Val-d'Or, October 30, 2022 – The Tour de l'Abitibi was inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame at the Annual Cycling Canada Conference held on Saturday, October 29 in Ottawa. “This is a huge and complete recognition of all the volunteers who have carried the torch since the beginning. It is a pride that this event has become the oldest cycling competition in North America, despite all the pitfalls encountered over the years.  It started with nothing, we didn’t know anything about cycling and we learned over time and it goes on» mentions Léandre Normand, founding member of the Tour de l'Abitibi. According to the president, Mélanie Rocher «The Tour de l'Abitibi represents hope for our young people, we are a breeding ground for young cyclists where we have the chance to see the growth of «Hugo Houles».  Young people watching the Tour and those taking part in the Tour see and live a dream. The Tour de l'Abitibi shapes cyclists, volunteers, it shapes regional vitality and pride.” Cycling Canada [...]

Amos, July 17, 2022 – Gavin Hadfield from team Canada won this seventh and last stage of Tour de l’Abitibi. He was in a break away for the last 5 km in the race, which determined the three riders ending up on the podium. The second place went to Sasha Renaud-Tremblay from team Canada, and the third place went to Vaughn Veenendaal from team USA. They were able to gain 35 seconds on the pack within the last km of the race. The bunch was therefore unable to catch up to them. Evan Boyle from team USA was also in a break away, for the most part of the stage, but he crashed and went back in the pack. A few chasing groups were formed during the race, without any result. In general ranking, Lucas Mainguenaud from the national team of France is crowned grand winner of the 52nd edition of the Tour de l’Abitibi and wins the brown jersey. His teammate Mathieu Dupé wins the orange jersey, given to [...]