Tyler Stites (Project Echelon) claimed the primary win of the Tour de Beauce on Wednesday, capturing stage 1 of the UCI 2.2 ranked Canadian five-day race with a late assault.
After an aggressive opening day of racing, the place the peloton allowed little room to the numerous riders who tried to interrupt away, it was the American’s transfer within the last three kilometres that gained the day with Stites ending solo. He was six seconds forward of fellow US rider Ross Kent (Expeditors Elite CT) and in third it was Gregory Santiago Zapata (Québec), with the 22 12 months outdated additionally claiming the lead within the youth classification.
Stites final 12 months completed second general on the Tour de Beauce behind Luke Valenti, profitable two phases alongside the best way and on high of that he entered the race this 12 months on a powerful run of type.
So far this season Stites has gained the Rhodes Grand Prix, the Redlands Classic general, whereas additionally choosing up two phases alongside the best way, and he additionally claimed the Tour of the Gila general and a stage. On high of that he got here second to Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) on the time trial on the USA Cycling National Championships and the 26-year-old is just not lengthy returned from a brief European block the place he delivered a high ten end within the stage 4 dash on the 2.Pro ranked Tour of Norway.
Claiming the 198km opening stage which began and completed in Saint-Gédéon could have been the best begin for Stites as he appears to be like to maneuver as much as the highest step at this 12 months’s 5 stage 725 kilometre Tour de Beauce, but it surely was a troublesome starting to the thirty sixth version of the race for a lot of others. There had been a number of falls, one involving round 20 riders, and eleven riders had been marked down as a DNF (didn’t end) on the finish of the opening stage.
The race continues on Thursday with a rugged 164km stage from Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne which is able to take the peloton to the north facet of the Massif du Sud.
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