Tour de l'Abitibi

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Underground stage of the Tour de l'Abitibi

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.

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

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

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