Tour de Guadeloupe
The Tour de Guadeloupe (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də ɡwad(ə)lup]; English: Tour of Guadeloupe) is an annual men's multiple stage road bicycle race held each August in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
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Date | July/August |
Region | |
Local name(s) | • Tour cycliste international de la Guadeloupe (in French) • International cycling tour of Guadeloupe (in English) |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI America Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Comité régional de cyclisme de la Guadeloupe |
History | |
First edition | 1948 |
Editions | 66 (as of 2017) |
First winner | |
Most wins | (4 wins) |
Most recent |
Founded in 1948 under the name : Tour Cycliste de la Guadeloupe, this elite men's competition opened officially to overseas racers in 1979,[1] changing its name to Tour Cycliste international de la Guadeloupe. Covering a majority of the island's territory, the race includes today a prologue time trial and 8 to 9 stages.
As of 2005, the Tour of Guadeloupe is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits ruled by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the international governing body for cycling. Since then, the race has been rated as a 2.2 event on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) classification standards.[2]
This event is organized by the Comité régional de cyclisme de la Guadeloupe (en: Regional cycling committee of Guadeloupe).[3]
History
History of Results
Top Three Winners as of 2.2 UCI race classification (since 2005)
Amateur winners (1948-2004)
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Notes
- In 1985, winner Richard Méthony was disqualified for doping. Eric Zubar, second in overall rankings, was declared new winner of the 1985 edition of the Tour of Guadeloupe.
References
- Cycling memories : Tour de la Guadeloupe, on memoire-du-cyclisme.net
- 2010 - 2011 UCI Road Calendar, Men Elite and Under 23j, America Tour, on uciamericatour.com
- Official website of the Regional Cycling Committee of Guadeloupe
- Cycling memories : Tour de la Guadeloupe (FRA) - Cat. 2.2, on memoire-du-cyclisme.net