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22nd Tour de Beauce - 2.2
Canada, June 12-17, 2007
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Stage 4a - June 15: St-Jean-de-la-Lande ITT, 20 km
A 'Day' in yellow
Ben Day stomps on Beauce TT and claims overall lead
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor on top of Mont-Mégantic, Québec
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Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) is one of the quieter of the Australian contingent racing around the world. A 2003 national time trial champion, Day has been racing successfully in Europe over the past few years, with many top finishes but not a top win. In 2007, Day came across to the new world and a new team, and it looks like his search for a win could soon be over, after dominating the time trial of the 22nd Tour de Beauce.
"I felt good today, eh," said Day. "The harder the course could have been the better it was for me. With time trials sometimes you have nagging little hot spots in your legs but today I felt in a good rhythm and felt strong."
As part of a strong Naviagtors team, Day was one of many possible GC cards the team had at the beginning of the race. But after the first stage, only he and David O'Loughlin were left in contention after a major breakaway. Yesterday, atop Mont-Mégantic Day put himself at the top of the team's list with a strong fifth place finish.
Today it was up to Day, and he alone, to put him into position. "I knew that the half-way turn would be a good check point against the other guys. I was worried Svein [Tuft] was going to do a good time because he is such a strong guy. The first couple of kilometres it took me a bit to get into my rhythm, but then the long drag of 4km really suited me to the ground -- after that I was on top of it after that." Svein Tuft finished third today, nearly half a minute behind Day, and now sits in second place overall, 33 seconds out of first. "I would have liked to have gone faster," said Tuft. "It's a hard course. I am always about consistency. I try to ride the same no matter what because if you try to go above your level you just blow to pieces."
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The other dangerous rider at the top of the GC was Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle). Pate, last year's time trial winner, finished second, nearly half a minute down. "I felt okay, I had a pretty good time trial," said Pate. "It was better than my riding from earlier in the week. Hopefully my next two days will go as well for me."
"Maybe Symmetrics and I can team up and put the pressure on Navigators," said Pate. "At least make them work for it. I think there are still a couple of shots to be had on these last two difficult circuits."
Tuft agreed with Pate, citing the difficulty in defending the jersey over the next three stages and thinking not winning could have been a blessing. "Maybe it's good because it is hell protecting it on these next three stages -- even the crit tonight is not fun with guys launching everywhere! It's all you can do, we have a fight now!"
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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.
Images by Jerome Lessard
- 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.
Results
1 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 25.58 (46.213 km/h) 2 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 0.27 3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 0.29 4 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1.02 5 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 1.30 6 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 1.31 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 1.32 8 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 1.37 9 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 1.40 10 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 1.44 11 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 1.47 12 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 2.02 13 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 2.06 14 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2.09 15 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 16 Ryan Beliveau (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 2.12 17 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 18 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 2.13 19 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 2.18 20 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 2.21 21 Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E 2.26 22 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 2.27 23 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 24 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau - Crocs 2.28 25 Mathieu Roy (Can) Eva-Devinci 2.29 26 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 2.31 27 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 2.34 28 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 2.37 29 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 30 William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen Trek 2.42 31 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 2.43 32 Éric Boily (Can) Eva-Devinci 2.45 33 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 34 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2.48 35 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2.51 36 Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec 2.57 37 Charlie Bryer (Can) Tean Spin 12 38 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 2.58 39 Phil Cortes (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 3.00 40 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 3.02 41 Jamie Sparling (Can) La_Z_Boy 3.03 42 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.04 43 Connor Trevor (Can) La_Z_Boy 3.05 44 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.07 45 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 3.11 46 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 47 Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek 3.13 48 Cody O'rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 49 Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 3.14 50 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci 3.32 51 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 3.37 52 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 3.43 53 Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau - Crocs 3.45 54 Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream 3.47 55 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 3.51 56 Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E 3.54 57 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 3.55 58 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 4.00 59 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.11 60 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 4.15 61 Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 62 André Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 4.17 63 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 64 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E 65 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 4.28 66 Peter Ladd (Aus) Garneau - Crocs 4.29 67 Charles Thibault (Can) Eva-Devinci 4.30 68 Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 4.37 69 Benjamin Martel (Can) Garneau - Crocs 4.39 70 Jeffrey Dirksen (Ned) Team R.A.C.E 4.47 71 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 4.51 72 Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E 4.53 73 Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau - Crocs 5.00 74 Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec 5.08 75 Dave Vukets (Can) Tean Spin 12 5.19 76 Peter Morse (Can) Tean Spin 12 5.45 77 Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 6.04 78 Rob Britton (Can) La_Z_Boy 7.21 Points 1 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 15 pts 2 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 14 3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 13 4 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 12 5 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 11 6 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 10 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 8 9 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 7 10 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 6 11 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 5 12 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 4 13 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 3 14 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2 15 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 1 Teams 1 Navigators Insurance 1.20.26 2 Symmetrics 2.12 3 Team Slipstream 3.19 4 Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 3.48 5 Tecos Trek Vh 3.52 6 Calyon-Litespeed 3.56 7 Québec 4.46 8 Team Sparkasse 5.16 9 Eva-Devinci 6.14 10 Savings And Loans Cycling Team 6.26 11 Volkswagen Trek 6.34 12 Team R.A.C.E 8.05 13 Garneau - Crocs 8.10 14 Farso Denmark Nat 8.14 15 La_Z_Boy 10.57 16 Tean Spin 12 11.29 General Classification after Stage 4a 1 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 13.41.45 2 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 0.33 3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 1.04 4 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 1.25 5 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1.32 6 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 2.44 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 2.47 8 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 2.55 9 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.14 10 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 3.20 11 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 4.14 12 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 7.43 13 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 8.36 14 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 9.09 15 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 9.15 16 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 11.20 17 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 11.56 18 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 12.12 19 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 14.12 20 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 15.08 21 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 15.21 22 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 16.50 23 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 17.43 24 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 18.23 25 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 19.13 26 Connor Trevor (Can) La_Z_Boy 19.19 27 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 19.48 28 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 19.59 29 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 20.18 30 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 20.52 31 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 21.11 32 Mathieu Roy (Can) Eva-Devinci 21.37 33 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 21.47 34 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 21.55 35 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 22.06 36 Rob Britton (Can) La_Z_Boy 22.27 37 Jamie Sparling (Can) La_Z_Boy 22.52 38 Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 23.03 39 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 23.06 40 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 23.44 41 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci 24.03 42 Éric Boily (Can) Eva-Devinci 25.57 43 William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen Trek 26.04 44 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 26.59 45 Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec 27.48 46 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 28.25 47 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 29.08 48 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 29.12 49 Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek 29.32 50 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 35.05 51 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau - Crocs 39.36 52 Benjamin Martel (Can) Garneau - Crocs 41.01 53 Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec 42.16 54 Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E 43.08 55 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 43.28 56 Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream 44.49 57 Cody O'rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 45.13 58 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 46.19 59 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 48.25 60 Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau - Crocs 48.28 61 Phil Cortes (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 49.02 62 Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E 50.27 63 Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau - Crocs 50.34 64 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 51.20 65 Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 51.35 66 Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E 51.38 67 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E 52.01 68 Dave Vukets (Can) Tean Spin 12 52.27 69 Peter Ladd (Aus) Garneau - Crocs 55.07 70 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 55.43 71 Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 56.11 72 Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 1.05.25 73 Ryan Beliveau (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 1.07.21 74 Peter Morse (Can) Tean Spin 12 1.11.39 75 Charlie Bryer (Can) Tean Spin 12 1.13.46 76 André Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 1.23.38 77 Jeffrey Dirksen (Ned) Team R.A.C.E 1.25.34 78 Charles Thibault (Can) Eva-Devinci 1.51.42 Points classification 1 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 44 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 42 3 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 39 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 32 5 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 31 6 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 31 7 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 29 8 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 24 9 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 22 10 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 20 11 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 19 12 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 19 13 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 17 14 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 16 15 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 15 16 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 14 17 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 13 18 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 12 19 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 11 20 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 10 21 Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 9 22 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 5 23 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 4 24 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 4 25 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 4 26 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 3 27 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 3 28 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 2 29 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2 30 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2 31 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2 32 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 2 33 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 Teams classification 1 Navigators Insurance 41.09.48 2 Symmetrics 5.06 3 Tecos Trek Vh 11.38 4 Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 24.37 5 Team Slipstream 29.16 6 Team Sparkasse 30.27 7 Québec 35.33 8 Farso Denmark Nat 37.15 9 Savings And Loans Cycling Team 53.00 10 La_Z_Boy 1.00.05 11 Eva-Devinci 1.07.04 12 Volkswagen Trek 1.42.24 13 Calyon-Litespeed 1.46.39 14 Garneau - Crocs 2.04.22 15 Team R.A.C.E 2.15.09 16 Tean Spin 12 3.13.16
