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20th Tour de Beauce Bell - 2.2

Canada, June 14-19, 2005

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Stage 6 - June 19: Saint-Georges urban circuit, 132 km

Ollerenshaw finally gets one, O'Neill takes overall

By Matt Hansen in St. Georges

Some flowers for the winner...
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The Tour de Beauce Bell finished up today with a tough circuit race through the streets of St. Georges. Health Net's Doug Ollerenshaw took the stage, a tough 11km loop, with Nathan O'Neill finishing in the small 23-man field, keeping his yellow jersey over Svein Tuft of Symmetrics.

With just 12 seconds separating Navigators' Nathan O'Neill and Symmetrics' Svein Tuft, there appeared, at least on paper, a possibility for Canadians to have a home turf winner. Tuft, having won this very stage a few years ago, had made it known he would go down swinging. "We will ride aggressively and smart, take advantage of the different situations that might present ourselves, and see if we can't take it back. Like Eric Wohlberg said a few days ago, [alluding to the possibility of Tuft taking the jersey after the TT, and having to defend the lead] the best time to take a leader's jersey in a stage race is 500 metres to go on the last stage."

Although Navigators had the overall lead, they also wore the points jersey and had a rider - Jeff Louder - within striking distance of the podium. Would they settle for just the overall, or was there more on the line for the blue men? "The bottom line is to keep the yellow and win the race overall. If we can move Jeff Louder into third or keep the points jersey, fine, but first and foremost we want to win the race."

How it unfolded

The pack heads uphill
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In the earlygoing, a breakaway formed that seemed like it might have the legs to stay away the whole day, especially if the dwindling field were more concerned with the overall. In that move was yesterday's hero, Charles Dionne (Canada), Tim Johnson (Jittery Joe's-Kalahari) - who may have been spurred on to get a stage win with his wife, Lyne Bessette in attendance, Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Paged-MBK-Scout), and the young rider jersey winner Brandon Crichton (Italpasta-Belmire Transport). Jean-Sebastien Maheu (VW-Trek) was also in the move initially, but was dropped as the race progressed. Navigators patrolled the front and the gap grew to just over a minute.

By the tenth lap, with the pack shrinking to under 30 riders, a few more riders bridged up, including Mark Walters (Navigators), John Lieswyn, Justin England (both Health Net) and Canadian Dominique Perras. Perras, who had ridden aggressively all week, seemed hungry for a win to end the week well. But with a few dangermen up the road from Health Net, Navigators went to the front and soon, the pack was together again, despite Bessette pleading from the side of the road, "Hey! Don't chase my husband!"

Ollerenshaw, who definitely was showing the field he had good legs, countered and had a brief lead with Jittery Joes-Kalarahi's Bruno Langlois. But it came back again, with Perras launching once more up the field. Perras managed to get just under a half minute on the field and appeared to be quite capable of taking the win. The lean Canadian climber powered over the steep climb and powered down the short, twisty descent that led to the finish. As Perras soloed ahead, three riders bridged up. Cyclingnews.com's Jennings, Paged's Krzysztof Mermer (Paged - Mbk - Scout) and...Ollerenshaw.

Brandon Crichton and Tim Johnson
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On the final lap, it became clear that the winner would come from the group of four. Ollerenshaw, who had been riding extremely well up the climbs, ironically, would go on the downhill. "Jeff Corbett [Health Net Director Sportif] told me to attack on the climb, but I didn't know if I could last that long," Ollerenshaw explained. "I had been riding the downhill well...I found a good line and I could get a gap there. It was on one of the last downhill corners...I just killed it and got a gap and put it in the 11 and just went as hard as I could for the last 3km."

For Symmetrics, the dream of retaking the jersey was not to be. "We tried a bunch of times but Navigators was just too strong today. Walters was really impressive, covering moves and it seemed like there were some other guys helping them out. And plus, I'm still pretty tired. It really took a lot out of me after the TT."

For Tuft, who quit cycling a little over a year ago after a few years on Prime Alliance, the renaissance might not have been had Symmetrics not have existed. "It's a great team and it was such a good opportunity with some great guys, and from British Columbia, where I'm from. All the guys are my friends and we do a good mix of races. Sometimes doing just the NRC races can burn you out, so I'm having a great time this year and am enjoying all the trips we do."

The signs of the day, and the week, were obvious: 25 riders were in what remained of the peloton, and only 42 riders were classified as finishers for the entire tour. After a week of rain, winds, epic stages and close finishes, the Tour de Beauce Bell wrapped up with O'Neill taking a well-deserved win.

Photography

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Results

1 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis           3.26.39
2 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com              0.19
3 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                       
4 Dominique Perras (Can) Canadian National Team            0.22
5 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                    0.41
6 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska            
7 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens Racing Team                      
8 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics                                  
9 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team                  
10 Bruno Langlois (Can) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                 
11 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                            
12 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                      
13 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance                     
14 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Team Cyclingnews.com                   
15 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                           
16 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska              
17 Nat Faulkner (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport            
18 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance                      
19 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                
20 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance                   
21 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                 
22 Chris Isaac (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport             
23 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                        
24 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                     
25 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com               
26 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                   
27 Max Plaxton (Can) Canadian National Team                    
28 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska             
29 Brandon Crichton (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport        
30 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics                         2.30
31 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance             5.21
32 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Equipe du Quebec                 7.11
33 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout           11.32
34 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                        
35 Johny Hayes (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology             16.29
36 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Cyclingnews.com                       
37 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Cyclingnews.com                   
38 Mathieu Roy (Can) Equipe du Quebec                          
39 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com                     
40 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team                      
41 Alex Richer (Can) Le Yeti                              33.03
42 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari            36.58
DNF Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                     
DNF Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance               
DNF Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance                  
DNF Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance                  
DNF Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens Racing Team                   
DNF Claudio Bartoli (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska          
DNF Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska       
DNF Chris Kuhl (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology                  
DNF Cory Jay (Can) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology                    
DNF Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                    
DNF Richard Bowker (NZl) Italpasta - Belmire Transport         
DNF Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                             
DNF Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                               
DNF Bradley Fairall (Can) Symmetrics                           
DNF Zach Bell (Can) Canadian National Team                     
DNF Dominique Rollin (Can) Equipe du Quebec                    
DNF Jean-Sébastien Béland (Can) Equipe du Quebec               
DNF Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                 
DNF Kevin Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                        
DNF Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen-Trek    

Teams
 
1 Health Net pb Maxxis                                 10.21.19
2 Paged - Mbk - Scout                                      0.19
3 Team Cyclingnews.com                                         
4 Canada National Team                                     0.22
5 Symmetrics Cycling                                       0.41
6 Amore & Vita – Beretta                                       
7 Navigators Insurance                                         
8 Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C.                           
9 Jittery Joe's - Kalahari                                36.58                 
 
Final General classification
 
1 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance            21.52.10
2 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                              0.12
3 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance                   0.35
4 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                  1.17
5 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                        1.19
6 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com            1.38
7 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance                      
8 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska        2.41
9 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                   2.48
10 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                   3.05
11 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis             3.42
12 Brandon Crichton (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport    4.00
13 Dominique Perras (Can) Canadian National Team           4.59
14 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance             6.15
15 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                  6.45
16 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team             7.31
17 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com             7.52
18 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska         9.46
19 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                       13.49
20 Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen-Trek                   13.56
21 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis              15.55
22 Chris Isaac (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport        22.17
23 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari           22.31
24 Max Plaxton (Can) Canadian National Team               24.15
25 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens Racing Team                24.37
26 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska         26.07
27 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Team Cyclingnews.com              26.43
28 Nat Faulkner (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport       27.16
29 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics                        35.37
30 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Equipe du Quebec                36.20
31 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                   36.36
32 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics                            37.03
33 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Cyclingnews.com              54.45
34 Bruno Langlois (Can) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari            57.25
35 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout         1.00.28
36 Mathieu Roy (Can) Equipe du Quebec                   1.04.37
37 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team               1.06.31
38 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com              1.08.43
39 Tom Barras (GBr) Team Cyclingnews.com                1.12.38
40 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari          1.18.38
41 Johny Hayes (USA) CRCA/Sakonnet Technology           1.58.47
42 Alex Richer (Can) Le Yeti                            2.13.42
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Wojciech Kalemba (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                     37 pts
2 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                28
3 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team                27
4 Mike Jones (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                      24
5 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                       19
6 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance                  17
7 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari               16
8 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout               14
9 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com              14
10 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                    14
11 Alexandre Nadeau (Can) Equipe du Quebec                   13
12 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Paged-Mbk-Scout                         12
13 Dominique Perras (Can) Canadian National Team             11
14 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska           10
15 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance                     9
16 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com                    8
17 Brandon Crichton (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport       7
18 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                    6
19 Chris Isaac (Can) Italpasta - Belmire Transport            6
20 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance                    6
21 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com                5
22 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska          4
23 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis                  3
24 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's-Kalahari                2
25 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                1
 
Teams classification

1 Navigators Insurance                                 65.33.46
2 Health Net pb Maxxis                                    10.34
3 Symmetrics Cycling                                      11.15
4 Paged - Mbk - Scout                                     11.43
5 Canada National Team                                    32.00
6 Team Cyclingnews.com                                    37.19
7 Amore & Vita – Beretta                                  37.26
8 Italpasta - Transport Belmire C.C.                      51.53
9 Jittery Joe's - Kalahari                              2.37.22
 

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