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18th GP Cycliste de Beauce - 2.3
Canada, June 17-22, 2003
Stage 1 - June 17: CMQ Lévis - Québec, 125 km
Lieswyn Takes First Stage
By Kristy Scrymgeour
John Lieswyn (7UP-Maxxis) won the first stage of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Beauce today in an aggressive stage that saw a lot of action. Lieswyn followed the wheel of Chris Baldwin (Navigators) when he attacked from a small group of 13 near the end of the stage and was able to win the two up sprint.
The stage was a tough 125km circuit race starting from the Saint-Laurent River's South shore, before crossing the river and taking the riders nine times up Cote Gilmour, Quebec.
7UP Maxxis were early aggressors in the stage with New Zealander Greg Henderson breaking away with Irving Aguilar (Tecos Mercurio) gaining four minutes on the peloton. As the break stayed away, others such as Jeff Hanson(Atlas Cold -Italpasta), local rider Frederic Millette (Espoirs de Laval) and Cory Lange (Canadian National Team) attempted to bridge the gap but were always quickly reeled in by the bunch.
The break gradually lost time on the peloton as teams began to chase and just after the intermediate sprint the two leaders were caught by a small group of about 13 riders. Aguilar started to feel the effects of his long day away and was dropped from this front group not long after.
With the racing nearing the end attacks were frequent and the leading group of 13 was split into two, a lead group of 8 gaining 18 seconds on the field and over a minute on the rest of the peloton. With only a few kilometers to go, Baldwin attacked taking Lieswyn with him and the two powered to the finish. Lieswyn took the sprint over Baldwin with Tomas Konecy (eD'system-ZVVZ) edging out Eric Wohlberg (Canadian National Team) for third place.
Tomorrow's stage is a169km that starts and finishes in the town of Levis. It is an undulating stage that seems to be primarily down hill towards the end.
Results
1 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 3.00.41 2 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 0.06 3 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 0.17 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canadian National Team 0.21 5 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 0.23 6 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 0.24 7 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 8 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 0.27 9 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 10 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 0.30 11 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 0.32 12 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 0.52 13 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 1.11 14 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 1.45 15 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 16 Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 1.52 17 David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 1.57 18 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 1.59 19 Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 20 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 2.54 21 Stig Somme (Nor) Jet Fuel Coffee 22 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Équipe Québec 2.56 23 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 24 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 2.58 25 Chris Isaac (Can) Canadian National Team 26 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 27 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Maestro - Nella 28 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 29 Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 30 Joe Giuliano (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 31 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 32 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 33 Jean-Sebastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Québec 34 Peter Sanowar (Can) Canadian National Team 35 Cameron J. Evans (Can) Canadian National Team 36 Cory Lange (Can) Canadian National Team 37 David Salomon Alvarez (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 38 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 39 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 40 Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 3.06 41 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team 42 Christopher McGovern (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 43 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 44 Jean-François Laroche (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 45 Todd Herriot (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 3.10 46 Jean-Francois Racine (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 47 Jason Lokkesmoe (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 48 Dominique Rollin (Can) Équipe Québec 49 Paul Ellis (USA) Team Maestro - Nella 50 Brice Jones (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 51 Dylan Sebel (Can) Health Net Cycling Team 52 Christophe Cheseaux (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 53 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 54 Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (Can) Équipe Québec 55 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 56 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 57 Thomas Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 58 Emiel Abraham (Tri) Team Maestro - Nella 3.17 59 Lubos Kejval (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 60 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 3.21 61 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 3.27 62 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 3.28 63 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 3.29 64 Chris Wherry (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 3.35 65 John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 66 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 3.52 67 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 68 Hisafumi Imanisi (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 4.02 69 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis 4.29 70 Pierre-Olivier Boily (Can) Équipe Québec 7.26 71 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Cycling 7.28 72 Alexandre Cloutier (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 7.31 73 Craig Boileau (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 7.35 74 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 75 Patrick Shea (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 76 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 7.41 77 Frederic Millette (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 7.45 78 Jason McCartney (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 79 Kevin Monahan (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 7.48 80 Rusty Beall (USA) Health Net Cycling Team 81 Peter Fairbanks (USA) Team Maestro - Nella 82 Mathieu Roy (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 83 Chistopher Pic (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 84 Bryan Rusche (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 85 Paulo Rego (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 86 Warren Tilbrook (Can) Canadian National Team 87 Andrew Davidson (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 7.56 88 Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Équipe Québec 89 Ryan Roth (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 90 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 8.16 91 Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 8.18 92 Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 14.39 93 Hughes Lapointe (Can) Équipe Québec 14.46 94 David Whyman (NZl) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 14.50 95 Jeff Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold / Italpasta 96 Pascal Choquette (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 16.31 97 Colin Burn (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 25.40 Points 1 John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP / Maxxis 17 pts 2 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 14 3 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 13 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canadian National Team 12 5 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 11 6 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 10 7 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 10 8 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 8 9 David Clinger (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 8 10 Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 7 11 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 6 12 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 4 13 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders - Iteamnova.com 3 14 Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP / Maxxis 3 15 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 2 16 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Tecos - Mercurio 2 17 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system - ZVVZ 1 18 Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance Cycling Team 1
