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Zwizanski claims Beauce crown as Sulzberger wins finale
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Scott Zwizanski (Kelly Benefit Strategies) won the Tour de Beauce on Sunday as Bernard Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) collected the final stage win in the St. Georges circuit race.
The 130km race consisted of 12 loops of 10.8km with a climb on each lap just before the finish line.
Breakaways coalesced and faded under the watchful eye of Zwizanski’s Kelly Benefits squad until the eighth lap, when a dangerous nine-man move containing the Colombian National Team’s Sergio Luis Henao and Darwin Artapuma — second and third on GC, respectively — went clear.
With the leader’s jersey in peril, the entire Kelly Benefits squad went quickly to work and retrieved the escapees with three laps to race.
A series of breakaway bids followed the catch, to no avail. Then, just before the final climb, Bjorn Selander (Trek-Livestrong) and Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) attacked and took a 10-second lead into the ascent.
Sulzberger proved the stronger of the two on the day, with Danilo Wyss (BMC) third. Meanwhile, Zwizanski hung on to collect the final leader’s jersey by 51 seconds over Henao with Atapuma third at 1:14.
