The Tour de Guadeloupe (; en, Tour of Guadeloupe) is an annual men's multiple stage

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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

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, which is one of six

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ruled by the

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, the international governing body for

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. Since then, the race has been rated as a 2.2 event on the

(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

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calendar. This event is organized by the ''Comité régional de cyclisme de la Guadeloupe'' (en: ''Regional cycling committee of Guadeloupe'').

History of Results

Top Three Winners as of 2.2 UCI race classification (since 2005)

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on memoire-du-cyclisme.net

Amateur winners (1948-2004)

Notes

References

External links

Official website of the Regional Cycling Committee of GuadeloupeInternational Cycling Tour of Guadeloupe on info97.com
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