Tour de Beauce explained

Tour de Beauce
Date:June
Region:Quebec, Canada
English:Tour de Beauce
Discipline:Road race
Competition:UCI America Tour
Type:Stage race
Organiser:Canadian Cycling Federation
Number:36 (as of 2024)

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.

Past winners

General classification

Year Winner Team
Saturn Cycling Team
Saturn Cycling Team [1]
7 Up/Maxxis
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec[2] [3] [4]
[5]

Points classification

Year Winner Team
Team Canada
Nürnberger – Versicherung
7 Up/Maxxis
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec

Mountains classification

Year Winner Team
Tecos – Mercurio
Tecos – Mercurio
Paged-MBK-Scout
Tecos Trek VH
Colombian National Team
PureBlack Racing
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
Cycling BC

Team classification

Year Winner Country
Team Nürnberger Versicherung
(NIC)
(NIC)
(NIC)
(TT1)
(FVA)
(FVA)
(CSM)
(UHC)
(UHC)
(HSD)
(CJR)
(HSD)
(CYN)
(AHB)
(FPC)
No race between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
(TEC)
(TSL)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Levi Leipheimer acceptance of sanction . PDF . 2013-07-09.
  2. Web site: Cancelled - Tour de Beauce. CyclingCanada.ca. Cycling Canada. 10 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Le Tour de Beauce annulé / Tour de Beauce cancelled. PDF. CyclingCanada.ca. Cycling Canada. 18 June 2021. 10 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Cancelled - 2022 Tour de Beauce. CyclingCanada.ca. Cycling Canada. 10 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Southland’s Josh Burnett Wins Tour de Beauce in Canada . What's On Invers . 20 June 2024 . en . 19 June 2024.