Bucks County Classic
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | September |
| Region | United States |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI America Tour |
| Type | Single day race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1999 |
| Editions | 15 (as of 2014) |
| First winner |  Alexandre Lavallée (CAN) |
| Most recent | Zachary Bell (CAN) |
The Bucks County Classic (Univest GP) is a professional bicycle road race contested in the region surrounding the borough of Souderton in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The event, which was founded in 1998 by former professional cyclist John Eustice, is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) – the world governing body of competitive cycling.
In addition to the main event, a 160 km road race that finishes with multiple laps on a circuit in Souderton, the Univest GP has expanded to include a non-competitive 100 km Recreational ride known as the Univest Cyclosportif 100K and the Univest Criterium of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
The race is noteworthy not just for its sanctioning by the UCI (making it one of only 13 such events held for men in the United States in 2008), but also for its course, which passes through 16 municipalities. This type of large-circuit road race has become extremely rare in the United States.
Name of the race
- 1999-2011 : Univest GP
- 2012- : Thompson Bucks County Classic[1]
Past winners
| Rider | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | |
Alexandre Lavallée (CAN) | Kissena Cycling Team | |
| 2000 |  |
Bert De Waele (BEL) | Colorado Altitude Training Systems | |
| 2001[2] | No race | |||
| 2002 |  |
Todd Herriott (USA) | CRCA-Think Racing | |
| 2003 | |
Ted Huang (USA) | Webcor Cycling Team | |
| 2004 |  |
Stéphane Bonsergent (FRA) | Alderfer's Auction Company | |
| 2005 |  |
Melito Heredia (DOM) | GS Gotham-Toga | |
| 2006 | |
Shawn Milne (USA) | Navigators Cycling Team | |
| 2007 | |
William Frischkorn (USA) | Slipstream–Chipotle | |
| 2008 | |
Lucas Euser (USA) | Garmin-Chipotle | |
| 2009 |  |
Volodymyr Starchyk (UKR) | Amore & Vita-McDonald's | |
| 2010 |  |
Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE) | Team Cykelcity | |
| 2011 | |
Ryan Roth (CAN) | SpiderTech–C10 | |
| 2012 |  |
Patrick Bevin (NZL) | Bissell | |
| 2013 | |
Kiel Reijnen (USA) | UnitedHealthcare | |
| 2014 | |
Zach Bell (CAN) | Team SmartStop | |
| 2015 |  |
Daniel Summerhill (LAT) | UnitedHealthcare | |
References
- ↑ Univest GP revived as Thompson Bucks County Classic
- ↑ The race was not disputed due to the September 11 attacks
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Univest Grand Prix. |
