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17th GP Cycliste de Beauce - 2.3
Canada, June 17-23, 2002
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Stage 6a - June 22: Saint-Georges - Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, 112 km
Wrong turn at the finish prevents a result for stage 6a
Report by Ed Beamon, Navigators team
Saturday in St George presented the riders with a double stage challenge. The morning's stage 6a was a 111 km circuit beginning and ending in St George.
Several early attacks in the first 20km of steady climbing could not create an advantage, and as the group approached the first mountain sprint Baldwin (Navigators) attacked to take 1st place points. Several riders bridged after the climb, and a group of 10 formed. After some shuffling on the subsequent climb, a group of five materialized with Walters, Chris Fisher (Saturn), John Lieswyn (7 UP), Florencio Ramos (Tecos-Turbo), and Nurnberger's Werner Riebenbauer. The group quickly built a 1 minute lead, as iTeamnova set tempo in the field. Obviously assisting Mapei's goals, Nova seemed unable to control the gap, and they were soon joined by the full Oktos contingent.
For the next 45 km the gap remained at 1 minute with the 5 leaders working smoothly, and the mercenaries controlling the field. As the leaders approached the 30 km mark, Mercury took to the front hoping to get the leaders back for a field sprint. Ramos had flatted and was back with the main bunch, but the three leaders pressed on as the gap slowly came down.
The leaders were absorbed with about 6km to go, and the Navigator train took the front. With a screaming descent of 15% leading to the last 1km, the "Blue Train" was ballistic, charging towards the finish. Controlling the last two turns was critical and as the field blasted out of the penultimate corner, they were surprised to see that the next turn was two blocks earlier than expected. As they improvised the unexpected right turn, it quickly became obvious that the race directors had blocked the wrong intersection, and the field had raced into the alley way that was supposed to have been the caravan deviation.
First greeted by a brick wall, the stunned peloton negotiated speed bumps to be lead into a nearly full parking lot behind the start finish. Dodging parked cars and shocked pedestrians, some of the riders managed to get back out to the course and pass the finish in the opposite direction. What was expected to be a dangerously foolish finish, turned into a life threatening hazard, and remarkably there were no crashes our injury.
The stage finish was negated although the jersey competition remained intact, and dropped riders were given their real time. Chris Baldwin added a small cushion to his Mountain lead, and Rogers continues to lead the race.
Tonight's criterium should add more excitement to an already unusual day.
Results
*Note: No riders in the leading bunch were given official placings Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury 2.35.52 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury Adham Sbeih (USA) Mercury Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz Jaromir Friede (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz Christian Lademann (Ger) Wüstenrot - Zvvz Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan Sergey Tretyakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan Denis Tupchenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi Scott Guyton (NZl) IteamNova.com David McKenzie (Aus) IteamNova.com Dominique Perras (Can) IteamNova.com Trent Wilson (Aus) IteamNova.com Jose Isabel Garcia (Mex) Tecos - Turbo Jose Manuel Garcia (Mex) Tecos - Turbo Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos - Turbo Ubaldo Mesa (Col) Tecos - Turbo Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos - Turbo Jose Rujano (Ven) Tecos - Turbo Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei - Quick Step Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nürnberger - Versicherung Thomas Liese (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nürnberger - Versicherung Sasa Sviben (Slo) Nürnberger - Versicherung Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger - Versicherung Holger Sievers (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung Christian Werner (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Damon Kluck (USA) Saturn Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn Jay Sweet (Aus) Saturn Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Russell Stevenson (USA) Prime Alliance Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Charles Coyle (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig Charles Dionne (Can) 7UP Nutra Fig Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP Nutra Fig John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee Jean-François Laroche (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee Philippe Viau (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen - Trek François Parisien (Can) Volkswagen - Trek Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen - Trek Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen - Trek Alain Guimont (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval Cédric Sermet (Swi) Les Espoirs de Laval Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC Ross Hooker (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC Jean-François Racine (Can) Québec Cory Lange (Can) Québec 88 Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Québec 0.53 89 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Mercury 2.00 90 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 4.41 DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) IteamNova.com General classification after stage 6a 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 15.24.19 2 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 0.36 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger - Versicherung 0.42 4 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nürnberger - Versicherung 0.45 5 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 0.53 6 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 1.02 7 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 1.09 8 Christian Werner (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 1.36 9 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 1.45 10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 2.21 11 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 2.29 12 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 2.46 13 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 2.47 14 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 3.14 15 Jose Rujano (Ven) Tecos - Turbo 3.23 16 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 3.50 17 François Parisien (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 3.58 18 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 4.22 19 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step 4.30 20 Damon Kluck (USA) Saturn 4.34 21 Russell Stevenson (USA) Prime Alliance 4.40 22 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 5.10 23 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 5.33 24 Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 6.03 25 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 6.31 26 Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury 6.32 27 Sergey Tretyakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 6.33 28 David McKenzie (Aus) IteamNova.com 8.01 29 Dominique Perras (Can) IteamNova.com 8.39 30 Cory Lange (Can) Québec 9.38 31 Holger Sievers (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 11.23 32 Ubaldo Mesa (Col) Tecos - Turbo 11.48 33 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 11.51 34 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators 12.53 35 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step 13.20 36 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 14.11 37 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 21.52 38 Scott Guyton (NZl) IteamNova.com 24.03 39 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 25.14 40 Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators 27.14 41 Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffe 27.58 42 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 29.12 43 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Mercury 29.26 44 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 29.42 45 Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 30.07 46 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel 30.13 47 Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 30.19 48 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 30.51 49 Charles Dionne (Can) 7UP Nutra Fig 30.53 50 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 31.34 51 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Marlux - Ville de Charle 31.43 52 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 32.13 53 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators 32.52 54 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators 34.19 55 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 34.25 56 Jay Sweet (Aus) Saturn 34.31 57 Adham Sbeih (USA) Mercury 34.50 58 Jose Manuel Garcia (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 34.51 59 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 35.06 60 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei - Quick Step 35.54 61 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury 35.57 62 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 36.46 63 Cédric Sermet (Swi) Les Espoirs de Laval 36.50 64 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 37.17 65 Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 37.20 66 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 37.26 67 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 41.04 68 Christian Lademann (Ger) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 41.30 69 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 41.58 70 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP Nutra Fig 43.55 71 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance 44.30 72 Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 47.54 73 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Nürnberger - Versicherung 48.17 74 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nürnberger - Versicherun 48.24 75 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn 48.33 76 Jean-François Racine (Can) Québec 51.01 77 Denis Tupchenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 52.10 78 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan 52.12 79 Trent Wilson (Aus) IteamNova.com 54.15 80 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 58.05 81 Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 1.03.10 82 Charles Coyle (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 1.04.27 83 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 1.06.33 84 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 1.06.40 85 Philippe Viau (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 1.07.36 86 Alain Guimont (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 1.11.01 87 Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Québec 1.12.06 88 Jaromir Friede (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 1.16.52 89 Ross Hooker (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 1.31.00 90 Jose Isabel Garcia (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 1.57.10 Points classification 1 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger - Versicherung 57 pts 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 32 3 David McKenzie (Aus) IteamNova.com 31 4 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 31 5 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 29 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 24 7 Charles Dionne (Can) 7UP Nutra Fig 22 8 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 20 9 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 19 10 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 18 11 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nürnberger - Versicherung 18 12 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 18 13 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 16 14 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 16 15 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 15 16 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 15 17 Jaromir Friede (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 15 18 Christian Lademann (Ger) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 12 19 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 11 20 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 11 21 Christian Werner (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 11 22 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei - Quick Step 11 23 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 10 24 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 10 25 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 9 26 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 7 27 Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators 7 28 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 7 29 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 6 30 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step 6 31 Jay Sweet (Aus) Saturn 6 32 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn 6 33 Sergey Tretyakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 34 Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury 4 35 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators 4 36 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 4 37 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 3 38 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 3 39 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP Nutra Fig 3 40 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 3 41 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 2 42 Russell Stevenson (USA) Prime Alliance 2 43 Jose Rujano (Ven) Tecos - Turbo 2 44 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 2 45 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 2 46 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators 1 47 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Nürnberger - Versicherung 1 Mountains classification 1 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators 35 pts 2 Jose Rujano (Ven) Tecos - Turbo 32 3 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 27 4 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 27 5 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 21 6 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 20 7 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step 18 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 13 9 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 13 10 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger - Versicherung 10 11 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 10 12 Ubaldo Mesa (Col) Tecos - Turbo 10 13 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 9 14 Christian Werner (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 8 15 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 8 16 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 7 17 Alan Iacuone (Aus) IteamNova.com 7 18 Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators 7 19 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 6 20 Holger Sievers (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 5 21 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 4 22 David McKenzie (Aus) IteamNova.com 3 23 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 3 24 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 3 25 Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 3 26 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 3 27 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn 3 28 Trent Wilson (Aus) IteamNova.com 3 29 Damon Kluck (USA) Saturn 2 30 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 2 31 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei - Quick Step 2 32 Dominique Perras (Can) IteamNova.com 1 33 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nürnberger - Versicherun 1 Teams classification 1 Nürnberger Versicherung 46.14.17 2 Prime Alliance Cycling Team 3.23 3 Saturn Cycling Team 5.23 4 Mapei - Quick Step 8.23 5 Mercury Cycling Team 12.04 6 Tecos - Turbo 12.56 7 Navigators Cycling Team 13.03 8 Iteamnova.Com 22.18 9 Marlux - Ville De Charleroix 30.30 10 Wüstenrot - Zvvz 37.10 11 Volkswagen - Trek 57.38 12 Saint Quentin - Oktos 1.01.06 13 Kazakhstan 1.23.06 14 Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 1.31.11 15 7Up Nutra Fig 1.37.53 16 Équipe Québec 1.59.43 17 Les Espoirs De Laval 2.02.46 18 Atlas Cold / Ital Pasta C.C. 2.18.16
