August 1, 2008 (Amos, QC) – Not surprisingly, American Nathan Brown of Hot Tubes Development beat out all his rivals on Saturday by seconds to win the individual time trials in Amos, the third stage of the Coupe des Nations Abitibi 2008. Brown covered the 17.7km between St. Maurice de Dalquier and Amos in 22 minutes 51 seconds. His victory earned him the brown leader’s jersey and the orange points jersey as well due to his performance during the sprints in the first stage of the route. Recently Brown placed 12th position at the 2008 Junior World Road Champoinship time trials.

Two other Americans, Andrew Barker and Adam Leibovitz, captured the second and third places both covering the course in 23 minutes 3 seconds. The intermittent rain did not stop Amos fans from coming out to line the course in order to cheer on all the cyclists, especially the hometown favourite, Pierrick Naud.

The final and longest stage (118.2 km) of the North American segment of the Coupe des Nations will commence at 3 p.m. EDT on Sunday between Senneterre and Val d’Or. Then the riders can take advantage of a well-earned rest, especially those who competed in the back-to-back events in Val-d’Or — the Tour de l’Abitibi and the Coupe des Nations.

Brown jersey (individual leader) :
* Nathan Brown (United States)
Orange jersey (points leader) :
* Nathan Brown (United States)
Leading Nation:
* Hot Tubes Development (United States)

Results

1. Nathan Brown (United States) 22:51
2. Andrew Barker (United States) 23:03:88
3. Adam Leibovitz (United States) 23:03:95
4. Daniil Fominykh (Kazakhstan) 23:07
5. Fabio Silvestre (Portugal) 23:17
6. Adrian Huemmer (Canada 2) 23:19
7. Nick Aitken (Australia) 23:21
8. Larry Warbasse (United States) 23:26
9. Hugo Houle (Canada 1) 23:31
10. Devon Novakowski (Canada 1) 23:31

GC after Stage 3

1. Nathan Brown (United States) 4:50:34
2. Nick Aitken (Australia) 0:23
3. Daniil Fominykh (Kazakhstan)
4. Larry Warbasse (United States) 0:39
5. Pierrick Naud (Quebec) 1:00
6. Ruslan Abdulmanov (Kazakhstan) 1:11
7. Andrew Barker (United States) 1:14
8. Dustin Andrews (Canada 1) 1:17
9. Fabio Silvestre (Portugal) 1:24
10. Oleg Solomko (Ukraine) 1:31

Complete results : www.tourabitibi.qc.ca