06.12.09 -2009 Tour de Beauce - Team Canada

After three stages, the 2009 Tour de Beauce has covered 480 of a total 816 kilometres and Canadian riders have appeared on the podium in two out of three stages.

Stage three saw substantial changes to the standings on Thursday. Colombian riders finished first and second on a 155 kilometre stage from St-Georges de Beauce to the mountain top finish at the Mont Megantic Observatory, and took the lead in the overall standings, with Darwin Atapuma winning the stage and team mate Sergio Luis Henao finishing second.

Henao donned the Yellow Jersey of race leader, after taking a three second time bonus earlier in the stage. Canadian National Team member Cameron Evans of Vancouver was the top Canadian finisher in 14th place, three minutes and 44 seconds behind Atapuma and Henao. Ryan Roth (Planet Energy) remains the top Canadian in the overall standings in ninth place, three minutes and 25 seconds behind Henao. Evans is Team Canada's top rider after three stages, in 21st place and 6:58 behind Henao.

Cam Evans - "After my crash [at a race in Arizona], I spent two weeks completely off the bike, and am just getting back into competition now, so I didn't know what to expect here. I suffered for the first couple of days here, but it is getting better every day. I'm here looking for stage wins, not the overall standing, so there's still a couple of chances in the last two stages."

Photos courtesy of www.canadiancyclist.com

National Team (L to R): Cameraon Evans, Mathew Bell, Ryan Belliveau, Jamie Riggs, Bryson Bowers, Charlie Bryer
Cameron Evans	National Team in the peleton at the Tour de Beauce