{"id":20111,"date":"2013-06-02T21:26:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T19:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/veilleux-takes-yellow-green-polka-dots-in-dauphine\/"},"modified":"2013-06-02T21:26:28","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T19:26:28","slug":"veilleux-takes-yellow-green-polka-dots-in-dauphine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/veilleux-takes-yellow-green-polka-dots-in-dauphine\/","title":{"rendered":"Veilleux takes yellow, green, polka dots in Dauphin\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Veilleux (Photo credit: Petit Brun)<\/p>\n

Twenty-five years after Steve Bauer<\/a> won the prologue of the 1988 Criterium du Dauphin\u00e9<\/a>, David Veilleux<\/a> became the second Canadian to wear yellow at the start of the French alpine race.<\/p>\n

At the end of a 118km long breakaway, including 47km on his own, the Europcar rider preceded the peloton of favorites by almost two minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a fantastic feeling,\u201d Veilleux said in Champ\u00e9ry, Switzerland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my first time taking part in the Dauphin\u00e9. The standard of the race is extremely high, that\u2019s why I didn\u2019t have any expectation at this level.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was worth trying. I\u2019ve started to believe that something would be possible when our breakaway gained more than nine minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut later, it was only in the last 300 metres that I realised I\u2019d won. It\u2019s an enormous satisfaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes from a lot of sacrifices and huge amounts of work. I\u2019m happy that it pays off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veilleux was the first man to attack after only three kilometres of racing.<\/p>\n

He was soon joined by Ricardo Garcia (Euskaltel), Thomas Damuseau (Argos-Shimano) and Jean-Marc Bideau (Bretagne-S\u00e9ch\u00e9) as they began their effort with the first category climb c\u00f4te de Morgins where Bideau passed in first position.<\/p>\n

They reached a maximum advantage of 10.10 at kilometre 40. After one hour of warming up, the peloton got organised.<\/p>\n

Used to longer stage distances, the top pro teams underestimated the capacity of Veilleux whose record book was limited to four wins: Roue tourangelle in 2011, stage 1 and GC of the Mi-Ao\u00fbt bretonne last year as well as the Tre Valli Varesine in Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us Canadians, the most difficult part of our career is to put the foot in the door,\u201d the 26-year-old explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a question of seizing opportunities. I joined Europcar in a period of redevelopment.\u201d \u2013 Cyclingnews<\/a><\/p>\n

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