Tour de Beauce 2012
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Date | June |
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Region | Quebec, Canada |
English name | Tour de Beauce |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI America Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Canadian Cycling Federation |
First edition | 1986 |
Editions | 31 (as of 2016) |
First winner | James Gilles (CAN) |
Most wins |
Benjamin Day (AUS) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Gregory Daniel (USA) |
Tour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986. It is the oldest stage-race in North America. The Tour de Beauce is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-rated 2.2 continental circuit stage race on the UCI America Tour.
The Queen Stage of the Tour de Beauce features the ascension of the iconic Mont-Mégantic National Park, a 6-km climb averaging 18% grade on the highest elevation road in the Province of Quebec.
The race has five stages, including two half-stages, one of which is usually held in Québec City. Quebec has hosted a stage of the Tour de Beauce for the last 25 consecutive years.
The race has five individual classifications, and the leader in each will wear a special jersey.