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{{short description|Pennsylvania in July from 1987 until 2011}}
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| region = [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]], [[Pennsylvania]]
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The '''International Tour de Toona''' was a stage bicycle race held in Central [[Pennsylvania]] in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning [[Blair County, Pennsylvania|Blair]], [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria]], [[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford]], and [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset]] Counties in [[Pennsylvania]]. 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.
The '''International Tour de Toona''' was a stage bicycle race held in Central [[Pennsylvania]] in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning [[Blair County, Pennsylvania|Blair]], [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria]], [[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford]], and [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset]] Counties in [[Pennsylvania]]. 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 reasons and an announcement was made stating the event would not be held again.
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==
==Results==
{{clear}}

===Overall Winners===
===Overall winners===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width:75%; style="font-size:80%; "background:yellow;
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
|-
|-
!Year
!Year
!Male Winner
!Female Winner
!Country
!Country
!Team
!Team
!Female Winner
!Male Winner
!Country
!Country
!Team
!Team
|-
|-
|1987
|1987
|Sarah Costanzo
|[[Greg Yoder]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|
|
|Greg Yoder
|Sarah Costanzo
|USA
|{{USA}}
|
|
|-
|-
|1988
|1988
|Kathy Steel
|[[Gunnar Shogren]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|
|
|Gunnar Shogren
|Kathy Steel
|USA
|{{USA}}
|
|
|-
|-
|1989
|1989
|[[Greg Yoder]]
|USA
|Laurel Mountain Velo Club
|Susan DiBiase
|Susan DiBiase
|USA
|{{USA}}
|Laurel Mountain Velo Club
|Greg Yoder
|{{USA}}
|Laurel Mountain Velo Club
|Laurel Mountain Velo Club
|-
|-
|1990
|1990
|[[Julian Dalby]]
|[[Bunki Bankaitis-Davis]]
|{{USA}}
|Ireland
|Toga Club
|Bunki Bankaitis-Davis
|USA
|US National Team
|US National Team
|Julian Dalby
|{{IRL}}
|Toga Club
|-
|-
|1991
|1991
|[[Brian McDonough]]
|[[Linda Brenneman]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|Gotham Cyclists
|Linda Brenneman
|USA
|TGI Friday's
|TGI Friday's
|Brian McDonough
|{{USA}}
|Gotham Cyclists
|-
|-
|1992
|1992
|Karen Bliss-Livingston
|{{USA}}
|Worlds Team
|[[Graeme Miller (cyclist)|Graeme Miller]]
|[[Graeme Miller (cyclist)|Graeme Miller]]
|{{NZL}}
|Newzealand
|BRBC
|BRBC
|Karen Bliss-Livingston
|USA
|Worlds Team
|-
|-
|1993
|1993
|[[Scott Mercier]]
|[[Eve Stephenson]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|US National Road Race Team
|Scott Mercier
|{{USA}}
|Turin/ACT/Fat City Cycles
|Turin/ACT/Fat City Cycles
|Eve Stephenson
|USA
|US National Road Race Team
|-
|-
|1994
|1994
|Brooke Blackwelder
|{{USA}}
|Body Wise Team
|[[Scott Moninger]]
|[[Scott Moninger]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|Coors Light Team
|Coors Light Team
|Brooke Blackwelder
|USA
|Body Wise Team
|-
|-
|1995
|1995
|Phyllis Hines
|{{USA}}
|Montgomery-Bell
|[[Mike Engleman]]
|[[Mike Engleman]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|Team Shaklee
|Team Shaklee
|Phyllis Hines
|USA
|Montgomery-Bell
|-
|-
|1996
|1996
|[[Linda Jackson (cyclist)|Linda Jackson]]
|{{CAN}}
|Timex-Cannondale
|[[Scott Mercier]]
|[[Scott Mercier]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|Saturn Cycling Team
|Saturn Cycling Team
|[[Linda Jackson (cyclist)|Linda Jackson]]
|Canada
|Timex-Cannondale
|-
|-
|1997
|1997
|[[Dede Barry|Dede Demet]]
|{{USA}}
|Saturn Cycling Team
|[[Norman Alvis]]
|[[Norman Alvis]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|Saturn Cycling Team
|[[Dede Barry|Dede Demet]]
|USA
|Saturn Cycling Team
|Saturn Cycling Team
|-
|-
|1998
|1998
|Kendra Wenzel
|{{USA}}
|Saeco Timex
|[[Charles Dionne (cyclist)|Charles Dionne]]
|[[Charles Dionne (cyclist)|Charles Dionne]]
|{{CAN}}
|Canada
|Radio-Energie
|Radio-Energie
|Kendra Wenzel
|USA
|Saeco Timex
|-
|-
|1999
|1999
|[[David Clinger]]
|[[Anke Erlank]]
|{{RUS}}
|USA
|Timex
|David Clinger
|{{USA}}
|Mercury Cycling Team
|Mercury Cycling Team
|Anke Erlank
|Russia
|Timex
|-
|-
|2000
|2000
|[[Lyne Bessette]]
|[[Gord Fraser (cyclist)|Gord Fraser]]
|{{CAN}}
|Canada
|Saturn Cycling Team
|Gord Fraser (cyclist)|Gord Fraser
|{{CAN}}
|Mercury Cycling Team
|Mercury Cycling Team
|Lyne Bessette
|Canada
|Saturn Cycling Team
|-
|-
|2001
|2001
|[[Harm Jansen]]
|[[Geneviève Jeanson]]
|{{CAN}}
|Netherlands
|RONA
|Harm Jansen
|{{NED}}
|Saturn Cycling Team
|Saturn Cycling Team
|Geneviève Jeanson
|Canada
|RONA
|-
|-
|2002
|2002
|[[Danny Pate]]
|USA
|Prime Alliance
|[[Heather Albert]]
|[[Heather Albert]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|Goldy's
|Goldy's
|[[Danny Pate]]
|{{USA}}
|Prime Alliance
|-
|-
|2003
|2003
|[[Tom Danielson]]
|[[Lyne Bessette]]
|{{CAN}}
|USA
|Saturn Cycling Team
|Saturn Cycling Team
|[[Tom Danielson]]
|Lyne Bessette
|{{USA}}
|Canada
|Saturn Cycling Team
|Saturn Cycling Team
|-
|-
|2004
|2004
|[[John Lieswyn]]
|USA
|Health Net-Maxxis
|[[Lyne Bessette]]
|[[Lyne Bessette]]
|{{CAN}}
|Canada
|Quark Cycling Team
|Quark Cycling Team
|[[John Lieswyn]]
|{{USA}}
|Health Net-Maxxis
|-
|-
|2005
|2005
|[[Scott Moninger]]
|USA
|Health Net-Maxxis
|[[Geneviève Jeanson]]
|[[Geneviève Jeanson]]
|{{CAN}}
|Canada
|The Bicycle Store
|The Bicycle Store
|[[Scott Moninger]]
|{{USA}}
|Health Net-Maxxis
|-
|-
|2006
|2006
|[[Kristin Armstrong]]
|{{USA}}
|
|[[Sergey Lagutin]]
|[[Sergey Lagutin]]
|{{UZB}}
|Uzbekistan
|Navigators Insurance
|Navigators Insurance
|Kristen Armstrong
|USA
|
|-
|-
|2007
|2007
|[[Karl Menzies]]
|Australia
|[[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis|Health Net-Maxxis]]
|[[Kristin Armstrong]]
|[[Kristin Armstrong]]
|USA
|{{USA}}
|Team Lipton
|Team Lipton
|[[Karl Menzies]]
|{{AUS}}
|[[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis|Health Net-Maxxis]]
|-
|-
|2008 Crit only
|2008 Crit only
|[[Luis Amarán]]
|Cuba
|Team Cloavita/Sutter Home
|Laura Van Gilder
|Laura Van Gilder
|USA
|{{USA}}
|Cheerwine Cycling
|Cheerwine Cycling
|[[Luis Amarán]]
|{{CUB}}
|Team Cloavita/Sutter Home
|-
|-
|2009
|2009
|no event
|colspan=6|no event
|||||
|-
|-
|2010 Crit only
|2010 Crit only
|[[Jeremy Grimm]]
|[[Catherine Cheatley]]
|{{NZL}}
|Colavita / Baci Pro Cycling
|Jeremy Grimm
|
|
|Cleveland Clinic Sports Health
|Cleveland Clinic Sports Health
|Catherine Cheatley
|New Zealand
|Colavita / Baci Pro Cycling
|-
|-
|2011
|2011
|[[Scott Lyttle]]
|[[Janel Holcomb]]
|{{USA}}
|New Zealand
|Pure Black Racing
|Janel Holcomb
|USA
|Colavita/Forno d'Asolo
|Colavita/Forno d'Asolo
|Scott Lyttle
|{{NZL}}
|Pure Black Racing
|-
|-
|}
|}
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*[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2005/jul05/toona05/default Coverage of 2005 event on Cycling News]
*[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2005/jul05/toona05/default Coverage of 2005 event on Cycling News]


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Latest revision as of 14:11, 2 August 2024

International Tour de Toona
Race details
DateJuly
RegionAltoona, Pennsylvania
English nameTour of Altoona
Nickname(s)Tour de 'Toona
Disciplineroad cycling
TypeMulti-day multi-stage road race
OrganiserAltoona Bicycle Club
Race directorLarry Bilotto
History
First edition1987 (1987)
Editions22 as stage race, 2 criterium only
Final edition2011

The International Tour de Toona was a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset Counties in Pennsylvania. 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

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Overall winners

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Year Female Winner Country Team Male Winner Country Team
1987 Sarah Costanzo  United States Greg Yoder  United States
1988 Kathy Steel  United States Gunnar Shogren  United States
1989 Susan DiBiase  United States Laurel Mountain Velo Club Greg Yoder  United States Laurel Mountain Velo Club
1990 Bunki Bankaitis-Davis  United States US National Team Julian Dalby  Ireland Toga Club
1991 Linda Brenneman  United States TGI Friday's Brian McDonough  United States Gotham Cyclists
1992 Karen Bliss-Livingston  United States Worlds Team Graeme Miller  New Zealand BRBC
1993 Eve Stephenson  United States US National Road Race Team Scott Mercier  United States Turin/ACT/Fat City Cycles
1994 Brooke Blackwelder  United States Body Wise Team Scott Moninger  United States Coors Light Team
1995 Phyllis Hines  United States Montgomery-Bell Mike Engleman  United States Team Shaklee
1996 Linda Jackson  Canada Timex-Cannondale Scott Mercier  United States Saturn Cycling Team
1997 Dede Demet  United States Saturn Cycling Team Norman Alvis  United States Saturn Cycling Team
1998 Kendra Wenzel  United States Saeco Timex Charles Dionne  Canada Radio-Energie
1999 Anke Erlank  Russia Timex David Clinger  United States Mercury Cycling Team
2000 Lyne Bessette  Canada Saturn Cycling Team Gord Fraser  Canada Mercury Cycling Team
2001 Geneviève Jeanson  Canada RONA Harm Jansen  Netherlands Saturn Cycling Team
2002 Heather Albert  United States Goldy's Danny Pate  United States Prime Alliance
2003 Lyne Bessette  Canada Saturn Cycling Team Tom Danielson  United States Saturn Cycling Team
2004 Lyne Bessette  Canada Quark Cycling Team John Lieswyn  United States Health Net-Maxxis
2005 Geneviève Jeanson  Canada The Bicycle Store Scott Moninger  United States Health Net-Maxxis
2006 Kristin Armstrong  United States Sergey Lagutin  Uzbekistan Navigators Insurance
2007 Kristin Armstrong  United States Team Lipton Karl Menzies  Australia Health Net-Maxxis
2008 Crit only Laura Van Gilder  United States Cheerwine Cycling Luis Amarán  Cuba Team Cloavita/Sutter Home
2009 no event
2010 Crit only Catherine Cheatley  New Zealand Colavita / Baci Pro Cycling Jeremy Grimm Cleveland Clinic Sports Health
2011 Janel Holcomb  United States Colavita/Forno d'Asolo Scott Lyttle  New Zealand Pure Black Racing
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