May 31, 2012 (Quebec City, QC) – Its with great momentum that the Tour de Quebec organization announces a new title partnership with Desjardins. The fifth edition of the Tour de Québec will be presented on July 25-29th.

The program includes one sprint prologue, 2 road races, one time trial along the St-Laurent River and two criteriums, one in St-Augustin and the final in Quebec City around the parliament.

– July 25^th: sprints – Rue St-Jean, Québec
– July 26^th: road race – Île d’Orléans
– July 27^th: road race – St-Joachim
– July 28^th am: time trial – Promenade Champlain
– July 28^th pm: criterium – St-Augustin
– July 29^th: criterium – Quebec City parliament

With a non-stop increased interest from the public, the teams and cycling community, the Tour de Québec is back in full strength and will see a mixt of Quebec and international teams selected for this fifth edition. Jean-Michel Lachance: “We are still in discussions with over 20 teams among them, many from United States, but also France and Japan!”

BikeReg / Cannondale sports director Stephen Weller already confirmed that 2009 champion Josh Dillon will come back to defend his title. “In general, there is a great interest from all teams with the new program presented over five days and everyone is excited and looking forward to competing in our beautiful region,” says promoter Jean-Michel Lachance

In addition to the men race, there is also a women race presented over two days as well as Masters categories during the weekend. In total, over 400 cyclists are expected.

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