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22nd Tour de Beauce - 2.2

Canada, June 12-17, 2007

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Stage 5 - June 16: Québec, 125 km

MacGregor rides 'cool' in hot Beauce stage

By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Québec City, Québec

Navigators control all breaks until end

Ian Macgregor (Team Slipstream)
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Slipstream-Chipotle has been racing all week at a disadvantage - starting with one less rider than the other big teams and losing two riders to illness on the first stage. However, that has not prevented it from placing a rider in the top three overall this week with a strong ride by Danny Pate. And today in Québec City, Ian MacGregor added a stage win to the team's accomplishments, attacking his breakaway at the bottom of the monster finishing climb and holding off the catch to the line.

"We only have four guys in the race so it is good to be competitive," MacGregor said. "I was wrecked after Philly week and it took me the first four stages to get my legs back."

The key to the win, according to MacGregor, was battling the hot temperatures as much as possible. "I was in the break and pulled equally, but made sure I wasn't driving it too hard and staying cool," he explained. "Dr. Alan Lim taught us how important it is to keep cool and regulate your core body temperature. Even if you are weak, if you take care of that, you will be better than the other guys. I dumped as many bottles as I could over the top of me all day."

The main break consisted of MacGregor, Jesse Anthony (Kodak Gallery), Jacob Nielsen (Farso Denmark), Andreas Schillinger (Sparkasse), John Fredy Parra Calada (Tecos Trek) and Cameron Evans (Symmetrics), who was also in a break in last night's criterium. "I'm starting to get tired now!" Evans joked. However, with nine laps of a 14km urban and technical course that featured nearly a two kilometre climb rising 100 metres every lap, one could understand his pain.

Yellow Jersey's group riding
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"For the most part we were all rolling through together because we knew that Navigators would ride tempo in the field," said Anthony. "As long as everyone worked it would stay. A couple of times guys sat on, including myself, because at certain points you just don't have it."

The final lap saw an attack out of the break by Nielsen who was trying a last-ditch effort. "I knew I couldn't follow them up the climb, and if there was a chance it was there - I had to go early," he said. "I tried it down the descent but they worked together and they caught me with 4.5km to go."

Nielsen was counting on the usual disorganization that occurs late in a race, with riders not wanting to do the chasing. But the break kept it's wits about it and rode a steady tempo to keep him within reach. "Everyone was rolling through," said Evans who was wearing the best young rider's jersey. "We weren't worried about him because he wasn't putting a time on us."

The hesitation Nielsen was looking for came after he was caught. "MacGregor got away just before the final climb," Evans explained. "Everyone kind of looked at each other and that was it."

Mark Walters and Dominique Rollin (kodak Gallery)
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"Going into it I noticed the guys were real hesitant," MacGregor said. "I'm not really fast on the flats but I hit out with about four kilometres to go. I tried to regulate my power and keep it steady. At the bottom I was well over 600 but at the top I was barely over 380-390. I was just holding on!"

"The last time up the hill we dropped a few guys," said Anthony. "When Ian went that hill is hard to hit solo after a four minute effort, so hats off to him - he rode phenomenal and a big effort. It was close and we were for sure closing on him."

Back in the peloton, Ben Day was safely escorted to the final climb by his team, and delivered up the first part of it before taking over himself. "The way the guys set it up for me at the finish, they rode their asses off and hit the last climb with me on the front of the peloton with 1.5km to go," said Day. "I just f***ing drilled it from there and saw Svein and Danny just behind me."

"I think we kind of shocked them today," he said regarding the other GC riders. "They have said the last couple of days how they were going to come out and smash us but once again we saw how strong we were today and hopefully that will scare them off tomorrow. All respect for them though, they are fighters and will come out. We have a job to do and will bring it home tomorrow."

Tomorrow's final stage is about as rough-and-tumble as today, with 12 laps of a 10.5km hilly course.

Photography

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Images by Jerome Lessard

Results

1 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                    2.57.54 (42.158 km/h)
2 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse                      
3 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team         0.02
4 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh               0.09
5 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                            0.13
6 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                     0.19
7 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        0.24
8 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                        0.25
9 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                              
10 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                  
11 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                 0.33
12 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec                                  
13 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh             
14 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team        
15 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                                 
16 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec                            0.37
17 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance              0.39
18 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics                          0.40
19 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance            0.46
20 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team            
21 Rob Britton (Can) La_Z_Boy                               0.50
22 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team                
23 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                           
24 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team              
25 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau - Crocs                    0.52
26 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                       
27 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team      0.55
28 Mathieu Roy (Can) Eva-Devinci                            0.57
29 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed             1.02
30 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                       
31 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                    
32 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek                      1.15
33 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                             
34 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                       1.17
35 Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                 
36 Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team       1.19
37 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                           1.21
38 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                             
39 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                       1.26
40 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci                      1.35
41 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                  1.50
42 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team           
43 Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E                            2.03
44 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team       2.09
45 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                         2.24
46 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                  2.43
47 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                    6.39
48 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        
49 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance                     
50 Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec                           12.45
51 Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau - Crocs                   
52 Connor Trevor (Can) La_Z_Boy                            16.42
53 Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream                        17.03
54 Benjamin Martel (Can) Garneau - Crocs                        
55 André Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek                         
56 Cody O'rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team           
57 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse                            
58 William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen Trek                     
59 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics                           17.06
60 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E                              
61 Jamie Sparling (Can) La_Z_Boy                                
62 Ryan Beliveau (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                    17.17
63 Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E                                
64 Phil Cortes (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                      21.15
65 Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E                              
66 Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec                                  
67 Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek                          
68 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                            
69 Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau - Crocs                        28.06
70 Peter Morse (Can) Tean Spin 12                               
DNF Éric Boily (Can) Eva-Devinci                                
DNF Dave Vukets (Can) Tean Spin 12                              
DNF Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                 
DNF Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                      
DNF Jeffrey Dirksen (Ned) Team R.A.C.E                          
 
Points 1
 
1 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team              3 pts
2 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                             2
3 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        1
 
Points 2
 
1 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse                     3 pts
2 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team            2
3 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                             1
 
Points 3
 
1 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                         15 pts
2 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse                    14
3 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team           13
4 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                 12
5 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                              11
6 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                       10
7 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                           9
8 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                           8
9 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                             7
10 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                 6
11 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                    5
12 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec                                 4
13 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh            3
14 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team       2
15 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                                1
 
Mountains 1
 
1 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                       10 pts
2 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek                          8
3 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                             6
4 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                      5
5 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team              4
6 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                     3
7 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                       2
8 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                  1
 
Mountains 2
 
8 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                       10 pts
14 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team             8
12 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                            6
10 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek                         5
1 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                     4
23 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh            3
13 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                 2
4 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                      1
 
Mountains 3
 
13 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                10 pts
21 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                       8
25 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team           6
26 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                            5
6 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                               4
11 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse                    3
29 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                         2
31 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                     1
 
Teams 
 
1 Symmetrics                                             8.54.53
2 Team Sparkasse                                            0.03
3 Tecos Trek Vh                                             0.04
4 Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team                            0.10
5 Navigators Insurance                                      0.39
6 Team Slipstream                                           1.04
7 Farso Denmark Nat                                         1.36
8 Savings And Loans Cycling Team                            2.24
9 Québec                                                   12.44
10 Calyon-Litespeed                                        19.32
11 Garneau - Crocs                                         29.29
12 La_Z_Boy                                                33.27
13 Volkswagen Trek                                         34.10
14 Team R.A.C.E                                            35.15
 
General Classification after Stage 5
 
1 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                    18.04.14
2 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                               0.40
3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                          1.08
4 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                  1.40
5 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance               1.46
6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team     2.55
7 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                              2.59
8 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec                             3.11
9 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        3.17
10 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh         3.32
11 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team        4.42
12 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                   8.36
13 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance            9.01
14 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team      9.55
15 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                 10.47
16 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                  11.54
17 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                      12.44
18 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                          13.08
19 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec                             14.24
20 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                          15.03
21 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance               16.02
22 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh             17.41
23 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                        17.51
24 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                   18.33
25 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team         20.21
26 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse                20.53
27 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        20.54
28 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                      21.57
29 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics                         22.09
30 Mathieu Roy (Can) Eva-Devinci                           22.16
31 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team           22.47
32 Rob Britton (Can) La_Z_Boy                              23.08
33 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                     23.25
34 Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh            24.11
35 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                      24.14
36 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci                     25.20
37 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                   28.11
38 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team      30.31
39 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team      31.24
40 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                   33.28
41 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                 34.44
42 Connor Trevor (Can) La_Z_Boy                            36.06
43 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics                           38.52
44 Jamie Sparling (Can) La_Z_Boy                           39.40
45 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                       40.19
46 Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau - Crocs                        
47 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance                41.19
48 William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen Trek                43.16
49 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed            47.12
50 Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec                             48.38
51 Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek                     50.22
52 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                        50.55
53 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek                     52.26
54 Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec                           55.29
55 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team       55.40
56 Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E                           56.59
57 Benjamin Martel (Can) Garneau - Crocs                   57.55
58 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse                     1.00.10
59 Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team    1.01.26
60 Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau - Crocs            1.01.35
61 Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream                      1.01.43
62 Cody O'rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team    1.01.51
63 Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E                       1.04.14
64 Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E                         1.09.02
65 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E                       1.09.48
66 Phil Cortes (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                    1.10.45
67 Ryan Beliveau (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                  1.24.41
68 André Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek                  1.43.45
 
Points classification
 
1 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                          59 pts
2 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance               49
3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team       48
4 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                 43
5 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                            41
6 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                     39
7 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                 35
8 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec                                 29
9 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh            29
10 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                   29
11 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         27
12 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                               23
13 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                             23
14 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                     20
15 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse                   19
16 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                  17
17 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance                   16
18 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         16
19 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team            16
20 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team          15
21 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                        15
22 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team          15
23 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec                              14
24 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                14
25 Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek                        13
26 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                      12
27 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                             11
28 Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec                                11
29 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                          10
30 Cody O'rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team         10
31 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                            6
32 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek                         4
33 Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                      4
34 Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team         3
35 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                     3
36 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                       3
37 Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                          2
38 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                            2
39 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                            1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                    58 pts
2 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance               35
3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                          35
4 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream                     33
5 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                            27
6 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics                              25
7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                   20
8 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                       20
9 Dominique Perras (Can) Québec                               16
10 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek                        16
11 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse                   15
12 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics                           12
13 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh                12
14 David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team            12
15 Charles Dionne (Can) Québec                                 9
16 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics                                 9
17 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                          8
18 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                            8
19 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                 8
20 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh                      8
21 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat                       8
22 Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team           7
23 Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh            7
24 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                          6
25 Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team           6
26 Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed                            5
27 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics                              4
28 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics                                4
29 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream                         4
30 Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team               3
31 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                     2
32 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team       1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Navigators Insurance                                  54.17.50
2 Symmetrics                                                4.48
3 Tecos Trek Vh                                            11.21
4 Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team                           24.15
5 Team Sparkasse                                           30.06
6 Team Slipstream                                          30.08
7 Farso Denmark Nat                                        38.48
8 Québec                                                   47.46
9 Savings And Loans Cycling Team                           55.42
10 La_Z_Boy                                              1.33.46
11 Calyon-Litespeed                                      2.06.32
12 Volkswagen Trek                                       2.16.45
13 Garneau - Crocs                                       2.34.31
14 Team R.A.C.E                                          2.50.49

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