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Tour de Beauce 2012 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 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 |
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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
Full/Official Stage 6 Results and the Final GC — tourdebeauce
Sutherland wins Tour de Beauce
— cyclingnews 25 Big Photos from Stage 6 (more photos added) — veloimagesJune 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 5 post-race coverage
27 Big Photos from Stage 5 (now posted) — veloimagesFull/Official Stage 5 Results — tourdebeauceStake Laengen wins fifth stage of Tour de Beauce
— cyclingnewsTeam Type 1 wins Tour de Beauce Stage 5 — cyclingmagazine.caStage 5, Tour de Beauce Report — teamtype1.org 27 Big Photos from Stage 5 (now posted) — veloimages More Photos from Stage 5 —
vincent drouinJune 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 — veloimagesOwn Words: Christian Meier on Tour de Beauce - Stage 5 — greenedgecyclingStage 4 post-race coverage
20 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — veloimagesFull/Official Stage 4 Results — tourdebeauceTuft powers to victory in stage four time trial — cyclingnewsSvein Tuft wins Tour de Beace Stage 4 — cyclingmagazine.ca 20 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — veloimagesJune 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 3 post-race coverage
26 Big Photos from Stage 3 (more photos added) — veloimagesFull/Official Stage 3 Results — tourdebeauceCooke wins Tour de Beauce Stage 3 — cyclingmagazine.caCooke triumphs on Mont-Mégantic — cyclingnews 26 Big Photos from Stage 3 (more photos added) — veloimagesIt’s finally coming together for Matt Cooke — podiuminsightTour de Beauce Stage 3 Report and Photos – Cooke Conquers Megantic — pedalmag
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. — SteveSee 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 — veloimagesStage 2 post-race coverage
27 Big Photos from Stage 2 (more photos added) — veloimagesFull/Official Stage 2 Results — tourdebeauceLewis wins Tour de Beauce Stage 2- results and report
— cyclingmagazine.caLewis wins stage 2 from break — cyclingnews 27 Big Photos from Stage 2 (more photos added) — veloimagesJune 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 — veloimagesStage 1 post-race coverage
26 Big Photos from Stage 1 (more photos added) — veloimagesFull/Official Stage 1 Results — tourdebeauceMancebo wins Tour de Beauce Stage 1 - report — cyclingmagazine.caMancebo wins opening stage at Tour de Beauce — cyclingnewsTour de Beauce: Stage 1 report and photos — canadiancyclist 26 Big Photos from Stage 1 (more photos added) — veloimages(highlights are hiqh quality so may load slowly. Requires Quicktime plug-in)
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.
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) — steephillPreview: Mancebo hopes to repeat Tour de Beauce — cyclingnewsBikeNZ PureBlack chasing more success at Tour de Beauce
— cyclingnewsUne Belle Mise En Jambes De 162 Km À Lac-Etchemin — enbeauceSalas riding high as King of the Mountains — vancouversunTeam Type 1-Sanofi Heads To Canada And The Tour De Beauce
— teamtype1.orgHarper [Federal] Government Supports the Tour de Beauce
— newswire.caSvein Tuft and Christian Meier to Compete for Canada at 2012 Tour de Beauce — pedalmagJune 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
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2012 Tour de Beauce Route Map (carte du parcours)
