DAY 1
From Drummondville to Acton Vale
The 2025 Petite Aventure presented by Milk gets underway today! We hope your chains are oiled, your shorts adjusted and your tires inflated, because today, we're rolling! Fancy a hot drink before the start? Don't miss theEscape Café truck at the start site in Drummondville, which will be supplying you with caffeine from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., and in the village from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.!
Depart at your own pace between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. Bring your children's swimsuits: water games are available at the lunch stop.
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Our partners' activities
Vélo Québec is proud to count Le Lait as a presenting partner of La Petite Aventure. Enjoy a good chocolate milk to help you recover after the effort when you arrive at the Village.
- Come and try out several outdoor games (spikeball, badminton, arrow bow and Finnish bowling) supplied by Décathlon!
- Come and enjoy a good beer from Siboire, the official beer of La Petite Aventure.
- At the finish line, enjoy a well-deserved chocolate milk, courtesy of Le Lait, plus another surprise!
- Try our Made Good snacks at the lunch stop.
Other important information
- Get your Petite Aventure jerseys or Vélo Québec clothing at our Village Boutique between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m.
- If you'd like to book a massage after your day's cycling, drop by our massage therapist's kiosk in the village before you hit the road to reserve your time.
- Planning to dine in the village on the loop day (Day 2) instead of at the lunch stop? You'll need to buy a wristband to obtain your meal for the following day in the village, at the info booth, the day before, Day 1, before 9 p.m.. Wristbands will also be distributed at the entrance to the evening meal area. This will ensure that we have the right quantity of meals in the village and at the rest stop.
If you have any questions, unforeseen circumstances or last-minute changes, come and see us at the Vélo Québec INFO booth. The INFO booth at the start line in Drummondville will be open from 6:30 am to 10 am. The one at the Village in Acton Vale is open from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
For emergencies, please contact us at 514 292-8356
Day-by-day cycling itinerary
All routes are at this Ride with GPS event.
All daily (and regular and optional long and short) sections are detailed in the blocks below if you wish to download them.
Map of the day's routes
Regular route, 50 km
Rendezvous in Drummondville for the grand start of La Petite Aventure! Then it's on to the quiet roads to the lunch stop in Wickham, before arriving in Acton Vale at the end of the day.
The regular route on this first day of the Petite Aventure offers a lovely stroll along the edge of fields and the Saint-François River. Admire the flowers on Route Caya, just past the viaduct. And take advantage of these quiet roads to admire the tranquility of the region, whose rich agricultural heritage has preserved many wide-open spaces!
Between the lunch stop and Acton Vale, the section of the Route verte (celebrating its 30th anniversary this year!) is made of rock dust.
See the regular route on :
Optional AM route, +14 km
Warning: traffic may be moving fast on route Ployart. No shoulder at this point. But nice view over the fields.
See optional route 1 on :
Lunchtime
Join us at the Wickham Community Centre for a well-deserved lunch break!
Bring your children's swimsuits, there are water games on site!
Optional PM route, +19 km
Team choice (despite 7 km of gravel)
Very quiet forest section. "The most beautiful segment of all Petite Aventure ", according to our course master.
Note: no significant climbs, two 100-metre sections are a little softer.
See optional route 2 on :
Shortcut AM, 33 km
In a hurry to enjoy the village of Acton Vale? This shortcut cuts the day's kilometers in half, allowing you to reach the day's end point in just 33 km.
Almost all on the Route verte (rock dust and mostly forest). No significant hills.
See the shortcut on :
Please note that the bike path sections of the route are not accessible to our vehicles, especially abandonment vehicles. Riders will be dispatched to assist cyclists requiring immediate assistance.
In the village
Once you've arrived at the Village in the small town of Acton Vale (Polyvalente Robert-Ouimet: 1450 Av. 3e, Acton Vale, QC J0H 1A0), there's something for everyone. Whether you're looking to unwind, have a drink or take your mind off things, we've got you covered!
Tonight in the village, you can :
- Play in Jack's Jungle amusement trailer from 12 pm to 9 pm
- Enjoy a massage therapy session between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m.
- Have your bike adjusted at the mechanics' booth between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
- Take a refreshing dip in the outdoor swimming pool located 2 km from the village between 12.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m.
- Or the water games at Parc Donald-Martin, 1.5 km from the village.
- Try out over 30 games offered by Sociojeux from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Have a drink (or two, or three... ) at the bistro between 3 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
- Come and stretch your muscles in a free yoga session at 4 p.m. (you must bring your own yoga mat).
- Attend Nathalie Munger's lecture, from Whitehorse to the Arctic Ocean
- Learn to line-dance to country music from 5 to 7 p.m. at the bistro
- Relax in front of a film at the village cinema. Upcoming program
