The Cascade Cycling Classic is the longest consecutively run elite road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

 stage race in the United States

United States

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 (1979-2010). It takes place in the Central Oregon

Central Oregon

Central Oregon is a geographic region in the U.S. state of Oregon and is traditionally considered to be made up of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. Other definitions include larger areas, often encompassing areas to the north towards the Columbia River, eastward towards Burns, or south...

 region and is based in Bend, Oregon

Bend, Oregon

Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...

. It is a regular fixture for most of North America's top cyclists and teams. In recent years the race has been sponsored by the Bend Memorial Clinic while being organized by the Mt. Bachelor Ski Education Foundation.

Elite Men

• 2010 : , UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis
• 2009 : , Rock Racing
  Rock Racing
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• 2007 : , Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
  Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
  Navigators Insurance Cycling Team was an elite road bicycle racing cycling team in the United States. Navigators focuses on USA Cycling and UCI America Tour events...
  
  
• 2006 : , Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
  Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
  Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team was a continental professional bicycle racing team founded in 2005 by former Olympic cyclist, Sean Tucker. The team is based in USA and participates in UCI Continental Circuits races, mainly in the UCI America Tour, as well as many other races in North America...
  
  
• 2005 : , HealthNet-Maxxis
  OUCH Pro Cycling Team
  UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team is a professional road bicycle racing team, run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States. The team is sponsored principally by UnitedHealth Group, and Maxxis...
  
  
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• 2003 : , Saturn Cycling Team
• 2002 : , Mercury
• 2001 : , Mercury-Viatel
• 2000 : , Mercury-Viatel
• 1999 : , Mercury
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• 1997 : , Comptel
  Comptel
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• 1996 : , Subaru-Montgomery
• 1995 : , Team Shaklee
• 1994 : , Coors
  Coors Brewing Company
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• 1993 : , Subaru-Montgomery
• 1992 : , Subaru-Montgomery
• 1991 : , Coors
  Coors Brewing Company
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• 1990 : , Alpine
  Alpine Electronics
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• 1989 : , Wheaties-Schwinn
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Elite Women

• 2010 : , Peanut Butter & Co./Twenty12
• 2009 : . Webcor Builders
  Webcor Builders
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• 2008 : ,
• 2007 : Women's race was postponed
• 2006 : , Team Lipton
  Team Lipton
  TEAm Lipton is a women's professional road bicycle racing team and triathlon team based in the United States and races in elite events on the UCI Women's Road World Cup and USA Cycling National Racing Calendar...
  
  
• 2005 : T-Mobile
  T-Mobile
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• 2004 : Webcor Builders
  Webcor Builders
  Webcor Builders is a commercial construction contractor with headquarters in San Francisco, California. The firm also has regional offices in San Mateo, California, Alameda, California, Los Angeles, and San Diego, and is among the largest builders in California with clients including Starwood...
  
  
• 2003 : , Saturn
• 2002 : , Saturn

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