{"id":4349,"date":"2022-05-04T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2022-05-05T17:03:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:03:41","slug":"4349-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/4349-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of the 6th Edition of the Bonneville 808 Challenge for the benefit of the FAEQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launch of the 6e<\/sup> edition of the D\u00e9fi 808 Bonneville benefiting the FAEQ <\/strong>September 16-17, 2022, Mont-Tremblant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Montreal, May 4, 2022 \u2013<\/strong> The Fondation de l'athl\u00e8te d'excellence (FAEQ) is pleased to launch the 6e<\/sup> edition of the D\u00e9fi 808 Bonneville (D808B), presented by Fenplast and Lowe\u2019s Canada in collaboration with Lussier and Qu\u00e9becor. The cycling event, benefiting the FAEQ, is scheduled for the upcoming Friday, September 16, and Saturday, September 17, still in the Mont-Tremblant region, in agreement with public authorities, the host site, and the enforcement of current sanitary measures.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the contribution and\/or generous fundraising of 27 <\/strong>partners\/participants of the 2021 edition of D808B, the FAEQ was able to proceed, on February 22, with a major scholarship presentation totaling 216\u00a0500\u00a0$<\/strong> awarded to 75\u00a0<\/strong>most promising student-athletes. In addition, a second amount of 25\u00a0000 $<\/strong> in connection with the profits from the last edition was invested in the Golf Quebec\/FAEQ Scholarship Program in November 2021.<\/p>\n

The event will once again offer several road distances and combos (between 70 km and 808 km) and gravel distances (between 90 km and 404 km). The Tremblant resort and Parc de la Chapelle will once again serve as the central hubs for the event.<\/p>\n

The Bonneville 808 Challenge remains accessible to cyclists of all levels, and electric bikes have been accepted since 2020 on all distances except the 808 km.<\/p>\n

What they said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00abWe are very proud to hold a 6e<\/sup> edition of the D\u00e9fi 808 Bonneville benefiting the Fondation de l'athl\u00e8te d'excellence. For the past two years, everyone's mental health has been made vulnerable by lockdowns, closed training centers, and canceled classes and sporting events. In 2022, we see that many have resumed a more active life and we believe that sports, sports challenges, and healthy lifestyle habits greatly contribute to maintaining healthier and more stable mental health. I therefore wish to invite cyclists of all levels to take care of their physical and mental health by taking on one of the challenges offered by our event this year. Looking forward to seeing you at the starting line and at the finish line, in good physical and mental shape!\u00bb<\/p>\n

\u2013 Dany Bonneville, president and founder of the D\u00e9fi 808 Bonneville and ultracyclist<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00abHaving participated in the D\u00e9fi 808 Bonneville in 2017 and 2018, it is a unique event where not only does each participant take on a challenge that matches their preparation and ambitions, but it also provides companies with a deeply enriching experience by uniting employers and employees in effort, emotion, and a sense of accomplishment. Furthermore, thanks to everyone's fundraising efforts, scholarships can be awarded to the province's top student-athletes in the name of the company or the participant. Have a good 6e<\/sup> edition to all.\u00bb<\/p>\n

\u2013 Martin Lavigne, President of the Fondation de l'athl\u00e8te d'excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Challenges that will be offered during the 2022 D\u00e9fi 808 Bonneville:<\/strong><\/p>\n

On a road bike<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Recreational:<\/strong><\/p>\n

80 km: Friday only<\/p>\n

70 km: Saturday only<\/p>\n

150 km combo: Friday and Saturday, daytime only<\/p>\n

The Experienced One:<\/strong><\/p>\n

125 km : Friday only
\n115 km: Saturday only
\n240 km combo: Friday and Saturday, daytime only<\/p>\n

The Sturdy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

202 km: solo or in a team of 2: Friday or Saturday, daytime only<\/p>\n

404 km solo or duo (over two days, daytime only)<\/p>\n

The Ultimate:<\/strong><\/p>\n

404 km: solo in 24 hours
\n808 km: solo, in a team of 2, or in a team of 4 (continuously over 48 hours)<\/p>\n

On gravel bike:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

90 km: Saturday<\/p>\n

125 km: Saturday<\/p>\n

202 km: Saturday<\/p>\n

404 km: over 2 days<\/p>\n

*approximate distances<\/p>\n

Dedicated partners
\n<\/strong>Valued partners will be joining the event again this year, such as Fenplast, Lowe\u2019s Canada, Lussier, Qu\u00e9becor, Industries Bonneville, Plan\u00e8te Courrier, Stelpro, Lefebvre & Beno\u00eet, AVT, Flo, Bioracer Canada, Barsalou Lawson Rheault, Fasken, Reboost, Fiera Capital, National Bank, National Bank Financial, GloboCam, and several suppliers.<\/p>\n

About the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence (FAEQ)
\n<\/strong>Since its creation in 1985, the FAEQ has awarded no less than $20 million in bursaries, representing 6,500 individual bursaries to 3,500 different student-athletes. The FAEQ offers not only financial support to Quebec's student-athletes, but also support services in terms of academic guidance, balancing sports and studies, corporate internships, etc. The FAEQ stands out for its personalized approach, management rigor, and influential role within the sports and education communities. faeq.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2013 30 \u2013<\/p>\n

For more information on the D\u00e9fi 808 Bonneville: <\/strong>www.defi808bonneville.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Annie Pelletier<\/strong>
\nDirector of Communications and Partnerships
\nfaeq.com<\/a>
\nannie.pelletier@faeq.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lancement de la 6e \u00e9dition du D\u00e9fi 808 Bonneville\u00a0 au profit de la FAEQ 16-17 septembre 2022, Mont-Tremblant Montr\u00e9al, le 4 mai 2022 \u2013 La Fondation de l\u2019athl\u00e8te d\u2019excellence (FAEQ) est heureuse de lancer la 6e \u00e9dition du D\u00e9fi\u00a0808 Bonneville (D808B), pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par Fenplast et Lowe\u2019s Canada en collaboration avec Lussier et Qu\u00e9becor. L\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement cycliste, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelles-de-la-faeq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationaleo.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4349"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}