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.Tour de l'Abitibi – A Prestigious International Event . Retrieved 2011-01-20Festivals et Événements Québec – Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Retrieved 2011-01-20
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.
Winners YearWinnerSecondThird1969 Gérard Rocheleau Robert Van Den Eynde Serge Proulx1980 Alex Stieda 1981 Bruno Wojtinek Franck Pineau 1985 André van Wijngaarden Chris Koberstein Nathael Sagard1986 Michel Zanoli Laurent Jalabert Richard Luppes1987 Frank McCormack Darren Baker Jean-Cyril Robin1988 Bobby Julich 1989 Bobby Julich 1991 Gorazd Štangelj 1992 Roland Green 1993 Miles MacDonald 1994 Guillaume Belzile Alexei Kuznetsov1995 Neil Grover Denis Menchov Sven Claussmeyer1996 David Rolandez 1997 Joshua Thornton David Zabriskie Phil Zajicek1998 William Frischkorn Michael Wieczorek Bobbie Traksel 1999 Brad Buccamboso Alwyn Scheepers Sterling Magnell 2000 Piotr Mazur Koen de Kort Wesley Cole2001 Jukka Vastaranta Niels Scheuneman Norbert Poels2002 Tyler Farrar Oliver Stiller-Crote Craig Wilcox2003 Kai Reus Matthew Crane Steven Cozza2004 Christopher Stockburger Zachary Bolian Michael Vanderaerden2005 David Veilleux Eric Boily Jonas Bjelkmark 2006 Mark Hinnen William Goodfellow Guillaume Boivin2007 Taylor Phinney Tom David Guillaume Blais-Dufour2008 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 2024 Ellande Larronde Oliver Scott Ben Morin 2025 Gabin Gicquel Alban Picard Maxime Bourassa 2026 Carter DeVeer Gleb Novikov Heron Land-Gillis
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