The Tour de Guadeloupe (; ) is an annual men's multiple stage road bicycle race held each August in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Guadeloupe, this elite men's competition opened officially to overseas racers in 1979,Cycling memories : Tour de la Guadeloupe, on memoire-du-cyclisme.net changing its name to Tour Cycliste international de la Guadeloupe. Covering a majority of the island's territory, the race includes today a prologue time trial and eight to nine stages.
For 2005 to 2012, 2014, and in 2021, the race was part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits ruled by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the international governing body for cycling. Since then, the race has been rated as a 2.2 event on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) classification standards.2010 - 2011 UCI Road Calendar, Men Elite and Under 23j, America Tour, on uciamericatour.com In 2013, from 2015 to 2020 and since 2022, the race has been on the UCI Europe Tour calendar.
This event is organized by the Comité régional de cyclisme de la Guadeloupe (en: Regional cycling committee of Guadeloupe).Official website of the Regional Cycling Committee of Guadeloupe
History of Results Top Three as of 2.2 UCI race classification (since 2005) Cycling memories : Tour de la Guadeloupe (FRA) - Cat. 2.2, on memoire-du-cyclisme.net
Year Overall Winner Second Third 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Cancelled 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Amateur winners (1948-2004)
Year Overall Winner Second Third 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Anse-Bertrand 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985In 1985, winner Richard Méthony was disqualified for doping. Eric Zubar, second in overall rankings, was declared new winner of the 1985 edition of the Tour of Guadeloupe. Sainte-Rose 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 Le Gosier 1979 Lamentin 1978 Abymes 1977 Abymes 1976 1975 Lamentin 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 Lamentin 1969 Lamentin 1968No Race 1967 Petit-Canal 1966 Petit-Canal 1965 No Race 1964 Basse-Terre 1963No Race 1962 1961 1960 1959 Petit-Bourg Abymes 1958 A-Bertrand Abymes 1957 Abymes 1956 Le Moule 1955 Abymes 1954 Le Moule P-Bourg 1953 P-Bourg 1952 M-à-L'E A-Bertrand 1951 M-à-L'E 1950 A-Bertrand A-Bertrand 1949 A-Bertrand A-Bertrand 1948 A-Bertrand
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References
External links Official website of the Regional Cycling Committee of Guadeloupe International Cycling Tour of Guadeloupe on info97.com