June 8/17 18:20 pm - Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay: Stage 1 results
Posted by Editoress on 06/8/17
Boivin Second in Opening Stage of GP Saguenay
Team Canada had a strong start to the internationally sanctioned stage race Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay on Thursday, with team leader Guillaume Boivin placing second on the 166 kilometre opening stage that began and finished in the town of La Baie, on the Saguenay River.
Boivin was a member of an eight rider breakaway group, that also included Canadian riders Travis Samuel (H&R Block) and Jack Burke (Aevolo) - the only Under-23 rider in the lead group. The break did not get away from the main peloton until 80 kilometres into the stage, with constant attacking and the high temperatures (32 Celcius) whittling down the field. Boivin bridged across to the initial break, which then rode away from the rest of the peloton. In the final sprint, American Steve Fisher (Canyon Bicycles) outkicked Boivin for the win and the leader's jersey. Fisher leads Boivin by seven seconds after time bonuses are factored in. Team Canada is second in the team standings, behind Canyon Bicycles.
"I haven't raced since the Tour of Azerbaijan," explained Boivin, "so I wasn't sure how I'd go, but I knew I was strong from recent training. I really surprised myself during the bridge. I just did a supertuck on the descent and got away from the group and decided I might as well go!"
The speed and temperature saw 23 riders abandon or finish outside the time limit, with only 12 riders within a minute of the lead. Defending champion Ryan Roth (Silber Pro Cycling) is over three minutes back, after his team was constantly put to the test trying to defend against the attacks. Roth was the only member of his team to finish ahead of the main bunch, nearly 17 minutes in arrears.
Team Canada manager Kevin Field commented, "This is actually a perfect situation for us. We said in our [team] meeting it would actually be better for us not to win today, but keep the game close. We lost Raph [Auclair] today as well, so defending with just three guys would have been hard. Now Canyon has the responsibility, which is good for us."
Results from the first stage in La Baie, QC
| Stage 1: La Baie circuit, 166.1 km | |
| 1 Steve Fisher (USA) Canyon Bicycles Pro Cycling | 4:06:10 |
| 2 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team Canada | |
| 3 Ulisis Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 4 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Canyon Bicycles Pro Cycling | |
| 5 Diego Milan Jimenez (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 6 Travis Samuel (Can) H & R Block | 0:03 |
| 7 Jack Burke (Can) Aevolo Cycling | s.t. |
| 8 Kaler Marshall (USA) Canyon Bicycles Pro Cycling | 0:20 |
| 9 Bruno Langlois (Can) Garneau Québecor | 0:44 |
| 10 Chad Beyer (USA) Canyon Bicycles Pro Cycling | |
| 11 James Piccoli (Can) Team Canada | both s.t. |
| 12 Serghei Tsvetkov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:53 |
| 13 Benjamin Perry (Can) Team Canada | 3:03 |
| 14 Ryan Roth (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 15 Jokin Extabe Leturia (Esp) Novo Nordisk | 3:17 |
| 16 Juri Rupnik (Slo) H & R Block | 4:17 |
| 17 Jonathan Sandoval (Mex) Fundation Cycling | s.t. |
| 18 Chris Prendergast (Can) H & R Block | 5:41 |
| 19 Gage Hect (USA) Aevolo Cycling | |
| 20 Laurent Gervais (Can) Aevolo Cycling | both s.t. |
| 21 Brett Wachtendorf (USA) Lowestrates | 6:55 |
| 22 Michael Sheehan (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 11:10 |
| 23 Marc-Antoine Soucy (Can) Garneau Québecor | |
| 24 Jake Sitler (USA) CCB Velotooler | |
| 25 Connor Toppings (Can) Garneau Smart Savvy | |
| 26 Ignacia Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team | |
| 27 Javier Megias (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | all s.t. |
| 28 Gevardo Medina Robles (Mex) Ride with Rendall | 12:31 |
| 29 Léandre Bouchard (Can) Team Canada | 14:36 |
| 30 Patrick Collins (USA) CCB Velotooler | |
| 31 Lukas Conly (Can) Garneau Smart Savvy | both s.t. |
| 32 Bonaventure Uwizeyimana (Rwa) Lowestrates | 14:46 |
| 33 Alexander Latil (Fra) Vélo Sélect | 15:30 |
| 34 Chris Winn (Aus) Canyon Bicycles Pro Cycling | 16:46 |
| 35 Albert Torres Barcelo (Esp) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team | |
| 36 Rafael Marquez Raigon (Esp) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team | |
| 37 Jean Denis Thibault (Can) H & R Block | |
| 38 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 39 Jesus Alberto Rubio Arribas (Esp) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team | |
| 40 Erik Slack (USA) Canyon Bicycles Pro Cycling | |
| 41 Joshua Kropf (Can) Garneau Smart Savvy | |
| 42 Jordann Jones (Can) NCCH Elite p/b MGCC | all s.t. |
| 43 Cortlan Brown (USA) Canyon Bicycles Pro Cycling | 16:56 |
| 44 Brian Kamstra (Nld) Novo Nordisk | |
| 45 Martin Rupes (Can) NCCH Elite p/b MGCC | |
| 46 Trevor O'Donnell (Can) Ride with Rendall | |
| 47 Ryan Primeau (Can) VeloSelect | |
| 48 Olivier Brisebois (Can) Garneau Québecor | |
| 49 Jason Saltsman (USA) Aevolo Cycling | |
| 50 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 51 Marc-Antoine Nadon (Can) H & R Block | |
| 52 Adam Carr (USA) Fundation Cycling | |
| 53 Francis Izquierdo (Can) Transport Lacombe/Devinci | |
| 54 Tyler Stites (USA) Aevolo Cycling | |
| 55 Nicolas Ducharme (Can) Transport Lacombe/Devinci | |
| 56 Jean-Simon D'Anjou (Can) Garneau Québecor | |
| 57 Stephen Keeping (Can) Transport Lacombe/Devinci | |
| 58 William Goodfellow (Can) Vélo Sélect | |
| 59 Lance Haidet (USA) Aevolo Cycling | |
| 60 Corentin Cherhal (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 61 Julio Alberto Amores Palacios (Esp) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team | |
| 62 Timothy Austen (Can) Ride with Rendall | |
| 63 Matthew Sherar (USA) Lowestrates | |
| 64 Elliott Doyle (Can) Garneau Québecor | |
| 65 Mitch Ketler (Can) Garneau Smart Savvy | |
| 66 Felix Côté-Bouvette (Can) Garneau Québecor | |
| 67 Pier-André Côté (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 68 Wellington Capellan (Dom) Fundation Cycling | |
| 69 Julien Gagne (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 70 Derrick St John (Can) Ride with Rendall | |
| 71 Conor O'Brien (Can) H & R Block | |
| 72 Jean Francois Soucy (Can) Garneau Québecor | |
| 73 Justin Mauch (USA) Ride with Rendall | |
| 74 Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 75 Spencer Petrov (USA) CCB Velotooler | |
| 76 Jake Cullen (Can) Garneau Smart Savvy | |
| 77 Emile Jean (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 78 Noah Granigan (USA) CCB Velotooler | |
| 79 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 80 Olivier Peloquin (Can) Transport Lacombe/Devinci | |
| 81 Reid Mcclure (Can) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 82 Matthew Staples (Can) H & R Block | |
| 83 Alexander Cowan (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 84 Cooper Willsey (USA) CCB Velotooler | |
| 85 Stephen Bassett (USA) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 86 Sean Gardner (USA) Fundation Cycling | |
| 87 Cameron Mcphaden (Can) Lowestrates | |
| 88 Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Fundation Cycling | |
| 89 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Novo Nordisk | all s.t. |
| 90 William Guzman Rosario (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team | 17:07 |
| 91 Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 92 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | both s.t. |
| 93 Christian Gomes (Can) Ride with Rendall | 30:27 |
| 94 Quentin Valognes (Fra) Novo Nordisk | OTL |
| 95 Shawn Turcotte (Can) Vélo Sélect | OTL |
| 96 Benjamin Andrew (Can) Lowestrates | OTL |
| 97 Vincent Veilleux (Can) Vélo Sélect | OTL |
| 98 Benn Mcnabb (Can) NCCH Elite p/b MGCC | OTL |
| DNF Cory Small (USA) CCB Velotooler | |
| DNF Jonah Mead Vancort (USA) CCB Velotooler | |
| DNF Raphael Auclair (Can) Team Canada | |
| DNF Simon Ouellet (Can) Transport Lacombe/Devinci | |
| DNF Hendrik Pineda (Can) Transport Lacombe/Devinci | |
| DNF Max Rubarth (Can) Transport Lacombe/Devinci | |
| DNF Jonathan Lewis (Aus) NCCH Elite p/b MGCC | |
| DNF Daniel Rae (Aus) NCCH Elite p/b MGCC | |
| DNF Eric Johnston (Can) NCCH Elite p/b MGCC | |
| DNF Adam Lefebvre (Can) NCCH Elite p/b MGCC | |
| DNF William Blackburn (Can) Lowestrates | |
| DNF Christian Trenchev (Can) Lowestrates | |
| DNF Laurent Levasseur (Can) Vélo Sélect | |
| DNF Michael Dalterio (Can) Vélo Sélect | |
| DNF Brendan McCormack (USA) Fundation Cycling | |
| DNF Alex Amiri (Can) Garneau Smart Savvy | |
| DNF Kellen Viznaugh (Can) Garneau Smart Savvy |
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