Posted by Editoress on 07/22/09
The First Stage Sees an Austrian Followed By Two Quebecois Val-d’Or
After having led a breakaway for almost 25 km at the start of the race, Austria would finally win the first stage of the Tour de l’Abitibi/Coupe des Nations 2009. A young Abitibi rider by the name of Pierrick Naud, however, challenged for the honors right to the finish line. In what can be qualified as a closely fought race, Austrian Marco Haller finished ahead of Pierrick Naud (Team Canada) and Mikael Bilodeau (Espoirs Saputo) in a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes and 28 seconds. Spectators were elated at the end of the 96.4 km stage from Preissac to Val-d’Or as four riders from the province of Quebec finished among the top ten.
Austrian Stephan Rabitsch captured everyone’s attention right from the start. The 128 riders had barely crossed the 4 km mark when Rabitsch took the lead. He had a 1 minute, 25 second lead over his compatriots after just 9 km. The exploit earned him the first ``Grand Prix de la Montagne.``
Exhausted by the effort, Rabitsch was quickly reeled in by the peloton before he could reach Highway 117. The rest of the race saw a few, short attempts by riders from different countries to break from the pack. Three teams led the peloton for most of the remaining race. Denmark, Canada and Austria took turns in the lead. A race that had unfolded without incident saw four riders crash as the peloton arrived in Val-d’Or. A second group of three riders also fell in the second lap of the urban circuit. Luckily, there were no major injuries.
The second stage of the Tour de l’Abitibi/Coupe des Nations 2009 will be held tomorrow. St-Mathieu-d’Harricana will be host to the start of the race, which will end in front of City Hall in Val-d’Or, 117 km later.
Report courtesy Tour de l’Abitib
Stage 1: Preissac toVal-d'Or, 94.6 km | |
1 Marco Haller (Aut) Austrian National Team | 2:12:28 |
2 Pierrick Naud (Can) Team Canada | |
3 Mikael Bilodeau (Can) Espoir Saputo | |
4 Ty Magner (USA) Florida Vélo Developme | |
5 Jordan Brochu (Can) Équipe Québec | |
6 Juan Carmona (USA) Young Medalists / Team Dual Temp | |
7 Pierre-Étienne Boivin (Can) Équipe Québec | |
8 Ryan Eastman (USA) US National Team | |
9 Ryan Aitcheson (Can) Team Canada | |
10 Stuart Wight (Can) Team Canada | |
11 Laurent Dallaire (Can) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | |
12 Mark-Sehested Pedersen (Den) Danish National Team | |
13 Curtis Jung (Can) Western Canada Team | |
14 Nawuti Liphongyu (Tha) Thailand National Team | |
15 Charlie Avis (USA) US National Team | |
16 Joel Shaffer (USA) Western Regional | |
17 Raphael Massé-Viau (Can) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | |
18 Masaru Nakazato (Jpn) Japanese National Team | |
19 Jean-Samuel Deshaies (Can) Équipe Québec | |
20 Benjamin Swedberg (USA) US National Team | |
21 Yusei Noguchi (Jpn) Japanese National Team | |
22 Kyosuke Kasahara (Jpn) Japanese National Team | |
23 Christophe Riopel-Benoit (Can) Espoir Saputo | |
24 Alejandro Olivia Gomez (Mex) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | |
25 Andreas Hofer (Aut) Austrian National Team | |
26 Sam Loud (Can) Baraboo Sharks | |
27 Martin Weiss (Aut) Austrian National Team | |
28 Karl Steppan (Can) Eva Devinci | |
29 Ricky Gargiulo (USA) Young Medalists / Team Dual Temp | |
30 Jacob Arnold (USA) South Eastern Regional | |
31 Danny Heeley (USA) US National Team | |
32 Tanner Putt (USA) South Eastern Regional | |
33 Taylor Gunman (NZl) New Zealand (BikeNZ) | |
34 Thomson Remo (USA) Baraboo Sharks | |
35 Kevin Massicotte (Can) Team Canada | |
36 Frederic Poisson (Can) Équipe Québec | |
37 Zack Stein (USA) ISCorp Junior Cycling | |
38 Kris Dahl (Can) Western Canada Team | |
39 Maxwell Burnell (USA) South Eastern Regional | |
40 Sam Lindsay (NZl) New Zealand (BikeNZ) | |
41 Andrew Barker (USA) US National Team | |
42 Christian Adel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Danish National Team | |
43 Nicolas-Amstrup Madsen (Den) Danish National Team | |
44 Anders Newbury (USA) Baraboo Sharks | |
45 Antoni Loignon (Can) Garneau Club Chaussures Ogilvy Renault | |
46 Scott Mullaly (NZl) New Zealand (BikeNZ) | |
47 Zack Noonan (USA) Young Medalists / Team Dual Temp | |
48 Connor O'leary (USA) US National Team | |
49 Pelle Niklas Christensen Clapp (Den) Danish National Team | |
50 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Canada | |
51 Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Team Canada | |
52 Ian Moir (USA) South Eastern Regional | |
53 Thomas Hubbard (NZl) New Zealand (BikeNZ) | |
54 Simon Finucane (NZl) New Zealand (BikeNZ) | |
55 Andrew Lattimore (Can) Garneau Club Chaussures Ogilvy Renault | |
56 Tony Wieczorek (USA) Mid-South Regional | |
57 Jean-Michel Naud (Can) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | |
58 Brandon Lach (USA) Pro Chain Cycling | |
59 Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Austrian National Team | |
60 Jakarin Mulmanee (Tha) Thailand National Team | |
61 Eddie Grystar (USA) Mid-South Regional | |
62 Tucker Gerald (USA) Western Regional | |
63 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Austrian National Team | |
64 Andreas Freund (USA) Western Regional | |
65 Francis Desbiens (Can) Garneau Club Chaussures Ogilvy Renault | |
66 William Fontaine (Can) Eva Devinci | |
67 Philippe Nadon (Can) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | |
68 Yasutaka Miura (Jpn) Japanese National Team | |
69 Sebastian Refsgaard (Den) Danish National Team | |
70 James Winter (Can) Western Canada Team | |
71 Jean-Simon Houle (Can) Garneau Club Chaussures Ogilvy Renault | |
72 Christopher Bernard (Can) Espoir Saputo | |
73 Wesley Kline (USA) Young Medalists / Team Dual Temp | |
74 Zachary Taylor (Can) Western Canada Team | |
75 Pierrick Fiset (Can) Équipe Abitibi Sandoz Garneau | |
76 Stephen Liguori (USA) Western Regional | |
77 Kritsada Changpad (Tha) Thailand National Team | |
78 Matt Muney (USA) Young Medalists / Team Dual Temp | |
79 Jimmy Lapointe (Can) Équipe Abitibi Sandoz Garneau | |
80 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Austrian National Team | |
81 Sarawut Sirironnachai (Tha) Thailand National Team | all s.t. |
82 Craig Creeden (USA) Florida Vélo Developme | 0:14 |
83 Colton Barrett (USA) ISCorp Junior Cycling | 0:16 |
84 Sam Stone (USA) Baraboo Sharks | |
85 Brian Rizk (USA) Mid-South Regional | |
86 Andrew Hammond (USA) Mid-South Regional | |
87 Colter Young (Can) Western Canada Team | |
88 Samuel Bolster (USA) Western Regional | |
89 Ryan-Shaun Macdonald (Can) Garneau Club Chaussures Ogilvy Renault | |
90 Tomohiro Kinoshita (Jpn) Japanese National Team | |
91 Jeff Tompkins (Can) Espoir Saputo | |
92 Xavier Perreault (Can) Équipe Abitibi Sandoz Garneau | |
93 Taylor Gaines (USA) Pro Chain Cycling | |
94 Jacob Bouchard (Can) Équipe Québec | |
95 Nathaniel Beams (USA) Pro Chain Cycling | |
96 St-Clair. Cory (USA) Pro Chain Cycling | |
97 Matt Pence (USA) Mid-South Regional | all s.t. |
98 Trevor Damen (Can) Pro Bike Pool Kuota | 0:29 |
99 Michael Stone (USA) Florida Vélo Developme | same as winner |
100 Philippe Lacasse (Can) Équipe Québec | 0:29 |
101 Hugo Barette (Can) Espoir Saputo | 0:35 |
102 Aubrey Moore (USA) Florida Vélo Developme | 0:50 |
103 Henry Willis Ii (USA) Florida Vélo Developme | s.t. |
104 Erik Dobberfuhl (USA) Baraboo Sharks | 1:20 |
105 Rattapong Rueanmao (Tha) Thailand National Team | 1:27 |
106 Robin Carpenter (USA) Mid-South Regional | |
107 Jean-Richard Cormier (Can) Garneau Club Chaussures Ogilvy Renault | both same as winner |
108 Marc-Acdré Bonneau (Can) Eva Devinci | 2:08 |
109 Frederic Ouellet-Lacroix (Can) Eva Devinci | |
110 Michael Dalterio (Can) Espoir Saputo | both s.t. |
111 Edward Gurney (USA) ISCorp Junior Cycling | 2:28 |
112 Maxime Bilodeau (Can) Équipe Abitibi Sandoz Garneau | 2:36 |
113 Trevor Dickenson (Can) Eva Devinci | 2:50 |
114 Riley Burgoon (USA) Western Regional | 2:52 |
115 Nattapop Sukkai (Tha) Thailand National Team | s.t. |
116 Wes Rhoads (USA) Pro Chain Cycling | 3:01 |
117 Jimmy Carrico (USA) ISCorp Junior Cycling | s.t. |
118 DION Jimmy Hansen (Den) Danish National Team | 3:09 |
119 Sam Murdock (USA) Pro Chain Cycling | 3:24 |
120 Thomas Desjardins (Can) Équipe Abitibi Sandoz Garneau | 3:35 |
121 James Bird (USA) ISCorp Junior Cycling | s.t. |
122 Pierre-Yves Aubin (Can) Eva Devinci | 4:12 |
123 Michael Raynor (USA) South Eastern Regional | |
124 Lukas Harville (USA) Florida Vélo Developme | both s.t. |
125 Scott Rosenfield (USA) ISCorp Junior Cycling | 5:20 |
126 Blake Mackay (Can) Western Canada Team | 5:27 |
127 Jeffrey Alpert (USA) Young Medalists / Team Dual Temp | 7:17 |
128 Spencer Oswald (USA) Baraboo Sharks | 12:27 |
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