Join me for a fun trip through Quebec’s Montérégie region. We’ll start by crossing Canada’s second busiest bridge and continue south to historic Saint Jean sur Richelieu; Former home of racing legend Gilles Villeneuve and 2 time bronze medalist Isabelle Brasseur. From there we will follow the Chambly canal (built in 1843 to facilitate commercial traffic between Canada and the United States) to Fort Chambly where a brief coffee stop will sufficiently caffeinate us for the remaining 30 km back to Montreal.
We leave from the gates at 9:30 with a total distance of about 130 km at an intermediate/advanced pace. I have coordinated with El Nino and other weather affecting phenomena to ensure a warm sunny day with a tailwind in all directions. Ryder Hesjdal and George Hincapie have tentatively agreed to join. Be there!
At Chambly we could add a little loop through St. Hilaire that would tack on about 25km but why don’t we wait and decide based on how everybody is feeling. KOM loops might be a better option since we could catch some of the Pro Tour guys checking out the course.
Guys. Incredible day. Nice 100+ kms to start at a brisk pace and then some training rides up and around the mountain with several pro teams. I’ll post some footage and pics I took today so all can see. I have some footage of several of you riding with Quick Step.
After reaching the top with Quick Step, I also rode with Caisse D’Espagne for a loop and then later Francaise des Jeux & Canadian National Team. I was pretty burnt from our ride though but couldn’t help but keep going.