Lac Etchemin, Quebec - Quebec riders made it two-for-two in thesecond stage of the Tour de Beauce on Wednesday, with Dominique Rollin(Equipe Quebec) winning the 180 kilometer stage.  Rollin finishedsecond to Martin Gilbert (VW-Trek) in Tuesday's opening stage and, withthe time bonuses awarded for winning the stage, takes over the yellow leader'sjersey.The race took the riders on a long, hilly loop around Lac Etchemin,through the Beauce region south of Quebec City.  The weather playeda major factor in the stage, with cold rain and strong winds forcing theabandonment of many riders.  The stage started at 7 degrees Celsius(45 Fahrenheit), and only warmed up a few degrees as the stage progressed. However, while the cold, wet conditions made the race miserable, it wasthe wind that had the most impact.  In addition to discouraging breakaways,it literally blew riders off the road.Charles Dionne and Max Plaxton, both riding for Team Canada, were literallyblown off their bikes into the ditch, according to team manager Kris Westwood. Greg Reain, a Canadian riding for Steven's Racing, was also pushed intothe ditch by the wind, snapping his fork off and incurring a sizable blackeye in the process (he was forced to abandon).Until the first KoM, at the 60 kilometer mark, the field stayed andsuffered together, with Gilbert's team sitting at the front, assisted byHealth Net.  On the KoM, the pace made the first significant selectionin the peloton.  Andrew Randell (Team Canada) took a flyer after theclimb, but was back in the peloton after 10 kilometers, eventually abandoningwith back problems.The second KoM proved to be even more selective, and the first seriousbreak of the day took shape, with 11 riders going off the front (eventuallygrowing to 15), including a number of riders who had been in the breakthe day before - Svein Tuft (Symmetrics), Nathan O'Neill and Jeff Louder(Navigators) and Glen Chadwick (CyclingNews.com).  This was the startof the final form the race would take.  A second group, containingMike Sayers (Health Net), former Beauce winner Eric Wohlberg (Symmetrics),Dionne and yellow jersey Gilbert started chasing shortly afterwards, andthen a third group, containing John Lieswyn (Health Net) formed.Eventually, a core group of 30 formed, with all the major teams represented,while the dispirited remains of the peloton trudged along, further andfurther behind.  The leaders had less than 50 kilometers to go, andthe attacks began almost immediately.  The constant attacks and counterseventually split the leaders into two groups, with 20 remaining at thefront.Rollin made the split, plus Walters, Tuft, Louder, Lieswyn, Mike Jones(Health Net), Wohlberg and O'Neill.  Significantly, Dionne didn't,and neither did Gilbert, who finally cracked under the effort, eventuallylosing 11 minutes.  One final climb, five kilometers from the finish,brought the lead group down to 15, setting the stage for a sprint finish. Coming into the town of Lac Etchemin, Walters had to be one of the favorites,but in the last corner, a slight misdirection by a course marshal tookthe wrong route, letting Rollin (a time triallist rather than a sprinter)jump from the back of the group to the front.  Walters moves intosecond place overall, 15 seconds back.  Twenty four riders eitherabandoned or were outside the time limit."It was an extremely difficult day, with the wind and the cold. My goal was to make sure that I did not miss the critical breakaway." explaineda cold but jubilant Rollin after the stage.  "To win the stage andto wear the yellow jersey is incredible and totally unexpected.  Ourteam will do its best to defend this jersey in the next stages, but tomorrowis a very difficult stage."