Tour of Tasmania explained

The Tour of Tasmania is a cycling road race contested annually in Tasmania, Australia. Created in 1996, the race formed part of the calendar of the Union Cycliste International from 1997 to 2002. The race was not contested the 2001, 2003 and 2004, it reappeared in 2005, but was not integrated with the UCI Oceania Tour. The 2019 edition of the race was won by Dylan Sunderland of . The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

There have been several different previously-contested races since 1930, antecedents of the current Tour of Tasmania.

Winners

Original Tour of Tasmania

• 1930 Hubert Opperman
• 1933 Richard Lamb
• 1934 Richard Lamb

The Mercury Tour of Tasmania

• 1954 Reginald Arnold
• 1955
• 1956 Eddie Smith
• 1957 Russell Mockridge
• 1958 Peter Panton
• 1959 Peter Panton
• 1960 John O'Sullivan
• 1961 Ronald Murray
• 1962 Ronald Murray
• 1963 Peter Panton

The Examiner Tour of the North

• 1954 Colin McKay
• 1955 Neil Geraghty
• 1956 Jim Nevin
• 1957–1959 no contested
• 1960 Colin Hymus
• 1961 Allan Grindal
• 1962 Vic Brown
• 1963 Vic Brown
• 1964 Malcolm Powell
• 1965 Ray Bilney
• 1966 Don Wilson
• 1967
• 1968 Kevin Morgan
• 1969 Kerry Wood
  • 1970 Donald Allan 1971 Russell Tankard
  • 1972 Donald Allan 1973
• 1974 Remo Sansonetti
• 1975 Remo Sansonetti
• 1976 Remo Sansonetti
  • 1977 Gary Sutton 1978 Michael Wilson
• 1979 John Trevorrow
• 1980 Geoff Skaines
• 1981 Murray Hall
• 1982 Wayne Dellar
• 1983 Wayne Hildred
• 1984
• 1985 Michael Lynch
• 1986 Stephen Hodge
• 1987 Barney St. George
• 1988 Kevetoslav Pavlov
• 1989 No contested
• 1990
• 1991 Grant Rice

Current Tour Of Tasmania

Year	Winner	Second	Third	class=unsortable
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003-2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016				[2]
2017				[3]
2018				[4]
2019
2020–2021
2022	Rhys Robotham	Matthew Greenwood	Carter Bettles
2023	Matthew Greenwood	Rhys Robotham	Boris Clark

Women's Tour Of Tasmania

Year	Winner	Second	Third	class=unsortable
2018				[5]
2019				[6]
2020

External links

• Official website
• Tour of Tasmania at memoire-du-cyclisme.eu
• Tour of Tasmania at Sitiodeciclismo.net
• Tour of Tasmania at Autobus.cyclingnews.com
• Tour of the North at Museociclismo.it

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 Tour of Tasmania cancelled . touroftasmania.com . 9 February 2021.
2. Web site: cyclingtips.com . Ben Dyball wins the Tour of Tasmania . 2016 . 6 March 2017.
3. Web site: cyclingtips.com . Bailey and Mawditt win in Tasmania, Freiberg takes Subaru National Road Series . 11 November 2017 . 11 November 2017.
4. Web site: National Road Series . 2018 Spirit of Tasmania Tour of Tasmania Stage 4 . Cycling Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20190228152147/http://liveresults.nrs.cycling.org.au/2018/TOT/MEN_Stage4_Result.pdf . 28 February 2019 . live.
5. Web site: National Road Series . 2018 Spirit of Tasmania Women's Tour of Tasmania Stage 3 . Cycling Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20190228152312/http://liveresults.nrs.cycling.org.au/2018/TOT/WOM_Stage3_Result.pdf . 28 February 2019 . live.
6. Web site: Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour Recap . National Road Series . Cycling Australia . 2 January 2020.