International Tour de Toona

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International Tour de Toona
Local name: Tour de 'Toona
Region: USA, Pennsylvania
Date: Late July
Type: Stage Race
History
First Edition: 1987
Number of Editions: 19-Male 17-Female
First Winner: Greg Yoder
Most Wins Male: Two times Scott Moninger, Scott Mercier, Greg Yoder
Most Wins Female: Three times Lyne Bessette

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. According to organizers, this "strategic downsizing" will allow the Tour to come back stronger for the 2009 event. [[1]]

[edit] Winners

Male
Overall Winner
Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net-Maxxis
Stage 1 - Team Time Trial
Health Net-Maxxis
Stage 2
Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net-Maxxis
Stage 3
Ben Brooks (USA) Navigator Insurance Cycling Team
Stage 4
Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream
Stage 5
Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net-Maxxis
Stage 6
Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream
Stage 7
Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net-Maxxis
Female
Overall Winner
Kristin Armstrong (USA) TEAm Lipton
Stage 1 - Team Time Trial
Webcor Builders
Stage 2
Alison Powers (USA) Colavita/ Sutter Home
Stage 3
Kori Seehafer (USA) TEAm Lipton
Stage 4
Laura Van Gilder(USA) UCI WPT Cheerwine
Stage 5
Lauren Franges (USA) TEAm Lipton
Stage 6
Kristin Armstrong (USA) TEAm Lipton
Stage 7
Laura Van Gilder(USA) UCI WPT Cheerwine
  • 2006 (July 24-30)
Male
Stage 1
Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net-Maxxis
Stage 2
Friedick Mariano (USA) Toyota-United
Stage 3
Frank Pipp (USA) TargetTraining
Stage 4
Juan José Haedo (ARG) Toyota-United
Female
Stage 1
Alison Powers (USA) Advil-Chapstick
Stage 2
Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Colavita Cooking Light
Stage 3
Kristin Armstrong (USA) TEAm Lipton
Stage 4
Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Colavita Cooking Light
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
    • Male - Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
    • Female - Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team
  • 2002
  • 2001
    • Male - Harm Jansen (Ned) Saturn Cycling Team
    • Female - Geneviève Jeanson (Can) RONA
  • 2000
    • Male - Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury
    • Female - Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team
  • 1999
    • Male - David Clinger (USA) Mercury
    • Female - Anke Erlank (RSA) Timex
  • 1998
    • Male - Charles Dionne (Can) Radio-Energie
    • Female - Kendra Wenzel (USA) Saeco Timex
  • 1997
    • Male - Norman Alvis (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
    • Female - Dede Demet (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
  • 1996
    • Male - Scott Mercier (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
    • Female - Linda Jackson (Can) Timex-Cannondale
  • 1995
    • Male - Mike Englemann (USA) Team Shaklee
    • Female - Phyllis Hines (USA) Montgomery-Bell
  • 1994
    • Male - Scott Moninger (USA) Coors Light Team
    • Female - Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Body Wise Team
  • 1993
    • Male - Scott Mercier (USA) Turin/ACT/Fat City Cycles
    • Female - Eve Stephenson (USA) US National Road Race Team
  • 1992
    • Male - Graeme Miller (NZl) BRBC
    • Female - Karen Bliss-Livingston (USA) Worlds Team
  • 1991
    • Male - Brian McDonough (USA) Gotham Cyclists
    • Female - Linda Brenneman (USA) TGI Friday's
  • 1990
    • Male - Julian Dalby (Ire) Toga Club
    • Female - Bunki Bankaitis-Davis (USA) US National Team
  • 1989
    • Male - Greg Yoder (USA) Laurel Mountain Velo Club
    • Female - Susan DiBiase (USA) Laurel Mountain Velo Club
  • 1988
    • Male - Gunter Shrogen (USA)
  • 1987
    • Male - Greg Yoder (USA)

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