Montreal, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - From August 5 to 11, an impressive caravan of cyclists will roam the roads of the magnificent Chaudière-Appalaches region. This year, the 24th Grand Tour Desjardins, organized by Vélo Québec - the benchmark for bicycle touring in Quebec - is giving cyclists a rendez-vous starting in Saint-Anselme. Cyclists will pedal between 333 km and 1,008 km in 7 days, on a circuit linking the stopover towns of Montmagny, Saint-Damien-de-Buckland and Saint-Georges.
Cyclists will spend two nights in each of the three stopover towns, giving them maximum freedom to punctuate their ride as they wish. Cyclists can also choose to experience the Grand Tour Desjardins at their own pace: in 7-day, 3-day or 1-day packages.
Itinerary
Day 1 - Saturday, August 5: Saint-Anselme in Montmagny
Day 2 - Sunday, August 6: a day of loops around Montmagny
Day 3 - Monday, August 7: Montmagny to Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
Day 4 - Tuesday, August 8: a day of loops around Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
Day 5 - Wednesday, August 9: Saint-Damien-de-Buckland to Saint-Georges
Day 6 - Thursday, August 10: a day of loops around Saint-Georges
Day 7 - Friday, August 11: Saint-Georges at Saint-Anselme
The Grand Tour Desjardins is a 100 % bike-holiday comfort experience! In addition to routes specially designed for each edition by a team of experts, participants enjoy a multitude of services on the road and in the village: luggage transport, mechanical support and first aid, massage therapy and sports medicine services, meal service on the road (lunch stop and refreshments) and in the village (breakfast and dinner), yoga sessions, cinema, artistic performances at the Bistro and daily news broadcasts via Le Déchaîné, Grand Tour Desjardins' daily newspaper, distributed every morning at breakfast and available online for those who want to follow the merry caravan day by day.
