Valley of the Sun Stage Race

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Valley of the Sun Stage Race
Race details
DateFebruary
Region Phoenix, Arizona
Discipline Road
CompetitionNational calendar
Type Stage race
OrganiserWhite Mountain Road Club [1]
History
First edition1992 (1992)
Editions30 (as of 2023)
Most winsFlag of the United States.svg  Jonathan Chodroff  (USA)(2 wins)
Most recentFlag of Bermuda.svg  Conor White  (BER)

The Valley of the Sun Stage Race is a multi-day cycling race held in Phoenix, Arizona. The race takes annually in February and is contested over three days. [2] [3]

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Winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
1995 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Gaggioli Flag of the United States.svg Jorge Espinosa Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Clifford Walton
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Dirk Copeland Flag of the United States.svg Robert Ventura Flag of the United States.svg Greg Randolph
1997 Flag of Lithuania.svg Remigius Lupeikis
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Trent Klasna Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Vaughters Flag of the United States.svg Clark Sheehan
1999 Flag of the United States.svg James Carney Flag of the United States.svg Christian Vandevelde Flag of the United States.svg Dylan Casey
2000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gordon Fraser Flag of the United States.svg Floyd Landis Flag of the United States.svg David Zabriskie
2001 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Baden Cooke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Drew Flag of the United States.svg John Kelly
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Wherry Flag of the United States.svg Chris Fisher Flag of the United States.svg Scott Moninger
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Olsen Flag of Cuba.svg Iván Domínguez Flag of the United States.svg Mark McCormack
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Mariano Friedick Flag of New Zealand.svg Gordon McCauley Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Blickem
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Blickem Flag of the United States.svg Brian Sheedy Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Checchi
2006 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Zirbel Flag of the United States.svg Curtis Gunn Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Blickem
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Seagrave Flag of the United States.svg Dan Vinson Flag of the United States.svg Corey Collier
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Karl Bordine Flag of the United States.svg Ben Kneller Flag of the United States.svg Sam Johnson
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Chodroff Flag of the United States.svg Ben Kneller Flag of the United States.svg Graham Howard
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Chodroff Flag of Cuba.svg Luis Amarán Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Talansky
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Thomas Flag of the United States.svg J. Gunn Wilkinson Flag of Portugal.svg Craig Nunes
2012 Flag of Cuba.svg Luis Amarán Flag of the United States.svg Eric Marcotte Flag of Latvia.svg Andžs Flaksis
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Jacques-Maynes Flag of the United States.svg Jim Peterman Flag of Cuba.svg Luis Amarán
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Eaton Flag of Mexico.svg Fabrizio Von Nacher Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Schwartz
2015 Flag of New Zealand.svg Heath Blackgrove Flag of the United States.svg Chad Beyer Flag of the United States.svg Brian McCulloch
2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Roth Flag of the United States.svg Brandon McNulty Flag of the United States.svg Innokenty Zavyalov
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Innokenty Zavyalov Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Piccoli Flag of the United States.svg Wouter Zwart
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Wouter Zwart Flag of the United States.svg Cory Lockwood Flag of the United States.svg David Greif
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Cory Lockwood Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Vogel Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Zimmer
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Sheffield Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Williams Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Riccitello
2021Cancelled
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Stites Flag of the United States.svg Zach Gregg Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Vogel
2023 Flag of Bermuda.svg Conor White Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan Cheyne Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Vogel

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References

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  2. "Valley of the Sun Stage Race". socalcycling.com. SoCalCycling. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. Valley of the Sun Stage Race palmares at Cycling Archives