April 21, 2012 (Contrecoeur, QC) – Remi Pelletier-Roy (Garneau-Quebecor) won the elite men’s road race on Saturday at the inaugural GP de la Mairie de Contrecoeur, with help from his teammate Brett Tivers, in cold and rainy conditions. A 5-rider breakaway group was formed during the first lap of the 8-lap, 107.2-km race and gained close to a two-minute lead over the main peloton.

Late in the race, with approximately 2.5 laps to go, Tivers and Pelletier-Roy broke away from the lead group and developed a sizable lead of their own, and held on to give Garneau-Quebecor a 1-2 finish.

In the Senior Women’s 54.8km race Isabelle Rodrigue (Deda/HYPE) took the win over Josee Heppell (Iris) in second with Adriane Provost (Stevens Racing p/b the Cyclery) in third. “It was a tough race in the cold but team Deda-HYPE stuck to the plan to be offensive. It worked fast, after 4 minutes we were in break. At the end, I positioned myself after Josée Heppell from Iris and I kept sprinting and took her at the finish line,” Rodrique told Pedal.

After a 3rd-place performance at the Tour of the Battenkill a week ago, many eyes were on young Alizee Brien of Specialized-Mazda-SGC. Brien spoke to us after the race and explained that as the race developed, the team strategy at Contrecoeur was to work for team-mate Virginie Gauthier who jumped ahead in the break. Bridging the gap to the leaders under the conditions would have been impossible without bringing the rest of the pack along. With the help of her team, the lead breakaway group were never caught and Gauthier placed fifth in the bunch sprint.

The GP de la Mairie de Contrecoeur is Stage 1 of the new Le Tour de la Montérégie.

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Results

Junior Women
1. Elise Brouillette (Espoirs Quilicot)    1:42:12
2. Lea Audet (Independant)
3. Josiane Lessard (VCL- André Cycle)
4. Amelie Bruneau (Espoirs Quilicot)

Junior Men
1. Yohan Patry (Rocky Mountain-Forget Aubin)    2:10:12
2. Lambert Gatineau (SpiderTech propulsée par Powerwatts)
3. Olivier Brisebois (Rocky Mountain-Forget Aubin)    1:26
4. Hendrik Pineda (UCS Crabbe Performance)    2:02
5. Francois Vaillancourt (Espoirs Quilicot)    3:51
6. David Fugere (Atrium)
7. Emmanuel Gagne (Alma Acura Ultraviolet Devo)
8. Jerome Corneau (Espoirs Quilicot)
9. Nicolas Ducharme (Espoirs Quilicot)
10. Vincent Desilets- Jacob (Espoirs Quilicot)    3:55
11. Elliott Doyle (Alma Acura Ultraviolet Devo)    4:44
12. Alexandre East (Espoirs de Laval Primeau)    8:30
13. Charles Thibault (Rocky Mountain-Forget Aubin)    11:49
DNF Vincent Bouchard (Espoirs de Laval Primeau)
DNF Jules Cusson- Fradet (Prud’ Homme- IGA Ste-Marie)
DNF Arnaud Gagnon (Espoirs de Laval Primeau)
DNF Samuel Gagnon (cc IAMGOLD)
DNF Rafael Gagnon- Gascon (Alma Acura Ultraviolet Dev)
DNF Jasmin Houle (Prud’ Homme- IGA Ste-Marie)
DNF Miguel Lukaszewicz (Prud’ Homme- IGA Ste-Marie)
DNF Nicolas Masbourian- Parent (Espoirs Quilicot)
DNF Antoine Muzzi (Spidertech propulsée par Powerwatts)
DNF Marc-Antoine Dube (Formedica/Dumoulin/Mess)

Senior Women
1. Isabelle Rodrigue (Deda/HYPE) 1:35:55
2. Josee Heppell (Iris)
3. Adriane Provost (Stevens Racing p/b the Cyclery)
4. Catherine Dessureault (Realdealracing/La Bicicletta )
5. Virginie Gauthier (Independant)
6. Gabrielle Pilote Fortin (Deda/HYPE) 02:32
7. Anne-Marie B. Morin (Specialized-Mazda-SGC) 02:34
8. Evelyne Blouin (Realdealracing/La Bicicletta ) 06:18
9. Veronique Drapeau- Zgoralski (Specialized-Mazda-SGC)
10. Marie- Noel Labrecque (4CX)
11. Annabelle Dumais (Deda/HYPE)
12. Varuth Mclean (Powerwatts-fittime)
13. Alizee Brien (Specialized-Mazda-SGC)
14. Helene Pilote- Fortin (Deda/HYPE)

Senior Men
1. Remi Pelletier- Roy (Garneau-Québécor-Norton Rose) 2:36:24
2. Brett Tivers (Garneau-Québécor-Norton Rose)
3. Sebastien Rousseau (Deda/HYPE) 02:39
4. Pierrick Naud (EKOI.COM-GASPESIEN) 03:42
5. Hugues Lapointe (Cycle Néron LaPrairie)
6. Geoffroy Dussault (Garneau-Québécor-Norton Rose) 03:44
7. Emile Jean (EKOI.COM-GASPESIEN) 09:41
8. Unknown rider
9. Maxime Le Pluart (Deda/HYPE)
10. Antoine Matteau (EKOI.COM-GASPESIEN)
11. Etienne Samson (Deda/HYPE)
12. Dennis Cottreau (Independant)
13. Philippe Brunet (Suarez-ACQ)
14. Jean- Francois Racine (Garneau-Québécor-Norton Rose) 10:12
15. Scott Loong (Médique p/b Silber Investments) 10:37
16. William Blackburn (Médique p/b Silber Investments) 10:39
17. David Dulude (Cycle Néron LaPrairie) 17:42
DNF Jean- Samuel Deshaies (EKOI.COM-GASPESIEN)
DNF Laurent Dallaire (Team H & R Block)
DNF Francois Chabot (EKOI.COM-GASPESIEN)
DNF Nicolas Ammerlaan (Médique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF Adam Andersen (Deda/HYPE)
DNF Samuel Blanchette (Deda/HYPE)
DNF Marc Olivier Corsi (Suarez-ACQ)
DNF Felix Cote Bouvette (Prud’ Homme- IGA Ste-Marie)
DNF Michael Dalterio (Independant)
DNF Mathieu Fradet (Suarez-ACQ)
DNF Louis- Charles Lacroix (Deda/HYPE)
DNF Sebastien Lacroix (Médique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF Olivier Lavigueur (Suarez-ACQ)
DNF Raphael Masse- Viau (Quilicot-Élite)
DNF Kianoush Missaghi (Médique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF David Onsow (Quilicot-Élite)
DNF James Piccoli (Médique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF Justin Purificati (Médique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF Robert Ralph (Médique p/b Silber Investments)
DNF Jonathan Villemaire- Krajden (La Cordée)
DNF Logan Cornel (Realdealracing/La Bicicletta )
DNF Mark Langlands (Garneau-Québécor-Norton Rose)
DNF Mathieu Charruau (Nativo Concept)