Tour de Beauce 2010 Photos June 15 - June 20

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The peloton rolling through the Quebec countryside	Ben Day (FlyV) leads the break of 18 that was shortly reeled in	Francesco Mancebo (formally of Rock Racing) is back in North America racing for Heralkio-Murcia
The peloton and the green back drop	Jelly Belly's Will Routley is racing for Team Canada. Here he is starting the three man break that included the eventual winner	BMC on the front trying to bring them back
Road construction induces a crash	Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Heraklio-Murcia holds off the chasing peloton by 8s and collects all the leader jerseys. First time in the race's history one rider has them all.

Stage 2:  Thetford-Mines, 160km  Full Results and Report

He may not be wearing them all, but Rafael Serrano Fernandez (2nd from left) owns all the jerseys at the start of Stage 2	The start in Thetford-Mines. They would finish were they started 160 km later.	The break approches the 1st KOM at km 33 won by BMC's John Murphy
Amore Vita and Heraklio-Murcia led the pack for most of the day	The break has a 2 minute lead on the peloton	The peloton climbing the 2nd KOM at km 72
Chris Baldwin (UHC) and eventual stage winner David Tanner (FlyV)	BMC handoff	The feed zone
Francesco Mancebo (Heraklio-Murcia) watches over his boy in Yellow	David Tanner (FlyV) wins the bunch sprint in Thetford-Mines	Your stage 2 podium: 2nd Yuriy Metlushenko (Amore Vita), 1st David Tanner (FlyV) and 3rd Andrew Pinfold (UnitedHealthcare)

Stage 3:  Saint-Georges - Mont Megantic 154km  Full Results and Report

Scenic by the Chaudriere River	SpiderTech takes a pull	Andrew Pinfold (UHC) winning the first sprint keeping him in the White Jersey
Team Bahati's turn to pull	This, the hardest stage, was for the stallions in the peloton	The main break held it together for most of the day until the last climb when two riders from the peloton caught and passed them
The peloton approaching the 2nd KOM	Francisco Mancebo and race leader Serrano Fernandez both of Heralkio-Murcia attacking at the front of the peloton	Wow, so many cyclists. Which one to chase?
The peloton has the break in sight with 20k to go	Jeff Louder (BMC) was in the break for most of the day. He would finish 5th (+ 0:23)	Marc De Maar (UHC) wins the 9 km climb to the top of Mont Mégantic after flying by Canadian Derrick St-John (Garneau Club Chaussures) in the final 200m. St-John, who attacked at the based, finished second (+0:08). That's Valeriy Kobzarenko of Team Type 1, from the main break, cresting for 3rd (+0:16). De Maar now leads the race by 7s.

Stage 4:  Saint-René 20 km (ITT)  Full Results and Report

Andrew Pinfold (UHC) in Sprinters jersey finished well of the pace in 73rd	Nathan O'Neil (Bahati Foundation) took second but was one minute back of the winning time	Local boy Charles Dionne (Fly V) placed 28th (+ 02:13)
Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Heralkio- Murcia) in the KOM Jersey placed 69th (+ 4:22)	Jeff Lauder (BMC) was 20th (+ 1:55)	Caleb Fairly (USA) Felt-Holowesko Partners did well for 5th (+ 1:18)
Ex Tour de France top 10 rider, Francisco Mancebo move up in GC (Heralkio-Murcia) with his 9th place ride (+ 1:27)	This rider didn't bring his TT bike. Opted instead for clip ons.	Will Routley (Team Canada) was 18th (+ 1:52)
Chris Baldwin (UHC) would have been disappointed with 22nd place (+ 1:58)	Francois Parisien of Spidertech p/b Planet Energy was the best Canadian finisher in 4th (+ 1:14)	David Boily (Spidertech) in the Red Jersey placed 17th (+1:17)
Ben Day (Fly V) won the ITT	Ben Day (Fly V) beat his nearest competitor by over a minute. His winning time for the 19.3 km course was 25:02 (46.26 km/h)	Teammate Darren Wolfe (FlyV) took 2nd (+ 1:01)
Marc De Maar (UHC) was in the yellow jersey, Now he's 4th overall after his 21st place ITT finish (+ 1:57)	All Australian podium: 3rd Nathan Neil, 1st Ben Day, 2nd Darren Wolfe	Now in Yellow, Ben Day (Fly V)

Stage 5:  Quebec City 127.6km (11 circuits)  Full Results and Report

1st big climb on the 12.5 km circuit in Quebec City	This course is a trial run for the upcoming UCI race this September, Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec	11 laps for a total of 128 km
The early three man break included Felt-Holowesko's Danny Summerhill	Now a five man break	FlyV at the front of the peloton for their man in Yellow, Ben Day
Morgan Schmitt (USA) of Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis would eventually place third	Club seats	First and second on GC, Ben Day and Darren Wolfe
Marc de Maar made his winning move with 800 meters to go for his second road stage win this week.	Ben Day is still comfortably in Yellow as he congratulates Marc de Maar on his second stage win	Your stage 5 podium: 2nd Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Type 1, 1st Marc De Maar (Ned) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis, 3rd Morgan Schmitt (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis

Stage 6:  Saint-Georges 135.5km  Full Results and Report

Fly V in the rain. It looks like a crit in Saint-Georges but it was a circuit race (11 laps x 12.35 km)	Jamie Sparling (Team Canada) and Caleb Fairly (Holowesko Partners) in the break. Sparling later put in an unsuccessful attack on a descent with two laps to go.	Race leader Ben Day (FlyV) keeping the break in sight: "We were in control of the race the whole time"
The main break gained a maximum advantage of three minutes on the field	Jackson Stewart was in the break and went on to win the bunch sprint for second	FlyV at front for most of the day
UHC traded with FlyV for a while at the front	Heraklio-Murcia's Hector Gonzalez Baeza attacked the main break on the final lap and to the surprise of his breakmates, soloed to line with a 16s margin of victory	BMC's Jackson Stewart won the bunch sprint for second ahead of Team Canada's Will Routley and the rest of the break. The peloton crossed just three seconds later.
Bookend wins for Heraklio-Murcia. They opened and closed the 25th Tour de Beauce with stage wins. They also won the team competition.	Your stage 6 podium: 2nd Jackson Stewart, 1st Hector Gonzalez Baeza and 3rd Will Routley	Marc de Maar of Unitedhealthcare (right), who won two stages and wore Yellow before the time-trial stage, found his way back onto the GC podium on the last day. He joined the race winner, Ben Day, and his FlyV teammate Darren Wolfe.
Ben Day and his FlyV team celebrate the GC victory. Ben Day joins Levi Leiphiemer as two time winners of this race.