Tour of Tasmania

The Tour of Tasmania is a cycling road race contested annually in Tasmania, Australia. Created the 1996, the race formed part of the calendar of the Union Cycliste International from 1997 to 2002. No contested the 2001, 2003 and 2004, the race reappeared the 2005, but not integrated with the UCI Oceania Tour. The 2014 edition had 120 competitors.[1]

There have been several different previously-contested races since 1930, antecedents of the current Tour of Tasmania.

Winners

Original Tour of Tasmania

The Mercury Tour of Tasmania

The Examiner Tour of the North

  • 1954 Colin McKay Australia
  • 1955 Neil Geraghty Australia
  • 1956 Jim Nevin Australia
  • 1957–1959 no contested
  • 1960 Cabbage Hymus Australia
  • 1961 Allan Grindal Australia
  • 1962 Vic Brown Australia
  • 1963 Vic Brown Australia
  • 1964 Bad Powell Australia
  • 1965 Ray Bilney Australia
  • 1966 Don Wilson Australia
  • 1967 Alf Baker New Zealand
  • 1980 Geoff Skaines Australia
  • 1981 Murray Hall Australia
  • 1982 Wayne Dellar Australia
  • 1983 Wayne Hildred Australia
  • 1984 Jack Swart New Zealand
  • 1985 Michael Lynch Australia
  • 1986 Stephen Hodge Australia
  • 1987 Barney St. George Australia
  • 1988 Kevetoslav Pavlov Australia
  • 1989 No contested
  • 1990 Brian Fowler New Zealand
  • 1991 Grant Rice Australia

Current Tour Of Tasmania

Year Winner Second Third
1996 Stephen Hodge Australia Glenn Mitchell New Zealand Kris Denham Australia
1997 Alan Iacuone Australia Nick Gates Australia Brendon Vesty New Zealand
1998 Cadel Evans Australia Neil Stephens Australia Brendon Vesty New Zealand
1999 Cadel Evans Australia Nathan O'Neill Australia Cameron Hughes Australia
2000 Glen Chadwick Australia Vladimir Karpets Russia Robert Tighello Australia
2001 Not contested
2002 Luke Roberts Australia Russell Go Hout Australia Simon Gerrans Australia
2003-2004 Not contested
2005 Shaun Higgerson Australia Simon Clarke Australia Gordon McCauley New Zealand
2006 Kristian House United Kingdom Kjell Carlström Finland Scott Peoples Australia
2007 Cameron Meyer Australia Travis Meyer Australia Bernard Sulzberger Australia
2008 Richie Porte Australia William Ford Australia Jack Bobridge Australia
2009 Bernard Sulzberger Australia Peter McDonald Australia Luke Durbridge Australia
2010 Gordon Mccauley New Zealand George Bennett New Zealand Rhys Pollock Australia
2011 Nathan Haas Australia Joshua Atkins New Zealand Cameron Peterson Australia
2012 Lachlan Norris Australia Mark O'Brien Australia Nathan Earle Australia
2013 Jack Haig Australia Robbie Hucker Australia Brodie Talbot Australia
2014 Patrick Bevin New Zealand Ben Dyball Australia Timothy Roe Australia
2015 Brad Evans New Zealand Ben Hill Australia Dylan Sunderland Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Tour of Tasmania lives up to tough reputation". ABC News. Retrieved 2015-07-09.

External links

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