Tour of Tasmania

The Tour of Tasmania is a cycling road race contested annually in Tasmania, Australia. Created in 1996, the race formed part of the calendar of the Union Cycliste International from 1997 to 2002. The race was not contested the 2001, 2003 and 2004, it reappeared in 2005, but was not integrated with the UCI Oceania Tour. The 2019 edition of the race was won by Dylan Sunderland of Team BridgeLane.[1] The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

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

Winners edit

Original Tour of Tasmania edit

The Mercury Tour of Tasmania edit

The Examiner Tour of the North edit

  • 1954 Colin McKay
  • 1955 Neil Geraghty
  • 1956 Jim Nevin
  • 1957–1959 no contested
  • 1960 Colin Hymus
  • 1961 Allan Grindal
  • 1962 Vic Brown
  • 1963 Vic Brown
  • 1964 Malcolm Powell
  • 1965 Ray Bilney
  • 1966 Don Wilson
  • 1967  Alf Baker (NZL)
  • 1968 Kevin Morgan
  • 1969 Kerry Wood
  • 1970 Donald Allan
  • 1971 Russell Tankard
  • 1972 Donald Allan
  • 1973  Barry Ulyatt (NZL)
  • 1974 Remo Sansonetti
  • 1975 Remo Sansonetti
  • 1976 Remo Sansonetti
  • 1977 Gary Sutton
  • 1978 Michael Wilson
  • 1979 John Trevorrow
  • 1980 Geoff Skaines
  • 1981 Murray Hall
  • 1982 Wayne Dellar
  • 1983 Wayne Hildred
  • 1984  Jack Swart (NZL)
  • 1985 Michael Lynch
  • 1986 Stephen Hodge
  • 1987 Barney St. George
  • 1988 Kevetoslav Pavlov
  • 1989 No contested
  • 1990  Brian Fowler (NZL)
  • 1991 Grant Rice

Current Tour Of Tasmania edit

YearWinnerSecondThirdRef
1996Stephen Hodge  Glenn Mitchell (NZL)Kris Denham
1997Alan IacuoneNick Gates  Brendon Vesty (NZL)
1998Cadel EvansNeil Stephens  Brendon Vesty (NZL)
1999Cadel EvansNathan O'NeillCameron Hughes
2000Glen Chadwick  Vladimir Karpets (RUS)Robert Tighello
2001Not contested
2002Luke RobertsRussell Go HoutSimon Gerrans
2003-2004Not contested
2005Shaun HiggersonSimon Clarke  Gordon McCauley (NZL)
2006  Kristian House (GBR)  Kjell Carlström (FIN)Scott Peoples
2007Cameron MeyerTravis MeyerBernard Sulzberger
2008Richie PorteWilliam FordJack Bobridge
2009Bernard SulzbergerPeter McDonaldLuke Durbridge
2010  Gordon McCauley (NZL)  George Bennett (NZL)Rhys Pollock
2011Nathan Haas  Joshua Atkins (NZL)Cameron Peterson
2012Lachlan NorrisMark O'BrienNathan Earle
2013Jack HaigRobbie HuckerBrodie Talbot
2014  Patrick Bevin (NZL)Ben DyballTimothy Roe
2015  Brad Evans (NZL)Ben HillDylan Sunderland
2016Ben DyballChris HamiltonChris Harper[3]
2017Lionel MawdittAngus LyonsJames Whelan[4]
2018Dylan Sunderland  Micheal Vink (NZL)Cameron Roberts[5]
2019Dylan SunderlandChris HarperTyler Lindorff[1]
2020Not contested

Women's Tour Of Tasmania edit

YearWinnerSecondThirdRef
2018Justine BarrowJaime GunningKirsty McCallum[6]
2019Sarah GiganteJustine BarrowJaime Gunning[1]
2020Not contested

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour Recap". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Tour of Tasmania cancelled". touroftasmania.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Ben Dyball wins the Tour of Tasmania". cyclingtips.com. 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Bailey and Mawditt win in Tasmania, Freiberg takes Subaru National Road Series". cyclingtips.com. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 Spirit of Tasmania Tour of Tasmania Stage 4" (PDF). National Road Series. Cycling Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2019.
  6. ^ "2018 Spirit of Tasmania Women's Tour of Tasmania Stage 3" (PDF). National Road Series. Cycling Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2019.

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