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Stage 4 Nations Cup
Val-d’Or, August 3, 2008 – The standard-bearer for the Hot Tubes Development Team, Nathan Brown, waved to the cheering crowd in Val-d’Or this evening as the Coupe des Nations Abitibi 2008 drew to a close.
Brown leaves the competition with the brown jersey as leader of the individual classification on time, since he outstripped his nearest rival, Nick Aitken of Australia, by 20 seconds. Aitken, for his part, should be delighted, as he walks away with the orange jersey for the highest individual points. The American team maintained top honours in team points classification.
Nevertheless, it was Arnaud Demare (France) who earned first place in the fourth and final stage of the Coupe des Nations today. The crowd was once again impressed with Demare’s strength in the final sprint. Demare navigated the course in 2 hours 44 minutes 44 seconds, along with Fabio Silvestre of Portugal and Canadian Hugo Houle.
Over the 118.2-kilometre course between Senneterre and Val-d’Or, two significant breakaways ended in vain. The first, made up of Oliver Harding-Sheath (New Zealand) and Alexis Ansard (France), lasted 34 kilometres and, at its height, saw these two competitors with a lead of one minute and 35 seconds over the rest of the pack. The second breakaway consisted of seven cyclists from different teams, but it blended back into the field after 44 kilometres, with three laps left in the race.
Thus ends the first edition of the Coupe des Nations Abitibi. Hoping you enjoyed these last few days of competition, we wish you a wonderful continuation of your cycling season!
Source :
Sarah Charbonneau-Beaulieu
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Translation : Mary-Louise Rodgers
Results
Stage 4 : Senneterre – Val-d’Or
Sunday, August 3rd 2008
Rank |
Name | Team | Time |
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | France | 2 :44 :44 h |
| 2 | Fabio Silvestre | Portugal | s.t. |
| 3 | Hugo Houle | Canada 1 | s.t. |
| 4 | Nick Aitken | Australia | s.t. |
| 5 | Ivan Sivash | Kazakhstan | s.t. |
| 6 | Arman Kamyshev | Kazakhstan | s.t. |
| 7 | David Boily | Canada 2 | s.t. |
| 8 | Jacob Schwingboth | Canada 2 | s.t. |
| 9 | Florian Taillefer | France | s.t. |
| 10 | Larry Warbasse | United States | s.t. |
Results
Cumulative after 4 stages
Rank |
Name | Team | Time |
| 1 | Nathan Brown | Hot Tubes Development (United States) | 7 :35 :18 h |
| 2 | Nick Aitken | Australia | at 20 secs |
| 3 | Daniil Fominykh | Kazakhstan | at 22 secs |
| 4 | Larry Warbasse | United States | at 39 secs |
| 5 | Pierrick Naud | Québec | at 1 min |
| 6 | Ruslan Abdulmanov | Kazakhstan | at 1 :11 min |
| 7 | Andrew Barker | United States | at 1 :14 min |
| 8 | Dustin Andrews | Canada 1 | at 1 :17 min |
| 9 | Fabio Silvestre | Portugal | at 1 :18 min |
| 10 | Oleg Solomko | Ukraine | at 1 :31 min |
Brown jersey (individual leader) :* Nathan Brown (Hot Tubes Development)
Orange jersey (points leader) :* Nick Aitken (Australia)
Leading nation:* United States