June 6/09 3:11 am - UCI Nations Cup-Ville de Saguenay U23 Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 06/6/09
Report by Dominique Perras
On a 159km flat stage hampered by strong winds, Slovenian Marko Kump won a 6 man sprint on the streets of Jonquière (Québec, Canada) ahead of German Nico Keinath and Frenchman Johan Lebon in a time of 3h47m19s. The Slovenian also grabbed the yellow jersey with a lead of 2 seconds over Lebon.
Throughout the stage a flurry of attacks assisted by heavy crosswinds in sections blew the field apart. Kump cleverly outfoxed the final group of 6 men that had managed to drop of the last survivors (of the peloton) with 20km to go. “In the last 3km there where a lot of attacks, mostly by the Smukulis of Lithuania, I was patient and I let the Frechman LeBon chase him down every time as I could feel he was desperate to win, and I outsprinted them with 300 metres to go”
The best North American of the day was Ryan Anderson who was able to stay with the lead group but missed the last move of 6: “We thought it would be a bunch sprint day but it turned out to be a really hard day. I am thankful to have had the support of my teammates Keir Plaice and Joel Dion-Poitras. However, in the last hour I was outnumbered and it became impossible to cover every single attack”. Anderson is now 12th overall at 1min34seconds behind Kump.
Saturday is a double day with Stage 3 in the morning being a 103km hilly circuit race, followed in the afternoon by stage 4, an 8.5km individual time time trial on the same loop.
The UCI Nations Cup-Ville de Saguenay is the 5th of 6 races part of the UCI Nations Cup for the world's best riders aged 19 to 22 years old. It is the only event of this series to be held outside Europe. It will be held over 5 stages from June 4th to 7th 2009.
| Stage 2: Jonquière Road Race Circuit, 159.3km | |
| 1 Marko Kump (Slo) Slovenian National Team | 3:47:19 |
| 2 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team | |
| 3 Johan LeBon (Fra) French National Team | |
| 4 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team | all s.t. |
| 5 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Danish National Team | 0:19 |
| 6 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Colombian National Team | s.t. |
| 7 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombian National Team | 0:50 |
| 8 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) French National Team | s.t. |
| 9 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team | 1:15 |
| 10 Romain Hardy (Fra) French National Team | |
| 11 Sergey Scsherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team | both s.t. |
| 12 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canadian National Team A | 1:24 |
| 13 Gabor Kasa (Srb) Mixed Team | s.t. |
| 14 Nikola Aistrup (Den) Danish National Team | 1:32 |
| 15 Bjorn Selander (USA) US National Team | |
| 16 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team | |
| 17 Andrei Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team | all s.t. |
| 18 Loïc Desriac (Fra) French National Team | 3:27 |
| 19 Eldar Mukmenov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team | |
| 20 Ben King (USA) US National Team | |
| 21 Ricky Jorgensen (Den) Danish National Team | |
| 22 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) French National Team | |
| 23 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Mixed Team | |
| 24 Dominik Nerz (Ger) German National Team | |
| 25 Mario Contreras (Esa) Mixed Team | |
| 26 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombian National Team | all s.t. |
| 27 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) French National Team | 6:13 |
| 28 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Mixed Team | |
| 29 Chan Jea Jang (Kor) Mixed Team | both s.t. |
| 30 Joël Dion-Poitras (Can) Canadian National Team A | 6:16 |
| 31 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg National Team | |
| 32 Guy East (USA) US National Team | |
| 33 Keir Plaice (Can) Canadian National Team A | |
| 34 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Slovenian National Team | |
| 35 Sergey Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 36 Iliya Syrtsev (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 37 Indulis Bekmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team | |
| 38 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team | |
| 39 Soren Pugdahl Pedersen (Den) Danish National Team | |
| 40 Camilo Suarez (Col) Colombian National Team | all s.t. |
| 41 Andris Smirnovs (Lat) Latvian National Team | 9:47 |
| 42 David Boily (Can) Canadian National Team B | |
| 43 Michael Joanisse (Can) Canadian National Team A | both s.t. |
| 44 Michael Hümbert (Ger) German National Team | 9:51 |
| 45 William Rodriguez (Col) Colombian National Team | |
| 46 Hugo Houle (Can) Canadian National Team B | |
| 47 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Canadian National Team B | |
| 48 Tom Wecker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team | |
| 49 Ken Ichiyama (Jpn) Japanese National Team | |
| 50 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Luxembourg National Team | |
| 51 Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) Mixed Team | |
| 52 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team | |
| 53 Janis Rezins (Lat) Latvian National Team | |
| 54 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Japanese National Team | |
| 55 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Danish National Team | |
| 56 Jacob Keough (USA) US National Team | |
| 57 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 58 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Luxembourg National Team | |
| 59 Carlos Andres Martinez (Col) Colombian National Team | |
| 60 Yaroslav Malakhov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team | |
| 61 Temur Mukhamedov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team | |
| 62 Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Canadian National Team A | |
| 63 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team | all s.t. |
| 64 Kazuki Aoyanagi (Jpn) Japanese National Team | 10:00 |
| 65 Bastian Bürgel (Ger) German National Team | 13:15 |
| 66 Marcel Fischer (Ger) German National Team | 15:01 |
| 67 Mike Willam (Ger) German National Team | 17:02 |
| DNF Denis Lozinskiy (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| DNF Devon Novakowski (Can) Canadian National Team B | |
| DNF Spencer Smitheman (Can) Canadian National Team B | |
| DNF Keisuke Kasahara (Jpn) Japanese National Team | |
| DNS Kirk Carlson (USA) US National Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Marko Kump (Slo) Slovenian National Team | 7:04:26 |
| 2 Johan LeBon (Fra) French National Team | at 0:02 |
| 3 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team | 0:04 |
| 4 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team | 0:09 |
| 5 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Colombian National Team | 0:29 |
| 6 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Danish National Team | s.t. |
| 7 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) French National Team | 0:57 |
| 8 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombian National Team | 1:00 |
| 9 Romain Hardy (Fra) French National Team | 1:25 |
| 10 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team | s.t. |
| 11 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team | 1:34 |
| 12 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canadian National Team A | s.t. |
| 13 Nikola Aistrup (Den) Danish National Team | 1:42 |
| 14 Andrei Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 15 Bjorn Selander (USA) US National Team | both s.t. |
| 16 Gabor Kasa (Srb) Mixed Team | 1:43 |
| 17 Loïc Desriac (Fra) French National Team | 3:26 |
| 18 Dominik Nerz (Ger) German National Team | 3:33 |
| 19 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Mixed Team | 3:34 |
| 20 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) French National Team | 3:37 |
| 21 Eldar Mukmenov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team | |
| 22 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombian National Team | |
| 23 Ben King (USA) US National Team | |
| 24 Mario Contreras (Esa) Mixed Team | all s.t. |
| 25 Sergey Scsherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team | 3:40 |
| 26 Ricky Jorgensen (Den) Danish National Team | 3:43 |
| 27 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Mixed Team | 6:20 |
| 28 Chan Jea Jang (Kor) Mixed Team | 6:23 |
| 29 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) French National Team | s.t. |
| 30 Indulis Bekmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team | 6:26 |
| 31 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Slovenian National Team | |
| 32 Soren Pugdahl Pedersen (Den) Danish National Team | |
| 33 Guy East (USA) US National Team | |
| 34 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg National Team | |
| 35 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team | |
| 36 Iliya Syrtsev (Rus) Russian National Team | all s.t. |
| 37 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Danish National Team | 9:55 |
| 38 Andris Smirnovs (Lat) Latvian National Team | 9:57 |
| 39 David Boily (Can) Canadian National Team B | s.t. |
| 40 Carlos Andres Martinez (Col) Colombian National Team | 10:00 |
| 41 Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) Mixed Team | |
| 42 Hugo Houle (Can) Canadian National Team B | |
| 43 William Rodriguez (Col) Colombian National Team | |
| 44 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Luxembourg National Team | |
| 45 Tom Wecker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team | |
| 46 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team | |
| 47 Temur Mukhamedov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team | |
| 48 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 49 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Luxembourg National Team | all s.t. |
| 50 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Canadian National Team B | 10:21 |
| 51 Camilo Suarez (Col) Colombian National Team | 11:40 |
| 52 Sergey Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team | 11:54 |
| 53 Michael Joanisse (Can) Canadian National Team A | 12:12 |
| 54 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Japanese National Team | 12:16 |
| 55 Joël Dion-Poitras (Can) Canadian National Team A | 15:38 |
| 56 Jacob Keough (USA) US National Team | 19:12 |
| 57 Michael Hümbert (Ger) German National Team | 19:13 |
| 58 Janis Rezins (Lat) Latvian National Team | |
| 59 Yaroslav Malakhov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team | |
| 60 Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Canadian National Team A | all s.t. |
| 61 Kazuki Aoyanagi (Jpn) Japanese National Team | 19:22 |
| 62 Bastian Bürgel (Ger) German National Team | 22:37 |
| 63 Keir Plaice (Can) Canadian National Team A | 23:31 |
| 64 Marcel Fischer (Ger) German National Team | 24:23 |
| 65 Ken Ichiyama (Jpn) Japanese National Team | 25:10 |
| 66 Mike Willam (Ger) German National Team | 26:24 |
| 67 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team | 29:31 |
| Points GC | |
| 1 Johan LeBon (Fra) French National Team | 30pts |
| 2 Marko Kump (Slo) Slovenian National Team | 20 |
| 3 Loïc Desriac (Fra) French National Team | 20 |
| 4 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team | 17 |
| 5 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) French National Team | 17 |
| 6 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Danish National Team | 17 |
| 7 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team | 16 |
| 8 Romain Hardy (Fra) French National Team | 15 |
| 9 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team | 14 |
| 10 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) French National Team | 13 |
| 11 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Danish National Team | 12 |
| 12 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Canadian National Team B | 12 |
| 13 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Colombian National Team | 10 |
| 14 Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) Mixed Team | 10 |
| 15 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombian National Team | 9 |
| 16 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team | 8 |
| 17 Nikola Aistrup (Den) Danish National Team | 8 |
| 18 Chan Jea Jang (Kor) Mixed Team | 8 |
| 19 Andrei Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team | 7 |
| 20 Bjorn Selander (USA) US National Team | 6 |
| 21 Gabor Kasa (Srb) Mixed Team | 6 |
| 22 Dominik Nerz (Ger) German National Team | 6 |
| 23 Ricky Jorgensen (Den) Danish National Team | 6 |
| 24 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Mixed Team | 5 |
| 25 Sergey Scsherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team | 5 |
| 26 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canadian National Team A | 4 |
| 27 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Mixed Team | 4 |
| 28 Indulis Bekmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team | 2 |
| 29 Carlos Andres Martinez (Col) Colombian National Team | 1 |
| 30 Jacob Keough (USA) US National Team | 1 |
| KOM | |
| 1 Ricky Jorgensen (Den) Danish National Team | 10pts |
| 2 Camilo Suarez (Col) Colombian National Team | 6 |
| 3 Dominik Nerz (Ger) German National Team | 2 |
| Team GC | |
| 1 French National Team | 21:15:52 |
| 2 Danish National Team | at 1:02 |
| 3 Colombian National Team | 2:32 |
| 4 Slovenian National Team | 5:44 |
| 5 Mixed Team | 6:14 |
| 6 Russian National Team | 6:59 |
| 7 US National Team | 7:08 |
| 8 German National Team | 11:59 |
| 9 Latvian National Team | 13:59 |
| 10 Canadian National Team A | 23:19 |
| 11 Luxembourg National Team | 23:54 |
| 12 Canadian National Team B | 27:45 |
| 13 Uzbekistan National Team | 28:14 |
| 14 Japanese National Team | 48:17 |
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