Tour de Beauce

Canadian road cycling race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986. It is the oldest stage-race in North America, and is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-rated 2.2 continental circuit stage race on the UCI America Tour.

DateJune
RegionQuebec, Canada
EnglishnameTour de Beauce
DisciplineRoad race
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Race details
DateJune
RegionQuebec, Canada
English nameTour de Beauce
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI America Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserCanadian Cycling Federation
Web sitewww.tourdebeauce.com Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1986; 40 years ago (1986)
Editions36 (as of 2024)
First winner James Gilles (CAN)
Most wins Benjamin Day (AUS) (2 wins)
Most recent Josh Burnett (NZL)
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The Queen Stage of the Tour de Beauce features the ascension of the iconic Mont-Mégantic National Park, a 6-km climb averaging 10% and peaking at 18% on the highest elevation road in the Province of Quebec.

The race has five stages, including two half-stages, one of which is usually held in Quebec City. Quebec has hosted a stage of the Tour de Beauce for 25 consecutive years.

Classifications

The race has five individual classifications, and the leader in each wears a special jersey.

Past winners

General classification

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YearWinnerTeam
1986
 James Gilles (CAN)
1987
 Yvan Waddell (CAN)
1988
 Gervais Rioux (CAN)
1989
 Sean Way (CAN)
1990
 Graeme Miller (NZL)
1991
 Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (CAN)
1992
 Jean-Christophe Currit (FRA)
1993
 Marty Jemison (USA)
1994
 Jacques Landry (CAN)
1995
 Eric Wohlberg (CAN)
1996
 Igor Bonciucov (MDA)
1997
 Jonathan Vaughters (USA)
1998
 Levi Leipheimer (USA)United States Saturn Cycling Team
1999
 Levi Leipheimer (USA)United States Saturn Cycling Team [1]
2000
 Tomáš Konečný (CZE)Czech Republic Wüstenrot–ZVVZ
2001
 Henk Vogels (AUS)United States Mercury–Viatel
2002
 Michael Rogers (AUS)Belgium Mapei–Quick-Step
2003
 John Lieswyn (USA)United States 7 Up/Maxxis
2004
 Tomasz Brożyna (POL)Poland Action
2005
 Nathan O'Neill (AUS)United States Navigators Insurance
2006
 Valery Kobzarenko (UKR)United States Navigators Insurance
2007
 Ben Day (AUS)United States Navigators Insurance
2008
 Svein Tuft (CAN)Canada Symmetrics
2009
 Scott Zwizanski (USA)Canada Kelly Benefit Strategies
2010
 Ben Day (AUS)Australia Fly V Australia
2011
 Francisco Mancebo (ESP)United States Realcyclist.com Cycling Team
2012
 Rory Sutherland (AUS)United States UnitedHealthcare
2013
 Nathan Brown (USA)United States Bontrager Cycling Team
2014
 Toms Skujiņš (LAT)United States Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
2015
 Pello Bilbao (SPA)Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
2016
 Gregory Daniel (USA)United States Axeon–Hagens Berman
2017
 Andžs Flaksis (LAT)United States Holowesko Citadel Racing Team
2018
 James Piccoli (CAN)United States Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling
2019
 Brendan Rhim (USA)United States Arapahoe Hincapie p/b BMC
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec[2][3][4]
2023
 Luke Valenti (CAN)United States Team Ecoflo Chronos
2024
 Josh Burnett (NZL)[5]New Zealand MitoQ–NZ Cycling Project
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Points classification

Mountains classification

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YearWinnerTeam
2000
 Jaroslav Bílek (CZE)Czech Republic Wüstenrot–ZVVZ
2001
 Arquimedes Lam (MEX)Mexico Tecos – Mercurio
2002
 Chris Baldwin (USA)United States Navigators
2003
 Irving Aguilar (MEX)Mexico Tecos – Mercurio
2004
 Jeff Louder (USA)United States Navigators Insurance
2005
 Wojciech Kalemba (POL)Poland Paged-MBK-Scout
2006
 Francisco Colorado (COL)Colombia Colombia es Pasión
2007
 Gregorio Ladino (COL)Mexico Tecos Trek VH
2008
 Glen Chadwick (NZL)New Zealand Team Type 1
2009
 Darwin Atapuma (COL)Colombia Colombian National Team
2010
 Daniel Summerhill (USA)United States Felt–Holowesko Partners
2011
 Scott Lyttle (NZL)New Zealand PureBlack Racing
2012
 Ken Hanson (USA)United States Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies
2013
 Pat McCarty (USA)United States Bissell
2014
 Joshua Berry (USA)United States Team SmartStop
2015
 Mauricio Ortega (COL)Colombia Orgullo Antioqueño
2016
 Robert Squire (USA)United States Holowesko Citadel Racing Team
2017
 Nigel Ellsay (CAN)Canada Silber Pro Cycling Team
2018
 Ben Perry (CAN)Israel Israel Cycling Academy
2019
 Óscar Eduardo Sánchez (COL)Mexico Canel's–Specialized
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec[2][3][4]
2023
 Eric Inkster (CAN)Canada Cycling BC
2024
 Liam Flanagan (USA)[5]United States Team Skyline
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Team classification

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