June 5, 2010 (Saguenay, Quebec) – In the cold and wet conditions, last year’s Coupe des Nations-Ville de Saguenay overall winner Johan Lebon grabbed the stage with a brilliant solo move 14km from the finish line. The Frenchman crossed the finish line of the 141km long with a time of 3h 36min22sec, 22 seconds ahead of second place Marcel Meisen of Germany. The Brittany based rider felt like this was a sweet revenge after his previous day disappointment commenting, “Yesterday, I felt like the whole field was racing against me and I lost a lot of time due to frustration. So I am delighted that I could show what I am capable of today with a solo win.”

Slovenian Luka Mezgec managed to resist to the numerous attacks from the Colombians and was able limit his losses in the last kilometres in order to grab the yellow leader jersey. Meanwhile overnight leader Daniel Teklehaimanot of Eritrea lost over 16 minutes, suffering from the cold and wet conditions. Mezgec now holds a lead of 16 seconds over Colombian Camilo Suarez.

Arnaud Papillon of Canada moves up to 4th place overall, David Boily leads the King of the Mountain Classification.

The best North American of the day was again Canadian Arnaud Papillon in 8th place, 33 seconds down on Lebon. More importantly, the Longueuil (Quebec) based rider moved up to 4h overall, only 19 seconds down on Mezgec. “I felt better as the raced went on and I have to thank my teammates from the national team for helping me getting into go position at the foot of the hill. I feel good, and will surely give a good fight tomorrow to climb on the overall podium”

Canadian David Boily was very active at the front, escaping with Kazak Miras Bederbekov for over 100km. He also grabbed the King of the mountain competition lead and will wear the polka dot jersey tomorrow. “I was angry at myself for missing the winning move yesterday, so I just decided to attack today and see what happens. I was hoping a group would catch us, something that did happen after a 100km but the pack reacted and we got caught with about 30km to go. I feel good and will try to get on the attack tomorrow again to defend my jersey and for a stage result.”

Tomorrow will be the final stage of the 4-day event, a 128km battle in the streets of Chicoutimi.

Results

1. Johan Lebon (Fra) France 3:36:22
2. Marcel Meisen (Ger) Germany 0:22
3. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia
4. Nikita Umerbekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
5. Camilo Andres Suarez (Col) Colombia
6. Jhon Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombia 0:27
7. Arnaud Demare (Fra) France 0:33
8. Arnaud Papillon (Can) Canada B
9. Marek Canecky (Svk) Mixed UCI
10. Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Denmark
11. Luka Mezgec (Slo) Slovenia
12. Hugo, Houle (Can) Canada B
13. Arnaud Courteille (Fra) France
14. Gabor Kasa (Srb) Mixed UCI
15. Nairo Alexander Quintana (Col) Colombia
16. Andi Bajc (Slo) Slovenia 0:39
17. Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenia 0:42
18. Johan Chaves (Col) Colombia 0:49
19. Carson Miller (USA) USA
20. Pelle Clapp (Den) Denmark
21. Marcus Christie (Irl) Ireland
22. Gavin Mannion (USA) USA
23. Ki Ho Choi (HKg) Mixed UCI
24. Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) France
25. Joël Zangerle (Lux) Luxembourg
26. Keir Plaice (Can) Canada A 0:57
27. Hugo Sebastian Salazar (Col) Colombia
28. Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Kazakhstan
29. Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Kazakhstan
30. Benjamin King (USA) USA
31. Sebastian Lander (Den) Denmark
32. Pierrick Naud (Can) Canada B
33. Ricky Jørgensen (Den) Denmark
34. Vladislav Gorbunov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
35. Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Canada B
36. Tom Thill (Lux) Luxembourg
37. Yevgeniy Pelyaikin (Kaz) Kazakhstan
38. Corey Farrell (USA) USA
39. Mads Meyer (Den) Denmark 1:07
40. Ramon Carretero (Pan) Panama
41. Michael Joanisse (Can) Canada A
42. David Boily (Can) Canada A 1:14
43. Mathieu Desniou (Fra) France
44. Miras Bederbekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1:26
45. Spencer Smitheman (Can) Canada A
46. Jan Tratnik (Slo) Slovenia 3:43
47. Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia 6:46
48. Nicki Rasmussen (Den) Denmark
49. Cole House (USA) USA
50. Yannick Meyer (Ger) Germany
51. Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Canada B
52. Sascha Weber (Ger) Germany
53. Philipp Ries (Ger) Germany
54. Jamie Riggs (Can) Canada A 9:03
55. Armindo Fonseca (Fra) France 0:14:22
56. Jorge Castillo (Pan) Panama 0:15:21
57. Ivo Lux (Lux) Luxembourg 0:16:17
58. Fabian Danner (Ger) Germany
59. Youheni Patenko (Blr) Mixed UCI
60. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Mixed UCI
61. Mike Willam (Ger) Germany 0:18:48
62. Tom Schanen (Lux) Luxembourg 0:18:52
DNF Charles Prendergast (Irl) Ireland
DNF Fabian Pino (Pan) Panama
DNF Philip Lavery (Irl) Ireland
DNF Chan Jea Jang (Kor) Mixed UCI
DNF Sam Bennet (Irl) Ireland
DNF Jose De Leon (Pan) Panama
DNF Antoine Duchesne (Can) Canada B

GC after Stage 3

1. Luka Mezgec (Slo) Slovenia 10:24
2. Camilo Andres Suarez (Col) Colombia 0:13
3. Arnaud Courteille (Fra) France 0:15
4. Arnaud Papillon (Can) Canada B 0:16
5. Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Denmark 0:17
6. Ki Ho Choi (HKg) Mixed UCI 0:29
7. Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0:33
8. Benjamin King (USA) USA 0:37
9. Marek Canecky (Svk) Mixed UCI 0:38
10. Carson Miller (USA) USA 0:51
11. Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) France 1:06
12. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 1:15
13. Nairo Alexander Quintana (Col) Colombia 1:30
14. Gabor Kasa (Srb) Mixed UCI
15. Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenia 1:39
16. Johan Chaves (Col) Colombia 1:46
17. Hugo Sebastian Salazar (Col) Colombia 3:21
18. Yevgeniy Pelyaikin (Kaz) Kazakhstan 3:25
19. David Boily (Can) Canada A 3:33
20. Ricky Jørgensen (Den) Denmark 3:34
21. Mathieu Desniou (Fra) France 3:35
22. Andi Bajc (Slo) Slovenia 5:48
23. Joël Zangerle (Lux) Luxembourg 5:58
24. Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Kazakhstan 6:06
25. Pierrick Naud (Can) Canada B
26. Hugo, Houle (Can) Canada B 6:08
27. Michael Joanisse (Can) Canada A 6:16
28. Mads Meyer (Den) Denmark
29. Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia 6:38
30. Nicki Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 9:07
31. Keir Plaice (Can) Canada A 0:12
32. Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Canada B 0:17
33. Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Canada B 0:11:55
34. Sascha Weber (Ger) Germany
35. Marcus Christie (Irl) Ireland 0:12:09
36. Ramon Carretero (Pan) Panama 0:14:06
37. Johan Lebon (Fra) France 0:14:20
38. Marcel Meisen (Ger) Germany 0:14:47
39. Miras Bederbekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0:14:52
40. Nikita Umerbekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0:14:53
41. Jhon Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombia 0:14:58
42. Arnaud Demare (Fra) France 0:15:03
43. Sebastian Lander (Den) Denmark 0:15:18
44. Gavin Mannion (USA) USA 0:15:20
45. Pelle Clapp (Den) Denmark
46. Tom Thill (Lux) Luxembourg 0:15:28
47. Vladislav Gorbunov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
48. Corey Farrell (USA) USA
49. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Mixed UCI 0:15:32
50. Spencer Smitheman (Can) Canada A 0:15:57
51. Cole House (USA) USA 0:16:10
52. Jan Tratnik (Slo) Slovenia 0:18:14
53. Youheni Patenko (Blr) Mixed UCI 0:18:38
54. Philipp Ries (Ger) Germany 0:21:11
55. Yannick Meyer (Ger) Germany 0:21:17
56. Armindo Fonseca (Fra) France 0:28:53
57. Jamie Riggs (Can) Canada A 0:29:48
58. Jorge Castillo (Pan) Panama 0:29:52
59. Ivo Lux (Lux) Luxembourg 0:30:48
60. Fabian Danner (Ger) Germany
61. Mike Willam (Ger) Germany 0:33:19
62. Tom Schanen (Lux) Luxembourg 0:33:23