February 17, 2019 (Quebec City, Que.) – We’re happy to report that the Tour de la Relève International de Rimouski has been saved by new sponsor, McKadence Cycling, including new dates, name and location. The five-day stage race will now be held in the Quebec City area from August 8-11.

Head coach of McKadence Cycling, Christine Gillard, saw this as a necessary step for the development of young Canadian athletes. “Our motivation is to bring back a race of importance for young people in the Quebec City area. The Rimouski International Tour is an important event for young athletes and even a determining factor in the pursuit of their sport, especially at this age. This is the perfect event for that. In addition, it is in direct line with our mission that is the development of young talents,” said Gillard.

In a statement issued by the Quebec Cycling Federation (FQSC) and Cycling Canada the associations thanked McKadence Cycling Development for saving the nation’s most prominent youth stage race and acknowledged the former organizer for playing such an instrumental role in developing young Canadian road cyclists over the past nine years

The Tour de la Relève International de Rimouski has seen many top riders wear their yellow jersey including National Team Pursuit athlete, Adam Jamieson, and Team Sunweb rider, Michael Storer. Hopefully in another 10 years we will be still talking about former winners of this famous youth/junior Canadian stage race.