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17th GP Cycliste de Beauce - 2.3
Canada, June 17-23, 2002
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Confident Rogers clinches the overall
Another stage for Tesar
By Giana Roberge, team Saturn
The final stage of the Tour de Beauce proved to be one of the hardest so far in this tour. Nevertheless, Mapei's Michael Rogers and his team had the reserves to defend his yellow jersey and finish first overall. The course was two big laps on a very hilly 64 kilometer circuit then three laps on a 5.5 kilometer hilly finishing circuit. The fireworks went off right from the gun with Saturn's Eric Wohlberg and Chris Fisher spearheading a seven man breakaway which was designed to put early pressure on Mapei. The break gained a maximum of just over 1 minute before it came back together over the first hard climb of two kilometers at a 10-15 percent grade.
Other small non-GC breaks were allowed some rope over the duration of the race but with every hill the gaps were closing and the field was getting whittled down until coming into the finishing circuit the front group was already down to 40 riders. The first time up the finishing circuit's hills decimated the remaining field and continued to do serious damage until there were only 20 or so left in the front. Every breakaway attempt was thwarted by a now-confident Rogers who was not going let anything spoil his day.
Coming into the screaming downhill finish approach everything came together and Lubor Tesar of Nurnberger showed off his excellent form again by winning the stage easily over an impressive Phil Zajicek of Mercury and Matt Decanio of Prime Alliance. Saturn's Wohlberg, Tim Johnson and Soren Petersen were right behind in 5th, 7th and 9th respectively. With all the top overall GC men finishing in this front group there were no changes in the top 15 overall.
Stage 7 - June 23: Saint-Georges - Saint-Georges, 143 km
Results
1 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger - Versicherung 3.37.11 2 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 3 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 4 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators 5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 6 Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators 7 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 8 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 9 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 10 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 11 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 12 Cory Lange (Can) Québec 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 14 Christian Werner (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 15 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 16 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 17 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nürnberger - Versicherung 18 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 19 Jose Rujano (Ven) Tecos - Turbo 20 Charles Dionne (Can) 7UP Nutra Fig 21 Russell Stevenson (USA) Prime Alliance 22 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 23 Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury 24 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 0.22 25 David McKenzie (Aus) IteamNova.com 26 Sergey Tretyakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 27 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coff 1.11 28 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step 29 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 1.33 30 Dominique Perras (Can) IteamNova.com 31 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 1.46 32 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 1.50 33 François Parisien (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 1.56 34 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 2.00 35 Ubaldo Mesa (Col) Tecos - Turbo 2.02 36 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 3.07 37 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators 3.19 38 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Mercury 39 Holger Sievers (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 40 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 3.46 41 Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 3.58 42 Cédric Sermet (Swi) Les Espoirs de Laval 43 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 6.29 44 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators 45 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 6.37 46 Adham Sbeih (USA) Mercury 47 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 48 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 8.09 49 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 50 Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 51 Jean-François Racine (Can) Québec 8.11 52 Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 8.22 53 Philippe Viau (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 10.45 54 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP Nutra Fig 11.43 55 Scott Guyton (NZl) IteamNova.com 56 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei - Quick Step 13.44 57 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step 58 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 59 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 60 Charles Coyle (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 15.37 61 Jose Manuel Garcia (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 62 Jose Isabel Garcia (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 63 Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 64 Trent Wilson (Aus) IteamNova.com 65 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 15.55 66 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 67 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 16.14 68 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan 18.49 69 Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 19.45 70 Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Québec 71 Denis Tupchenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 22.44 72 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan DNF Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin DNF Jaromir Friede (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz DNF Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin DNF Alain Guimont (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval DNF Damon Kluck (USA) Saturn DNF Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn DNF Ross Hooker (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC DNF Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig DNF Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi DNF Christian Lademann (Ger) Wüstenrot - Zvvz DNF Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nürnberger - Versicherung DNF Sasa Sviben (Slo) Nürnberger - Versicherung DNF Jay Sweet (Aus) Saturn DNF John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance DNS Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury DNS John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig Final general classification 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 20.26.32 2 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 0.35 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger - Versicherung 0.37 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 1.06 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 3.37 16 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 4.04 17 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 4.21 18 Russell Stevenson (USA) Prime Alliance 4.40 19 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step 5.41 20 François Parisien (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 5.54 21 Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury 6.32 22 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 6.43 23 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 7.07 24 Sergey Tretyakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 7.17 25 David McKenzie (Aus) IteamNova.com 8.23 26 Cory Lange (Can) Québec 9.52 27 Dominique Perras (Can) IteamNova.com 10.34 28 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 12.32 29 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators 13.15 30 Ubaldo Mesa (Col) Tecos - Turbo 14.04 31 Holger Sievers (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 14.42 32 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 15.37 33 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 27.00 34 Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators 27.28 35 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 27.50 36 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step 29.53 37 Charles Dionne (Can) 7UP Nutra Fig 30.50 38 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coff 31.46 39 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Mercury 32.59 40 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 34.03 41 Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 34.24 42 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 35.12 43 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators 36.33 44 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 38.13 45 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 39.36 46 Scott Guyton (NZl) IteamNova.com 40.14 47 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 41.35 48 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators 41.37 49 Cédric Sermet (Swi) Les Espoirs de Laval 41.41 50 Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 43.06 51 Adham Sbeih (USA) Mercury 43.16 52 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 45.07 53 Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 47.43 54 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 49.35 55 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei - Quick Step 49.38 56 Jose Manuel Garcia (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 50.50 57 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 50.52 58 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP Nutra Fig 56.00 59 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 57.30 60 Jean-François Racine (Can) Québec 59.31 61 Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.04.36 62 Trent Wilson (Aus) IteamNova.com 1.10.14 63 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.11.23 64 Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 1.11.54 65 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 1.13.17 66 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 1.14.22 67 Denis Tupchenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.15.16 68 Philippe Viau (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 1.18.43 69 Charles Coyle (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 1.21.58 70 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 1.23.07 71 Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Québec 1.32.10 72 Jose Isabel Garcia (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 2.13.06 Points classification 1 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger - Versicherung 77 pts 2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 46 3 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 43 4 David McKenzie (Aus) IteamNova.com 37 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 36 6 Charles Dionne (Can) 7UP Nutra Fig 36 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei - Quick Step 35 8 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 34 9 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 32 10 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 23 11 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 23 12 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 23 13 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 22 14 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 18 15 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nürnberger - Versicherung 18 16 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 17 17 Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators 17 18 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 16 19 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators 16 20 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 15 21 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 14 22 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 13 23 Christian Werner (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 13 24 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 13 25 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 12 26 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei - Quick Step 11 27 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 11 28 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 9 29 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 6 30 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step 6 31 Sergey Tretyakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5 32 Cory Lange (Can) Québec 4 33 Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury 4 34 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP Nutra Fig 3 35 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 3 36 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 2 37 Russell Stevenson (USA) Prime Alliance 2 38 Jose Rujano (Ven) Tecos - Turbo 2 39 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 2 40 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 2 41 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators 1 1 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators 42 pts 2 Jose Rujano (Ven) Tecos - Turbo 37 3 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 30 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 Ubaldo Mesa (Col) Tecos - Turbo 12 11 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger - Versicherung 10 12 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 10 13 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 10 14 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators 10 15 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 9 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 8 17 Christian Werner (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 8 18 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 8 19 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 8 20 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 7 21 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 7 22 Alan Iacuone (Aus) IteamNova.com 7 23 Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury 7 24 Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators 7 25 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 6 26 Russell Stevenson (USA) Prime Alliance 6 27 Holger Sievers (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 5 28 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators 5 29 Adham Sbeih (USA) Mercury 5 30 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot - Zvvz 4 31 Cory Lange (Can) Québec 4 32 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 4 33 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei - Quick Step 4 34 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 3 35 David McKenzie (Aus) IteamNova.com 3 36 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nürnberger - Versicherung 3 37 Jose Manuel Garcia (Mex) Tecos - Turbo 3 38 Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 3 39 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 3 40 Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn 3 41 Trent Wilson (Aus) IteamNova.com 3 42 Damon Kluck (USA) Saturn 2 43 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 2 44 Dominique Perras (Can) IteamNova.com 1 45 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nürnberger - Versicherung 1 Teams classification 1 Nürnberger Versicherung 61.20.56 2 Prime Alliance Cycling Team 3.23 3 Saturn Cycling Team 5.23 4 Mapei - Quick Step 11.07 5 Navigators Cycling Team 13.17 6 Tecos - Turbo 15.12 7 Mercury Cycling Team 15.23 8 Marlux - Ville De Charleroix 32.52 9 Iteamnova.Com 36.40 10 Wüstenrot - Zvvz 39.14 11 Volkswagen - Trek 1.10.02 12 Kazakhstan 1.59.00 13 Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 2.00.05 14 7Up Nutra Fig 2.05.49 15 Équipe Québec 2.28.31
