Tour de Beauce 2012 Photos; Stage 1: Lac-Etchemin → Lac-Etchemin, 162 km
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2011 and 2009 Tour de Beauce overall winners, Francisco Mancebo (Competitive Cyclist) and Svein Tuft (Team Canada) called up first before the stage 1 start		share this photo
Departing Lac-Etchemin before returning 162 km later		share this photo
Mancebo and Craig Lewis (Champion System)		share this photo
The peloton spread across the road. Clearly, the pace on this climb wasn't very fast.		share this photo
Ken Hanson (Optum p/ Kelly Benefit Strategies) wins the first KOM ahead of Flavio de Luna (SpiderTech p/b C10) and David Williams (Competitive Cyclist)		share this photo
The peloton once again spread across the road		share this photo
Competitive Cyclist planning their attack		share this photo
The break had over 8 minutes at this point		share this photo
Joe Eldridge (TT1) leads the chase		share this photo
Champion System takes over the front		share this photo
One of the steepest climbs on stage 1		share this photo
Matthias Friedemann (Champion System) would take 3rd on the day		share this photo
Ken Hanson (Optum p/ Kelly Benefit Strategies) also won the 2nd KOM ahead of breakmates Flavio de Luna (SpiderTech p/b C10) and David Williams (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team)		share this photo
Climb and descent perspective		share this photo
The break beginning to lose time at this point		share this photo
Peloton and bridge panoramic		share this photo
Teams sharing the workload		share this photo
Champion System about to absorb the break		share this photo
Flavio De Luna (left, Spidertech) takes the 2nd Sprint		share this photo
The break was allowed to dangle out front until they were caught with 17 km to go		share this photo
Francisco Mancebo (Competitive Cyclist) countered attacked with Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) and Sebastian Salas (Optum p/b Kelly Benefits), but when Salas collided with Sutherland taking down both riders, Mancebo carried on to a solo victory for the final 4 km		share this photo
Francisco Mancebo's (Competitive Cyclist) late attack succeeds with the rest of the top 10 strung out behind him on the return to Lac-Etchemin including 2nd place Ryan Roth (Spidertech p/b C10)		share this photo
3rd Matthias Friedemann (Champion System), 1st Francisco Mancebo's (Competitive Cyclist) and 2nd Ryan Roth (Spidertech p/b C10)		share this photo
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Your stage 1 podium		share this photo
Last year's winner, Francisco Mancebo's (Competitive Cyclist), has picked up where he left off		share this photo
Tour de Beauce 2012 Photos; Stage 1: Lac-Etchemin → Lac-Etchemin, 162 km
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