George Hincapie during 2004 San Francisco Grand Prix |
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Date | Early-September |
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Region | California, United States |
English name | San Francisco Grand Prix |
Local name(s) | San Francisco Grand Prix (English) |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI America Tour |
Type | Single-day |
First edition | 2001 |
Editions | 5 |
Final edition | 2005 |
First winner | George Hincapie (USA) |
Most wins | Charles Dionne (cyclist) (CAN) (2 times) |
Final winner | Fabian Wegmann (GER) |
The San Francisco Grand Prix was a road cycling race held in San Francisco, United States in early September. It was as a 1.HC event and in 2005 part of the UCI America Tour. It lasted five years.
The difficulties were the Fillmore and Taylor street climbs, short but steep, both an average 18% forcing riders to weave to get to the top. A month after the 2005 race plans for 2006 were abandoned because of economic and political problems.[1]