Tobago Cycling Classic

The Tobago Cycling Classic is a one-day road bicycle race held annually in Tobago, the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean.

Tobago Cycling Classic
Race details
DateOctober
RegionTobago
Local name(s)Tobago Cycling Classic
Nickname(s)Tobago International
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI America Tour (1.2)
TypeOne day race
Web sitewww.trinbagowheelers.com/content
History
First edition1986 (1986)
Editions31 (as of 2017)
First winner Emile Abraham (TRI)
Most wins Emile Abraham (TRI) (3)
Most recent Peter Schulting (NED)

Created in 1986, at the beginning of October, for many years the race only featured local cyclists, but in 2000 opened to international riders. Formerly a stage race, since 2011 the race has been included on the UCI America Tour's calendar, carrying a one-day UCI rating of 1.2, and is also referred to as Tobago International.

Past winners

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Year Country Rider Team
2001  Trinidad and Tobago Emile Abraham
2002  Trinidad and Tobago Emile Abraham
2003  Trinidad and Tobago Emile Abraham
2004  United States John Lieswyn Health Net–Maxxis
2005  Serbia Ivan Stević Aerospace Engineering Pro Equipe
2006  Canada Bruno Langlois AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team
2007  Germany Andreas Henig Atlas–Romer's Hausbäckerei
2008  New Zealand Heath Blackgrove Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team
2009  Great Britain Peter Williams CandiTV-Marshalls Pasta
2010  Canada James Sparling Canada -Team Exustar
2011  Austria Riccardo Zoidl RC Arbö–Gourmetfein–Wels
2012  Barbados Darren Matthews Barbados Cycling Union
2013  Colombia Jaime Ramírez Team Coco's
2014  Colombia Óscar Pachon Team Coco's
2015  Dominican Republic Adderlyn Cruz Inteja–MMR Dominican Cycling Team
2016  Canada James Piccoli PSL/RBC
2017  Netherlands Peter Schulting PSL

References


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