07.22.11 - Two stages for the cyclists of the Tour!

Amos, July 21st 2011 - Today the cyclists had a busy schedule having two (2) stages in the same day, combining an individual time trial and a road race.

Early this morning, teams left for St-Félix-de-Dalquier to take part in the individual time trials. It was a 12,4 km route ending in Amos where cyclists had to give the best of themselves to show their individual capacity. The United-States dominated the podium with two cyclists from the national team and one from the American regional Colavita-Baci U19 team. Number 34, Colby Wait-Molyneux from the USA national team had the best time with 15:09:40 minutes. The silver medalist, number 182, Michael Reidenback from the Colavita-Vaci U19 team, raced the course in 15:13:10, only a few thousands of a second faster than number 32, Kristopher Jorgenson from the national team who won the bronze medal.

As for the jerseys, New-Zealand still continues to dominate with number 42, James Oram keeping the brown jersey and number 41, Dion Smith the orange jersey. The blue jersey went from José Aguire from Mexico to number 34, Colby Wait-Molyneux from the American national team.

Stage 4
Later in the afternoon, the cyclists left for Malartic where they were warmly welcomed by the city's
residents for the stage sponsored by both the Fonds Essor Malartic Osisko and the city of Malartic.
As well as starting the race in a suffocating heat, after the first five (5) minutes the cyclists had to face a heavy rainfall that happily did not last long.

Since the beginning of the Tour, the France national team had been expected to perform, but we had to wait until the fourth stage to see them mount the podium. Number 12, Thibaut Boulanger won the gold medal, number 15, Anthony Morel silver and number 13, Kevin Goulot the bronze.

New-Zealand was once again excellent thanks to number 42 James Oram who kept the brown jersey. Number 12, Thibaut Boulanger from the France National team received the orange jersey and number 34, Colby Wait-Molyneux from the American national team kept the blue jersey.

We are now halfway into the Tour, and the finish line has been moved to the Parc de la Cathédrale for the last three (3) stages, where the cycling event will continue on the urban course.

For information:
Stéphanie Richard
Communication officer
Tour cycliste de l'Abitibi inc.
Tel.: 819-444-7058