Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay

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Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
Race details
DateEarly June
Region Quebec, Canada
Discipline Road
Competition UCI America Tour 2.Ncup
Type Stage race
Web site www.grandprixcyclistesaguenay.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition2008 (2008)
Editions6
Final edition2013
First winnerFlag of Denmark.svg  Thomas Kvist  (DEN)
Most winsNo repeat winners
Final winnerFlag of Norway.svg  Sondre Holst Enger  (NOR)

The Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay was a bicycle stage race held annually in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It was part of the UCI America Tour and the race was reserved to riders between 19 and 22 of age and was rated 2.Ncup by the UCI. [1] It was the only U23 race held outside of Europe. [2]

Contents

In 2014, the race was no longer part of the Nations' Cup calendar, [3] [4] and instead, was held as the Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay.

Results

YearWinnerSecondThird
2008Flag of Denmark.svg  Thomas Kvist  (DEN)Flag of Portugal.svg  Rui Costa  (POR)Flag of Italy.svg  Alfredo Balloni  (ITA)
2009Flag of France.svg  Johan Le Bon  (FRA)Flag of Germany.svg  Nico Keinath  (GER)Flag of Colombia.svg  Sergio Henao  (COL)
2010Flag of Slovenia.svg  Luka Mezgec  (SLO)Flag of Colombia.svg  Camilo Suárez  (COL)Flag of the United States.svg  Ben King  (USA)
2011Flag of Denmark.svg  Christopher Juul Jensen  (DEN)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Arman Kamyshev  (KAZ)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Miras Bederbekov  (KAZ)
2012Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Arman Kamyshev  (KAZ)Flag of France.svg  Julian Alaphilippe  (FRA)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)
2013Flag of Norway.svg  Sondre Holst Enger  (NOR)Flag of France.svg  Alexis Gougeard  (FRA)Flag of Colombia.svg  Diego Ochoa  (COL)

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