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. The name was changed to The International for the 2002 edition of the race and then to the International Tour de Toona for the 2004 edition. In 2008, tour organizers scaled back the event to a one-day criterium race in downtown Altoona. On May 22, 2009, it was announced that the 2009 Tour de Toona would be canceled due to a lack of sponsorship. The 2010 event was again a single day criterium race in downtown Altoona In 2011 the event returned to being a 4-day 4 stage race for both men and women. In 2012, the event was cancelled due to financial mismanagement and the USAC announced the event would not be held again.

Results

Overall winners

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Eve Stephenson Eve Stephenson (born September 18, 1969) is an American who competed as a road racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 1992 UCI Road World Championships in the team time trial. She also won silver medals in the team time trial in 1990 and 19 ...

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Scott Moninger Scott Moninger is an American professional road racing cyclist. He was born October 20, 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia, grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and moved to Boulder, Colorado, in the mid 1980s to further his career in cycling. Moninger turned profess ...

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John Lieswyn John Lieswyn (born 18 August 1968 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former American professional road bicycle racer. Biography Lieswyn started his road racing career in Florida in 1985, and raced for the University of Florida's Cycling Club (Te ...

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Sergey Lagutin Sergey Lagutin (; born 14 January 1981) is a former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2018 for seven different teams, and represented both Russia and Uzbekistan in competition. He now works as a direc ...

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External links

Coverage of 2005 event on Cycling News
Cycle races in the United States Women's road bicycle races Recurring sporting events established in 1987 1987 establishments in Pennsylvania Men's road bicycle races Cycling in Pennsylvania 2011 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Defunct cycling races in the United States