Tour de Beauce
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. The Tour de Beauce is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-rated 2.2 continental circuit stage race on the UCI America Tour.
 Tour de Beauce 2012 | |
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | June |
| Region | Quebec, Canada |
| English name | Tour de Beauce |
| Discipline | Road race |
| Competition | UCI America Tour |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Canadian Cycling Federation |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1986 |
| Editions | 34 (as of 2019) |
| First winner | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} James Gilles (CAN) |
| Most wins | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Benjamin Day (AUS)(2 wins) |
| Most recent |  Brendan Rhim (USA) |
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 Québec City. Quebec has hosted a stage of the Tour de Beauce for the last 25 consecutive years.
Classifications
The race has five individual classifications, and the leader in each will wear a special jersey.
Yellow jersey: General classification (overall leader)
White jersey: Sprint classification
Polka dot jersey: Mountains classification
Red jersey: Young rider classification
Blue jersey: Winner of Quebec City Stage
Past winners
General classification
Points classification
| Year | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (CAN) | Team Canada | |
 Lubor Tesař (CZE) |  Nürnberger – Versicherung | |
| John Lieswyn (USA) | 7 Up/Maxxis | |
 Viktor Rapinski (BLR) | Navigators Insurance | |
 David O'Loughlin (IRL) | Navigators Insurance | |
 Sergey Lagutin (UZB) | Navigators Insurance | |
| Ben Day (AUS) | Navigators Insurance | |
 Moises Aldape (MEX) | Team Type 1 | |
 Danilo Wyss (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | |
| Ben Day (AUS) | Team Fly V Australia | |
 Francisco Mancebo (ESP) | Realcyclist.com Cycling Team | |
| Francisco Mancebo (ESP) | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | |
| Nathan Brown (USA) | Bontrager Cycling Team | |
 Toms Skujiņš (LAT) | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | |
 Dion Smith (NZL) | Hincapie Racing Team | |
| Gregory Daniel (USA) | Axeon–Hagens Berman | |
| Robin Carpenter (USA) | Holowesko Citadel Racing Team | |
 Serghei Țvetcov (ROM) | UnitedHealthcare | |
| Brendan Rhim (USA) | Arapahoe–Hincapie p/b BMC |
Mountains classification
| Year | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Jaroslav Bilek (CZE) | Wüstenrot-ZVVZ | |
| Arquimedes Lam (MEX) | Tecos – Mercurio | |
| Chris Baldwin (USA) | Navigators | |
| Irving Aguilar (MEX) | Tecos – Mercurio | |
| Jeff Louder (USA) | Navigators Insurance | |
 Wojciech Kalemba (POL) | Paged-MBK-Scout | |
 Francisco Colorado (COL) | Colombia es Pasión | |
| Gregorio Ladino (COL) | Tecos Trek VH | |
| Glen Chadwick (NZL) | Team Type 1 | |
| Darwin Atapuma (COL) | Colombian National Team | |
| Daniel Summerhill (USA) | Felt – Holowesko Partners – Garmin | |
| Scott Lyttle (NZL) | PureBlack Racing | |
| Ken Hanson (USA) | Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| Pat McCarty (USA) | Bissell | |
| Joshua Berry (USA) | Team SmartStop | |
| Pello Bilbao (SPA) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |
| Robert Squire (USA) | Holowesko Citadel Racing Team | |
| Nigel Ellsay (CAN) | Silber Pro Cycling Team | |
| Ben Perry (CAN) |  Israel Cycling Academy | |
| Óscar Eduardo Sánchez (COL) | Canel's–Specialized |
Team classification
| Year | Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Wüstenrot-ZVVZ | Czech Republic | |
| Mroz – Supradyn Witaminy | Poland | |
| Nürnberger Versicherung | Germany | |
| eD'system – ZVVZ | Czech Republic | |
| Hoop CCC Polsat | Poland | |
| Navigators Insurance (NIC) | United States | |
| Navigators Insurance (NIC) | United States | |
| Navigators Insurance (NIC) | United States | |
| Team Type 1 (TT1) | United States | |
| Fly V Australia (FVA) | Australia | |
| Fly V Australia (FVA) | Australia | |
| SpiderTech–C10 (CSM) | Canada | |
| UnitedHealthcare (UHC) | United States | |
| UnitedHealthcare (UHC) | United States | |
| Hincapie Sportswear Development Team (HSD) | United States | |
| Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (CJR) | Spain | |
| Holowesko Citadel Racing Team (HSD) | United States | |
| Hangar 15 Bicycles (CYN) | United States | |
| Hagens Berman Axeon (AHB) | United States | |
| Floyd's Pro Cycling (FPC) | Canada |
References
- "Levi Leipheimer acceptance of sanction" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-07-09.
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