June 20, 2002 (Mont MÈgantic) – Today’s stage saw the peloton underestimate
a break that went relatively early.

Stephane Barthe, a former French
National Champion and multiple rider of the Tour de France rode the good
part of the stage in a breakaway which at one point had almost 10 minutes.
The former leader Tesar had his team N¸rnberger – Versicherung chasing as
the group approached the last 30 hilly kilometers before the infamous Mont
Megantic, but the breakaway was already too far ahead.

Stage 4: Saint-Georges – Mont MÈgantic, 171 km

1. StÈphane Barthe (Fra) St-Quentin Oktos 4.37.07

2. Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux Charleroi @ 2.12

3. Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance @ 2.56

4. Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quickstep @ 3.02

5. Christian Werner (Ger) Nurnberger @ 3.07

6. Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 3.07

7. Petr Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot – Zvvz 3.11

8. Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn 3.30

9. Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos – Turbo 3.32

10. Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nürnberger – Versicherung 3.33

11. Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux – Ville de Charleroi 3.36

12. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nürnberger – Versicherung 3.44

13. Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 3.50

14. Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 4.15

15. Thomas Liese (Ger) Nürnberger – Versicherung 4.16

16. Jose Rujano (Ven) Tecos – Turbo 4.22

17. Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 4.27

18. Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot – Zvvz 4.36

19. Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei – Quick Step 4.38

20. Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Volkswagen – Trek 4.43

21. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 22. Francois Parisien (Can) Volkswagen – Trek 4.49 23. Russell Stevenson (USA) Prime Alliance 4.55
24. Alan Iacuone (Aus) IteamNova.com 5.01
25. Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei – Quick Step 5.10
26. Sergey Tretyakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 5.24
27. Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux – Ville de Charleroi 5.41
28. Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 5.43
29. Damon Kluck (USA) Saturn 5.53
30. David McKenzie (Aus) IteamNova.com 6.15
31. Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 6.16
32. Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico – Jet Fuel Coffee 6.22
33. Jesus Zarate (Mex) Mercury 6.57
34. Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 6.58
35. Jean-Francois Laroche (Can) Sympatico – Jet Fuel Coffee 7.10
36. Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators 7.15
37. Martin St-Laurent (Can) Volkswagen – Trek 7.20
38. Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos – Turbo 7.34
39. Simon Small (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 7.45
40. Jean-Francois Racine (Can) Québec 7.49
41 .Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Marlux – Ville de Charleroi 7.55
42. Bruno Langlois (Can) Volkswagen – Trek 7.56
43. Martin Gilbert (Can) Volkswagen – Trek 7.59
44 .Cory Lange (Can) Québec 7.59
45. Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury 8.02
46. Dominique Perras (Can) IteamNova.com 8.12
47. Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux – Ville de Charleroi 8.35
48. Charles Dionne (Can) 7UP Nutra Fig 8.38
49. Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 8.55
50. Christophe Chezeau (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 9.11
51. Michal Precechtel (Cze) Wüstenrot – Zvvz 9.20
52. Denis Tupchenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 9.25
53. Miguel Mesa Flores (Mex) Tecos – Turbo 9.33
54. Holger Sievers (Ger) Nürnberger – Versicherung 9.53
55. Ubaldo Mesa (Col) Tecos – Turbo 9.57
56. Jeff “JBoy” Hansen (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 10.01
57. Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 10.09
58. Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators 11.14
59. Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators 11.17
60. Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators 11.20
61. John Lieswyn (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 11.20
62. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators 11.27
63. Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei – Quick Step 11.44
64. Jay Sweet (Aus) Saturn 11.46
65. Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei – Quick Step 11.46
66. Philippe Viau (Can) Sympatico – Jet Fuel Coffee 12.01
67. John Peters (USA) Prime Alliance 12.07
68. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Oktos-Saint-Quentin 12.10
69. Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan 12.26
70. Adham Sbeih (USA) Mercury 12.29
71. Cédric Sermet (Swi) Les Espoirs de Laval 12.44
72. Jose Manuel Garcia (Mex) Tecos – Turbo 13.21
73. Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux – Ville de Charleroi 13.29
74. Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury 13.33
75. Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 13.33
76. Doug Ziewacz (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 13.50
77. Corey Jay (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 14.10
78. Trent Wilson (Aus) IteamNova.com 14.25
79. Alain Guimont (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval 15.20
80. Jindrich Vana (Cze) Wüstenrot – Zvvz 15.50
81. Alex Candelario (USA) Prime Alliance 16.44
82. Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico – Jet Fuel Coffee 16.44
83. Svein Tuft (Can) Prime Alliance 16.44
84. Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Volkswagen – Trek 17.40
85. Pierre-Olivier Boily (Can) Québec 17.43
86. Ariel De Cardenas (Can) Québec 18.08
87. Christian Lademann (Ger) Wüstenrot – Zvvz 18.31
88. Brett Lancaster (Aus) IteamNova.com 18.38
89. Scott Guyton (NZl) IteamNova.com 19.07
90. Greg Henderson (NZl) 7UP Nutra Fig 19.53
91. Chris Fisher (USA) Saturn 20.27
92. Andrew Randell (Can) Sympatico – Jet Fuel Coffee 20.36
93. Charles Coyle (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig 21.44
94. Jaromir Friede (Cze) Wüstenrot – Zvvz 22.07
95. Gaëtan Marques (Fra) Marlux – Ville de Charleroi 22.45
96. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 24.29
97. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nürnberger – Versicherung 24.50
98. Sasa Sviben (Slo) Nürnberger – Versicherung 24.50
99. Ross Hooker (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 1.03.29
100. Paul Rego (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC 1.03.29
101. Jose Isabel Garcia (Mex) Tecos – Turbo 1.03.29
DNF Stanislav Tancer (Cze) Wüstenrot – Zvvz
DNF Alexandre Cloutier (Can) Volkswagen – Trek
DNF Clark Sheehan (USA) 7UP Nutra Fig
DNF Ryan Roth (Can) Sympatico – Jet Fuel Coffee
DNF Antoine Varghese (Can) Atlas Cold-Ital Pasta CC
DNF Julien Vergere (Swi) Les Espoirs de Laval
DNF Buck Miller (Can) Sympatico – Jet Fuel Coffee
DNF Mathieu Roy (Can) Les Espoirs de Laval
DNF Jean-Philippe Houle-Paradis (Can) Québec
DNF Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury

Overall:

1. Matt Decanio (USA) Prime Alliance 12.19.20

2. Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei Quickste 0.06

3. Christian Werner (Ger) Nurnberger 0.14

4. Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nurnberger 0.20

5. Danny Pate (USA) Prime Alliance 0.22