June 23, 2019 (Saint-Georges, Que.) – Brendan Rhim (USA) Arapahoe/Hincapie p/b BMC took home the biggest win of his career claiming the 34th annual Tour de Beauce. He triumphed during the final laps of the 122km Stage 5 in a barn-burner finale played out on the streets of Saint-Georges.

Defending champ, James Piccoli (Team Canada), made a valiant attempt to defend his title but in the end finished 4th on the final stage and second overall. Diego Milan Jimenez (Dom) Inteja IMCA – Ridea DCT took the final stage win with Rhim second and Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling Team third.

“It’s the biggest win of my career,” said Rhim who was all smiles and very pleased with his victory. “It was very tight and you never know. Piccoli was stronger on the climbs, but I think my sprint was better.” Rhim is no stranger to winning in Canada having won the legendary Tour de l’Abitibi in 2013.

“I cannot be disappointed,” commented Team Canada’s Piccoli the defending champ. “We really tried everything. We are happy with the result.”

Nicolas Zukowsky (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling Team, 21, in yellow since since Stage 2, finished 7th on the final stage to claim third overall. Five Canadians made the top-10 on the final GC.

“I felt really good and was confident. The team rode well and I cannot be disappointed with third at the Tour de Beauce and the best young rider jersey. I’m still very happy. After winning Saguenay last week it’s all good for the upcoming Canadian road championships next week,” said Zukowsky.

The final stage at Beauce is often the decider and this year featured one of the closest races in memory. The General Classification was so tight that the top five were less than 15 seconds apart. Zukowsky and Tyler Magner (Rally UHC) were a mere 0.97 seconds apart. Serghei Tvetcov, Zukowsky’s teammate, was at six seconds, Rhim was ten seconds behind and Piccoli was at 14 seconds.

Canada’s Pier-Andre Cote (Rally UHC) became the virtual leader in an early break that was eventually reeled in and a reshuffling saw Milan, Rhim and Piccoli in charge as a small break of five riders gained 30 seconds on the yellow jersey.

Magner cracked as Floyd’s tried in vein to bring back the motivated leaders and came within 15 seconds but the deed was done as Milan took the win with Rhim in second to top the final GC podium including the White Jersey. Zukowsky won the Best Young Rider Red Jersey and Oscar Sanchez (Col) Canel’s Specialized won the KOM Polka Dot Jersey. Floyd’s Pro Cycling won the Team Classification.

Results

1. Diego Milan Jimenez (Dom) Inteja Imca-Ridea Dct 3:07:57
2. Brendan Rhim (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc
3. Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s pro Cycling
4. James Piccoli (Can) Canada 00:03
5. Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 00:32
6. Derek Gee (Can) Canada 00:36
7. Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Floyd’s pro Cycling 00:37
8. Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc
9. Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
10. Jordan Cheyne (Can) Team B.C. 00:41
11. Miguel Luis Álvarez Ayala (Mex) Inteja Imca-Ridea Dct 00:58
12. Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s pro Cycling
13. Barry Miller (USA) VeloSelect
14. Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
15. Ryan Roth (Can) Xspeed United Continental 01:35
16. Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 01:38
17. Matthew Zimmer (USA) VeloSelect
18. Ben Katerberg (Can) Development Team Sunweb
19. Gregory Daniel (USA) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team
20. Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Canada
21. Boris Carene (Fra) VeloSelect 02:48
22. Alexander Amiri (Can) Team B.C. 04:02
23. Pablo Andrés Alarcon Cares (Chi) Canel’s-Specialized
24. Bernat Font Mas (Esp) 303 Project
25. Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc 04:32
26. Miguel Bryon (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc
27. Laurent Gervais (Can) Canada 05:19
28. Adam Roberge (Can) Canada
29. Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project 06:58
30. Curtis White (USA) VeloSelect 07:33
31. Elvys Reyes (Pur) Inteja Imca-Ridea Dct
32. Abner González Rivera (Pur) Inteja Imca-Ridea Dct
33. Marko Pavli_ (Slo) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team 09:28
34. Oscar Eduardo Sanchez Guarin (Col) Canel’s-Specialized 11:20
35. Christopher Winn (Aus) 303 Project 13:47
36. Michael Foley (Can) Canada
37. Adam De Vos (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
38. Seth Jones (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc
39. Parker Kyzer (USA) Team Skyline
40. Mitchell Ketler (Can) Probaclac / Devinci
41. Jasper Albrecht (Aus) Xspeed United Continental
42. Clément Maertens (Fra) Asptt Nancy Meurthe et Moselle
43. Francis Izquierdo Bernier (Can) Probaclac / Devinci
44. Connor Toppings (Can) Probaclac / Devinci
45. Yordan Andreev (Bul) Asptt Nancy Meurthe et Moselle
46. Antoine Leplingard (Fra) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team
47. Lukas Conly (Can) Ride With Rendall
48. Efren Santos Moreno (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
49. Ethan Pauly (Can) Team B.C.
50. Robin Plamondon (Can) Floyd’s pro Cycling
51. Joshua Kropf (Can) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team 16:33
52. Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project
53. Emile Farrell-Dessureault (Can) Ride With Rendall
54. Chris Macleod (Can) Team B.C. 18:41
55. Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
DNF Adam Jamieson (Can) Canada
DNF Taylor (T.J.) Eisenhart (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc
DNF Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc
DNF Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
DNF Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Floyd’s pro Cycling
DNF Alexander Cowan (Can) Floyd’s pro Cycling
DNF Emile Jean (Can) Floyd’s pro Cycling
DNF Max Rubarth (Can) Ride With Rendall
DNF Jacob Lacroix (Can) Ride With Rendall
DNF Johann Van Zyl (Rsa) 303 Project
DNF Rolando Gonzalez Fernandez (Crc) 303 Project
DNF Lucas Dauge (Fra) Novo Nordisk Development Team
DNF Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Novo Nordisk Development Team
DNF Reid Mcclure (Can) Novo Nordisk Development Team
DNF Olivier Peloquin (Can) Probaclac/Devinci
DNF Felix Boutin (Can) Probaclac / Devinci
DNF Jackson Bocksnick (Can) Team B.C.
DNF Francisco Lara Carbajal (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
DNF Ignacio Prado Juarez (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
DNF Eduardo Corte Cordero (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
DNF Stéphen Boterel (Fra) Asptt Nancy Meurthe et Moselle
DNF James Mc Kay (Gbr) Asptt Nancy Meurthe et Moselle
DNF Loïc Trouillot (Fra) Asptt Nancy Meurthe et Moselle
DNF Jure Rupnik (Slo) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team
DNF Travis Samuel (Can) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team
DNF Jean-Denis Thibault (Can) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team
DNF Dylan Mckenna (Aus) Xspeed United Continental
DNF William Elliott (Can) Xspeed United Continental
DNF Jordan Schmidt (Aus) Xspeed United Continental
DNF Alexandre Latil (Fra) VeloSelect
DNF Stephen Hyde (USA) VeloSelect

Final GC
1. Brendan Rhim (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc 15:27:51
2. James Piccoli (Can) Canada 00:14
3. Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Floyd’s pro Cycling 00:36
4. Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s pro Cycling 00:57
5. Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s pro Cycling 01:03
6. Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 01:24
7. Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 03:02
8. Matthew Zimmer (USA) VeloSelect 03:32
9. Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 03:37
10. Ben Katerberg (Can) Development Team Sunweb 03:40
11. Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc 04:18
12. Barry Miller (USA) VeloSelect 04:59
13. Adam Roberge (Can) Canada 06:00
14. Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Canada 06:16
15. Miguel Luis Álvarez Ayala (Mex) Inteja Imca-Ridea Dct 06:32
16. Jordan Cheyne (Can) Team B.C. 07:32
17. Pablo Andrés Alarcon Cares (Chi) Canel’s-Specialized 09:17
18. Bernat Font Mas (Esp) 303 Project 09:59
19. Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 10:11
20. Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project 12:14
21. Boris Carene (Fra) VeloSelect 12:31
22. Ryan Roth (Can) Xspeed United Continental 15:15
23. Laurent Gervais (Can) Canada 16:09
24. Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc 16:23
25. Oscar Eduardo Sanchez Guarin (Col) Canel’s-Specialized 16:27
26. Alexander Amiri (Can) Team B.C. 16:43
27. Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 18:40
28. Derek Gee (Can) Canada 21:10
29. Diego Milan Jimenez (Dom) Inteja Imca-Ridea Dct 22:50
30. Yordan Andreev (Bul) Asptt Nancy Meurthe et Moselle 24:20
31. Abner González Rivera (Pur) Inteja Imca-Ridea Dct 27:50
32. Gregory Daniel (USA) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team 30:43
33. Seth Jones (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc
34. Robin Plamondon (Can) Floyd’s pro Cycling 32:06
35. Miguel Bryon (USA) Arapahoe | Hincapie Powered by Bmc 33:51
36. Marko Pavli_ (Slo) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team 34:07
37. Curtis White (USA) VeloSelect 37:45
38. Elvys Reyes (Pur) Inteja Imca-Ridea Dct 41:03
39. Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project 43:46
40. Clément Maertens (Fra) Asptt Nancy Meurthe et Moselle 43:59
41. Adam De Vos (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 44:12
42. Parker Kyzer (USA) Team Skyline 44:40
43. Ethan Pauly (Can) Team B.C. 44:41
44. Jasper Albrecht (Aus) Xspeed United Continental 45:21
45. Mitchell Ketler (Can) Probaclac / Devinci 46:36
46. Emile Farrell-Dessureault (Can) Ride With Rendall 47:00
47. Michael Foley (Can) Canada 48:13
48. Antoine Leplingard (Fra) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team 50:13
49. Christopher Winn (Aus) 303 Project 56:08
50. Francis Izquierdo Bernier (Can) Probaclac / Devinci 56:12
51. Efren Santos Moreno (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 1:01:26
52. Chris Macleod (Can) Team B.C. 1:07:09
53. Connor Toppings (Can) Probaclac / Devinci 1:09:49
54. Lukas Conly (Can) Ride With Rendall 1:14:16
55. Joshua Kropf (Can) Dc Bank pro Cycling Team 1:19:11