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in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning

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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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Linda Brenneman Linda L. Brenneman (born October 13, 1965, in Wheat Ridge, Colorado) is a road cyclist from the United States. She represented her nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, als ...

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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 prof ...

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Scott Mercier Scott Mercier (born January 24, 1968) is an American former cyclist. He participated in 1 grand tour, the 1997 Vuelta a España. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officiall ...

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Lyne Bessette Lyne Bessette (born 10 March 1975, Lac Brome, Quebec) is a politician and retired professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She was elected to represent the riding of Brome—Missisquoi in the 2019 federal election as a member of the ...

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Tom Danielson Thomas Danielson (born March 13, 1978) is an American retired professional road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Mercury Cycling Team (2002), the Saturn Cycling Team (2003), (2004), (2005–2007) and (2 ...

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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 dire ...

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Catherine Cheatley Catherine Cheatley (née Sell; born 6 April 1983 in Whanganui) is a retired New Zealand professional road and track cyclist. She won two New Zealand championship titles in both road race and individual track pursuit, and later represented her n ...

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External links

Coverage of 2005 event on Cycling News
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