San Francisco Grand Prix
UCI America Tour | |
Type | Single-day |
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Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 2001 |
Editions | 5 |
Final edition | 2005 |
First winner | George Hincapie (USA) |
Most wins | Charles Dionne (cyclist) (CAN) (2 times) |
Final winner | Fabian Wegmann (GER) |
The San Francisco Grand Prix was a
UCI America Tour
. It lasted five years.
The difficulties were the Fillmore and Taylor street climbs, short but steep, both an average 18% forcing riders to weave to get to the top. A month after the 2005 race plans for 2006 were abandoned because of economic and political problems.[1]
Winners
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | United States | George Hincapie | US Postal Service |
2002 | Canada | Charles Dionne | 7Up – Nutra Fig |
2003 | United States | Chris Horner | Saturn |
2004 | Canada | Charles Dionne | Webcor |
2005 | Germany | Fabian Wegmann | Gerolsteiner |
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