July 18, 2007 (Val d’Or, QC) – After many attempts yesterday to break away from the field, Tom David (New Zealand National) finally made good and rolled across the line first today on Stage 3, a 94.7km road race from Senneterre to Val d’Or. David was victorious after attacking a 13-man break in the finishing circuits of today’s road race.

The stage started a little bit later then normal today after yesterday’s double stage kept riders busy for much of the day. The peloton completed five circuits of the small community of Senneterre before taking to the open roads. Race leader Guillaume Boivin (Equipe de Quebec) had the misfortune of flatting on the second of the initial five laps but was able to receive a quick wheel change and catch back on before the race left town.

The opening kilometers were fast and nervous as riders attacked attempting to establish a break. At first a large 22-man group formed but with no USA national team members present the move was brought back in short order. Riders continued down the relatively flat roads towards Val d’Or with the only major obstacles on course being the very rough conditions of the road.

For a stretch of about 10 kilometers the race radio was unable to pass on the progress of a break, as they were too busy relaying messages to teams whose riders had flatted and were in need of assistance.

When the “flatting contest” subsided we found out that David and Stephane Cossette (Quebec), recent 2007 Canadian Junior National champion and GC threat, were leading. After the stage David remarked that the break was made up of many different teams and they were all working well together. “When I bridged across, the gap got pretty good quite quickly so I knew there was a chance,” said Davis.

This break set the tone for the rest of the race. It managed a 1:36 lead before GC contenders and team mates Taylor Phinney and Danny Summerhill, both with the US National team, began bringing it back. As the break entered the streets of Val d’Or and began the three-lap finishing circuit the gap had been reduced to 1:12. Devon Novakowski (Team Ontario) took the town line sprint earning $200 and making up for crashing in yesterday’s first stage. As the break completed the second lap, the peloton had brought the break to within 40 seconds.

David decided to go for the win as he attacked the break with one lap to go. “I probably still had a bit left if I was to get caught, but it was pretty much all or nothing move,” he recounted after the race. David was so intent on winning that he rolled across the line with his head down, pounding away on the pedals, completely unaware that he had won the race.

It wasn’t until the next hill that the commissaries flagged him down and informed that him that the race was over. Arnaud Papillon (Andre Cycle/IdCad) led the remnants of the break, six seconds back, narrowly edging Stephane Cossette (Equipe de Quebec) for third.

Cossette may have been missed the stage win, but because of his efforts on the day moved into first overall with a 17-seconds advantage over David who claimed second as a result of his win. GC leader Boivin finished with the pack in 18th and thus drops to 3rd overall with Phinney and Summerhill rounding out the top five.

Stage four gets underway early tomorrow morning with the infamous 14.5km Individual time trial, which begins 80 meters below ground in a mine and climbs at a gradient of 17% over 500 meters to reach the streets above. Later tomorrow evening racers will contest a 63km criterium in the neighboring community of Amos. It is expected that the GC will begin to sort itself out tomorrow with the opportunity for gains to be made in the test against the clock.

Results

1. Tom David (NZl) New Zealand National 1:58:47
2. Arnaud Papillon (Can) André Cycle/IdCad 0:06
3. Stéphane Cossette (Can) Québec
4. Masanori Noguchi (Jpn) Japan High School
5. Rico Wientjes (Ned) Netherlands
6. Cody Campbell (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci
7. Nolan Froese (USA) Baraboo Sharks
8. Joseph Tokarski (USA) Hotel San Jose
9. Azamat Turaev (Uzb) Uzbekistan
10. Joey Rosskopf (USA) South Eastern Regional
11. Devon Novakowski (Can) Ontario 0:10
12. Francois-Charles Malo (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci 0:18
13. Thomas Vaillant (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs 0:27
14. Francois Chabot (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault 0:29
15. Jarno Gmelich Beijling (Ned) Netherlands
16. Taylor Phinney (USA) USA National
17. Jesper Asselman (Ned) Netherlands
18. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Québec
19. Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Québec
20. Quentin Gougeon (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs
21. Daniel Summerhill (USA) USA National
22. William Garneau (Can) Québec
23. Martin Pirlet (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes
24. Jonathan Eijssens (Ned) Netherlands
25. Guillaume Blais-Dufour (Can) Québec
26. Vincent Quirion (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
27. Hugo Houle (Can) Québec
28. Harrison Harb (USA) North East Regional
29. Ricardo Cruz (USA) Major Motion
30. Benjanmin Barsi-Rhyne (USA) Arizona Select
31. Tony Guinhut (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs
32. Brett Jacoby (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling
33. Thacker Reeves (USA) Hotel San Jose
34. Christophe Premont (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes
35. Maik Wensink (Ned) Netherlands
36. Grant Van Horn (USA) USA National
37. James Williamson (NZl) New Zealand National
38. Marc Allard (Can) Abitibi
39. Wade Mangham (NZl) New Zealand National
40. Simon Gagnon-Brassard (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci
41. Ryoma Nonaka (Jpn) Japan National
42. Nick Keller (USA) Arizona Select
43. Travis Burandt (USA) Hotel San Jose
44. Robert Schmidt (USA) North East Regional
45. Simon Honour (NZl) New Zealand National
46. Garrett Mcleod (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
47. Gabriel Leboeuf (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
48. Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Borah Development
49. Yannick Bédard (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
50. Nicolas Chollet (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs
51. Michael Talley (USA) South Central Development
52. José Blonco (Mex) Major Motion
53. Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Japan National
54. Marc Dugas (Can) André Cycle/IdCad
55. Spencer Smitheman (Can) Alberta
56. Antoine Matteau (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
57. Danny Finneran (USA) Major Motion
58. Hophra Gerard (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes
59. Ludovic Fleury (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
60. Alfredo Cruz (USA) Major Motion
61. Connor Sallee (USA) North East Regional
62. Cédrik Dion-Poitras (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci
63. Micah Herman (USA) South Central Development
64. Michael Midlarsky (USA) Arizona Select
65. Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National
66. Benjamin King (USA) USA National
67. Yuya Aoyama (Jpn) Japan National
68. Oscar Clark (USA) South Eastern Regional
69. Pierre-Yves Vromen (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes
70. Carter Jones (USA) USA National
71. Christopher Allard (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs
72. Ryan Zupko (USA) Arizona Select
73. Joseph Kukolla (USA) USA National
74. Shunsuke Horiuchi (Jpn) Japan National
75. Christian Parrett (USA) South Eastern Regional
76. Thomas Devisscher (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
77. Nikita Abramov (Uzb) Uzbekistan
78. Reed Taylor (USA) Mid-South Development
79. Evan Mundy (Can) Ontario
80. Jérôme Boucher (Can) André Cycle/IdCad
81. Nicolas Lefrancois (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
82. Alex Wieseler (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling
83. David Maltais (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci
84. Dave Hackworthy (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling
85. David Boily (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
86. Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National
87. Brice Ward (USA) Arizona Select
88. Danny Zagay (Can) Abitibi
89. Joshua Brown (NZl) New Zealand National
90. Stephen Housley (USA) South Eastern Regional
91. Draye Redfern (USA) South Central Development
92. Carmi Schulman (USA) Hotel San Jose
93. Lewis Almonte (USA) North East Regional
94. Batthew Huseboe (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling
95. Vincent Veilleux-Lessard (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
96. Weston Luzadder (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling
97. Filip Capala (USA) North East Regional
98. Graham Lang (USA) North East Regional
99. Denis Chernukhin (Uzb) Uzbekistan
100. Scotty Tickemyer (USA) Major Motion
101. Jamie Riggs (Can) Ontario
102. Peter Mayrhofer (USA) Mid-South Development
103. James Dobson (NZl) New Zealand National
104. Dustin Andrews (Can) Alberta 0:29
105. Jun Shimizu (Jpn) Japan High School 0:56
106. Marco Cote (Can) Ontario 0:58
107. Logan Cornel (Can) Ontario 1:00
108. Chris Hurst (USA) Baraboo Sharks 1:23
109. Kazuto Komaki (Jpn) Japan High School 0:29
110. Kyle Cochran (USA) Mid-South Development 1:32
111. Chikayoshi Uoya (Jpn) Japan High School
112. Alex Hetherington (USA) South Central Development 1:34
113. Travis Troxtell (USA) Hotel San Jose
114. Taylor Kuphaldt (USA) Major Motion 1:37
115. Lucien Pirotte (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes 1:49
116. Christopher Dale (USA) South Eastern Regional
117. Anthony Olson (USA) Borah Development
118. Kevin Young (USA) Borah Development
119. Evan Bybee (USA) South Central Development
120. Erik Meier (USA) Baraboo Sharks 1:52
121. Kyle Fry (Can) Ontario 2:26
122. Ryan Mimko (USA) Mid-South Development
123. Frédérick Montplaisir (Can) Abitibi
124. Louis-Phillipe Leclerc (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
125. Dominic Cantin (Can) Abitibi
126. John Caldwell (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling 2:58
127. Cedrick Bourgeois (Can) André Cycle/IdCad 3:28
128. Mitch Gantz (USA) Baraboo Sharks 3:33
129. Roland Dijkhuizen (Ned) Netherlands
130. CharlesAlexandre Cloutier (Can) André Cycle/IdCad
131. Dmitriy Melikov (Uzb) Uzbekistan 3:35
132. Cameron Lasky (USA) Arizona Select 3:40
133. Jordan Marquet (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes 3:50
134. Tomohiro Toriumi (Jpn) Japan High School 4:09
135. Eiichi Hirai (Jpn) Japan High School
136. Ryan Crawford (Can) Abitibi 4:25
137. Logan Von Bokel (USA) Borah Development 5:03
138. Neal Gregory (Can) Alberta 5:16
139. Lloyd Sutton (USA) Borah Development 5:46
140. Lenny Dion (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci 5:49
141. Jean-Paul Leclair (USA) South Central Development 6:22
142. Phillip Baxter (USA) South Eastern Regional 7:02
143. James Mollison (Can) Alberta 7:32
144. Sherwood Plant (Can) Alberta
145. Mac Brennan (USA) Borah Development
146. Jordan Hester (USA) Hotel San Jose 16:27
147. Cody Hall (USA) Mid-South Development 17:52
148. Ismailjon Karimov (Uzb) Uzbekistan
149. Guillaume Dubois (Can) Abitibi 20:36
150. Jeff Rudy (USA) Baraboo Sharks
OTL Allen Morris (USA) Mid-South Development
OTL Pier-Alexandre Marquette (Can) André Cycle/IdCad
DNF Peter Smith (USA) Baraboo Sharks
DNF Quentin Desman (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs

GC after Stage 3

1. Stéphane Cossette (Can) Québec 4:36:26
2. Tom David (NZl) New Zealand National 0:17
3. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Québec 0:18
4. Taylor Phinney (USA) USA National 0:22
5. Daniel Summerhill (USA) USA National 0:26
6. Joseph Kukolla (USA) USA National
7. Guillaume Blais-Dufour (Can) Québec 0:27
8. Carter Jones (USA) USA National
9. Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Québec 0:28
10. Hugo Houle (Can) Québec
11. François Chabot (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault 0:37
12. Garrett Mcleod (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault 0:38
13. Vincent Quirion (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
14. Joseph Tokarski (USA) Hotel San Jose
15. Antoine Matteau (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault 0:39
16. David Boily (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
17. Ludovic Fleury (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault
18. Nolan Froese (USA) Baraboo Sharks 0:40
19. Arnaud Papillon (Can) André Cycle/IdCad 0:44
20. Tony Guinhut (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs 0:46
21. Joey Rosskopf (USA) South Eastern Regional
22. Thomas Vaillant (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs 0:48
23. Azamat Turaev (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0:49
24. Quentin Gougeon (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs
25. Nicolas Chollet (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs 0:50
26. William Garneau (Can) Québec 0:51
27. James Williamson (NZl) New Zealand National 0:53
28. José Blonco (Mex) Major Motion
29. Danny Finneran (USA) Major Motion
30. Scotty Tickemyer (USA) Major Motion
31. Ricardo Cruz (USA) Major Motion
32. Alfredo Cruz (USA) Major Motion
33. Simon Honour (NZl) New Zealand National 0:55
34. Wade Mangham (NZl) New Zealand National 0:56
35. Joshua Brown (NZl) New Zealand National 0:57
36. Carmi Schulman (USA) Hotel San Jose 1:01
37. Travis Burandt (USA) Hotel San Jose 1:02
38. Cody Campbell (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci
39. Thacker Reeves (USA) Hotel San Jose
40. Benjamin King (USA) USA National
41. Rico Wientjes (Ned) Netherlands 1:04
42. Masanori Noguchi (Jpn) Japan High School
43. Evan Mundy (Can) Ontario 1:05
44. Jamie Riggs (Can) Ontario 1:06
45. Stephen Housley (USA) South Eastern Regional 1:08
46. Oscar Clark (USA) South Eastern Regional
47. Christian Parrett (USA) South Eastern Regional 1:10
48. François-Charles Malo (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci 1:11
49. Grant Van Horn (USA) USA National 1:12
50. Benjanmin Barsi-Rhyne (USA) Arizona Select
51. Nick Keller (USA) Arizona Select 1:13
52. Ryan Zupko (USA) Arizona Select
53. Michael Midlarsky (USA) Arizona Select
54. Nikita Abramov (Uzb) Uzbekistan
55. Denis Chernukhin (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1:14
56. Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National 1:15
57. Brett Jacoby (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling
58. Shunsuke Horiuchi (Jpn) Japan National 1:16
59. Marc Dugas (Can) André Cycle/IdCad 1:17
60. Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National
61. Yuya Aoyama (Jpn) Japan National
62. Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Japan National
63. Ryoma Nonaka (Jpn) Japan National
64. Filip Capala (USA) North East Regional 1:19
65. Connor Sallee (USA) North East Regional
66. James Dobson (NZl) New Zealand National
67. Thomas Devisscher (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
68. Gabriel Leboeuf (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
69. Nicolas Lefrançois (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
70. Yannick Bédard (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy
71. Christopher Allard (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs 1:20
72. Vincent Veilleux-Lessard (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy 1:21
73. Robert Schmidt (USA) North East Regional
74. Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Borah Development
75. Lewis Almonte (USA) North East Regional 1:22
76. Spencer Smitheman (Can) Alberta
77. Dustin Andrews (Can) Alberta 1:23
78. Simon Gagnon-Brassard (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci
79. David Maltais (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci 1:24
80. Maik Wensink (Ned) Netherlands 1:26
81. Jarno Gmelich Beijling (Ned) Netherlands 1:27
82. Jesper Asselman (Ned) Netherlands
83. Batthew Huseboe (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling 1:27
84. Michael Talley (USA) South Central Development 1:32
85. Brice Ward (USA) Arizona Select 1:33
86. Christophe Premont (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes
87. Hophra Gerard (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes 1:34
88. Pierre-Yves Vromen (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes
89. Weston Luzadder (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling 1:37
90. Graham Lang (USA) North East Regional 1:42
91. Martin Pirlet (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes 1:48
92. Draye Redfern (USA) South Central Development 1:55
93. Jun Shimizu (Jpn) Japan High School 1:58
94. Marc Allard (Can) Abitibi 2:10
95. Cédrik Dion-Poitras (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci 2:13
96. Peter Mayrhofer (USA) Mid-South Development 2:19
97. Reed Taylor (USA) Mid-South Development 2:20
98. Alex Wieseler (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling 2:21
99. Micah Herman (USA) South Central Development
100. Christopher Dale (USA) South Eastern Regional 2:28
101. Kevin Young (USA) Borah Development 2:40
102. Dave Hackworthy (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling 2:46
103. Kazuto Komaki (Jpn) Japan High School 2:52
104. Alex Hetherington (USA) South Central Development 3:01
105. Erik Meier (USA) Baraboo Sharks 3:07
106. Lucien Pirotte (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes 3:09
107. Jonathan Eijssens (Ned) Netherlands 3:12
108. Chris Hurst (USA) Baraboo Sharks 3:23
109. Harrison Harb (USA) North East Regional 3:37
110. Dominic Cantin (Can) Abitibi 4:08
111. Chikayoshi Uoya (Jpn) Japan High School 4:16
112. Evan Bybee (USA) South Central Development 4:17
113. Dmitriy Melikov (Uzb) Uzbekistan 4:20
114. Cameron Lasky (USA) Arizona Select 4:25
115. Cedrick Bourgeois (Can) André Cycle/IdCad 4:37
116. CharlesAlexandre Cloutier (Can) André Cycle/IdCad 4:43
117. Marco Cote (Can) Ontario 4:47
118. Anthony Olson (USA) Borah Development 4:50
119. Kyle Cochran (USA) Mid-South Development 4:52
120. Frédérick Montplaisir (Can) Abitibi 5:30
121. Eiichi Hirai (Jpn) Japan High School 5:31
122. Ryan Mimko (USA) Mid-South Development 5:44
123. Danny Zagay (Can) Abitibi 5:52
124. Neal Gregory (Can) Alberta 6:10
125. John Caldwell (USA) Iscorp Junior Cycling 6:17
126. Jordan Marquet (Bel) Belgique VC Ardennes 6:26
127. Louis-Phillipe Leclerc (Can) CIBC/Wood-Gundy 6:28
128. Logan Von Bokel (USA) Borah Development 7:23
129. Jean-Paul Leclair (USA) South Central Development 7:28
130. Kyle Fry (Can) Ontario 7:32
131. Phillip Baxter (USA) South Eastern Regional 7:41
132. Mitch Gantz (USA) Baraboo Sharks 7:46
133. Travis Troxtell (USA) Hotel San Jose 7:53
134. Lenny Dion (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci 8:13
135. Sherwood Plant (Can) Alberta 8:25
136. Mac Brennan (USA) Borah Development 8:45
137. Roland Dijkhuizen (Ned) Netherlands 11:26
138. Ryan Crawford (Can) Abitibi 11:58
139. James Mollison (Can) Alberta 15:08
140. Tomohiro Toriumi (Jpn) Japan High School 18:28
141. Ismailjon Karimov (Uzb) Uzbekistan 18:37
142. Jérôme Boucher (Can) André Cycle/IdCad 20:16
143. Guillaume Dubois (Can) Abitibi 24:03
144. Devon Novakowski (Can) Ontario 25:51
145. Cody Hall (USA) Mid-South Development 26:28
146. Taylor Kuphaldt (USA) Major Motion 27:10
147. Allen Morris (USA) Mid-South Development 29:57
148. Logan Cornel (Can) Ontario 30:06
149. Lloyd Sutton (USA) Borah Development 35:39
150. Pier-Alexandre Marquette (Can) André Cycle/IdCad 38:35
151. Jordan Hester (USA) Hotel San Jose 43:51
152. Jeff Rudy (USA) Baraboo Sharks 55:44

Points

1. Stéphane Cossette (Can) Québec 38 pts
2. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Québec 36
3. Tom David (NZl) New Zealand National 30
4. Arnaud Papillon (Can) André Cycle/IdCad 28
5. Tony Guinhut (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs 24
6. Masanori Noguchi (Jpn) Japan High School 22
7. Quentin Gougeon (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs 20
8. Taylor Phinney (USA) National 20
9. Azamat Turaev (Uzb) Uzbekistan 16
10. Rico Wientjes (Ned) Netherlands 12
11. Nolan Froese (USA) Baraboo Sharks 12
12. Cody Campbell (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci 10
13. James Williamson (NZl) New Zealand National 10
14. Benjamin King (USA) National 8
15. Joseph Tokarski (USA) San Jose 6
16. Devon Novakowski (Can) Ontario 6
17. Vincent Quirion (Can) Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault 6
18. Thomas Vaillant (Fra) France Pôle Espoirs 2
19. François-Charles Malo (Can) Régionnale EVA-Devinci 2
20. Benjanmin Barsi-Rhyne (USA) Arizona Select 2
21. Joey Rosskopf (USA) South Eastern Regional 2

Team

1. Québec 13:28:03
2. USA National 0:21
3. New Zealand National 0:23
4. Garneau-Crocs-Ogilvy Renault 0:34
5. Hotel San Jose 0:36
6. South Eastern Regional 0:44
7. France Pôle Espoirs 0:44
8. Régionnale EVA-Devinci 0:47
9. André Cycle/IdCad 0:49
10. Uzbekistan 0:50
11. Major Motion 0:50
12. Netherlands 1:01
13. Arizona Select 1:11
14. Japan National 1:15
15. North East Regional 1:17
16. CIBC/Wood-Gundy 1:18
17. Belgique VC Ardennes 1:32
18. Iscorp Junior Cycling 1:34
19. Japan High School 1:34
20. South Central Development 1:53
21. Ontario 2:19
22. Abitibi 4:05
23. Baraboo Sharks 4:22
24. Borah Development 4:22
25. Mid-South Development 4:48
26. Alberta 6:07