International Tour de Toona
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The International Tour de Toona is a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania
each July. The International Tour de Toona bicycle race started as a one day race and was initially called the Tour de Toona because it was based in Altoona, Pennsylvania
. The current event has become the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and has stages spanning Blair
, Cambria
, Bedford
, and Somerset
Counties in Pennsylvania
. The name was changed to The International for the 2002 edition of the race and then to the International Tour de Toona for the 2004 edition.
In 2008, tour organizers scaled back the event to a one day criterium race in downtown Altoona. On May 22, 2009, it was announced that the 2009 Tour de Toona would be canceled due to a lack of sponsorship. The 2010 event was again a single day criterium race in downtown Altoona In 2011 the event returned to being a 4 day 4 stage race for both men and women.
2007
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
each July. The International Tour de Toona bicycle race started as a one day race and was initially called the Tour de Toona because it was based in Altoona, Pennsylvania
Altoona, Pennsylvania
-History:A major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 as the site for a shop complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868...
. The current event has become the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and has stages spanning Blair
Blair County, Pennsylvania
-Significant Topographic Features:*Brush Mountain*Logan Valley*Morrison Cove*Tussey Mountain-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 129,144 people, 51,518 households, and 34,877 families residing in the county. The population density was 246 people per square mile . There were 55,061...
, Cambria
Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Cambria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It comprises the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 143,679....
, Bedford
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,762. The county seat is Bedford. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
, and Somerset
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Somerset County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 77,742. Somerset County was created on April 17, 1795, from part of Bedford County and named for Somerset, United Kingdom. Its county seat is Somerset. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania,...
Counties in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. The name was changed to The International for the 2002 edition of the race and then to the International Tour de Toona for the 2004 edition.
In 2008, tour organizers scaled back the event to a one day criterium race in downtown Altoona. On May 22, 2009, it was announced that the 2009 Tour de Toona would be canceled due to a lack of sponsorship. The 2010 event was again a single day criterium race in downtown Altoona In 2011 the event returned to being a 4 day 4 stage race for both men and women.
Overall Winners
| Year | Male Winner | Country | Team | Female Winner | Country | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Greg Yoder | USA | Sarah Costanzo | USA | ||
| 1988 | Gunnar Shogren | USA | Kathy Steel | USA | ||
| 1989 | Greg Yoder | USA | Laurel Mountain Velo Club | Susan DiBiase | USA | Laurel Mountain Velo Club |
| 1990 | Julian Dalby | Ireland | Toga Club | Bunki Bankaitis-Davis | USA | US National Team |
| 1991 | Brian McDonough | USA | Gotham Cyclists | Linda Brenneman | USA | TGI Friday's |
| 1992 | Graeme Miller | Newzealand | BRBC | Karen Bliss-Livingston | USA | Worlds Team |
| 1993 | Scott Mercier | USA | Turin/ACT/Fat City Cycles | Eve Stephenson | USA | US National Road Race Team |
| 1994 | Scott Moninger | USA | Coors Light Team | Brooke Blackwelder | USA | Body Wise Team |
| 1995 | Mike Englemann | USA | Team Shaklee | Phyllis Hines | country | Montgomery-Bell |
| 1996 | Scott Mercier | USA | Saturn Cycling Team | Linda Jackson Linda Jackson (cyclist) Linda Jackson is best known as a former Canadian professional bicycle road racer. She is now a coach, having previous experience as an investment banker. Jackson won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Road Racing Championships... |
Canada | Timex-Cannondale |
| 1997 | Norman Alvis | USA | Saturn Cycling Team | Dede Demet Dede Barry Deirdre Demet Barry is an American female cycle racer, six times U.S. champion . She has won two World Cup races, two World Championship medals, and, in 2004, the silver medal in the time trial in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She is married to fellow professionial cyclist Michael Barry... |
USA | Saturn Cycling Team |
| 1998 | Charles Dionne | Canada | Radio-Energie | Kendra Wenzel | USA | Saeco Timex |
| 1999 | David Clinger David Clinger David Clinger is a professional road racing cyclist from the United States. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.... |
USA | Mercury Cycling Team | Anke Erlank | Russia | Timex |
| 2000 | Gord Fraser | Canada | Mercury Cycling Team | Lyne Bessette | Canada | Saturn Cycling Team |
| 2001 | Harm Jansen Harm Jansen Harm Jansen is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist. His career highlight includes winning the 2001 International Tour de Toona and USPRO National Criterium Championships.-Career:1988... |
Netherlands | Saturn Cycling Team | Geneviève Jeanson | Canada | RONA |
| 2002 | Danny Pate Danny Pate Danny Pate is a professional bicycle racer who currently rides for and for 2012 will join . He was born on 23 March 1979 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is experienced and accomplished in road, cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing.... |
USA | Prime Alliance | Heather Albert Heather Albert Heather Albert is an American professional bicycle racer. She is also the author of a book titled "The Genisoy Diet".... |
USA | Goldy's |
| 2003 | Tom Danielson Tom Danielson Tom Danielson is a professional road racing cyclist. Previously riding for the Saturn Team on the U.S. Pro Circuit, and for Fassa Bortolo in Europe, Danielson is currently a member of , but rode for the Discovery Channel team between 2005 and 2007.Danielson currently holds the record for the... |
USA | Saturn Cycling Team | Lyne Bessette | Canada | Saturn Cycling Team |
| 2004 | John Lieswyn John Lieswyn John Lieswyn was a professional bicycle racer from the United States.-Biography:John started his road racing career in Florida in 1985. After graduation from college in 1990, he raced three seasons for the US National team in Germany, France and Italy. John turned professional in 1993 for Coors... |
USA | Health Net-Maxxis | Lyne Bessette Lyne Bessette Lyne Bessette is a professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She was a member of the Canadian Olympic team in 2000 and 2004. She won the Tour de l'Aude Feminin in 1999 and 2001 and the Women's Challenge in 2001... |
Canada | Quark Cycling Team |
| 2005 | Scott Moninger Scott Moninger Scott Moninger is an American professional road racing cyclist. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado and retired from racing in 2007 after competing with the BMC Cycling Team. Scott has won nearly every road race in North America with 275 career victories, the most by any American rider... |
USA | Health Net-Maxxis | Geneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson is a former professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She won the world junior road and time trial championships in 1999 and the Tour de Snowy in 2000. Later that year she won La Flèche Wallonne World Cup race. She joined the Canadian Olympic team that year... |
Canada | The Bicycle Store |
| 2006 | Sergey Lagutin Sergey Lagutin Sergey Lagutin is a professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team Vacansoleil. In 2003, Lagutin became world champion—capturing the Under-23 men's road race. He represented Uzbekistan in the men's road race at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games... |
Uzbekistan | Navigators Insurance | Kristen Armstrong | USA | |
| 2007 | Karl Menzies Karl Menzies Karl Menzies is a professional road bicycle racer riding for UCI Professional Continental team UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis. He finished second in the 2006 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar to Floyd Landis... |
Australia | Health Net-Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States.... |
Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong is a professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the Women's Time Trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar ... |
USA | Team Lipton |
| 2008 Crit only | Luis Amaran | Cuba | Team Cloavita/Sutter Home | Laura Van Gilder | USA | Cheerwine Cycling |
| 2009 | no event | | | ||||
| 2010 Crit only | Jeremy Grimm | Cleveland Clinic Sports Health | Catherine Cheatley | New Zealand | Colavita / Baci Pro Cycling | |
| 2011 | Scott Lyttle | New Zealand | Pure Black Racing | Janel Holcomb | USA | Colavita/Forno d'Asolo |
Stage Winners
2006- Male:
- Stage 1:Karl MenziesKarl MenziesKarl Menzies is a professional road bicycle racer riding for UCI Professional Continental team UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis. He finished second in the 2006 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar to Floyd Landis...
(Aus) Health Net-MaxxisHealth Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by MaxxisHealth Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States.... - Stage 2:Friedick Mariano (USA) Toyota-United
- Stage 3:Frank Pipp (USA) TargetTraining
- Stage 4::Juan José HaedoJuan José HaedoJuan José Haedo is an Argentine professional road racing cyclist and former track cyclist on . He is the brother of Lucas Sebastian Haedo...
(ARG) Toyota-United
- Stage 1:Karl Menzies
- Female:
- Stage 1:Alison Powers (USA) Advil-Chapstick
- Stage 2:Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Colavita Cooking Light
- Stage 3:Kristin ArmstrongKristin ArmstrongKristin Armstrong is a professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the Women's Time Trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar ...
(USA) Team LiptonTeam LiptonTEAm 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... - Stage 4:Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Colavita Cooking Light
2007
- Male:
- Stage 1 - Team Time Trial:Health Net-Maxxis
- Stage 2:Karl MenziesKarl MenziesKarl Menzies is a professional road bicycle racer riding for UCI Professional Continental team UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis. He finished second in the 2006 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar to Floyd Landis...
(Aus) Health Net-MaxxisHealth Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by MaxxisHealth Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States.... - Stage 3:Ben BrooksBen BrooksBen Brooks is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 35th District since 2007.-External links:* official government website* profile*Follow the Money - Ben Brooks** campaign contributions...
(USA) Navigator Insurance Cycling Team - Stage 4:Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream
- Stage 5:Karl MenziesKarl MenziesKarl Menzies is a professional road bicycle racer riding for UCI Professional Continental team UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis. He finished second in the 2006 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar to Floyd Landis...
(Aus) Health Net-MaxxisHealth Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by MaxxisHealth Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States.... - Stage 6:Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream
- Stage 7:Karl MenziesKarl MenziesKarl Menzies is a professional road bicycle racer riding for UCI Professional Continental team UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis. He finished second in the 2006 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar to Floyd Landis...
(Aus) Health Net-MaxxisHealth Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by MaxxisHealth Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States....
- Female:
- Stage 1 - Team Time Trial:Webcor BuildersWebcor BuildersWebcor 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...
- Stage 2:Alison Powers (USA) Colavita/ Sutter Home
- Stage 3:Kori Seehafer (USA) Team LiptonTeam LiptonTEAm 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...
- Stage 4:Laura Van GilderLaura Van GilderLaura Van Gilder is a professional road bicycle racer from Cresco, Pennsylvania, United States...
(USA) UCI WPT CheerwineCheerwineCheerwine is a cherry-flavored soft drink produced by the Carolina Beverage Corporation of Salisbury, North Carolina. It has been produced since 1917 by "the oldest continuing soft drink company still run by the same family".- Overview and history :... - Stage 5:Lauren FrangesLauren FrangesLauren Franges is an American professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:200120042005-External links:...
(USA) Team LiptonTeam LiptonTEAm 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... - Stage 6:Kristin ArmstrongKristin ArmstrongKristin Armstrong is a professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the Women's Time Trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar ...
(USA) Team LiptonTeam LiptonTEAm 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... - Stage 7:Laura Van GilderLaura Van GilderLaura Van Gilder is a professional road bicycle racer from Cresco, Pennsylvania, United States...
(USA) UCI WPT CheerwineCheerwineCheerwine is a cherry-flavored soft drink produced by the Carolina Beverage Corporation of Salisbury, North Carolina. It has been produced since 1917 by "the oldest continuing soft drink company still run by the same family".- Overview and history :...
- Stage 1 - Team Time Trial:Webcor Builders