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Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay 2014: The race in pictures

Photographer Ivan Rupes captured the inaugural Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay with his camera. Below is the race told in eight photos. You can also read reports on each stage of the race.

June 9, 2014
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Photographer Ivan Rupes captured the inaugural Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay with his camera. Below is the race told in eight photos. You can also read reports on each stage of the race.

Grand Prix Cycliste Saguenay 2014
Michael Woods (Canada/Amore & Vita, right) wins the top points at the third KOM prime of Stage 1 ahead of Joshua Berry (U.S.A./SmartStop). Photo: Ivan Rupes
Grand Prix Cycliste Saguenay 2014
Eric Young (U.S.A./Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies) takes the win at Stage 1 ahead of Martijn Verschoor (Netherlands/Novo Nordisk) and Pierrick Naud (Canada/Garneau-Québecor). Photo: Ivan Rupes
Grand Prix Cycliste Saguenay 2014
Kirk Carlsen (U.S.A./JellyBelly presented by Maxxis) and Bruno Langlois (Canada/5-hour Energy presented by Kenda) ride in one of the many groups that formed after Stage 2’s crash. Photo: Ivan Rupes
Grand Prix Cycliste Saguenay 2014
Eric Young wins Stage 2 as Pierrick Naud takes second in a mass sprint.
Photo: Ivan Rupes
Grand Prix Cycliste Saguenay 2014
In Stage 3, the current U.S. road champion Eric Marcotte (SmartStop) and 2012’s Canadian road champion Ryan Roth (Silber Pro Cycling) are the last survivors of a four-rider breakaway on top of a short steep climb. Photo: Ivan Rupes
Grand Prix Cycliste Saguenay 2014
During Stage 3, Optum did much of the chasing. Photo: Ivan Rupes
Grand Prix Cycliste Saguenay 2014
The peloton on a descent to the start/finish area in downtown Chicoutimi, Que., on the fourth stage of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay. Photo: Ivan Rupes
Grand Prix Cycliste Saguenay 2014
Jure Kocjan (Slovenia/SmartStop) takes the yellow jersey in a mass sprint. Canada’s Pierrick Naud takes third and secures the green jersey. Ryan Roth takes fifth. Photo: Ivan Rupes