Stage 1: Lac-Etchemin → Lac-Etchemin, 165 km Full Results and Report
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Team Canada | 
Past Winners Ben Day (C) and Francesco Mancebo (R) with Dominique Rollin | 
More Canadian riders get called up | 
The morning rollout from Lac-Etchemin | 
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The main break forming | 
Two man break... | 
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Typical Quebec scenery | 
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Dominique Rollin (Canada) | 
Dominique Rollin (Canada) at 52 mph | 
James Stemper (5 Hr Energy) would end the day with the KOM Jersey | 
Guillaume Boivin (Canada) would finish 2nd place today | 
Jason McCartney (BISSELL) takes over the chase on one of the many climbs | 
A good perspective of the area and rolling terrain | 
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Marc De Maar (UHC) takes his turn at the front | 
Stemper and Cataford (Garneau-Quebcor) at the front until 5 k to go | 
A large bunch sprint coming up in the rain | 
A Team Canada goes down in the midst | 
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Someone thinks their teammate has won | 
Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Cycling) takes the bunch sprint ahead of Guillaume Boivin (Team Canada) and Andrea Peron (Novo Nordisk) | 
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Your stage 1 podium: 3rd Andrea Peron (Novo Nordisk), 1st Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Cycling) and 2nd Guillaume Boivin (Team Canada) | 
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Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Cycling) in Yellow | 
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Stage 2: Thetford-Mines → Thetford-Mines, 152 km Full Results and Report
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Cannondale's Guillaume Boivin, on loan to the Canadian National Team, wins Stage 2 in Thetford-Mines and takes over the race lead. | 
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Stage 3: St-Georges → Mont-Mégantic, 164 km Full Results and Report
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The rollout for Stage 3 in St-Georges | 
The rollout for Stage 3 in St-Georges | 
Race restarted at 0k | 
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Canada's yellow jersey on the front early in todays stage | 
Lush Quebec countryside | 
Approaching KOM 1 at km 65 | 
Beauty climb backdrop | 
Race leader Guillaume BOIVIN (CANADIAN NATIONAL) | 
This break would not last | 
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5Hr energy driving with a win in mind for today | 
Champion System in line for Chris Butler who finished 4th + 14s | 
The break is dwindling in size | 
The break has been caught | 
Nic Hamilton talking Canada Team Director Gord Fraser | 
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The 2nd last KOM with 3 riders in a new break | 
Putting the finishing climb (6.6 km @ 7.7% climb) into perspective in the midst of 55 sq km Parc national du Mont-Mégantic (photo credit: wikipedia) | 
The race is back together for the final climb with UHC driving the pace | 
Previous TdB Winner, Ben Day was in the mix at the front. He finished 6th + 41s. | 
Francisco MANCEBO (5 HOUR ENERGY) dig puts the group under pressure | 
Winners of the past to two years on Mont-Mégantic (Matt Cooke and Francisco Mancebo) going head-to-head | 
Champion Systems Chris Butler attacks with 3 k to go. He finished 4th + 41s. | 
Matt Cooke and Francisco Mancebo nearing the finish | 
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Francisco MANCEBO (5 HOUR ENERGY) wins in 4:02:20, 5 seconds ahead of last year's winner Matthew COOKE (CENTURY ROAD CLUB) | 
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Your stage 3 podium: 3rd Carter JONES (BISSELL PRO CYCLING) + 7s, 1st Francisco MANCEBO (5 HOUR ENERGY) 4:02:20, 2nd Matthew COOKE (CENTURY ROAD CLUB) + 5s | 
As it normally happens after this stage, we have a new race leader, the familiar face of Francisco MANCEBO (5 HOUR ENERGY) | 
The jersey leaders after Stage 3 |
Stage 4: St-Benoît-Labre, 20 km Full Results and Report
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1st 24 year-old Joseph ROSSKOPF (HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR DEVELOPMENT) from Athens, Georgia in 26:30 over the 20 km out and back course with a 150m climb at the halfway point | 
2nd Nathan BROWN (BONTRAGER) in the same time as the winner and now just 3s off the overall lead | 
2010 overall and tt winner, Benjamin DAY (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) was third + 1s | 
4th Philip DEIGNAN (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) + 12s | 
Philip DEIGNAN again | 
5th Matthew COOKE (CENTURY ROAD CLUB) + 24s and now just 2s back on GC | 
6th Francisco MANCEBO (5 HOUR ENERGY) + 27s to just barely retain the race lead | 
7th Nathan ENGLISH (5 HOUR ENERGY) + 35s | 
8th Phillip GAIMON (BISSELL PRO CYCLING) + 37s | 
Top Canadian, 9th Robert BRITTON (CANADIAN NATIONAL) + 43s | 
10th Benjamin JACQUES MAYNES (JAMIS HAGENS BERMAN) + 43s | 
53rd was our race leader from earlier in the week, Guillaume BOIVIN | 
Your stage 4 ITT podium: 3rd Benjamin DAY (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) + 1s, 1st Joseph ROSSKOPF (HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR DEVELOPMENT) in 26:30, 2nd Nathan BROWN (BONTRAGER) s.t. | 
Francisco MANCEBO (5 HOUR ENERGY) retained his race lead by the skin of his teeth. Two riders are just 3s back with two hilly circuit races remaining. | 
Your jersey leaders after Stage 4 |
Stage 5: Ville de Québec, 126 km Full Results and Report
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The jersey leaders lining up for the hilly Quebec City circuit race | 
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Lots of Climbing today in Quebec City | 
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Marc DE MAAR (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) on the attack | 
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Craig Lewis leads the early break | 
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James Stemper retains KOM Jersey | 
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5 hour Energy in front for most of the day | 
The break of five for most of today's stage | 
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Ben Day was not letting Mancebo to far out of sight | 
Guillaume Boivin would loose the white jersey | 
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Marc DeMaar leads with just 1k to go. | 
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UHC keeping Mancebo in line | 
Lucas Euser (UHC) leads an attack | 
Your stage 5 podium, 2nd Antoine DUCHESNE (BONTRAGER), 1st Marc DE MAAR (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) 3:07:02, 3rd Oscar CLARK (HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR DEVELOPMENT) | 
Francisco MANCEBO (5 HOUR ENERGY) added a few seconds to his overall lead today | 
Your stage 5 winner, Marc DE MAAR (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) | 
The jersey leaders |
Stage 6: Ville de St-Georges, 107 km Full Results and Report
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The jersey leaders in St-Georges ready for the sixth and final stage. Everything was about to change | 
Guillaume Boivin sets the fast pace from the start for the Canadian National Team | 
The final stage around St-Georges, base camp for this race, featured 10 laps of a hilly circuit for a total of 107 km | 
Lucas Euser (UHC) leads one of the early climbs; UHC animated the race each time up the climb | 
Diego Jimenez (Intega) on the corkscrew descent | 
Jonathan McCarty (Bissell) would on his way to the KOM Jersey | 
The peloton approaches the start/finish line with a scenic climb | 
Lucas Euser leading a break | 
5 Hr Energy up front desperately chasing for the race leader Francesco Mancebo with relentless attacking from the start | 
Farm scenery along the hilly 11 km circuit | 
Philip Deignan (UHC) and other GC threats working over race leader Francisco Mancebo on the circuit climb each lap | 
5 hr Energy chasing | 
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Christian Meier (Canadian National Team) leads Lucas Euser and Nathan Brown the final time up the climb | 
5 Hr Energy could not reel in the break for race leader Francesco Mancebo | 
The 5 Hr Energy chase has run out of gas | 
Today's stage featured a flurry of activity | 
Race leader, Francesco Mancebo came within 20s of bridging up the winning break but fell back into the chase group by the finish and crossed 17th + 1:26. Ben Day (UHC) was on his wheel the whole time. | 
Matt Cooke lost out today too. He slipped from 3rd to 5th on GC. | 
Wipe out on the corkscrew descent... | 
Sitting 4th wheel into the final turn, Kirk Carlsen slips on the newly wet road as light rain started | 
Diego Milan JIMENEZ (INTEJA, DOMINICAN CYCLING) won from a successful break that changed the GC podium on the final day. 2nd Luis Romero AMARAN (JAMIS HAGENS BERMAN) and 3 Lucas EUSER (UNITEDHEALTHCARE). 8th, a few seconds in the distance, was Nathan BROWN (BONTRAGER) who won the GC on the final day. Francisco Mancebo dropped from first to fourth. | 
Bontrager director Axel Merckx and a very happy Nathan Brown | 
Your Stage 9 podium: 3rd Lucas EUSER (UNITEDHEALTHCARE), 1st Diego Milan JIMENEZ (INTEJA, DOMINICAN CYCLING), 2nd Luis Romero AMARAN (JAMIS HAGENS BERMAN) | 
Your 2013 Tour de Beauce GC podium: 2nd Christian MEIER (CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM) + 44s, 1st Nathan BROWN (BONTRAGER) 18:12:08, 2nd Philip DEIGNAN (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) + 36 | 
UnitedHealthCare won the teams competition | 
UnitedHealthCare team celebration | 
Nathan Brown and Jonathan McCarty. Brown will leave the Tour with 3 different jerseys. |
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