June 14, 2007 (Mont-Mégantic, QC) — As expected, the infamous Mont Mégantic stage, which finishes with a 3.9-km climb to the Mont Mégantic observatory, completely shuffled the overall standings of the 2007 Tour de Beauce. Mark Walters (CAN, Kodak Gallery) relinquished the yellow jersey to Gregorio Ladino Vega (MEX, Tecos). The Mexican also re-took the mountains classification lead from Valeriy Kobzarenko (UKR, Navigators), victim of a crash early in the stage.

The stage result was hotly contested, as New Zealander Glen Alan Chadwick (Navigators) took his second stage win in as many days, motoring away from François Parisien (CAN, Slipstream) in the final kilometre of the Mégantic climb. Sergey Lagutin (UZB, Navigators), winner of this stage last year, crossed the line in third.

“Kodak controlled the race really well,” said Chadwick after the finish. “I rode myself into a good move and when we hit the climb I just went as hard as I could.”

But the battle for the overall win was behind the three leaders. Three riders from the stage-1 breakaway, Gregorio Ladino Vega (Mex, Tecos), Ben Day (AUS, Navigators) and Svein Tuft (CAN, Symmetrics), started the climb together tied on the general classification. At the top of the mountain, it was Vega who finished fourth, but he only gained a handful of seconds on Day and Tuft. The three riders head into tomorrow’s time trial at the head of the overall standings with only 19 seconds separating them.

“I will give my maximum in the time trial,” said Ladino Vega. “I hope to be in good condition to defend the yellow jersey.”

But Ladino Vega may not be able to hold off the time trial specialists. Tuft is two-time Canadian champion in this discipline, and Day is one of Australia’s top time trialists as well: he finished 10th in the 2003 World Championships in Hamilton.

Whatever happens tomorrow, the race is far from over, with two tough circuit races on the weekend in Quebec City and St-Georges.

“The last two stages are complicated — you never know what can happen,” said Day.

Results

1. Glen Alan Chadwick (Nzl) Navigators Insurance 3:58:23
2. Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 0:09
3. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 0:30
4. Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 0:33
5. Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0:48
6. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 0:52
7. Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 1:18
8. David O’Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1:18
9. Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 1:25
10. Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 1:30
11. Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 1:37
12. Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1:45
13. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 1:48
14. John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 1:48
15. Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1:54
16. Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 1:59
17. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 2:08
18. Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 2:12
19. Rob Britton (Can) La-Z-Boy 2:13
20. Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 2:29
21. Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 3:11
22. Connor Trevor (Can) La-Z-Boy 3:21
23. Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 3:42
24. Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3:50
25. Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 4:03
26. Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4:14
27. Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 4:31
28. Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 4:49
29. Éric Boily (Can) Eva-Devinci 5:06
30. Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 5:11
31. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 5:14
32. David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 5:19
33. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5:29
34. William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen Trek 5:37
35. Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 6:13
36. Mathieu Roy (Can) Eva-Devinci 6:15
37. Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 6:27
38. Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 6:36
39. Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 6:36
40. Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 6:36
41. Jamie Sparling (Can) La-Z-Boy 6:36
42. Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 6:56
43. Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec 7:03
44. Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci 7:38
45. Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek 8:31
46. Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 11:04
47. Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 11:04
48. Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 13:17
49. Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 13:17
50. Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 13:58
51. Benjamin Martel (Can) Garneau-Crocs 18:37
52. Cody O’Rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 24:15
53. Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau-Crocs 24:15
54. Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec 24:15
55. Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 25:46
56. Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 25:46
57. Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 26:17
58. Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 26:29
59. Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau-Crocs 26:58
60. Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E 27:49
61. Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E 27:49
62. Phil Cortes (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 27:49
63. Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau-Crocs 27:49
64. Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream 28:09
65. Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 28:44
66. Dave Vukets (Can) Team Spin 12 29:20
67. Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E 29:56
68. Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E 29:56
69. Peter Ladd (Aus) Garneau-Crocs 32:53
70. Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 32:53
71. Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 35:25
72. Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 38:08
73. Ryan Beliveau (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 38:49
74. Jeffrey Dirksen (Ned) Team R.A.C.E 41:00
75. André Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 53:01
76. Charlie Bryer (Can) Team Spin 12 53:01
77. Peter Morse (Can) Team Spin 12 53:01
78. Charles Thibault (Can) Eva-Devinci 55:21
DNF Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance
DNF Luis Fernando Macias (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh
DNF Will Dickison (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team
DNF Jean-Sébastien Beland (Can) Volkswagen Trek
DNF Charly Vives (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon-Litespeed
DNF David Veilleux (Can) Québec
DNF Thorben Wieditz (Can) Team Spin 12
DNF Ugo Lapierre (Can) Farso Denmark Nat
DNF Dustin Macbernie (Can) Team R.A.C.E
DNF Eric Robertson (Can) Team R.A.C.E

GC after Stage 3

1. Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 13:15:32
2. Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0:15
3. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 0:19
4. Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 0:41
5. David O’Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 0:45
6. Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 0:52
7. Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 1:04
8. Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1:20
9. Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 1:26
10. Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 1:30
11. Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 2:02
12. Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 5:24
13. Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 6:41
14. Glen Alan Chadwick (Nzl) Navigators Insurance 7:21
15. Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 7:53
16. Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 9:22
17. Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 9:39
18. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 10:05
19. Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 11:50
20. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 13:11
21. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 13:34
22. Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 14:43
23. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 14:56
24. John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 14:56
25. Rob Britton (Can) La-Z-Boy 15:21
26. Connor Trevor (Can) La-Z-Boy 16:29
27. Ivor Bruin (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 16:50
28. Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 16:56
29. Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 17:22
30. Greg Reain (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 17:57
31. Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics 18:19
32. David Pell (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 18:27
33. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 18:35
34. Mathieu Roy (Can) Eva-Devinci 19:23
35. Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 19:35
36. Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 19:44
37. Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 19:44
38. Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 19:44
39. Jamie Sparling (Can) La-Z-Boy 20:04
40. Heberth Gutierrez Garcia (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 20:04
41. Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Eva-Devinci 20:46
42. Éric Boily (Can) Eva-Devinci 23:27
43. William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen Trek 23:37
44. Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 24:10
45. Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 24:12
46. Martin Gilbert (Can) Québec 25:06
47. Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 26:25
48. Keven Lacombe (Can) Volkswagen Trek 26:34
49. Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 27:06
50. Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 31:20
51. Benjamin Martel (Can) Garneau-Crocs 36:37
52. Derrick St-John (Can) Garneau-Crocs 37:23
53. Pascal Bussières (Can) Québec 37:23
54. Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 39:32
55. Buck Milller (Can) Team R.A.C.E 40:57
56. Alex Howes (USA) Team Slipstream 41:17
57. Cody O’Rielly (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 42:15
58. Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 43:49
59. Matt Guse (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 43:49
60. Jean-François Racine (Can) Garneau-Crocs 44:58
61. Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 45:46
62. Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E 45:49
63. Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau-Crocs 45:49
64. Phil Cortes (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 46:17
65. Dave Vukets (Can) Team Spin 12 47:23
66. Adam Thuss (Can) Team R.A.C.E 47:59
67. Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E 47:59
68. Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 48:24
69. Peter Ladd (Aus) Garneau-Crocs 50:53
70. Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 52:11
71. Jesse Athony (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 52:15
72. Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 1:03
73. Ryan Beliveau (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 5:24
74. Peter Morse (Can) Team Spin 12 6:09
75. Charlie Bryer (Can) Team Spin 12 11:04
76. André Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 19:36
77. Jeffrey Dirksen (Ned) Team R.A.C.E 21:02
78. Charles Thibault (Can) Eva-Devinci 47:27

Points Classification

1. Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 33 pts
2. Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 31
3. Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 27
4. Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 23
5. Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 22
6. Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 20
7. Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 19
8. Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 19
9. David O’loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 19
10. Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 17
11. Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 17
12. Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 16
13. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 16
14. Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 15
15. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 13
16. Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 12
17. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 12
18. Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 9
19. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 8
20. Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 7
21. Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 4
22. Soren Petersen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 4
23. Craig Mccarney (Aus) Savings And Loans Cycling Team 3
24. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 3
25. Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 3
26. Jacob Nielsen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 2
27. Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2
28. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2
29. Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2
30. John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 2
31. Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1

Mountains Classification

1. Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek Vh 51 pts
2. Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 35
3. Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 35
4. Francois Parisien (Can) Team Slipstream 27
5. Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 27
6. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics 21
7. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 20
8. Dominique Perras (Can) Québec 16
9. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 12
10. Charles Dionne (Can) Québec 9
11. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 9
12. Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8
13. Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 8
14. Mark Walters (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 7
15. David O’loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 7
16. Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6
17. Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 6
18. Juan Pablo Magallanes Arawda (Mex) Tecos Trek Vh 4
19. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics 4
20. Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics 4
21. Ben Raby (USA) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 3
22. Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 3
23. Éric Boily (Can) Eva-Devinci 2
24. Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream 2
25. Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 1
26. Morten Christiansen (Den) Farso Denmark Nat 1
27. Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1

Team Classification

1. Navigators Insurance 15.49.22
2. Symmetrics 2.54
3. Tecos Trek Vh 7.46
4. Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team 20.49
5. Team Sparkasse 25.11
6. Team Slipstream 25.57
7. Farso Denmark Nat 29.01
8. Québec 30.47
9. Savings And Loans Cycling Team 46.34
10. La-Z-Boy 49.08
11. Eva-Devinci 1.00.50
12. Volkswagen Trek 1.35.50
13. Calyon-Litespeed 1.42.43
14. Garneau-Crocs 1.56.12
15. Team R.A.C.E 2.07.04
16. Team Spin 12 3.01.47