The Tour de Guadeloupe (; en, Tour of Guadeloupe) is an annual men's
multiple stage road bicycle race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
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](_blank)
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
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, th ...
, which is one of six
UCI Continental Circuits
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
ruled by the
Union Cycliste Internationale
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The UCI issues raci ...
, the international governing body for
cycling
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. Since then, the race has been rated as a
2.2 event on the
Union Cycliste Internationale
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The UCI issues raci ...
(UCI)
classification standards.
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on uciamericatour.com In 2013, from 2015 to 2020 and since 2022, the race has been on the
UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
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)
Cycling memories : Tour de la Guadeloupe (FRA) - Cat. 2.2
on memoire-du-cyclisme.net
Amateur winners (1948-2004)
Notes
References
External links
Official website of the Regional Cycling Committee of Guadeloupe
International Cycling Tour of Guadeloupe on info97.com
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