Michael Foley (Hustle Pro Cycling) gained stage 2 of the Tour de Beauce on Thursday, claiming the uphill bunch dash as Tyler Stites (Project Echelon Racing) completed safely throughout the peloton to retain the race lead.
Foley, who will likely be representing Canada on the observe on the Paris Olympic Games, took the uphill dash forward of 22-year-old American Sean Christian (Aevolo) and in third it was Dutchman Stefan Verhoeff (Universe Cycling).
The peloton saved the break nicely underneath management on the 164km stage from Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne that took riders by means of the lumpy terrain of Saint-Camille-de-Lellis, Saint-Magloire and Frampton. Three riders had stretched the hole to round two-and-a-half minutes half manner by means of the stage however at underneath 25km to go the ultimate survivor out entrance, Alexis Cartier (360 Cycle Regis), was swept up.
The bunch end meant the general gaps are nonetheless comparatively small. Stites is nineteen seconds forward of his nearest rival Kent Ross, whereas ten riders are inside 30 seconds and proper as much as sixtieth place total is inside a minute.
There is, nonetheless, loads of alternative to reshuffle the GC deck on stage 3 as Friday will ship the Queen stage of the UCI 2.2 ranked five-day race in Canada. After departing from Lac-Mégantic the peloton will tackle a 169-kilometer course that finishes on the Mont-Mégantic observatory on the prime of the best paved street in Quebec.
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