With its 10th place today on the Mont-Mégantic, David Boily takes de lead of the young rider’s standing
Riders of Team SpiderTech powered by Planet Energy had a special reason the cheer today at the conclusion of the third stage of the Tour de Beauce since David Boily’s excellent climbing demonstration on its way to Mont-Mégantic’s summit earned him the Red Jersey of leader of the U24 general standings. But this positive outcome was partially shadowed by Andrew Randell’s condition: the veteran had to withdraw from the race during the stage due to a growing knee pain that could be the result of the bad crash that got him down ten days ago during the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship.
Just like it happened yesterday’s the stage, attacks were launched very early in the race but none of them really worked out. It’s only after 60 kilometers –with the first KOM sprint- that two riders were able to escape: Valeriy Kobzarenko (TTi) and Sergy Grechyn (Amore & Vita). Quickly they were joined by Darren Rolfe (Fly V), Jeff Louder (BMC), Derrick St-John (Garneau) and Björn Papstein (SS Wledenbruck). The escapes were able to take a 3 minutes advantage on the pack but they were caught back by the peloton among which SpiderTech powered by Planet Energy’s riders –especially Guillaume Boivin and Bruno Langlois- contributed with strong relays. Even if in the end the victory slipped through the team’s fingers, with David Boily in 9th place at 41 seconds, Lucas Euser in 12th place at 53 seconds, François Parisien in 13e place at 59 seconds and Ryan Roth in 14th place at 1 minute and 6 seconds, SpiderTech is in a very good position for the individual standings. The team also sits in fourth position of the team standings.
After the stage, David Boily was mentioning “I was not feeling super good today, at least not before we reached the gravel section at kilometer 109. After a quick sanitary stop my legs felt better. At the bottom of the climb my teammates did a superb job to hold the break at only 2 minutes. I tried to stay in front on the last climb but I was caught with only 200 meters to go! Anyway, during tomorrow’s stage, I’ll be wearing the young rider’s jersey.â€
The Tour de Beauce continues tomorrow with what promises to be an exhausting 20 kilometers individual time-trial. The star/finish line will be in Saint-René and chances are that the general standings will be greatly modified following tomorrow’s results.  The Tour de Beauce is being presented for the 25th consecutive time and it is one of the most important and difficult stage races in Canada. It is listed very high among the team SpiderTech powered by Planet Energy’s objectives for this season.
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