After two years of absence, the Tour of the Montluçonnaise Valley (TVM) returns to the roads of the Bourbon urban area.
The fourth edition of the event, organized by the Team Cycliste Montluçon (TCM), is evolving and will take place over three days between this Friday 20 and this Sunday 22 May 2022.
Sixteen teams and a hundred runners
Sixteen teams from national and junior divisions (nine DN1, three DN2, two DN3 and three outside DN), or around a hundred runners, are expected. Nineteen towns and two neighboring departments, Creuse and Puy-de-Dôme, will be crossed.
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A new criterion
New this year will be the semi-nocturnal criterium on Friday evening from Lycée Paul-Constans, from 8 p.m., with an hour and a half of racing plus five laps.
A first step for “the tough ones”
The first stage of the TVM 2022 will start the next day, Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. The route will stretch over 118 km plus three laps of the circuit at the finish, with 1,400 m of elevation gain, between Montluçon and Quinssaines.
“A fictitious start will be from Domitys. The route of the stage will concern the north of the basin, with a tough start but also a tough finish in Quinssaines. Because of the final bump, we will be on an arrival for the punchers, the strong ones. »
Florian Vachon
The former professional runner traced the course of this 4th TVM.
A second stage mainly in Combraille
Finally on Sunday, the second stage will start at 1 p.m. between Prémilhat and Montluçon, over 135 km plus five laps of the circuit at the finish, with a drop of 1,600 m.
“This second stage is mainly in Combraille. It will be a difficult day, with a fictitious start of 6 km from the pond of Sault. »
Florian Vachon
He also specifies that at the end of the course, cyclists will have to go up Boulevard de Courtais.
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A tribute to Walkowiak and his victory in 1956
Note that a tribute will be paid to Roger Walkowiak at the 56th km on Saturday and then on Sunday. And that ninety volunteers as well as thirty-one bikers will be present on the course.
Florence Farina
