Tour de Beauce

Tour de Beauce

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
History
First edition	1986 (1986)
Editions	34 (as of 2019)
First winner	James Gilles (CAN)
Most wins	Benjamin Day (AUS) (2 wins)
Most recent	Brendan Rhim (USA)

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.

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.

• 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

Year	Winner	Team
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)	Saturn Cycling Team
1999	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Saturn Cycling Team
2000	Tomáš Konečný (CZE)	Wüstenrot–ZVVZ
2001	Henk Vogels (AUS)	Template:Cycling data Mercury
2002	Michael Rogers (AUS)	Mapei–Quick-Step
2003	John Lieswyn (USA)	7 Up/Maxxis
2004	Tomasz Brożyna (POL)	Action
2005	Nathan O'Neill (AUS)	Navigators Insurance
2006	Valery Kobzarenko (UKR)	Navigators Insurance
2007	Ben Day (AUS)	Navigators Insurance
2008	Svein Tuft (CAN)	Symmetrics
2009	Scott Zwizanski (USA)	Kelly Benefit Strategies
2010	Ben Day (AUS)	Fly V Australia
2011	Francisco Mancebo (ESP)	Realcyclist.com Cycling Team
2012	Rory Sutherland (AUS)	UnitedHealthcare
2013	Nathan Brown (USA)	Bontrager Cycling Team
2014	Toms Skujiņš (LAT)	Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
2015	Pello Bilbao (SPA)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
2016	Gregory Daniel (USA)	Axeon–Hagens Berman
2017	Andžs Flaksis (LAT)	Hincapie Racing Team
2018	James Piccoli (CAN)	Elevate Pro Cycling-Bicycle World
2019	Brendan Rhim (USA)	Hincapie Racing Team
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec

Points classification

Year	Winner	Team
2001	Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (CAN)	Team Canada
2002	Lubor Tesař (CZE)	Nürnberger – Versicherung
2003	John Lieswyn (USA)	7 Up/Maxxis
2004	Viktor Rapinski (BLR)	Navigators Insurance
2005	David O'Loughlin (IRL)	Navigators Insurance
2006	Sergey Lagutin (UZB)	Navigators Insurance
2007	Ben Day (AUS)	Navigators Insurance
2008	Moisés Aldape (MEX)	Team Type 1
2009	Danilo Wyss (SUI)	BMC Racing Team
2010	Ben Day (AUS)	Fly V Australia
2011	Francisco Mancebo (ESP)	Realcyclist.com Cycling Team
2012	Francisco Mancebo (ESP)	Competitive Cyclist Racing Team
2013	Nathan Brown (USA)	Bontrager Cycling Team
2014	Toms Skujiņš (LAT)	Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
2015	Dion Smith (NZL)	Hincapie Racing Team
2016	Gregory Daniel (USA)	Axeon–Hagens Berman
2017	Robin Carpenter (USA)	Hincapie Racing Team
2018	Serghei Țvetcov (ROM)	UnitedHealthcare
2019	Brendan Rhim (USA)	Hincapie Racing Team
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec

Mountains classification

Year	Winner	Team
2000	Jaroslav Bílek (CZE)	Wüstenrot–ZVVZ
2001	Arquimedes Lam (MEX)	Tecos – Mercurio
2002	Chris Baldwin (USA)	Navigators
2003	Irving Aguilar (MEX)	Tecos – Mercurio
2004	Jeff Louder (USA)	Navigators Insurance
2005	Wojciech Kalemba (POL)	Paged-MBK-Scout
2006	Francisco Colorado (COL)	Colombia es Pasión
2007	Gregorio Ladino (COL)	Tecos Trek VH
2008	Glen Chadwick (NZL)	Team Type 1
2009	Darwin Atapuma (COL)	Colombian National Team
2010	Daniel Summerhill (USA)	Template:Cycling data Chipotle
2011	Scott Lyttle (NZL)	PureBlack Racing
2012	Ken Hanson (USA)	Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies
2013	Pat McCarty (USA)	Bissell
2014	Joshua Berry (USA)	Team SmartStop
2015	Mauricio Ortega (COL)	Template:Cycling data ANQ
2016	Robert Squire (USA)	Holowesko/Citadel-Hincapie Sportswear
2017	Nigel Ellsay (CAN)	Silber Pro Cycling
2018	Ben Perry (CAN)	Template:Cycling data ICA
2019	Óscar Eduardo Sánchez (COL)	Template:Cycling data Canel's
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec

Team classification

Year	Winner	Country
2000	Wüstenrot–ZVVZ	Czech Republic
2001	Mróz–Supradyn Witaminy	Poland
2002	Team Nürnberger Versicherung	Germany
2003	Ed' System ZVVZ	Czech Republic
2004	Hoop–CCC–Polsat	Poland
2005	Navigators Insurance (NIC)	United States
2006	Navigators Insurance (NIC)	United States
2007	Navigators Insurance (NIC)	United States
2008	Team Type 1 (TT1)	United States
2009	Fly V Australia (FVA)	Australia
2010	Fly V Australia (FVA)	Australia
2011	SpiderTech–C10 (CSM)	Canada
2012	UnitedHealthcare (UHC)	United States
2013	UnitedHealthcare (UHC)	United States
2014	Hincapie Sportswear Development Team (HSD)	United States
2015	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (CJR)	Spain
2016	Holowesko/Citadel-Hincapie Sportswear (HSD)	United States
2017	Template:Cycling data CYN (CYN)	United States
2018	Axeon–Hagens Berman (AHB)	United States
2019	Template:Cycling data FPC (FPC)	Canada
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec