The Tour de l'Abitibi is a junior bicycle stage race taking place in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The race was first held in 1969 and had only Canadian teams. It has since become an international competition, part of the Junior Nations' Cup (Coupe des Nations Junior) and is currently the only junior-level race in North America sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale. A number of renowned cyclists, such as Steve Bauer, Laurent Jalabert, Bobby Julich and Andrew Hampsten, have participated in the Tour before they launched their professional careers.[1][2]

Tour de l'Abitibi
Race details
DateJuly
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Local name(s)Tour de l'Abitibi (in French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Junior Nations' Cup
TypeStage race
Web sitetourabitibi.com Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1969 (1969)
Editions53 (as of 2023)
First winner Gérard Rocheleau (CAN)
Most recent Matthew Ney (CAN)
Underground stage of the Tour de l'Abitibi

Since 2000, one stage of the Tour de l'Abitibi takes place in an underground mine of Cité de l'Or, some 300 feet (91 m) below ground. Cyclists must ride through the tunnels and up the access ramp (a 17% slope) before they race through the streets of Val-d'Or.[1]

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1969   Gérard Rocheleau   Robert Van Den Eynde   Serge Proulx
1980   Alex Stieda
1981   Bruno Wojtinek   Franck Pineau
1985   André van Wijngaarden   Chris Koberstein   Nathael Sagard
1986   Michel Zanoli   Laurent Jalabert   Richard Luppes
1987   Frank McCormack   Darren Baker   Jean-Cyril Robin
1988   Bobby Julich
1989   Bobby Julich
1991   Gorazd Štangelj
1992   Roland Green
1993   Sean McDonald
1994   Guillaume Belzile   Alexei Kuznetsov
1995   Neil Grover   Denis Menchov   Sven Claussmeyer
1996   David Rolandez
1997   Joshua Thornton   David Zabriskie   Phil Zajicek
1998   William Frischkorn   Michael Wieczorek   Bobbie Traksel
1999   Brad Buccamboso   Alwyn Scheepers   Sterling Magnell
2000   Piotr Mazur   Koen de Kort   Wesley Cole
2001   Jukka Vastaranta   Niels Scheuneman   Norbert Poels
2002   Tyler Farrar   Oliver Stiller-Crote   Craig Wilcox
2003   Kai Reus   Matthew Crane   Steven Cozza
2004   Christopher Stockburger   Zachary Bolian   Michael Vanderaerden
2005   David Veilleux   Eric Boily   Jonas Bjelkmark
2006   Mark Hinnen   William Goodfellow   Guillaume Boivin
2007   Taylor Phinney   Tom David   Guillaume Blais-Dufour
2008   Arnaud Jouffroy   Charlie Avis   David Boily
2009   Andrew Barker   Charlie Avis   Taylor Gunman
2010   Lachlan Morton   Eamon Lucas   Zack Noonan
2011   James Oram   Dion Smith   Colby Wait-Molyneux
2012   Taylor Eisenhart   Alexey Vermeulen   Geoffrey Curran
2013   Brendan Rhim   Owen Gillott   Olivier Brisebois
2014   Rayane Bouhanni   Zeke Mostov   Mathias Norsgaard
2015   Adrien Costa   Brandon McNulty   Théo Menant
2016   Brandon McNulty   Mikkel Bjerg   Kevin Goguen
2017   Riley Sheehan   Fernando Islas   Richard Holec
2018   Riley Sheehan   Kendrick Boots   Michael Garrison
2019   Michael Garrison   Matthew Riccitello   Lukas Carreau
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022   Lucas Mainguenaud   Mathieu Dupé   Mathéo Barusseau
2023   Matthew Ney   Ethan Powell   Alejandro Che

References

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  1. ^ a b Tour de l'Abitibi – A Prestigious International Event Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-01-20
  2. ^ Festivals et Événements Québec – Abitibi-Témiscamingue[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2011-01-20
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