Boivin leads Tour of Taihu Lake after three stages
Israel Cycling Academy rider earned blue leader's jersey with prologue triumph
Canada’s Guillaume Boivin of Israel Cycling Academy leads the UCI 2.1-rated Tour of Taihu Lake in China after three stages, having won the opening 5.3-km prologue time trial in Wuxi on Tuesday. It was the second win of his career, having taken the national road championship in 2015.
Canadian rider, @GuillaumeBoivin of @yallaACADEMY, is the 1st leader of #TourTaihuLake. 2nd was @Tsvetkov13 & 3rd @MorgzRacer. pic.twitter.com/2YEtRjReQV
— Brain on Wheels ? (@BrainOnWheels) October 10, 2017
Although he finished on the same time as Romainian Serghei Tvetkov of Jelly Belly, Boivin had the lead by a few hundreds of seconds.
On Wednesday, Boivin retained his blue leader’s jersey even after suffering a crash, finishing in the sprint pack. Italian Nicolas Marini of Nippo-Fantini was the day’s winner.
Nicolas Marini won 1st stage of #TourofTaihuLake 2017 in #Wuxi, while Guillaume Boivin remains top of the individual general classification. pic.twitter.com/2SVF09C6KX
— é…力無錫 Wuxi China (@WuxiCity) October 11, 2017
Hit the deck pretty hard today here in China. Made it back to the group and kept the leader… https://t.co/s5vj8UxLnA
— Guillaume Boivin (@Guillaumeboivin) October 11, 2017
Thursday saw Boivin once more in the bunch, in sixth place as 2015 champion Jakub Mareczko (Italy/Wilier-Trestina) earned the flowers. Boivin now leads Tvetkov and Kiwi Morgan Smith by one-second in the GC.
Boivin was recently top Canadian in the world road championships road race in Bergen, Norway, at 35th. He has represented his country at the Worlds over the past three years.
There are five more stages of the Tour of Taihu Lake, and Tvetkov will be looking for satisfaction after this season’s runner-up spots in the Tour of the Gila and the Colorado Classic. He was also third to Rob Britton in the Tour of Utah.
