June 16 (Saint-Georges, QC) — Canada’s Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) from Langley, B.C. took 4th place at Stage 4a at the Tour de Beauce – a 15km- Time Trial held at Saint-Jean-De-La-Lande. Mark Walters (ON) Navigators still holds the blue jersey as the best Canadian in 14th overall.

American Danny Pate (Tiaa-Cref) won today’s Individual Time-Trial with time of 20:40, followed by Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators and teammate Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) in third. Canadian national time trial champion Svein Tuft had a great ride taking 4th with a time of 21:16. “Tuft was recovering from an infection he picked up at the Pan American Championships”, said CC coach Vincent Jourdain.

“The Tour de Beauce is going on pretty good for the Navigators Team so far, said Walter. “We (Navigators) already won two stages and hold the yellow jersey. We just have to be careful over the next couple of days to maintain our position — unlike we did at yesterday’ stage. We have great hopes for tomorrow’s race in Québec City,” he added.

Tonight’s criterium, a 60 km course in Saint-Georges city centre, will be followed by tomorrow’s Stage 5, a 125 km-circuit departing at 12:15pm on the Grande-Allée in Québec City.

You can follow the race live on the Tour de Beauce website at www.tourdebeauce.com.

Jerseys

Yellow (Standings leader): Valeriy Kobzarenko (UKR)
White (Points leader): Valeriy Kobzarenko (UKR)
Polka (Best climber): Sergey Lagutin (UZB)
Red (Best young rider): Brent Bookwalter (USA)
Blue (Best Canadian): Mark Walters (CAN Peterborough, ON)

Results

1 Danny Pate (USA) TIAA-CREF 20.40
2 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators 0.16
3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators 0.33
4 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 0.36
5 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators
6 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health 0.51
7 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe’s pb Zero Gravity 1.02
8 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Priority Health 1.08
9 Phillip Cortes (Can) Garneau – Optik 1.09
10 Fausto Esparza Munoz (Mex) Tecos Trek VH
11 Joshua Dillon (USA) Fiordifrutta
12 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s pb Zero Gravity 1.14
13 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team
14 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 1.15
15 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators 1.18
16 Russel Downing (GBr) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed 1.20
17 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators
18 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 1.23
19 Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion
20 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek VH 1.26
21 Yovanny Torres Castro (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 1.28
22 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics
23 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Sparkasse
24 Edward King (USA) Priority Health 1.31
25 David Veilleux (Can) Garneau – Optik 1.32
26 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello
27 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek VH 1.44
28 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe’s pb Zero Gravity 1.46
29 Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 1.49
30 Mathieu Roy (Can) Garneau – Optik
31 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 1.52
32 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 1.54
33 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health 2.03
34 Tony Mann (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello 2.04
35 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canadian National Team
36 Jairo Salas Atehortua (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 2.07
37 Thoren Wieditz (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 2.08
38 Derek McMaster (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 2.11
39 Hector Rangel Zimarron (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 2.13
40 Peter Sanowar (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 2.15
41 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 2.18
42 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Canadian National Team 2.19
43 Greg Reain (Can) Canadian National Team 2.20
44 Kevin Miller (Can) Fiordifrutta 2.24
45 Christopher Rozdilsky (USA) Fiordifrutta 2.25
46 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello 2.28
47 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello 2.31
48 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 2.32
49 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 2.33
50 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 2.35
51 Dan Timmerman (USA) Fiordifrutta
52 Darren Shea (NZl) New Zealand national team 2.36
53 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed 2.39
54 Francois Parisien (Can) TIAA-CREF 2.42
55 Zachary Garland (Can) Équipe Du Québec 2.49
56 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 2.50
57 Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 2.52
58 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed 2.53
59 Simon Kelly (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 2.54
60 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics
61 Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 2.55
62 Condor Murphy (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn
63 Francisco Matamoros Navarro (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 2.56
64 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 3.00
65 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 3.03
66 Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau – Optik 3.05
67 Clovis Auger (Can) Volkswagen Trek 3.06
68 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
69 Diego Montoya (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 3.13
70 Tom Flammang (Lux) Sparkasse 3.14
71 David O’Brien (Can) Équipe Du Québec 3.15
72 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello 3.18
73 Jean-Sébastien Beland (Can) Volkswagen Trek 3.20
74 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Du Québec 3.21
75 Timo Honstein (Ger) Sparkasse 3.22
76 Rodolfo Lopez (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 3.24
77 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed 3.28
78 Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Altipower
79 Niek Asbroek (Ned) Altipower 3.29
80 Richard Faltus (Cze) Sparkasse
81 William Frischkorn (USA) TIAA-CREF 3.31
82 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed
83 Daniel Maggiacomo (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 3.32
84 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 3.35
85 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 3.36
86 Christian Lademann (Ger) Sparkasse 3.37
87 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Sparkasse 3.38
88 Eric Boily (Can) Volkswagen Trek 3.46
89 Ian Macgregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 3.47
90 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
91 Matthew White (USA) Fiordifrutta 3.52
92 Alexi Richer (Can) Équipe Du Québec 3.55
93 Philippe Abbott (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 3.58
94 Jacob P. Erker (Can) Symmetrics
95 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 3.59
96 Koki Simbo (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 4.06
97 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Altipower
98 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Altipower 4.08
99 Alexandre Lavall̩e (Can) Garneau РOptik 4.14
100 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 4.16
101 Martin Lazarski (Can) Canadian National Team 4.17
102 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics 4.18
103 Joshua Gewirtz (USA) Fiordifrutta 4.30
104 Pim Van Den Berg (Ned) Altipower 4.31
105 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe’s pb Zero Gravity
106 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Sparkasse 4.45
107 Ryan McKenzie (Can) Volkswagen Trek 4.52
108 Alexis Rojas Dias (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 5.11
109 Frank Wierstra (Ned) Altipower 5.39

GC after Stage 4a

1 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators 12.41.49
2 Danny Patte (USA) TIAA-CREF 0.16
3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators 0.22
4 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Sparkasse 0.40
5 Fausto Esparza Munoz (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 1.47
6 John Fredy Parra Calada (Col) Tecos Trek VH 2.48
7 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 3.13
8 Gregorio Ladino Vega (Col) Tecos Trek VH 3.59
9 Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 4.06
10 Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 4.32
11 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 4.47
12 Yovanny Torres Castro (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 5.04
13 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s pb Zero Gravity 5.16
14 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 5.51
15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Priority Health 6.11
16 Jairo Salas Atehortua (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 6.37
17 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators 6.48
18 Edward King (USA) Priority Health 7.05
19 Russel Downing (GBr) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed 7.07
20 Francisco Matamoros Navarro (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 7.25
21 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello 7.40
22 Joshua Dillon (USA) Fiordifrutta 9.13
23 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Canadian National Team 9.15
24 Jean-Sébastien Maheu (Can) Équipe Du Québec 9.22
25 Phillip Cortes (Can) Garneau – Optik 9.36
26 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed 10.09
27 Mathieu Roy (Can) Garneau – Optik 10.19
28 Diego Montoya (Col) Colombia Es Pasion 10.27
29 David Veilleux (Can) Garneau – Optik 10.28
30 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed 10.36
31 Zachary Garland (Can) Équipe Du Québec 10.41
32 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 10.49
33 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics 10.58
34 Jamie Lamb (Can) Garneau – Optik 10.59
35 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe’s pb Zero Gravity 11.09
36 Derek McMaster (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 11.19
37 William Frischkorn (USA) TIAA-CREF 11.35
38 Francois Parisien (Can) TIAA-CREF 11.36
39 Peter McDonald (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello 13.30
40 Simon Kelly (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 13.34
41 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed 13.58
42 Bryan Smith (USA) TIAA-CREF 14.15
43 Rodolfo Lopez (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 15.11
44 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 15.44
45 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canadian National Team 15.52
46 Kevin Miller (Can) Fiordifrutta 16.05
47 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 16.19
48 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL – Cyclingnews – Litespeed 16.24
49 Ryan Roth (Can) Canadian National Team 17.07
50 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Altipower 18.16
51 Richard Faltus (Cze) Sparkasse 18.24
52 Ian Macgregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 19.13
53 Dan Timmerman (USA) Fiordifrutta 19.32
54 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 20.24
55 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 20.26
56 Hector Rangel Zimarron (Mex) Tecos Trek VH 20.49
57 Jacob P. Erker (Can) Symmetrics 20.58
58 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe’s pb Zero Gravity 21.06
59 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health 21.07
60 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 21.08
61 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics 21.17
62 Koki Simbo (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 21.25
63 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics 21.45
64 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 22.40
65 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello 24.15
66 Raphaël Tremblay (Can) Volkswagen Trek 24.43
67 Thoren Wieditz (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 24.54
68 Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Altipower 26.14
69 Timo Honstein (Ger) Sparkasse 26.26
70 Niek Asbroek (Ned) Altipower 29.14
71 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health 30.12
72 Tony Mann (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello 30.34
73 Matthew White (USA) Fiordifrutta 30.57
74 Greg Reain (Can) Canadian National Team 31.51
75 Jean-Sébastien Beland (Can) Volkswagen Trek 32.25
76 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 34.07
77 Philippe Abbott (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 35.30
78 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators 40.24
79 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics 40.25
80 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 41.18
81 Maxime Vives (Can) Calyon-Litespeed 41.18
82 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Sparkasse 42.59
83 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers – Caravello 43.48
84 Tom Flammang (Lux) Sparkasse 45.44
85 David O’Brien (Can) Équipe Du Québec 48.38
86 Eric Boily (Can) Volkswagen Trek 50.37
87 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Altipower 51.29
88 Darren Shea (NZl) New Zealand national team 52.39
89 Christian Lademann (Ger) Sparkasse 53.42
90 Clovis Auger (Can) Volkswagen Trek 54.45
91 Christopher Rozdilsky (USA) Fiordifrutta 56.38
92 Peter Sanowar (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 59.03
93 Condor Murphy (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 59.47
94 Alexi Richer (Can) Équipe Du Québec 1.00.43
95 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 1.03.50
96 Derek Burke (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 1.03.56
97 Daniel Maggiacomo (Can) Italpasta – Transport Belmire C.C. 1.10.23
98 Morgan Fox (Irl) Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn 1.11.02