{"id":2464,"date":"2022-07-12T23:24:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T03:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourabitibi.com\/?p=2464"},"modified":"2022-07-12T23:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T03:29:40","slug":"challenge-sprint-2022-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourabitibi.com\/en\/challenge-sprint-2022-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Abitibians on the podium of the Challenge Sprint Abitibi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Amos, July 11, 2022 \u2013<\/strong> The 52<sup>nd<\/sup> edition of the Tour de l\u2019Abitibi officially started today in Amos. 13 teams were presented to the audience who came to assist to this first day of race. They were then able to enjoy the performances of the best sprinter of each team in the Challenge Sprint Abitibi, sponsored by the Government of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>J\u00e9r\u00f4me Gauthier from Amos won this unofficial stage of the Tour de l\u2019Abitibi. After suffering a concussion during a Nation\u2019s cup race last May, he is now on team Qu\u00e9bec for the 52<sup>nd<\/sup> edition of the Tour. In 2021, he was also crowned Quebec champion, as well as Canadian champion.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge finally held the audience attentive as the France rider, Mathieu Dup\u00e9, was following him closely and won the second place. For the first time since 2010, two riders from Abitibi were on the podium tonight. Indeed, Thomas P\u00e9rigny, from team Subway, won the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p><u>Stage\u00a01, sponsored par Agnico Eagle<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will be the first official stage of the 52<sup>nd<\/sup> Tour de l\u2019Abitibi. The cyclists will leave from Rouyn-Noranda, in front of the C\u00e9gep de l\u2019Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue at 4\u00a0:45 pm. They will ride across the Aiguebelle National Park for the second time. The final arrival is expected to be at 7\u00a0:10 pm in Amos, in front of the cathedral, to complete a total of 131,7 km.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; 30 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Antoine Deraps<br \/>\nCommunication agent<br \/>\nTour cycliste de l&#8217;Abitibi inc.<br \/>\n819-355-1740<br \/>\n<u>presse@tourabitibi.qc.ca<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amos, July 11, 2022 \u2013 The 52nd edition of the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two Abitibians on the podium of the Challenge Sprint Abitibi - 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