June 5, 2009 (Saguenay, Quebec) – Frenchmen Loic Desriac won the 137km hilly first stage of the Coupe des Nations-Ville de Saguenay held in Quebec, Canada. After almost 120km spent in a breakaway, Desriac was the lone survivor and barely managed to hold on to his lead by only 1 sec over the charging field. Thanks to the time bonuses, he now holds a 5-second lead over Danish Ramus Guldhammer and another Frenchman, Johan Lebon.

The day was characterized by a major breakaway that took off less than 10km into the stage. The group gained a maximum lead of two minutes, and included three Americans (Stetina, Keough and King), one Canadian (Joanisse), two riders each from Colombia and France, and one rider from Russia, Germany, Slovénia, Serbia and Rickey Jorgensen of Denmark.

The latter went on the gain enough points to grab the KOM jersey for tomorrow. With 30 km to go Desriac attacked on a small uphill and only Gabor Kasa of Serbia could hold on to his wheel. With 10km to go Desriac dropped his companion without even attacking, while all of his previous partners got re-absorbed by the field. He then managed to hold on to his lead while Guldhammer and Lebon nearly caught him at the line.

Friday is a 159km relatively flat stage around Jonquière, Québec. The UCI Nations Cup-Ville de Saguenay is the 5th of 6 races part of the UCI Nations Cup for the world’s best riders aged 19 to 22 years old. It is the only event of this series to be held outside Europe. It will be held over 5 stages from June 4-7, 2009.

Results

1. Loïc Desriac (Fra) France 3:17:16
2. Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Danemark 0:01
3. Johan LeBon (Fra) France
4. Jocelyn Bar (Fra) France
5. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Canada B
6. Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) Mixte
7. Romain Hardy (Fra) France
8. Chan Jea Jang (Kor) Mixte
9. Andrei Klyuev (Rus) Russie
10. Nikola Aistrup (Den) Danemark
11. Bjorn Selander (Usa) Etats-Unis
12. Morgan Kneisky (Fra) France
13. Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slov_nie
14. Indulis Bekmanis (Lat) Lettonie
15. Jakob Bering (Den) Danemark
16. Joel Zangerle (Lux) Luxenbourg
17. Hugo Houle (Can) Canada B
18. William Rodriguez (Col) Colombie
19. Ricky Jorgensen (Den) Danemark
20. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombie
21. Eldar Mukmenov (Uzb) Ouzb_kistan
22. Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Mixte
23. Nico Keinath (Ger) Allemagne
24. Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Colombie
25. Dominik Nerz (Ger) Allemagne
26. Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Danemark
27. Soren Pugdahl Pedersen (Den) Danemark
28. Andris Smirnovs (Lat) Lettonie
29. Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombie
30. Jan Tratnik (Slo) Slov_nie
31. Tom Wecker (Lux) Luxenbourg
32. Temur Mukhamedov (Uzb) Ouzb_kistan
33. Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) France
34. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Lettonie
35. Guy East (Usa) Etats-Unis
36. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Mixte
37. Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slov_nie
38. Ryan Anderson (Can) Canada A
39. Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russie
40. Ben King (Usa) Etats-Unis
41. Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxenbourg
42. Devon Novakowski (Can) Canada B
43. Peter Stetina (Usa) Etats-Unis
44. Carlos Andres Martinez (Col) Colombie
45. Pit Schlechter (Lux) Luxenbourg
46. Mario Contreras (Esa) Mixte
47. David Boily (Can) Canada B
48. Marko Kump (Slo) Slov_nie
49. Iliya Syrtsev (Rus) Russie
50. Gabor Kasa (Srb) Mixte 0:12
51. Michael Joanisse (Can) Canada A 2:16
52. Sergey Scsherbakov (Rus) Russie
53. Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Japon
54. Camilo Suarez (Col) Colombie 5:15
55. Sergey Valynin (Rus) Russie 5:29
56. Kirk Carlson (Usa) Etats-Unis 9:13
57. Janis Rezins (Lat) Lettonie
58. Jacob Keough (Usa) Etats-Unis
59. Jo”˜l Dion-Poitras (Can) Canada A
60. Michael HŸmbert (Ger) Allemagne
61. Yaroslav Malakhov (Uzb) Ouzb_kistan
62. Spencer Smitheman (Can) Canada B
63. Keisuke Kasahara (Jpn) Japon
64. Denis Lozinskiy (Rus) Russie
65. Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Canada A
66. Bastian BŸrgel (Ger) Allemagne
67. Marcel Fischer (Ger) Allemagne
68. Mike Willam (Ger) Allemagne
69. Kazuki Aoyanagi (Jpn) Japon
70. Ken Ichiyama (Jpn) Japon 15:10
71. Keir Plaice (Can) Canada A 17:06
72. Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Lettonie 19:31
DNF Ismoiljon Karimov (Uzb) Ouzb_kistan
DNF Andrew Hunt (Can) Canada A
DNF Garrett Mcleod (Can) Canada B
DNF Yusuke Kato (Jpn) Japon

GC after Stage 1

1. Loïc J Desriac (Fra) France 3:17:06
2. Rasmus J Guldhammer (Den) Danemark 0:05
3. Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slov_nie
4. Dominik J Nerz (Ger) Allemagne 0:07
5. Johan J LeBon (Fra) France
6. Carlos Andres Martinez (Col) Colombie 0:10
7. Jocelyn Bar (Fra) France 0:11
8. Guillaume J Boivin (Can) Canada B
9. Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) Mixte
10. Romain Hardy (Fra) France
11. Chan Jea J Jang (Kor) Mixte
12. Andrei Klyuev (Rus) Russie
13. Nikola Aistrup (Den) Danemark
14. Bjorn Selander (USA) Etats-Unis
15. Morgan Kneisky (Fra) France
16. Indulis J Bekmanis (Lat) Lettonie
17. Jakob Bering (Den) Danemark
18. Joel Zangerle (Lux) Luxenbourg
19. Hugo J Houle (Can) Canada B
20. William Rodriguez (Col) Colombie
21. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombie
22. Eldar Mukmenov (Uzb) Ouzb_kistan
23. Andrei J Krasilnikau (Blr) Mixte
24. Nico Keinath (Ger) Allemagne
25. Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Colombie
26. Christopher J Juul-Jensen (Den) Danemark
27. Soren Pugdahl Pedersen (Den) Danemark
28. Andris J Smirnovs (Lat) Lettonie
29. Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombie
30. Jan J Tratnik (Slo) Slov_nie
31. Tom Wecker (Lux) Luxenbourg
32. Temur Mukhamedov (Uzb) Ouzb_kistan
33. Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) France
34. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Lettonie
35. Guy East (USA) Etats-Unis
36. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Mixte
37. Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slov_nie
38. Ryan Anderson (Can) Canada A
39. Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russie
40. Ben J King (USA) Etats-Unis
41. Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxenbourg
42. Devon J Novakowski (Can) Canada B
43. Peter Stetina (USA) Etats-Unis
44. Pit J Schlechter (Lux) Luxenbourg
45. Mario Contreras (Esa) Mixte
46. David J Boily (Can) Canada B
47. Marko Kump (Slo) Slov_nie
48. Iliya Syrtsev (Rus) Russie
49. Ricky J Jorgensen (Den) Danemark 0:17
50. Gabor J Kasa (Srb) Mixte 0:20
51. Michael Joanisse (Can) Canada A 2:26
52. Sergey Scsherbakov (Rus) Russie 2:26
53. Tomohiro J Hayakawa (Jpn) Japon 2:26
54. Camilo Suarez (Col) Colombie 5:25
55. Sergey Valynin (Rus) Russie 5:39
56. Jacob Keough (USA) Etats-Unis 9:22
57. Kirk Carlson (USA) Etats-Unis 9:23
58. Janis J Rezins (Lat) Lettonie
59. Jo”˜l Dion-Poitras (Can) Canada A
60. Michael J HŸmbert (Ger) Allemagne
61. Yaroslav J Malakhov (Uzb) Ouzb_kistan
62. Spencer J Smitheman (Can) Canada B
63. Keisuke Kasahara (Jpn) Japon
64. Denis J Lozinskiy (Rus) Russie
65. Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Canada A
66. Bastian J BŸrgel (Ger) Allemagne
67. Marcel Fischer (Ger) Allemagne
68. Mike J Willam (Ger) Allemagne
69. Kazuki J Aoyanagi (Jpn) Japon
70. Ken Ichiyama (Jpn) Japon 15:20
71. Keir Plaice (Can) Canada A 17:16
72. Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Lettonie 19:41