Tour de Beauce
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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 |
| Editions | 31 (as of 2016) |
| First winner |
 James Gilles (CAN) |
| Most wins |
 Benjamin Day (AUS)(2 wins) |
| Most recent |
 Gregory Daniel (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. The Tour de Beauce 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 18% grade 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 (USA) | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | |
| Gregory Daniel (USA) | Axeon–Hagens Berman |
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 |
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 |
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