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Races come and go on the race calendar, but Tour de Beauce, Canada's premier stage race, has run every year since 1986. In 2012, Rory Sutherland won the overall in his first appearance and called it 'a beautiful race.' Big Photos from 2012 — veloimages Big Photos from 2010 — veloimages Route Map  |  Stages  |  Preview  |  News  |  Startlist  |  Live Coverage  |  TV  |  2011

1	Tuesday, June 12	162 km
	Lac-Etchemin → Lac-Etchemin
	profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
2	Wednesday, June 13	160 km
	Thetford-Mines → Thetford-Mines
	profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
3	Thursday, June 14	164 km
	St-Georges → Mont-Mégantic
	profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
4	Friday, June 15	20 km
	St-Benoît-Labre
	profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
5	Saturday, June 16	125 km
	Ville de Québec (circuits)
	profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
6	Sunday, June 17	125 km
	Ville de St-Georges (circuits)
	profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
Total Distance		756 km
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2012 Tour de Beauce Teams Team Rosters and Withdrawals Group riders by: or COMPETITIVE CYCLIST (RCC) (USA)   1 MANCEBO  Francisco ESP   2 RABOU  Thomas NED   3 BEYER  Chad USA   4 BURNETT  Ian USA   5 SHELDEN  Taylor USA   6 JENKINS  Max USA   7 WILLIAMS  David USA SPIDERTECH p/b C10 (SPI) (CAN)   11 DE LUNA  Flavio MEX   12 BELL  Zach CAN   13 GILBERT  Martin CAN   14 HOULE  Hugo CAN   15 PARISIEN  François CAN   16 LAMBERT-LEMAY  Simon CAN   17 ROTH  Ryan CAN UNITEDHEALTHCARE (UHC) (USA)   21 DAY  Ben AUS   22 DE MAAR  Marc AHO   23 MCCARTNEY  Jason USA   24 FRATTINI  Davide ITA   25 JONES  Christopher USA   26 REUS  Kai NED   27 SUTHERLAND  Rory AUS CHAMPION SYSTEM (CSS) (HKG)   31 BOILLAT  Joris SUI   32 AVERY  Clinton NZL   33 FRIEDEMANN  Matthias GER   34 CLARKE  Will AUS   35 LEWIS  Craig USA   36 OTHMAN  Adiq MAS   37 BUTLER  Christopher USA TEAM TYPE 1 SANOFI (TT1) (USA)   41 CALLEGARIN  Daniele ITA   42 CALABRIA  Fabio AUS   43 LAENGEN  Vegard Stake NOR   44 FORTIN  Filippo ITA   45 ILESIC  Aldo Ino SLO   46 SEREBRYAKOV  Alexander RUS   47 ELDRIDGE  Charles USA NODE4 GIORDANA RACING (NGR) (GBR)   51 CLARKE  David GBR   52 MOSS  James GBR   53 LAVERY  Philip IRL   54 FREND  Kieran GBR   55 HIGGINS  Matt GBR RALEIGH - GAC (RAL) (GBR)   61 OLIPHANT  Evan GBR   62 SPARLING  Jamie CAN   63 HAMPTON  Russel GBR   64 TOWNSHEND  Brennan GBR   65 HOLMES  Matt GBR   66 HOLOHAN  Liam GBR   67 HORTON  Tobyn GBR OPTUM p/b KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES (OPT) (USA)   71 SALAS  Sebastien CAN   72 CANDELARIO  Alex USA   73 COOPER  Marsh CAN   74 HANSON  Ken USA   75 MUMFORD  Reid USA   76 SOLADAY  Thomas USA   77 HAGA  Chad USA EXERGY (XRG) (USA)   81 COOKE  Mathew USA   82 SCHMITT  Morgan USA   83 TVETCOV  Serghei MDA   84 GIANETTI  Noe SUI   85 CHADDOCK  Benjamin CAN EKOI.COM - GASPÉSIEN (EKG) (QC)   91 NAUD  Pierrick CAN   92 MATTEAU  Antoine CAN   93 CAR  Adam USA   94 BROCHU  Jordan CAN   95 DESHAIES  Jean-Samuel CAN   96 BRYER  Charles CAN   97 JEAN  Émile CAN PURE BLACK RACING (PBR*) (NZL)   101 VAN UDEN  Roman NZL   102 CROSBY  Louis NZL   103 TORCKLER  Michael NZL   104 GUNMAN  Taylor NZL   105 COOPER  Joseph NZL   106 WILLIAMSON  James NZL TREK RED TRUCK RACING p/b MOSAIC HOMES (TRT*) (CAN)   111 CANNING  Cody CAN   112 MCKNIGHT  Bailey CAN   113 DE VOS  Adam CAN   114 LOGAN  Craig CAN   115 CLIFFORD  Brad CAN   116 YOUNG  Colter CAN   117 CHALIFOUX  Dominic CAN H&R BLOCK (HRB*) (CAN)   121 BRITTON  Rob CAN   122 THUSS  Adam CAN   123 SIDIC  Mike CAN   124 DALLAIRE  Laurent CAN   125 MCLEOD  Garrett CAN   126 CHEYNE  Jordan CAN   127 KERR  Justin NZL DEDA / HYPE p/b KINATEX (DHK*) (QC)   131 SAMSON  Étienne CAN   132 ROUSSEAU  Sébastien CAN   133 ANDERSEN  Adam CAN   134 BLANCHETTE  Samuel CAN   135 RACINE  Jean-François CAN   136 McCULLOUGH  Andrew USA   137 FARABAUGH  Adam USA GARNEAU-QUEBECOR-NORTON ROSE (GQN*) (QC)   141 DUCHESNE  Antoine CAN   142 LANGLOIS  Bruno CAN   143 LANGLANDS  Mark NZL   144 VIVES  Charly CAN   145 STEPHENS  David CAN   146 KYER  Julian USA   147 HUGHES  Zach CAN MEDIQUE p/b SILBER INVESTMENTS (MSI*) (QC)   151 BLACKBURN  William CAN   152 PICCOLI  James CAN   153 MISSAGHI  Kianoush CAN   154 RALPH  Robert CAN   155 AMMERLANN  Nicolas CAN   156 DELANEY  Olivier CAN TEAM CANADA (CAN) (CAN)   161 TUFT  Svein CAN   162 MEIER  Christian CAN   163 ROTH  Casey CAN   164 HAMILTON  Nic CAN   165 WIGHT  Stuart CAN   166 WOODS  Michael CAN   Printable Startlist

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News and Updates for Tour de Beauce 2012

Stage 6 post-race coverage

25 Big Photos from Stage 6 (more photos added) — veloimages

Stage 6 Results
CAN  1  LANGLOIS, Bruno (GARNEAU-QUEBECOR-NORTON ROSE)       3:05:58
CAN  2  COOPER, Marsh (OPTUM p/b KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES)    + 0:02
GER  3  FRIEDEMANN, Matthias (CHAMPION SYSTEM)                + 0:21
CAN  4  MEIER, Christian (TEAM CANADA)                       
GBR  5  OLIPHANT, Evan (RALEIGH - GAC)                       
ESP  6  MANCEBO, Francisco (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)             
AUS  7  SUTHERLAND, Rory (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                  
IRL  8  LAVERY, Philip (NODE4 GIORDANA RACING)               
AHO  9  DE MAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                     
USA  10 BEYER, Chad (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)                    

Final General Classification
AUS  1  SUTHERLAND, Rory (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                     19:07:19
CAN  2  HOULE, Hugo (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                          + 0:19
CAN  3  MEIER, Christian (TEAM CANADA)                            + 0:43
CAN  4  TUFT, Svein (TEAM CANADA)                                 + 1:06
USA  5  COOKE, Mathew (EXERGY)                                    + 1:07
AHO  6  DE MAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                          + 1:12
ESP  7  MANCEBO, Francisco (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)                  + 1:17
CAN  8  ROTH, Ryan (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                           + 1:29
CAN  9  SALAS, Sebastien (OPTUM p/b KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES)     + 1:31
CAN  10 BRITTON, Rob (H&R BLOCK)                                  + 1:38

Full/Official Stage 6 Results and the Final GC — tourdebeauce
Sutherland wins Tour de Beauce — cyclingnews
Stage 6 Finish (00:55 Ambient Noise) — tourdebeauce
25 Big Photos from Stage 6 (more photos added) — veloimages
Stage 6 Highlights (05:12 Ambient Noise) — tourdebeauce
Spectator video from the start of Stage 6 (01:18 English) — piccolig
Hugo Houle Interview Post-Stage 6 (03:00 English) — canadiancyclist
Svein Tuft Interview Post-Stage 6 (02:53 English) — canadiancyclist
Rory Sutherland Interview Post-Stage 6 (02:02 English) — canadiancyclist
Christian Meier Interview Post-Stage 6 (02:53 English) — canadiancyclist

Stage 6 preview: Ville de St-Georges, 125 km (hilly)

June 17 update: The traditional final stage of this fine race is in Saint Georges, base camp for all the stages. But, this hilly circuit race is no ceremonial final stage. Last year, Svein Tuft got away on the final descent and won by 18s. This year, he and Team Canada teammate Christian Meir will have to do something special if they are going to move up from the their 3rd and 4th GC positons, 0:43 and 1:06 back of Rory Sutherland, respectively. Young Hugo Houle, second + 19s, is probably just hoping to keep that spot. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 6 start time: Sunday 11:00 EDT (3:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Ville de St-Georges, circuits
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 14:07 EDT (6:07:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Ville de St-Georges, Canada

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Stage 5 post-race coverage

27 Big Photos from Stage 5 (now posted) — veloimages

Stage 5 Results
NOR  1  LAENGEN, Vegard Stake (TEAM TYPE 1 SANOFI)         2:59:27
GBR  2  HAMPTON, Russell (RALEIGH - GAC)                   
GBR  3  HOLOHAN, Liam (RALEIGH - GAC)                       + 0:02
USA  4  BEYER, Chad (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)                  
NED  5  RABOU, Thomas (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)                 + 0:07
CAN  6  HAMILTON, Nic (TEAM CANADA)                        
USA  7  LEWIS, Craig (CHAMPION SYSTEM)                     
CAN  8  DUCHESNE, Antoine (GARNEAU-QUEBECOR-NORTON ROSE)   
NZL  9  TORCKLER, Michael (PURE BLACK RACING)               + 0:13
AUS  10 SUTHERLAND, Rory (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                 + 0:39

General Classification after Stage 5
AUS  1  SUTHERLAND, Rory (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                     16:00:01
CAN  2  HOULE, Hugo (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                          + 0:19
CAN  3  MEIER, Christian (TEAM CANADA)                            + 0:43
CAN  4  TUFT, Svein (TEAM CANADA)                                 + 1:06
USA  5  COOKE, Mathew (EXERGY)                                    + 1:07
AHO  6  DE MAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                          + 1:12
ESP  7  MANCEBO, Francisco (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)                  + 1:17
CAN  8  ROTH, Ryan (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                           + 1:29
CAN  9  SALAS, Sebastien (OPTUM p/b KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES)     + 1:35
CAN  10 BRITTON, Rob (H&R BLOCK)                                  + 1:39

Full/Official Stage 5 Results — tourdebeauce
Stake Laengen wins fifth stage of Tour de Beauce — cyclingnews
Team Type 1 wins Tour de Beauce Stage 5 — cyclingmagazine.ca
Stage 5, Tour de Beauce Report — teamtype1.org
Stage 5 Highlights (04:49 Ambient Noise) — tourdebeauce
27 Big Photos from Stage 5 (now posted) — veloimages
More Photos from Stage 5 — vincent drouin
Hendrik Redant (UHC) post-Stage 5 (01:28 English) — GrippedPublishing

Stage 5 preview: Ville de Québec, 125 km (lumpy)

June 12 update: A lumpy, circuit race through Quebec City. I believe the course was modified recently due to a city workers' strike. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.
Big Photos from the Quebec City stage at the 2010 Tour de Beauce — veloimages
Own Words: Christian Meier on Tour de Beauce - Stage 5 — greenedgecycling

Stage 5 start time: Saturday 12:15 EDT (4:15:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Ville de Québec, circuits
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 15:22 EDT (7:22:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Ville de Québec, Canada

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Stage 4 post-race coverage

20 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — veloimages

Stage 4 Results
CAN  1  TUFT, Svein (TEAM CANADA)             27:08
AUS  2  SUTHERLAND, Rory (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)   + 0:30
CAN  3  HOULE, Hugo (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)      + 0:46
CAN  4  MEIER, Christian (TEAM CANADA)        + 0:54
CAN  5  ROTH, Ryan (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)       + 1:10
CAN  6  BRITTON, Rob (H&R BLOCK)              + 1:16
AHO  7  DE MAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)      + 1:29
AUS  8  DAY, Ben (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)           + 1:31
CAN  9  BELL, Zach (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)       + 1:35
USA  10 COOKE, Mathew (EXERGY)                + 1:42

General Classification after Stage 4
AUS  1  SUTHERLAND, Rory (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                     13:00:54
CAN  2  HOULE, Hugo (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                          + 0:19
CAN  3  MEIER, Christian (TEAM CANADA)                            + 0:43
CAN  4  TUFT, Svein (TEAM CANADA)                                 + 1:04
USA  5  COOKE, Mathew (EXERGY)                                    + 1:05
AHO  6  DE MAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                          + 1:12
ESP  7  MANCEBO, Francisco (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)                  + 1:17
CAN  8  ROTH, Ryan (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                           + 1:27
CAN  9  SALAS, Sebastien (OPTUM p/b KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES)     + 1:33
CAN  10 BRITTON, Rob (H&R BLOCK)                                  + 1:37

Full/Official Stage 4 Results — tourdebeauce
Tuft powers to victory in stage four time trial — cyclingnews
Svein Tuft wins Tour de Beace Stage 4 — cyclingmagazine.ca
20 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — veloimages
Stage 4 Highlights (03:23 Ambient Noise) — tourdebeauce
Stage 4 Svein Tuft winner's interview: 'Some exciting racing coming up' (02:42 English) — canadiancyclist
Hugo Houle Interview Post-Stage 4 (02:06 English) — GrippedPublishing
SpiderTech Team director Michael Carter Post-Stage 4 (01:53 English) — GrippedPublishing
Hugo Houle's breakthrough time trial (00:53 English) — kwestwood
Hugo Houle interview post-Stage 4 (01:31 English) — pedalvideo
Rory Sutherland interview post-Stage 4 (01:13 English) — pedalvideo

Stage 4 preview: St-Benoît-Labre, 20 km (TT)

June 15 update: Stage 4 is a 20 km individual time-trial that climbs for 7 km @ 2% (the profile is deceiving) and then turns around and descends back to St-Benoît-Labre. Rory Sutherland is just 10s back of race leader Francisco Mancebo after a fine 3rd place performance on Mont-Mégantic yesterday and he'll be expected to take over the race lead after this stage. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 4 start time: Friday 9:00 EDT (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for St-Benoît-Labre, Canada
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 12:00 EDT (4:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for St-Benoît-Labre, Canada

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Stage 3 post-race coverage

26 Big Photos from Stage 3 (more photos added) — veloimages

Stage 3 Results
USA  1  COOKE, Mathew (EXERGY)                                  4:12:32
ESP  2  MANCEBO, Francisco (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)                 + 0:07
AUS  3  SUTHERLAND, Rory (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                     
CAN  4  HOULE, Hugo (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                         + 0:10
USA  5  BUTLER, Christopher (CHAMPION SYSTEM)                    + 0:12
CAN  6  SALAS, Sebastien (OPTUM p/b KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES)    + 0:15
AHO  7  DE MAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                         + 0:20
CAN  8  MEIER, Christian (TEAM CANADA)                           + 0:25
GBR  9  CLARKE, David (NODE4 GIORDANA RACING)                    + 0:55
CAN  10 BRITTON, Rob (H&R BLOCK)                                 + 0:58

General Classification after Stage 3
ESP  1  MANCEBO, Francisco (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)                12:33:06
USA  2  COOKE, Mathew (EXERGY)                                    + 0:03
AUS  3  SUTHERLAND, Rory (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                       + 0:10
CAN  4  HOULE, Hugo (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                          + 0:13
CAN  5  SALAS, Sebastien (OPTUM p/b KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES)     + 0:17
AHO  6  DE MAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                          + 0:23
CAN  7  MEIER, Christian (TEAM CANADA)                            + 0:28
USA  8  BUTLER, Christopher (CHAMPION SYSTEM)                     + 0:39
CAN  9  ROTH, Ryan (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                           + 0:57
GBR  10 CLARKE, David (NODE4 GIORDANA RACING)                     + 0:58

Full/Official Stage 3 Results — tourdebeauce
Cooke wins Tour de Beauce Stage 3 — cyclingmagazine.ca
Cooke triumphs on Mont-Mégantic — cyclingnews
Finish of Stage 3 (00:55 Ambient Noise) — tourdebeauce
26 Big Photos from Stage 3 (more photos added) — veloimages
Stage 3 Highlights (04:58 Ambient Noise) — tourdebeauce
It’s finally coming together for Matt Cooke — podiuminsight
Tour de Beauce Stage 3 Report and Photos – Cooke Conquers Megantic — pedalmag
Hugo Houle Interview Post-Stage 3 (02:16 English) — canadiancyclist
Hugo Houle Interview Post-Stage 3 (01:01 English) — cyclovolcanique
Rory Sutherland on Mont Megantic, Post-Stage 4 (00:38 English) — GrippedPublishing
Christian Meier Interview Post-Stage 3 (02:05 English) — canadiancyclist
Stage 2 and 3 backstage with Pure Black Racing (04:47 English) — romanvanuden
Matt Cooke winner's interview post-Stage 3: 'Best win' (01:35 English) — GrippedPublishing
Hugo Houle Interview Post-Stage 3 (00:43 English) — GrippedPublishing

Stage 3 preview: St-Georges → Mont-Mégantic, 164 km (Mountain)

June 13 update: Stage 3 ends with a summit finish on Mont-Mégantic, a 6.6 km @ 7.7% climb, peaking up in the middle of the 55 km² Parc national du Mont-Mégantic. There are also a lot of rollers (see banner photo above) starting at the halfway point of the stage as we make our way south during the Queen Stage of the race. Marc De Maar (UHC) won this stage in 2010 and Francisco Mancebo (Competitive Cyclist) won it last year. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.
Big Photos from the Mont-Mégantic stage at the 2010 Tour de Beauce — veloimages

Stage 3 start time: Thursday 9:30 EDT (1:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for St-Georges, Canada
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 13:58 EDT (5:58:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Mont-Mégantic, Canada

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Stage 2 post-race coverage

27 Big Photos from Stage 2 (more photos added) — veloimages

Stage 2 Results
USA  1  LEWIS, Craig (CHAMPION SYSTEM)                4:05:07
CAN  2  SPARLING, Jamie (RALEIGH - GAC)                + 0:12
RUS  3  SEREBRYAKOV, Alexander (TEAM TYPE 1 SANOFI)    + 0:36
GER  4  FRIEDEMANN, Matthias (CHAMPION SYSTEM)        
MDA  5  TVETCOV, Serghei (EXERGY)                     
CAN  6  GILBERT, Martin (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)          
ESP  7  MANCEBO, Francisco (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)      
GBR  8  OLIPHANT, Evan (RALEIGH - GAC)                
NZL  9  VAN UDEN, Roman (PURE BLACK RACING)           
ITA  10 FRATTINI, Davide (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)           

General Classification after Stage 2
ESP  1  MANCEBO, Francisco (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)                8:20:27
USA  2  LEWIS, Craig (CHAMPION SYSTEM)                           + 0:03
CAN  3  ROTH, Ryan (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                          + 0:04
GER  4  FRIEDEMANN, Matthias (CHAMPION SYSTEM)                   + 0:05
CAN  5  SALAS, Sebastien (OPTUM p/b KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES)    + 0:09
GBR  6  OLIPHANT, Evan (RALEIGH - GAC)                           + 0:10
CAN  7  MEIER, Christian (CANADA NATIONAL)                      
MAS  8  OTHMAN, Adiq (CHAMPION SYSTEM)                          
GBR  9  CLARKE, David (NODE4 GIORDANA RACING)                   
SLO  10 ILESIC, Aldo Ino (TEAM TYPE 1 SANOFI)                   

Full/Official Stage 2 Results — tourdebeauce
Lewis wins Tour de Beauce Stage 2- results and report — cyclingmagazine.ca
Lewis wins stage 2 from break — cyclingnews
27 Big Photos from Stage 2 (more photos added) — veloimages
Stage 2 Highlights (04:53 Ambient Noise) — tourdebeauce
Jamie Sparling Interview Post-Stage 2 (03:18 English) — canadiancyclist
Craig Lewis winner's interview Post-Stage 2 (03:18 English) — GrippedPublishing

Stage 2 preview: Thetford-Mines → Thetford-Mines, 160 km (lumpy)

June 12 update: Another lumpy stage with steeper hills than stage 1 ending with finishing circuits in Thetford-Mines which at one time was one of the world's largest asbestos-producing regions. In 2010, this stage ended in a sprint finish. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.
Big Photos from the Thetford-Mines stage at the 2010 Tour de Beauce — veloimages

Stage 2 start time: Wednesday 10:00 EDT (2:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Thetford-Mines, Canada
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 14:03 EDT (6:03:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Thetford-Mines, Canada

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Stage 1 post-race coverage

26 Big Photos from Stage 1 (more photos added) — veloimages

Stage 1 Results
ESP  1  MANCEBO, Francisco (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)         4:15:01
CAN  2  ROTH, Ryan (SPIDERTECH p/b C10)                  
GER  3  FRIEDEMANN, Matthias (CHAMPION SYSTEM)           
CAN  4  MEIER, Christian (CANADA NATIONAL)               
CAN  5  LANGLOIS, Bruno (GARNEAU-QUEBECOR-NORTON ROSE)   
MAS  6  OTHMAN, Adiq (CHAMPION SYSTEM)                   
NED  7  RABOU, Thomas (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)              
USA  8  BEYER,  Chad (COMPETITIVE CYCLIST)               
GBR  9  OLIPHANT, Evan (RALEIGH - GAC)                   
AUS  10 DAY, Ben (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)                      

Full/Official Stage 1 Results — tourdebeauce
Mancebo wins Tour de Beauce Stage 1 - report — cyclingmagazine.ca
Mancebo wins opening stage at Tour de Beauce — cyclingnews
Tour de Beauce: Stage 1 report and photos — canadiancyclist
26 Big Photos from Stage 1 (more photos added) — veloimages
Stage 1 Highlights (06:12 Ambient Noise) — tourdebeauce
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Stage 1 preview: Lac-Etchemin → Lac-Etchemin, 162 km (lumpy)

June 11 update: An up and down, leg-zapping road race in the shape of a figure eight starting and ending at Lake Etchemin, southeast of Québec City. Note there is live text coverage for all stages. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 1 start time: Tuesday 9:30 EDT (1:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Lac-Etchemin, Canada
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 13:38 EDT (5:38:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Lac-Etchemin, Canada

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2012 Tour de Beauce Race Preview

Mancebo and Tuft prior to the start of Stage 1 (photo @tourdebeauce)
June 11 update:
Official Startlist w/ bib numbers (right-below) — steephill
Preview: Mancebo hopes to repeat Tour de Beauce — cyclingnews
BikeNZ PureBlack chasing more success at Tour de Beauce — cyclingnews
Une Belle Mise En Jambes De 162 Km À Lac-Etchemin — enbeauce
Salas riding high as King of the Mountains — vancouversun
Team Type 1-Sanofi Heads To Canada And The Tour De Beauce — teamtype1.org
Harper [Federal] Government Supports the Tour de Beauce — newswire.ca
Svein Tuft and Christian Meier to Compete for Canada at 2012 Tour de Beauce — pedalmag

June 9 update: This year's Tour de Beauce is almost identical to previous editions. It features a mix of hilly road and circuit races, a summit finish and an individual time trial. Francisco Mancebo (Competitive Cyclist) will defend his 2011 title against past winners Svein Tuft (Team Canada) and Ben Day (UnitedHealthcare).

Other riders to watch include Sebastian Salas (Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies), who won the climber’s jersey at the Tour of California, Ryan Roth (SpiderTech p/b C10), Craig Lewis (Champion System) and Rob Britton (H&R Block).

The Canadian national team, led by Tuft, will start a series of notable riders including his Orica-GreenEdge teammate Christian Meier and David Veilleux, who is on borrow from Europcar. Francois Parisien (SpiderTech p/b C10) will look to improve on his strong performance from last year. UnitedHealthcare will also send Marc De Maar (winner of the Mont-Mégantic summit finish in 2010) and this year's Tour of the Gila winner Rory Sutherland. Team-Type 1 will be bringing Alexander Serebryakov and Aldo Ilesic who were 1-2 in Philadelphia last weekend.

The international (2.2) stage race is one of the longest-standing events in Canadian history being held every race since 1986. Previous winners include Jonathan Vaughters, Levi Leipheimer and Michael Rogers. — Steve and Canadian Cycling Magazine

Official Site — tourdebeauce
Race History and Past Winners — en.wikipedia.org
Big Photos from the 2010 Tour de Beauce — veloimages

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En Direct: Live Text Updates and TV Coverage and TV Coverage

June 9 update: There is no live video for Tour de Beauce but there will be live text updates, big photos and video highlights every day. — Steve

media source	tv or internet	comments/restrictions
	live text updates (EN)	text updates from Canadian Cycling Magazine
	steephill text updates  official updates	short race updates and notification of results, photos and video highlights
check back at race time for more and updated links; send a comment or a new live link

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2012 Tour de Beauce Route Map (carte du parcours)

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