RE:Tour L’Abitibi Final Day

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 Stage 4 Nations Cup

                     Nathan Brown is Crowned Champion of the Coupe des Nations

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