After a bold move David Boily finished in 7th –and 1st Canadian- of the race held in Quebec City today
June 19th, Saint-Georges (Can) – Today’s stage of the Tour de Beauce was held in the beautiful city of Quebec in front of a large crowd. On the 12 kilometer circuit the ProTour riders will face next September it was Lucas Euser’s turn to show Team Spidertech powered by Planet Energy’s colors in the day break that almost made it to the line. In the final moments of the stage David Boily once again displayed his rich talent by taking the 7th position after trying a bold move. He also is the top finishing Canadian today. This performance earned him the right to defend his leader’s position of the U23 standings one last time tomorrow during the Tour’s final stage.
Today Danny Summerhill (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin U23), Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Heraklio-Murcia) Christopher Jones and Thomas Rabou (Team Type 1), managed to escape to the peloton’s attention during the third lap. They were quickly joined by Spidertech’s Lucas Euser and Chad Beyer (BMC Racing Team) and the group was never able to build more than an uncomfortable 2:15 lead over the peloton controlled by riders of Fly V Australia who were protecting Ben Day’s Yellow Jersey. On each lap the escapes’ advantage was slowly reduced and at the beginning of the final lap they had only 12 seconds left on the peloton. With only 1.2 kilometer to go the Red Jersey David Boily –who was racing in front of his friends and family- launched a solid attack and was able to create a 100 meters gad with the field. The gamble almost paid off but Marc De Maar (Unitedhealthcare), the winner of the Mont-Mégantic stage, came back on him and on the line he still had a 4 seconds advantage to celebrate his second stage victory on this Tour de Beauce. Javier Megias Leal (Team Type 1) and Morgan Schmitt (Unitedhealthcare) completed the podium of the Quebec City stage.
After the race Boily –who is from the province of Quebec- was commenting his day in these words: “I really wanted to get the victory today. It was great to race in front of such a crowd. The circuit is fun and it’s very technical, more over the spectators can see what’s happening in the race. For me it was a rare occasion to race in front of my family and friends, this was exciting!â€
Tomorrow the Tour de Beauce travels back to Saint-Georges for its sixth and final stage. Riders will be confronted 11 times to a 12.3 kilometer circuit. SpiderTech powered by Planet Energy riders will spear no energy in the defense of David Boily’s Red Jersey. Doing so should allow them to preserve their second place on the team’s general standings. 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. Additional information is available at www.tourdebeauce.com
