The 2019 UCI America Tour was the fifteenth season of the UCI America Tour. The season began on October 23, 2018 with the Vuelta a Guatemala and ended on 12 October 2019.

2019 UCI America Tour
Fourteenth edition of the UCI America Tour
Details
DatesOctober 23, 2018 (2018-10-23)–October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)
LocationNorth America and South America
Races25
Champions
Individual championColombia Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers)
Teams' championColombia Team Medellín
Nations' champion Colombia
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The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.

The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

  • Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
  • One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events edit

2018 edit

Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team Ref
October 23 – November 1 Vuelta a Guatemala   Guatemala 2.2   Alfredo Ajpacajá (GUA) Decorabaños
November 15–20 Vuelta Michoacán   Mexico 2.2   Nicolás Paredes (COL) Medellín
December 12 Gran Premio FECOCI   Costa Rica 1.2   William Muñoz (COL) Bicicletas Strongman–Colombia Coldeportes
December 13 Gran Premio Comite Olímpico Nacional   Costa Rica 1.2   Óscar Quiroz (COL) Bicicletas Strongman–Colombia Coldeportes
December 16–25 Vuelta a Costa Rica   Costa Rica 2.2   Bryan Salas (CRC) Nestlé-7C-CBZ Asfaltos-Giant

2019 edit

Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team Ref
January 11–18 Vuelta al Táchira   Venezuela 2.2   Jimmi Briceño (VEN) La Viña-Grupo MG-Ferlab-Inversiones Alexander
January 27 – February 3 Vuelta a San Juan   Argentina 2.1   Winner Anacona (COL) Movistar Team [1]
February 12–17 Tour Colombia   Colombia 2.1   Miguel Ángel López (COL) Astana [2]
February 25 – March 3 Vuelta Independencia Nacional   Dominican Republic 2.2   Robinson Chalapud (COL) Medellín [3]
March 6–10 Vuelta a Chiloé   Chile 2.2   Óscar Sevilla (ESP) Medellín [4]
April 4–7 Joe Martin Stage Race   United States 2.2   Stephen Bassett (USA) First Internet Bank Cycling Team [5]
April 12–21 Vuelta del Uruguay   Uruguay 2.2   Walter Vargas (COL) Medellín
May 1–5 Tour of the Gila   United States 2.2   James Piccoli (CAN) Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling [6]
May 27 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic   United States 1.1   Ulises Alfredo Castillo (MEX) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
June 13–16 Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay   Canada 2.2   Nicolas Zukowsky (CAN) Floyd's Pro Cycling
June 19–23 Tour de Beauce   Canada 2.2   Brendan Rhim (USA) Arapahoe Resources–BMC
July 7 Delta Road Race   Canada 1.2   Sam Bassetti (USA) Elevate–Webiplex Pro Cycling
July 9–14 Vuelta Ciclista a Miranda   Venezuela 2.2   Wilson Haro (ECU) Movistar Team Ecuador
July 12 Chrono Kristin Armstrong   United States 1.2   Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) Floyd's Pro Cycling
July 13 Gran Premio Guatemala   Guatemala 1.2   Julián Yac (GUA) Decorabaños
July 15 Gran Premio Chapin   Guatemala 1.2   Bryan Rios (GUA) ADD Quiché
July 17–24 Vuelta a Venezuela   Venezuela 2.2   Orluis Aular (VEN) Matrix Powertag
August 2–11 Tour cycliste international de la Guadeloupe   Guadeloupe 2.2   Adrien Guillonnet (FRA) Interpro Cycling Academy
August 12–18 Tour of Utah   United States 2.HC   Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy [7]
October 5–12 Vuelta al Ecuador   Ecuador 2.2 Canceled

Final standings edit

Individual classification edit

Rank Name Points
1.   Egan Bernal (COL) 2846.75
2.   Nairo Quintana (COL) 1845
3.   Richard Carapaz (ECU) 1607
4.   Miguel Ángel López (COL) 1600.5
5.   Michael Woods (CAN) 1259
6.   Sergio Higuita (COL) 1222.5
7.   Rigoberto Urán (COL) 949.83
8.   Fernando Gaviria (COL) 748
9.   Álvaro Hodeg (COL) 649.63
10.   Tejay van Garderen (USA) 575.5

Nation classification edit

Rank Nation Points
1.   Colombia 10344.21
2.   Ecuador 3070.64
3.   Canada 2833.71
4.   United States 2351.75
5.   Costa Rica 1032
6.   Venezuela 912
7.   Argentina 835.95
8.   Mexico 792
9.   Guatemala 792
10.   Chile 650
11.   Brazil 632
12.   Panama 604
13.   Dominican Republic 378
14.   Peru 365
15.   Cuba 273
16.   El Salvador 233
17.   Belize 223
18.   Puerto Rico 180
19.   Uruguay 153
20.   Bermuda 145
21.   Bahamas 105
22.   Honduras 80
23.   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80
24.   Curaçao 75
25.   British Virgin Islands 45
26.   Nicaragua 8
27.   Bolivia 8
28.   Trinidad and Tobago 3

References edit

  1. ^ "Vuelta a San Juan: Bennett takes final stage, Anacona secures overall". February 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Pat Malach (February 18, 2019). "Time bonuses add up to overall win for Lopez at Tour Colombia". cyclingnews.com.
  3. ^ "Robinson Chalapud (Merida) gana la Vuelta Independencia de la República Dominicana / Profesionales / Noticias del ciclismo / BICI CICLISMO". www.biciciclismo.com.
  4. ^ "Óscar Sevilla se impone en la crono final y se adjudica la Vuelta a Chiloe". EsCiclismo.com. March 10, 2019.
  5. ^ redazione, La (April 8, 2019). "Joe Martin Stage Race, nella generale trionfano Bassett e Dygert".
  6. ^ "Tour of the Gila 2019 Stage 5 results". www.procyclingstats.com.
  7. ^ Malach, Pat (August 18, 2019). "Ben Hermans wins 2019 Tour of Utah". Cycling News. Retrieved August 18, 2019.

External links edit