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Tour of Alberta

Canadian multi-day road cycling race

Summary

Canadian multi-day road cycling race

FieldValue
nameTour of Alberta
dateSeptember
regionAlberta, Canada
localnamesThe Tour
nicknameCanada's Race
disciplineRoad
competitionUCI America Tour
typeStage race
organiserAlberta Peloton Association
directorDuane Vienneau
first
number5 (as of 2017)
firstwinnerRohan Dennis
mostwinsNo repeat winners
mostrecentEvan Huffman

The ATB Tour of Alberta was a Canadian bicycle stage race, which raced across the province of Alberta. It was sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and was part of the UCI America Tour. It was classified as a 2.1 race, making it one of the highest rated races on the tour. The inaugural tour featured a prologue and five stages, and was held September 3–8, 2013.

On February 15, 2018 the Alberta Peloton Association announced that the event was being cancelled.

History

The Tour of Alberta was the brainchild of former professional cyclist Alex Steida, who was the first North American cyclist to wear the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France. After moving to Edmonton, Steida felt that the local geography and the ability of residents to "roll up their sleeves and get stuff done" made the province an ideal place for a multi-stage race and he spent nearly a decade promoting the idea. The idea began to take shape in 2012 when proponents secured support from the Rural Alberta Development Fund, which believed such a race could promote the province to a world audience. The proposed race was sanctioned by UCI in late 2012 and given a 2.1 classification, making it one of the highest rated events on the UCI America Tour.

Classifications

The race had six individual classifications, and the leader in each wore a special jersey in similar fashion to the Tour de France:

  • [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|25px|alt=]] Yellow jersey: General classification (overall leader)
  • [[Image:Jersey green.svg|25px|alt=]] Green jersey: Sprint classification
  • [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|25px|alt=]] Polka dot jersey: Mountains classification
  • [[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px|alt=]] White jersey: Young rider classification
  • [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px|alt=]] Red jersey: Canadian rider classification
  • [[Image:Jersey blue.svg|25px|alt=]] Blue jersey: Most aggressive rider

Results

General classification

Year[[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25px]] 1st placeTeam2nd placeTeam3rd placeTeam
2013Rohan DennisBrent BookwalterDamiano Caruso
2014Daryl ImpeyTom DumoulinRuben Zepuntke
2015Bauke MollemaAdam YatesTom-Jelte Slagter
2016Robin CarpenterBauke MollemaEvan Huffman
2017Evan HuffmanSepp KussAlex Howes

Other classifications

Year[[Image:Jersey green.svg25px]] Sprints[[File:Jersey polkadot.svg25px]] Mountains[[Image:Jersey white.svg25px]] Young rider[[Image:Jersey red.svg25px]] Canadian rider[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg25px]] Teams
2013Peter SaganTom-Jelte SlagterRohan DennisRyan Anderson
2014Ramūnas NavardauskasSimon YatesTom DumoulinRyan Anderson
2015Michael MatthewsBen PerryAdam YatesMichael Woods
2016Colin JoyceDanilo CelanoColin JoyceAlexander Cataford
2017Wouter WippertAlec CowanJack BurkeJack Burke

References

References

  1. Babin, Tom. (2012-12-17). "Tour of Alberta bike race holds a lot of potential | Calgary Herald". Calgary Herald.
  2. Ramsay, Caley. (2018-02-15). "Tour of Alberta calling it quits due to economic conditions, funding concerns". [[Global News]].
  3. Cowley, Norm. (2013-08-30). "Edmonton's Alex Stieda shifted Tour of Alberta into gear". Edmonton Journal.
  4. (2013). "The journey to the Tour of Alberta". Tour of Alberta.
  5. (2013). "Official race jerseys". Tour of Alberta.
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