June 12/25 17:43 pm - New Yellow Jersey After Stage 2 at Tour de Beauce
Posted by Editoress on 06/12/25
Team Skyline took a second straight win on Thursday at the Tour de Beauce, with Conn McDunphy winning after an impressive solo effort of over 70 kilometres in the 164 kilometre stage that began and ended at Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne. Quebecer Joël Plamondon (Marni N'Side) finished third on the stage and moved up to second overall, behind new leader Mattia Gaffuri (Swatt Club). Plamondon also donned the Points Jersey, with his teammate Jerome Gauthier retaining the Best Young Rider Jersey.
The race was very aggressive through the first two hours of racing, with attack after attack getting reeled in. Finally, seven riders broke free - McDunphy, Stephen Bassett (Project Echelon), James Gardner (MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project), Alexis Bouchard (Team Mami N'SIDE), Carl Truffer (Les Regis), Nathan Pruner (TaG Cycling) and Cooper Langard (Manteo Racing).
The group was ahead by over two minutes at the Massif KoM climb, but McDunphy attacked on his own over the climb, quickly building a gap on the rest of the break, and eventually gaining over five minutes on the peloton as the rest of the break was gradually reabsorbed. McDunphy is no stranger to Beauce, having won the final stage last year.
"I'm dead! I think I've got a few screws loose in my head from doing this solo," he said through tears after hugging his sports director. McDunphy also gained the KoM Jersey.
McDunphy became the virtual GC leader ahead of his teammmate Sean Christian before the peloton began pulling him back, with the Irishman eventually finishing 1:17 ahead of the split up peloton, which was led in by Wilmar Andres Paredes Zapata (Medellin - EPM) and Plamondon. Christian finished in a second group, a further 11 seconds back, enough to lose the Yellow Jersey. Gaffuri now leads Plamondon by one second, within nine riders within ten seconds of the lead.
Joël Plamondon, sixth on the opening stage, also believed he had taken the lead in the general classification. "Things were going very well. I showed it on the last climb. I wasn't letting anyone get away! This is my first UCI podium. I'm really in shape and I think I can do well in Mégantic," he explained. The 22-year-old has other ambitions between now and Sunday. "A podium in the general classification is possible," said the cyclist, who is benefiting from the help of his brother Robin within the team.
However, the Yellow Jersey could quite easily change hands after Friday's queen stage. The cyclists will set off from Lac-Mégantic for a 169-kilometer circuit leading to the final six kilometre climb up to the Mont-Mégantic Observatory, located atop the highest paved road in Quebec.
Last year, New Zealander Josh Burnett took a giant step toward overall victory at the top of the mountain.
Results from the second stage in Quebec
| Stage 2: Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, 164 km | |
| 1 Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Team Skyline | 3:54:55 |
| 2 Wilmar Andres Paredes Zapata (Col) Team MEDELLIN - EPM | at 1:17 |
| 3 Joel Plamondon (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | |
| 4 Nicolo Pettiti (Ita) Swatt Club | |
| 5 Adam Lewis (GBr) Team Skyline | |
| 6 Dérénik Beauregard (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | |
| 7 Felix Hamel (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | |
| 8 Oscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (Esp) Team MEDELLIN - EPM | |
| 9 Diego Andres Camargo Pineda (Col) Team MEDELLIN - EPM | |
| 10 Felix Bouchard (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | |
| 11 Léo Roy (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | |
| 12 Jack Makohon (USA) Team Skyline | |
| 13 Miguel Angel Diaz Herrera (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | |
| 14 Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Swatt Club | all s.t. |
| 15 Francis Izquierdo Bernier (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | 1:23 |
| 16 Ben Oliver (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | 1:28 |
| 17 Julien Ruhe (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | |
| 18 Luke Elphingstone (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | |
| 19 Marshall Erwood (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | |
| 20 Samuel Couture (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | |
| 21 Nick Moulai (NZl) Manteo Racing | |
| 22 Carlos MacPherson Arroyo (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | |
| 23 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | |
| 24 Evan Russell (Can) Expeditors Cycling team | |
| 25 Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) Team MEDELLIN - EPM | |
| 26 Sean Christian (USA) Team Skyline | |
| 27 Hugo Scala Jr. (USA) Project Echelon Racing | |
| 28 Jerome Gauthier (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | |
| 29 Carson Miles (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | |
| 30 Jonathan Hinse (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | |
| 31 Ronan O'Connor (Irl) Team Skyline | |
| 32 Eddie Adams (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | |
| 33 Leonard Peloquin (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | |
| 34 Eric Berg (Can) Manteo Racing | |
| 35 Henry Neff (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | |
| 36 Chris Ernst (Can) Expeditors Cycling team | |
| 37 Edward Ouellet (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | |
| 38 Yehor Volkov (Ukr) Hustle Pro Cycling | |
| 39 Ben Stokes (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | |
| 40 Francesco Carollo (Ita) Swatt Club | all s.t. |
| 41 Owen Cole (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 1:38 |
| 42 Nathan Pruner (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | 1:41 |
| 43 Laurent Gervais (Can) Project Echelon Racing | |
| 44 Kasper Andersen (Den) Swatt Club | both s.t. |
| 45 Ming-Chun Hsu (Tpe) Expeditors Cycling team | 1:58 |
| 46 Stephen Bassett (USA) Project Echelon Racing | 2:12 |
| 47 Keegan Hornblow (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | 2:20 |
| 48 Richard Arnopol (USA) Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
| 49 Simon Gingras (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | 2:22 |
| 50 Logan O'Krafka (Can) Team Skyline | 2:23 |
| 51 Kaler Marshall (USA) Expeditors Cycling team | 2:24 |
| 52 Zach Webster (Can) Hustle Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 53 Ethan Craine (NZl) Project Echelon Racing | 2:33 |
| 54 Clovis Roy (Can) EuroCyclingTrips – CCN | 2:38 |
| 55 Matteo Fontana (Ita) Swatt Club | 2:41 |
| 56 Kent Ross (USA) Expeditors Cycling team | 2:47 |
| 57 Myles Zagar (Can) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | s.t. |
| 58 Charles Bergeron (Can) Hustle Pro Cycling | 2:54 |
| 59 Felix Drouin (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | |
| 60 William Hardin (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | |
| 61 Tyler Hartle (Can) Manteo Racing | |
| 62 Emile Hamm (Can) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | |
| 63 Jayden McMullen (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | |
| 64 Jules Van Kempen (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | |
| 65 David Drouin (Can) EuroCyclingTrips – CCN | |
| 66 Anthony Hilligoss (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | |
| 67 Patrick Harris (Can) Hustle Pro Cycling | |
| 68 Cian Keogh (Irl) Team Skyline | all s.t. |
| 69 Albert Taylor (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | 3:00 |
| 70 William Goodfellow (Can) EuroCyclingTrips – CCN | s.t. |
| 71 Gabriel Seguin (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | 3:01 |
| 72 Jack Diemar (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | |
| 73 Sasha Renaud Tremblay (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | both s.t. |
| 74 Lee Agur (Can) Manteo Racing | 3:03 |
| 75 Patrick Frank (USA) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | |
| 76 Patrick Dicus (USA) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | both s.t. |
| 77 Samuel Boardman (USA) Project Echelon Racing | 3:08 |
| 78 Hugo Lutz-Atkinson (GBr) EuroCyclingTrips – CCN | 3:11 |
| 79 Robin Plamondon (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | s.t. |
| 80 Fernando Gabriel Nava Romo (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | 3:15 |
| 81 Carson Mattern (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | 3:16 |
| 82 Hugo Pain (Fra) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | 3:17 |
| 83 Charles Duquette (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | 3:27 |
| 84 Thomas Justin Omura (Can) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | 3:31 |
| 85 Simon Belley (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | 3:34 |
| 86 Alexander Scopinich-Burgel (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | s.t. |
| 87 Brendan Rhim (USA) Project Echelon Racing | 3:46 |
| 88 Edibaldo Maldonado Rayas (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | 3:54 |
| 89 Peter Collins (USA) Expeditors Cycling team | 4:59 |
| 90 Cooper Langard (Can) Manteo Racing | 5:15 |
| 91 Clint Perrrett (Aus) Manteo Racing | 5:21 |
| 92 Ezekiel Ouellet (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | 5:30 |
| 93 Sean Hollenbeck (USA) Expeditors Cycling team | 6:20 |
| 94 James Wilson (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | 6:30 |
| 95 Andrew Strohmeyer (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 7:48 |
| 96 Joshua Foley (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 7:57 |
| 97 Brooks Wienke (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 8:00 |
| 98 Merlin Dallaire (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | 8:30 |
| 99 Alexis Bouchard (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | |
| 100 Carl Truffer (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | |
| 101 Mathis Begin (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | |
| 102 Olivier Péloquin (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | |
| 103 Gregory Santiago Zapata Cordoba (Can) Team Winston Salem - Flow | |
| 104 Etienne Gagne (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | |
| 105 Philippe Jacob (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | all s.t. |
| 106 Bailey O'Donnell (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | 8:39 |
| 107 James Gardner (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | s.t. |
| 108 Tommy Feng (Can) Hustle Pro Cycling | 28:30 |
| 109 Ethan Powell (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | s.t. |
| DNF Siméon Green (Fra) EuroCyclingTrips – CCN | |
| DNF Nathanael Fry (Can) Hustle Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Philip Caldwell (Can) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | |
| DNF Adam Abidi (Can) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | |
| GC | |
| 1 Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Swatt Club | 8:17:10 |
| 2 Joel Plamondon (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | at 0:01 |
| 3 Oscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (Esp) Team MEDELLIN - EPM | 0:03 |
| 4 Adam Lewis (GBr) Team Skyline | 0:05 |
| 5 Diego Andres Camargo Pineda (Col) Team MEDELLIN - EPM | |
| 6 Jerome Gauthier (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | both s.t. |
| 7 Sean Christian (USA) Team Skyline | 0:06 |
| 8 Miguel Angel Diaz Herrera (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | 0:07 |
| 9 Hugo Scala Jr. (USA) Project Echelon Racing | 0:10 |
| 10 Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Team Skyline | 2:33 |
| 11 Kaler Marshall (USA) Expeditors Cycling team | 4:02 |
| 12 Dérénik Beauregard (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | 4:05 |
| 13 Nicolo Pettiti (Ita) Swatt Club | |
| 14 Felix Bouchard (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | |
| 15 Léo Roy (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | |
| 16 Felix Hamel (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | |
| 17 Jack Makohon (USA) Team Skyline | all s.t. |
| 18 Wilmar Andres Paredes Zapata (Col) Team MEDELLIN - EPM | 4:07 |
| 19 Chris Ernst (Can) Expeditors Cycling team | 4:10 |
| 20 Julien Ruhe (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | 4:16 |
| 21 Carlos MacPherson Arroyo (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | |
| 22 Evan Russell (Can) Expeditors Cycling team | |
| 23 Nick Moulai (NZl) Manteo Racing | |
| 24 Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) Team MEDELLIN - EPM | |
| 25 Marshall Erwood (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | |
| 26 Jonathan Hinse (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | |
| 27 Eric Berg (Can) Manteo Racing | |
| 28 Samuel Couture (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | |
| 29 Eddie Adams (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | |
| 30 Ben Oliver (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | |
| 31 Yehor Volkov (Ukr) Hustle Pro Cycling | |
| 32 Carson Miles (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | |
| 33 Ronan O'Connor (Irl) Team Skyline | |
| 34 Leonard Peloquin (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | |
| 35 Henry Neff (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | |
| 36 Ben Stokes (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | |
| 37 Francesco Carollo (Ita) Swatt Club | all s.t. |
| 38 Edward Ouellet (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | 4:24 |
| 39 Francis Izquierdo Bernier (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | 4:27 |
| 40 Laurent Gervais (Can) Project Echelon Racing | 4:29 |
| 41 Kasper Andersen (Den) Swatt Club | |
| 42 Nathan Pruner (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | both s.t. |
| 43 Owen Cole (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 4:34 |
| 44 Ming-Chun Hsu (Tpe) Expeditors Cycling team | 4:46 |
| 45 Stephen Bassett (USA) Project Echelon Racing | 5:00 |
| 46 Keegan Hornblow (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | 5:06 |
| 47 Samuel Boardman (USA) Project Echelon Racing | 5:08 |
| 48 Logan O'Krafka (Can) Team Skyline | 5:11 |
| 49 Zach Webster (Can) Hustle Pro Cycling | 5:12 |
| 50 Matteo Fontana (Ita) Swatt Club | 5:29 |
| 51 Ethan Craine (NZl) Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
| 52 Clovis Roy (Can) EuroCyclingTrips – CCN | 5:34 |
| 53 Kent Ross (USA) Expeditors Cycling team | 5:35 |
| 54 Myles Zagar (Can) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | s.t. |
| 55 Emile Hamm (Can) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | 5:42 |
| 56 Jayden McMullen (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | |
| 57 Felix Drouin (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | |
| 58 David Drouin (Can) EuroCyclingTrips – CCN | |
| 59 Cian Keogh (Irl) Team Skyline | |
| 60 Tyler Hartle (Can) Manteo Racing | |
| 61 Anthony Hilligoss (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | |
| 62 Patrick Harris (Can) Hustle Pro Cycling | all s.t. |
| 63 William Goodfellow (Can) EuroCyclingTrips – CCN | 5:48 |
| 64 Sasha Renaud Tremblay (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | 5:49 |
| 65 Gabriel Seguin (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | s.t. |
| 66 Patrick Dicus (USA) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | 5:51 |
| 67 Albert Taylor (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | 5:56 |
| 68 Lee Agur (Can) Manteo Racing | 5:57 |
| 69 Robin Plamondon (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | 5:59 |
| 70 Hugo Lutz-Atkinson (GBr) EuroCyclingTrips – CCN | s.t. |
| 71 Carson Mattern (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | 6:04 |
| 72 Richard Arnopol (USA) Project Echelon Racing | 6:12 |
| 73 Hugo Pain (Fra) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | 6:13 |
| 74 Charles Duquette (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | 6:15 |
| 75 Thomas Justin Omura (Can) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | 6:19 |
| 76 Simon Belley (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | 6:22 |
| 77 Alexander Scopinich-Burgel (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | 6:30 |
| 78 Edibaldo Maldonado Rayas (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | 6:42 |
| 79 Brendan Rhim (USA) Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
| 80 Ezekiel Ouellet (Can) Premier Tech X Endo Lévis | 8:18 |
| 81 Cooper Langard (Can) Manteo Racing | s.t. |
| 82 Sean Hollenbeck (USA) Expeditors Cycling team | 9:16 |
| 83 Andrew Strohmeyer (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 10:36 |
| 84 Alexis Bouchard (Can) Team Marni N'SIDE | 11:16 |
| 85 Philippe Jacob (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | 11:18 |
| 86 Etienne Gagne (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | s.t. |
| 87 Carl Truffer (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | 11:25 |
| 88 Merlin Dallaire (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | 11:26 |
| 89 James Gardner (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | 11:40 |
| 90 Olivier Péloquin (Can) Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii | 12:08 |
| 91 Simon Gingras (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | 12:45 |
| 92 William Hardin (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 12:57 |
| 93 Jules Van Kempen (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 12:58 |
| 94 Jack Diemar (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | 13:05 |
| 95 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | 16:19 |
| 96 Luke Elphingstone (USA) Kelly Benefits Cycling | 17:37 |
| 97 Fernando Gabriel Nava Romo (Mex) Olinka-Specialized | 18:08 |
| 98 Gregory Santiago Zapata Cordoba (Can) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 18:34 |
| 99 Charles Bergeron (Can) Hustle Pro Cycling | 19:03 |
| 100 Joshua Foley (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 22:01 |
| 101 James Wilson (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | 22:39 |
| 102 Brooks Wienke (USA) Team Winston Salem - Flow | 24:09 |
| 103 Bailey O'Donnell (NZl) MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project | 24:48 |
| 104 Patrick Frank (USA) Ride With Rendall pb BIEMME | 25:34 |
| 105 Peter Collins (USA) Expeditors Cycling team | 27:30 |
| 106 Ethan Powell (Can) TaG Cycling Race Team | 31:26 |
| 107 Clint Perrrett (Aus) Manteo Racing | 33:57 |
| 108 Mathis Begin (Can) Les Regis p/b groupe automobile Amis Juniors | 34:23 |
| 109 Tommy Feng (Can) Hustle Pro Cycling | 44:36 |
Canadian Gauthier Third in Stage 1 of Beauce
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