photo from the http://www.tourabitibi.qc.ca/ website... Charlie (on the left) is called up to the line after winning the time trial.
From the www.USACycling.org website
Avis just misses overall win at l'Abitibi; JR squad wins team GC
Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 30, 2008) - After winning the stage three individual time trial, the USA Cycling Junior National Team’s Charlie Avis (Palo Alto, Calif.) took second place overall in one of the world’s most prestigious junior stage races, the Tour de l’Abitibi. Avis and all five of his teammates strongly represented the United States, each claiming spots in the top 13 of one of the six stages and four placing inside the top 10 overall.
Avis posted a time of 21:09 in the 15-kilometer individual time trial to earn the stage three victory and jump into a near deadlock for the overall lead. The 17-year-old American went on to finish a strong sixth place in the fifth and final stage, but fell just short of overall winner Arnaud Jouffroy of France and was awarded second place by just 28 hundredths of a second. Although Avis wasn’t able to keep the brown jersey (overall winner) in the U.S. after Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.) secured it in the 2007 edition of l’Abitibi, he comfortably earned the blue jersey which is awarded to the top first-year junior.
Each member of the USA Cycling Junior National Team competing at l’Abitibi contributed to the squad’s overall win. Iggy Silva (San Diego, Calif.) earned himself a spot on the podium in the 95-kilometer stage one from Preissac to Val and finished sixth in the 91-kilometer second stage before going on to finish 13th overall. Andrew Barker (Lakewood, Colo.) finished a mere 18 seconds behind Avis in the stage three ITT to earn fourth, while teammate Taylor Kuphaldt (Yuba City, Calif.) finished sixth with a mark of 21:30.
Kuphaldt then went on to take fourth place in the stage four criterium on July 28 and Silva sprinted to ninth. Also riding strong for the U.S. team was Larry Warbasse (Traverse City, Mich.), earning several top-20 stage placings and finishing inside the top 10 in the overall. Ian Moir (Long Beach, Calif.) rounded out the USA Cycling Junior National Team riders, making several important team contributions and finishing 79th overall.
For more information on the 2008 Tour de l’Abitibi, click here.
2008 Tour de l’Abitibi
July 25-29, 2008
Quebec, Canada
General Classification Results
1. Arnaud Jouffroy (FRA) 8:39:08
2. Charlie Avis (Palo Alto, Calif.) s.t.
3. David Boily (CAN) +0:08
5. Andrew Barker (Lakewood, Colo.) +0:20
6. Taylor Kuphaldt (Yuba City, Calif.) +0:23
9. Larry Warbasse (Traverse City, Mich.) +0:46
13. Iggy Silva (San Diego, Calif.) +1:03
79. Ian Moir (Long Beach, Calif.) +7:26
Team Classification
1. USA Cycling Junior National Team 25:58:05
2. Quebec +1:31
3. Australian National Team +2:03
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