Josh Burnett (MitoQ) received the queen stage 3 at Tour de Beauce on the summit of Mont Mégantic, taking the occasion’s chief’s jersey. Burnett took a solo win by 26 seconds forward of Ian Lopez (Aevolo) and 30 seconds forward of third-placed Félix Hamel (Ecoflo Chronos).
The peloton contested the queen stage 3 on the Tour de Beauce, which provided a 168.9km race from Lac-Mégantic to the highest of Mont Mégantic. The ultimate ascent historically shakes up the final classification on the five-day race.
A nine-rider breakaway emerged in the course of the race, however just one rider made it to the ultimate climb, Conn McDunphy (Skyline), however with solely a minute lead. The strongest climbers within the race emerged on the decrease slopes of the ascent, distancing in a single day chief Tyler Stites (Project Echelon).
Burnett made his successful transfer within the closing leg of the ascent, gaining almost half a minute on his rivals and taking the stage win. He now leads the race into the penultimate stage 4, a circuit race in Quebec City on Saturday.
Stites restricted the time loss on the mountain and stays in second place general at 44 seconds again, whereas Lopez is now third general at 52 seconds again.
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