International Tour de Toona

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.

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

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

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
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