International Tour de Toona

International Tour de Toona

Race details
Date	July
Region	Altoona, Pennsylvania
English name	Tour of Altoona
Nickname(s)	Tour de 'Toona
Discipline	road cycling
Type	Multi-day multi-stage road race
Organiser	Altoona Bicycle Club
Race director	Larry Bilotto
History
First edition	1987 (1987)
Editions	22 as stage race, 2 criterium only
Final edition	2011

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 reasons and an announcement was made stating the event would not be held again.

Results

Overall Winners

Year	Female Winner	Country	Team	Male Winner	Country	Team
1987	Sarah Costanzo	USA		Greg Yoder	USA
1988	Kathy Steel	USA		Gunnar Shogren	USA
1989	Susan DiBiase	USA	Laurel Mountain Velo Club	Greg Yoder	USA	Laurel Mountain Velo Club
1990	Bunki Bankaitis-Davis	USA	US National Team	Julian Dalby	Ireland	Toga Club
1991	Linda Brenneman	USA	TGI Friday's	Brian McDonough	USA	Gotham Cyclists
1992	Karen Bliss-Livingston	USA	Worlds Team	Graeme Miller	New Zealand	BRBC
1993	Eve Stephenson	USA	US National Road Race Team	Scott Mercier	USA	Turin/ACT/Fat City Cycles
1994	Brooke Blackwelder	USA	Body Wise Team	Scott Moninger	USA	Coors Light Team
1995	Phyllis Hines	USA	Montgomery-Bell	Mike Engleman	USA	Team Shaklee
1996	Linda Jackson	Canada	Timex-Cannondale	Scott Mercier	USA	Saturn Cycling Team
1997	Dede Demet	USA	Saturn Cycling Team	Norman Alvis	USA	Saturn Cycling Team
1998	Kendra Wenzel	USA	Saeco Timex	Charles Dionne	Canada	Radio-Energie
1999	Anke Erlank	Russia	Timex	David Clinger	USA	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	USA	Goldy's	Danny Pate	USA	Prime Alliance
2003	Lyne Bessette	Canada	Saturn Cycling Team	Tom Danielson	USA	Saturn Cycling Team
2004	Lyne Bessette	Canada	Quark Cycling Team	John Lieswyn	USA	Health Net-Maxxis
2005	Geneviève Jeanson	Canada	The Bicycle Store	Scott Moninger	USA	Health Net-Maxxis
2006	Kristin Armstrong	USA		Sergey Lagutin	Uzbekistan	Navigators Insurance
2007	Kristin Armstrong	USA	Team Lipton	Karl Menzies	Australia	Health Net-Maxxis
2008 Crit only	Laura Van Gilder	USA	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	USA	Colavita/Forno d'Asolo	Scott Lyttle	New Zealand	Pure Black Racing

External links

• Coverage of 2005 event on Cycling News