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| discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
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The '''Tour of the Bahamas''' is a [[road cycling race]] held in Nassau, the capital of the [[Bahamas]]. The race is a competition over three stages within two days. On the first day there is a time trial, a race against the clock, along with a circuit race, where one lap is more than a mile, is held in the afternoon. Then the next day is the road race, held on some of the same roads as the circuit. In every race you are timed and that is what determines you over-all place.
The '''Tour of the Bahamas''' is a [[road cycling race]] held in Nassau, the capital of the [[Bahamas]]. The race is a competition over three stages within two days. On the first day there is a time trial, a race against the clock, along with a circuit race, where one lap is more than a mile, is held in the afternoon. Then the next day is the road race, held on some of the same roads as the circuit. In every race you are timed and that is what determines you over-all place.



Revision as of 14:05, 11 April 2011

Tour of the Bahamas
Race details
DateJanuary/February
RegionThe Bahamas
English nameTour of the Bahamas
DisciplineRoad
TypeStage race
History
First edition2006 (2006)
Editions5
First winner Ricardo Hernandez (USA)
Most recent Chuck Hutcheson (USA)

The Tour of the Bahamas is a road cycling race held in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. The race is a competition over three stages within two days. On the first day there is a time trial, a race against the clock, along with a circuit race, where one lap is more than a mile, is held in the afternoon. Then the next day is the road race, held on some of the same roads as the circuit. In every race you are timed and that is what determines you over-all place.

Past winners

Year Country Rider Team
2006  United States Ricardo Hernandez
2007  Cuba Frank Travieso
2008  United States Tyler Farrar Slipstream-Chipotle
2009 No race
2010  United States Caleb Fairly
2011  United States Chuck Hutcheson

References