The Tour changes its diamond-shape course for a star-shape one with a new stage arrangement following the towns’ geographic location, with departures and arrivals at the same central point.

The Tour becomes the only North American stage of the new Juniors World Cup.

The Métro Summer Festival is created and presents concerts after the Tour’ daily events. Canadian Peter Mazur, wearing the colours of an American team, wins the Tour de l’Abitibi and later wins the Juniors World Cup Championship.

Wearing the colours of Denmark, the Finland native Jukka Vastaranta emulates Peter Mazur and makes gains at the Tour de l’Abitibi and Juniors World Cup.

The Tour de l’Abitibi presents its 40 th edition and takes up the challenge of also presenting the Juniors Nations Cup event newly implemented by ICU. The Nations Cup is a qualifying event for the ICU Juniors Road World Championships.

The Tour de l’Abitibi and the Nations Cup are amalgamated to offer one event only. The Tour de l’Abitibi/Nations Cup remains a unique international event that brings together the best junior cyclists in the world and that allows for qualification for ICU World Junior Road Championships. It is the only competition of that kind to take place outside of Europe.