Tour do Brasil

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Tour do Brasil
Race details
Date Various, most recently February
Region Brazil
Local name(s) Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo
Discipline Road
Competition UCI America Tour
Type Stage race
History
First edition 2004 (2004)
Editions 10 (as of 2014)
First winner  Antônio Nascimento (BRA)
Most wins  Gregory Panizo (BRA)
 Magno Nazaret (BRA)
(2 wins)
Most recent  Magno Nazaret (BRA)

The Tour do Brasil, also known as the International Cycling Tour of the State of São Paulo (Portuguese: Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo) is a road cycling stage race held in the state of São Paulo. The race exists since 2004 as an elite men's competition over a prologue and 8 to 9 stages. The race is currently a 2.2 event in the UCI America Tour.

Past winners

Rider Team
2004 Brazil Antonio Nascimento (BRA) Memorial-Santos
2005 Argentina Jorge Giacinti (ARG) Memorial-Santos
2006 Brazil Alex Diniz (BRA) CESC-Sundown
2007 Brazil Marcos Novello (BRA) Memorial-Santos
2008 Brazil Gregory Panizo (BRA) Clube DataRo de Ciclismo
2009 Portugal Sergio Ribeiro (POR) Barbot-Siper
2010 Brazil Gregory Panizo (BRA) Clube DataRo de Ciclismo
2011 Brazil José Eriberto Rodrigues (BRA) Padaria Real-Caloi-Ceu Azul Alimentos
2012 Brazil Magno Nazaret (BRA) Funvic–Pindamonhangaba
2013 No race
2014 Brazil Magno Nazaret (BRA) Funvic Brasilinvest–São José dos Campos

References