24th Tour de Beauce - 2.2

Canada, June 9-14, 2009

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Stage 3 - June 11: St-Georges - Mont-Mégantic, 155 km

Colombians rule Beauce Mont-Mégantic stage

Darwin Atapuma wins satge three at the top of Mont Megantic,
Photo ©: Jerome Lessard

Together Colombian National Team riders Darwin Atapuma and Sergio Luis Henao rode away from the peloton on the Tour de Beauce's third stage, left to sort out the honours between themselves. Atapuma took the stage win with Henao by his side, with the latter claiming the general classification lead.

The Colombians started the day 1:30 minutes down overall, having lost the time to Swiss rider Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) on the opening stage. Wyss cracked on the 155 kilometre stage which shattered the peloton. He finished nearly five minutes behind in 20th place.

While the duo took command of the general classification, the race is far from over. United States of American rider Scott Zwizanski (Kelly Benefit Strategies) is the only rider within a minute of the pair heading into tomorrow's 20 kilometre time trial.

Photography

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Images by Jerome Lessard

Riders of Team Colombia Es Pasion are introduced to elementary school students.
Future cyclists are cheering for their favorites riders.
Riders can't wait for the start of stage three to be given.
Riders are seen a few minutes before the official start of stage three.
Steve Bovay (BMC Racing Team), Charles Dionne (Fly V Australia), Alesandro Bazzanna (Fly V Australia), and Keven Lacombe (Planet Energy).
Canadian rider Keven Lacombe (Planet Energy) on stage three.
Riders pass the locals on stage three.
View of the back of the peloton during stage three.
William Rodriguez and Darwin Atapuma (Colombian Es Passion), Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1), Chad Beyer (BMC Racing Team) in a break.
Hayden Brooks (Fly V Australia) leads Guy East and Cody Campbell (Trek Livestrong Team).
Cars in the peloton makes matters difficult during the second half of stage three.
Neil Shirley (Kelly Benefit Strategies) shows what it takes to finish third at the top of Mont Megantic.
Moises Aladape Chavez (Team Type 1) leads Charles Dionne (Fly V Australia), and Francois Parisien (Planet Energy).
Fly V Australia riders fly around a corner.
Red jersey or best young rider Guy East (Trek Livestrong Team).
Riders fill up in the feed zone on their way to the finish.
It's a sign of the time in Beauce.
The peloton going up hill during the second half of stage three.
Time to ride to the main climb of the day: Mont Megantic.
Bernard Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) leads Valeriy Kobzarenko and Ian Macgregor (Team Type 1) as they try to stay in the overall running.
Darwin Atapuma wins satge three at the top of Mont Megantic, along with his team-mate Sergio Luis Henao (Colombia Es Pasion), who became the new leader
Stage 3's podium: winner Darwin Atapuma and second Sergio Luis Henao (Colombia Es Pasion), and Neil Shirley finished third (Kelly Benefit Strategies).
Stage 3 was Team Colombia Es Pasion's day taking the top two positions on the stage and overall.
Kelly Benefit Strategic's staff packing up before heading back to the hotel after stage three.

Results

1 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombian National Team        4.00.16 (38.706 km/h)
2 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Colombian National Team            
3 Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies            1.19
4 Bjorn Selanler (USA) Trek Livestrong                   1.27
5 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                    1.32
6 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies         1.59
7 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                      2.02
8 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Type 1                        2.20
9 Phillip Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia                  2.29
10 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia                  
11 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                  2.59
12 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                   3.33
13 Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1                         3.39
14 Cameron Evans (Can) Canada National Team              3.44
15 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombian National Team       4.16
16 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor                     4.18
17 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor                   4.21
18 Benjamin Day (Aus) Fly V Australia                        
19 Otavio Bougarelli (Bra) Garneau-Club Chat             4.26
20 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                     4.47
21 Ryan Roth (Can) Planet Energy                             
22 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor                        4.57
23 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Rapha Condor                      5.05
24 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau-Club Chat               5.08
25 William Rodriguez (Col) Colombian National Team       5.25
26 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team                      5.30
27 Peter Stetina (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners               
28 Matthew Bell (Can) Canada National Team               5.41
29 Caleb Fairly (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners            6.04
30 Raphael Gagne (Can) Team Quebec                       6.15
31 Guy East (USA) Trek Livestrong                        6.23
32 Andris Smirnovs (Lat) Latvian National Team           6.29
33 Benjamin King (USA) Trek Livestrong                   6.58
34 James Moss (GBr) Kuk-Kinesis                          7.11
35 Timothy Henry (USA) DLP Racing                        7.19
36 William Munoz (Col) Colombian National Team           7.29
37 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                 7.43
38 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor                   7.50
39 Clay Murfet (Aus) Kelly Benefit Strategies            7.53
40 Andre Tremblay (Can) Team Quebec                      7.56
41 Peter Salon (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners                 
42 William Goodfellow (Can) Team Quebec                  8.00
43 James Stewart (GBr) Kuk-Kinesis                       8.15
44 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies         8.19
45 Daniel Summerhill (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners       8.23
46 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                 8.29
47 Dan Craven (GBr) Rapha Condor                             
48 Dionne Charles (Can) Fly V Australia                  8.34
49 Steve Lampier (GBr) Kuk-Kinesis                       9.02
50 Jamie Riggs (Can) Canada National Team                9.11
51 Camilo Suarez (Col) Colombian National Team          10.01
52 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team Quebec                   10.22
53 Phillip Cortes (Can) Garneau-Club Chat                    
54 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies           
55 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies            
56 Bruno Langlois (Can) Planet Energy                        
57 Casey Munro (Aus) Kuk-Kinesis                             
58 Robert Wardell (GBr) Kuk-Kinesis                          
59 Ugo Lapierre (Can) Team Quebec                            
60 Jean-Francois Racine (Can) Garneau-Club Chat              
61 Aroussen Laflamme (Can) Garneau-Club Chat            10.30
62 Cody Campbell (Can) Trek Livestrong                  11.08
63 Ryan Baumann (USA) Trek Livestrong                        
64 Bryson Bowers (Can) Canada National Team             11.10
65 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                   11.14
66 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Team Quebec                   
67 Jacob Erker (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies           11.25
68 Walker Savidge (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners         11.53
69 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1               12.19
70 Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Team Quebec                12.26
71 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Livestrong                       
72 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team           12.47
73 Bazzanna Alesandro (Ita) Fly V Australia             13.39
74 Mathew Cronshaw (GBr) Rapha Condor                   13.54
75 Charlie Bryer (Can) Canada National Team             14.45
76 Francois Parisien (Can) Planet Energy                14.47
77 Mark Bathy (Can) Planet Energy                       15.51
78 Janis Rezins (Lat) Latvian National Team             16.11
79 San Bewley (NZl) Trek Livestrong                     16.20
80 Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet Energy                   16.33
81 Keven Lacombe (Can) Planet Energy                         
82 Alex Howes (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners             16.47
83 Scott Davis (Aus) Fly V Australia                    17.58
84 Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fly V Australia                       
85 Jeffery Schiller (Can) Garneau-Club Chat             18.16
86 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                        19.52
87 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Felt-Holowesko Partners         20.27
88 Eric Boily (Can) Planet Energy                       26.57
89 Ryan Belliveau (Can) Canada National Team            28.07
90 Steven Gordon (USA) DLP Racing                       48.02
 
Teams
 
1 Colombia National Team                             12.05.04
2 Team Type 1                                            2.35
3 Fly V Australia                                        5.03
4 BMC Racing Team                                        6.06
5 Kelly Benefit Strategies                               6.55
6 Rapha Condor                                           9.20
7 Trek Livestrong                                       10.32
8 Canadian National Team                                14.20
9 Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin U23                    15.14
10 Garneau-Club Chaussure                               15.40
11 Team Quebec                                          17.55
12 Kuk-Kinesis                                          20.12
13 Planet Energy                                        25.40
14 Latvian National Team                                40.53
 
General Classification after Stage 3
 
1 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Colombian National Team    12.00.02
2 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombian National Team           0.03
3 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies         0.39
4 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                    1.34
5 Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1                          2.15
6 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia               2.18
7 Benjamin Day (Aus) Fly V Australia                     3.03
8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                      3.16
9 Ryan Roth (Can) Planet Energy                          3.25
10 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor                        3.42
11 Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies           4.33
12 Bjorn Selanler (USA) Trek Livestrong                  4.41
13 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team                      4.56
14 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau-Club Chat               5.10
15 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                     5.16
16 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Type 1                       5.34
17 Phillip Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia                 5.43
18 Guy East (USA) Trek Livestrong                        5.53
19 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                  6.13
20 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                   6.47
21 Cameron Evans (Can) Canada National Team              6.58
22 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombian National Team       7.30
23 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor                   7.35
24 Otavio Bougarelli (Bra) Garneau-Club Chat             7.40
25 Peter Stetina (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners           8.34
26 William Rodriguez (Col) Colombian National Team       8.39
27 Matthew Bell (Can) Canada National Team               8.55
28 Caleb Fairly (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners            9.18
29 Andris Smirnovs (Lat) Latvian National Team           9.43
30 Benjamin King (USA) Trek Livestrong                  10.12
31 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Rapha Condor                     10.22
32 Timothy Henry (USA) DLP Racing                       10.33
33 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor                  10.48
34 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                10.57
35 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies        11.33
36 Dan Craven (GBr) Rapha Condor                        11.43
37 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                     
38 Dionne Charles (Can) Fly V Australia                 11.45
39 Jamie Riggs (Can) Canada National Team               12.25
40 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor                    12.45
41 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies       13.36
42 Casey Munro (Aus) Kuk-Kinesis                             
43 Bruno Langlois (Can) Planet Energy                        
44 Peter Salon (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners            14.01
45 William Munoz (Col) Colombian National Team          14.16
46 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                   14.27
47 Jacob Erker (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies           14.38
48 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1               15.33
49 Bazzanna Alesandro (Ita) Fly V Australia             16.53
50 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Team Quebec              17.19
51 James Moss (GBr) Kuk-Kinesis                         19.32
52 Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet Energy                   19.47
53 Keven Lacombe (Can) Planet Energy                         
54 Alex Howes (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners             20.01
55 James Stewart (GBr) Kuk-Kinesis                      20.36
56 Francois Parisien (Can) Planet Energy                21.01
57 Scott Davis (Aus) Fly V Australia                    21.12
58 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team           21.59
59 Raphael Gagne (Can) Team Quebec                      22.34
60 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies      22.43
61 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                        23.06
62 Clay Murfet (Aus) Kelly Benefit Strategies           24.12
63 Andre Tremblay (Can) Team Quebec                     24.15
64 William Goodfellow (Can) Team Quebec                 24.19
65 Steve Lampier (GBr) Kuk-Kinesis                      25.21
66 Phillip Cortes (Can) Garneau-Club Chat               26.32
67 Ugo Lapierre (Can) Team Quebec                       26.41
68 Jean-Francois Racine (Can) Garneau-Club Chat              
69 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team Quebec                        
70 Daniel Summerhill (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners      26.42
71 Aroussen Laflamme (Can) Garneau-Club Chat            26.49
72 Cody Campbell (Can) Trek Livestrong                  27.27
73 Bryson Bowers (Can) Canada National Team             27.29
74 Janis Rezins (Lat) Latvian National Team             28.32
75 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Livestrong                  28.45
76 Mathew Cronshaw (GBr) Rapha Condor                   30.13
77 Charlie Bryer (Can) Canada National Team             31.04
78 San Bewley (NZl) Trek Livestrong                     32.39
79 Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fly V Australia                  34.17
80 Mark Bathy (Can) Planet Energy                       35.10
81 Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Team Quebec                37.26
82 Camilo Suarez (Col) Colombian National Team          39.06
83 Robert Wardell (GBr) Kuk-Kinesis                     39.27
84 Ryan Belliveau (Can) Canada National Team            40.28
85 Walker Savidge (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners         40.58
86 Eric Boily (Can) Planet Energy                       46.16
87 Ryan Baumann (USA) Trek Livestrong                   47.58
88 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Felt-Holowesko Partners         49.32
89 Jeffery Schiller (Can) Garneau-Club Chat             51.50
90 Steven Gordon (USA) DLP Racing                     1.19.48
 
Points classification
 
1 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                        29 pts
2 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia                 27
3 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Colombian National Team          23
4 Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1                            23
5 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies           23
6 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombian National Team             19
7 Peter Stetina (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners              19
8 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor                      18
9 Phillip Cortes (Can) Garneau-Club Chat                   17
10 Dionne Charles (Can) Fly V Australia                    15
11 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                     15
12 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team                        14
13 Ryan Roth (Can) Planet Energy                           13
14 Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies             13
15 Benjamin Day (Aus) Fly V Australia                      12
16 Bjorn Selanler (USA) Trek Livestrong                    12
17 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies          11
18 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                       11
19 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor                          10
20 Guy East (USA) Trek Livestrong                           8
21 Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet Energy                       8
22 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Type 1                          8
23 William Munoz (Col) Colombian National Team              7
24 Phillip Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia                    7
25 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau-Club Chat                  6
26 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Felt-Holowesko Partners             5
27 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                     5
28 Mathew Cronshaw (GBr) Rapha Condor                       4
29 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                       4
30 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                      4
31 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombian National Team          3
32 Cameron Evans (Can) Canada National Team                 2
33 Jacob Erker (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies               1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombian National Team             35 pts
2 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team                         35
3 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies           26
4 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Felt-Holowesko Partners             26
5 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Colombian National Team          21
6 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                      16
7 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                        15
8 Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies              14
9 Benjamin Day (Aus) Fly V Australia                       12
10 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor                     10
11 Phillip Cortes (Can) Garneau-Club Chat                  10
12 Bjorn Selanler (USA) Trek Livestrong                    10
13 Peter Stetina (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners             10
14 Guy East (USA) Trek Livestrong                           8
15 San Bewley (NZl) Trek Livestrong                         7
16 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                        5
17 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor                           4
18 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau-Club Chat                  4
19 Phillip Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia                    4
20 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Type 1                          3
21 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team               3
22 Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1                            2
23 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                      2
24 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia                 2
25 Ryan Roth (Can) Planet Energy                            1
26 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                    1
27 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies            1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Colombia National Team                             36.07.42
2 Team Type 1                                            1.14
3 Fly V Australia                                        3.33
4 BMC Racing Team                                        4.12
5 Kelly Benefit Strategies                               8.45
6 Rapha Condor                                          11.10
7 Trek Livestrong                                       13.10
8 Canadian National Team                                20.42
9 Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin U23                    21.36
10 Planet Energy                                        27.30
11 Garneau-Club Chaussure                               31.56
12 Kuk-Kinesis                                          44.48
13 Team Quebec                                          53.18
14 Latvian National Team                              1.11.27