April 26, 2006 – Following his Commonwealth Games participation last month, Canadian Road Champ François Parisien (Team TIAA-CREF) is back in the saddle at the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste in Brittany, the north eastern province of France. The victor of the Tour de Bretagne will be decided over eight stages as Stage 2 unfolds today with a 160.2 km road race begining in Saint-Brieuc and finishing in Concarneau. Here are the results from yesterday’s Stage 1.

Stage 1: Saint-Brieuc – Saint-Brieuc, 142 km

1. David Le Lay (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch, 3:14:19
2. Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta
3. Viktor Folkesson (Swe) Team Malarenergi
4. Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 ñ Quick Step
5. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen
6. Cedric Drouet (Fra) U.C Chateauroux
7. Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Procomm -Van Hemert
8. Julien Simon (Fra) Super Sport 35 Acnc
9. Marcel Belma (Ned) Procomm -Van Hemert
10. Cedric Herve (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch

103. Francois Parisien (Can) Team TIAA-CREF, 0:16