful Beauce weather consisting of blue skies and slight winds, the weather gods exacted their revenge for the final stage, turning the faucets on at the moment the peloton completed the neutral section. The conditions remained that way for all 133 kilometres of the stage, until breakaway leaders of Christian Meier (Symmetrics) and Soren Petersen (Farso Denmark) started sprinting at 200 metres to go. After Meier rode the front for the 34kilometres the pair were away from the main break, with Petersen sitting on Meier's wheel for all but 10 seconds, the veteran Petersen was easily able to come around Meier for the ignominious stage win.

"That is not the kind of race I prefer to race in, but I was happy with the victory," Petersen told the local television. When Cyclingnews asked Petersen why he decided to sprint after sitting on Meier for more than three laps of the circuit, the Danish rider said: "I am kind of an old guy and this is probably my second to last year of racing. And he didn't ask me to work together with him. He should just have asked me and we could have found some solution."

The 22 year-old Meier was certainly at a disadvantage to Petersen, and inexperience could have played a factor in the outcome. "I think he was trying to go for the team classification or something, but I don't understand why he pulled on the last lap and tried to get me in front. We had three minutes to the guys behind us and had an opportunity to play his card as well."

Christian Meier (Symmetrics)
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Still, Petersen had plenty of opportunities to pull, even if it was uneven, and only made one 10 second attempt on a flat section of the course. "He said he couldn't work, no pulls no pulls - he said he was tired," said Meier. "I took a couple of digs on the hills and he managed to stick on my wheel - there was not much I could do."

On the final lap, Meier tried to gap Petersen on the climb and again on the technical sections of the course, which were many. "A lot of times in the corners I would go faster than him, so I tried to hit it on the corners and he had to chase on a bit - but the downhill was so fast you just spin out. I tried a couple more digs but that was it.

"I figured since he was sitting on all day he might be a little more professional," said Meier, who was rewarded with his effort with the best young rider jersey of the race. Colombian Gregorio Ladino Vega (Tecos-Trek) brought the field in for third and sealed his KOM victory as well.

"I was not as strong as him, he was amazing strong and of course he deserved a victory," said Petersen. "But that is not always cycling. It is probably one of the last chances I had to win a UCI stage so I had to take it."

Navigators dominate Beauce

The peloton in the first
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The final stage was almost a mirror to last year, save for the weather, with Navigators Insurance riding the front of the peloton to ensure overall victory - for both the GC and the team classification.

"It starts raining as soon as the race starts?" Day joked after the race. "This is my first tour win, so I felt the pressure a bit having this jersey. But having such a great team ride for me you have to live up to the sacrifices they made for me."

Ben Day (Navigators Insurance)
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"No one put us under pressure pretty much all day until the last time up the hill," said teammate and points leader Glen Chadwick, who patrolled the front for Day all day. "I saw them coming, the two Slipstream guys, and I figured one was Pate - so I got on them straight away and Ben got on me. Tuft and Pate put in a couple attacks but we controlled them. Me and a German rider swapped turns all the way to the finish - I guess they were trying to move their guy up a few spots on GC.

"I suppose in a way everyone hates the rain but it made it harder for the other guys to hold position, so it probably played a little to our advantage," Day said regarding the conditions. "The first few laps there was like soap or something all over the road so it was a bad taste in your mouth. But we're getting paid alright so we can't complain!"

As far as his career goes, this win certainly ranks high for Day, and gives him confidence going into a well-deserved rest in his new country of residence. "This is my first year in America and everything is new to me here," he said. But Day has more important goals in mind first. "First thing this afternoon is to go have some beer - that is the next thing in my career!"

Photography

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Images by Jerome Lessard

Results

1 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                2.59.44 (44.399 km/h)
2 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                         0.03
3 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                 1.23
4 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                       1.24
5 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec
6 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse
7 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream
8 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat
9 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream
10 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance
11 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics
12 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                   1.28
13 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        1.31
14 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec
15 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team
16 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau - Crocs
17 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team
18 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics
19 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance
20 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh
21 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance
22 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team
23 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse
24 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance
25 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics
26 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                  2.02
27 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh
28 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team       2.42
29 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh             2.54
30 Jamie Sparling (Can) La_Z_Boy                           3.32
31 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci
32 Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh            3.34
33 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat
34 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics
35 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
36 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics
37 Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec                           4.24
38 Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream                        6.51
39 Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E                         6.53
40 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team
41 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream
42 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team
DNF Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance
DNF Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse
DNF Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse
DNF Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse
DNF Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics
DNF Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team
DNF Cody O'rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team
DNF Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team
DNF David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team
DNF Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek
DNF William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen Trek
DNF André Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek
DNF Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek
DNF Phil Cortes (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Ryan Beliveau (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Éric Boily (Can) Eva-Devinci
DNF Mathieu Roy (Can) Eva-Devinci
DNF Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec
DNF Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau - Crocs
DNF Peter Ladd (Aus) Garneau - Crocs
DNF Benjamin Martel (Can) Garneau - Crocs
DNF Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau - Crocs
DNF Peter Morse (Can) Tean Spin 12
DNF Dave Vukets (Can) Tean Spin 12
DNF Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat
DNF Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Farso Denmark Nat
DNF Rob Britton (Can) La_Z_Boy
DNF Connor Trevor (Can) La_Z_Boy
DNF Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E
DNF Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E
DNF Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E
DNF Jeffrey Dirksen (Ned) Team R.A.C.E
 
Sprint 1
 
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team       3 pts
2 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team           2
 
Sprint 2
 
1 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                            3 pts
2 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                      2
 
Sprint 3
 
1 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                     15 pts
2 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                           14
3 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                   13
4 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                         12
5 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec                              11
6 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         10
7 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                            9
8 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                          8
9 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                     7
10 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance              6
11 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                5
12 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                      4
13 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                           3
14 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec                                2
15 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team        1
 
Mountain 1
 
1 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                10 pts
2 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                       8
3 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team           6
4 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                              4
5 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                         2
6 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                     1
 
Mountain 2
 
1 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                            7 pts
2 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team               5
3 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                 3
4 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                          2
5 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                       1
 
Mountain 3
 
1 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team               7 pts
2 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                     5
3 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh            3
4 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                            2
5 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                      1
 
Mountain 4
 
1 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                            7 pts
2 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                      5
3 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                       3
4 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                     2
5 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                          1
 
Teams
 
1 Symmetrics                                            9.02.10
2 Navigators Insurance                                     1.21
3 Team Sparkasse                                           1.25
4 Tecos Trek Vh                                            1.58
5 Farso Denmark Nat                                        2.00
6 Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team                           2.46
7 Québec                                                   4.21
8 Team Slipstream                                          6.41
 
Final General classification
 
1 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                   21.05.22
2 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                              0.40
3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                         1.08
4 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                 1.35
5 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance              1.53
6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team    2.58
7 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                             3.06
8 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec                            3.11
9 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                       3.17
10 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh        3.39
11 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team       4.49
12 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                  7.00
13 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance           9.01
14 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team    10.02
15 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                10.47
16 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                 12.32
17 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                     12.51
18 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec                            14.31
19 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                         15.18
20 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance              16.09
21 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                       16.21
22 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                         17.13
23 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh            19.11
24 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                  20.43
25 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                       21.01
26 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                     21.57
27 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics                        22.16
28 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                     24.52
29 Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh           26.21
30 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci                    27.28
31 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                  28.15
32 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team          28.16
33 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                    28.54
34 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                34.51
35 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team     36.00
36 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau - Crocs                  40.26
37 Jamie Sparling (Can) La_Z_Boy                          41.48
38 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                      42.29
39 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team      56.56
40 Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec                          58.29
41 Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream                     1.07.10
42 Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E                      1.09.43
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                         71 pts
2 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance              55
3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team      52
4 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                           50
5 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                    46
6 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                43
7 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                   42
8 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                40
9 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         37
10 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec                               31
11 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh          29
12 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec                             25
13 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                              23
14 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                            23
15 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                          23
16 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                    21
17 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                    20
18 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                 17
19 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team         17
20 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        16
21 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team         15
22 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                       15
23 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh               14
24 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                     12
25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                            11
26 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                         10
27 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                        10
28 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                           5
29 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team        4
30 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                      4
31 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                    3
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                   58 pts
2 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                    40
3 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance              35
4 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                         35
5 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                           34
6 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                             25
7 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                           21
8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                  20
9 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec                              16
10 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team             15
11 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh               15
12 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh          10
13 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec                                9
14 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                9
15 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         8
16 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                           8
17 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                8
18 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                     8
19 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                      8
20 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team          7
21 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         6
22 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team          6
23 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                     6
24 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                               4
25 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                      4
26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                             4
27 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                        4
28 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                         3
29 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                    2
30 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team      1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Navigators Insurance                                 63.21.21
2 Symmetrics                                               3.27
3 Tecos Trek Vh                                           11.58
4 Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team                          25.40
5 Team Sparkasse                                          30.10
6 Team Slipstream                                         35.28
7 Farso Denmark Nat                                       39.27
8 Québec                                                  50.46

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