Tour of Ulster

Bicycle road race on the island of Ireland

Tour of Ulster

Race details
Date| Early May
Region| Ulster, Ireland
Discipline| Road race
Type| Stage race
Organiser| BGN Sports Management
Race director| Garry Nugent
Web site| www.tourofulster.com
History
First edition| 1956 (1956)
Editions| 61 (as of 2019)
First winner|  Brian Monaghan (IRL)
Most wins|  Sé O Hanlon (IRL) (4 wins)
Most recent|  Conor Hennebry (IRL)
Location of Ulster in the island of Ireland. Six counties (pink) make up Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom), while three counties (green) are part of the Republic of Ireland.

The Tour of Ulster is a road bicycle racing stage race held around the Irish province of Ulster, divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was first run in 1956. It is rated as a National Event on the Union Cycliste Internationale's race classification system. The most prolific winner is Irish rider Sé O Hanlon, who won the race four times between 1961 and 1966.

It is currently sponsored by Victus Renewable Energy and so is known as the Victus Tour of Ulster.[1][2]

## Previous winners

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Year  | Winner  | Team

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2022  | Cancelled due to lack of entries[3]
2021  | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]
2020
2019  | Conor Hennebry (2) | Dan Morrissey-MIG.ie-Pactimo
2018  | Joe Evans  | Saint Piran
2017  | Eoin Morton  | UCD Cycling Team
2016  | Conor Hennebry  | Team Aqua Blue
2015  | Mark Dowling  | DID Dunboyne
2014  | Damien Shaw  | Team Aqua Blue
2013  | Joe Fenlon  | Team Aqua Blue
2012  | Adam Armstrong (2) | Eurocycles
2011  | Pete Williams  | Motorpoint
2010  | Adam Armstrong  | Eurocycles
2009  | Sean Downey | Banbridge CC
2008  | David McCann (3) | Giant Asia Pro Team
2007  | Ryan Connor  | Giant Asia Pro Team
2006  | Ray Clarke  | Dan Morrissey, Tipperary
2005  | David McCann (2) | Giant Asia Pro Team
2004  | Tommy Evans (2) | Totalcycling, Belfast
2003  | Timmy Barry (2) | Cidona Carrick Whs, Tipperary
2002  | Rob Holden  | Isle of Man
2001  | Timmy Barry  | Cork C.C.
2000  | Philip Cassidy  | Navan Road Club
1999  | Ciaran Power  | Cidona Carrick Wheelers, Tipperary
1998  | Tommy Evans  | Banbridge C.C.
1997  | Stephen O’Sullivan  | Coors-Bray Wheelers, Wicklow
1996  | David McCann | Phoenix C.C., Belfast
1995  | Paul Giles  | Bann Valley C.C.
1994  | Cormac McCann (2) | Phoenix C.C., Belfast
1993  | Paul Slane  | Team Devlin Opticians, Belfast
1992  | Cormac McCann  | Phoenix C.C., Belfast
1991  | Enda Murray  | Navan Road Club
1990  | Alan Gornall  | BCF/NW Centre of Excellence
1989  | Ben Luckwell  | Great Britain
1988  | Ian Fagan  | U.K. Professionals
1987  | Seamus Downey  | Banbridge C.C.
1986  | Andy Wilkinson  | Port Sunlight Wheelers, Merseyside
1985  | Norman Campbell  | Cyprus C.C., Belfast
1984  | Dave Lloyd | Manchester Wheelers
1983  | Billy Kerr (2) | Ballymena Road Club
1982  | Raphael Kimmage  | Tara Road Club, Dublin
1981  | Billy Kerr | Ballymena Road Club
1980  | Aidan McKeown  | Phoenix C.C., Belfast
1979  | Gerry Lundy  | St.Agnes C.C., Belfast
1978  | Seamus Kennedy (2) | Navan Road Club
1978  | Pat McGarrigle  | St.Agnes C.C., Belfast
1977  | Seamus Kennedy  | Navan Road Club
1976  | Mick Nulty (2) | Platten Road Club
1975  | Denis Devin  | Boyne Valley C.C.
1974  | Mick Nulty  | Boyne Valley C.C.
1973  | Mike O’Donoghue  | Futuro C.C., Carlow
1972  | Race Not Promoted  |
1971  | Brian Connaughton | Navan Road Club
1970  | Larry Clarke  | Navan Road Club
1969  | Race Not Promoted  |
1968  | Kevin Dolan (2) | St.Furseys C.C., Dundalk
1967  | Kevin Dolan  | St.Furseys C.C., Dundalk
1966  | Sé O Hanlon (4) | Clan Brugha C.C., Dublin
1965  | Sé O Hanlon (3) | Clan Brugha C.C., Dublin
1964  | Sonny Cullen  | Setanta C.C., Dublin
1963  | John O’Mahoney  | St.Finbarrs C.C., Cork
1962  | Sé O Hanlon (2) | Clan Brugha C.C., Dublin
1961  | Sé O Hanlon | Clan Brugha C.C., Dublin
1960  | Ben McKenna | St. Patrick's C.C., Julianstown
1959  | Tom Finn | Tailteann C.C., Dublin
1958  | Frank Thompson  | Glen C.C., Belfast
1957  | Michael Campbell  | Baile Ur, Newtownhamilton
1956  | Brian Monaghan  | Newry Wheelers

## References

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1. ^ "Banbridge set to welcome star names when Tour of Ulster gathers pace" - via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
2. ^ Cubes, Website design and website development by Blue. "Cycling Ireland - 2018 Victus Tour of Ulster". www.cyclingireland.ie.
3. ^ "Road races off due to lack of entries, Tour of Ulster now cancelled". Sticky Bottle. 22 April 2022.
4. ^ "2021 Victus Tour of Ulster Race Postponed | Tour Of Ulster". Archived from the original on 16 March 2017.
5. ^ "Victus Tour of Ulster Postponed". 20 March 2020.

## External links

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* Official website
* Tour of Ulster palmares at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)

*[IRL]: Ireland