HISTORY OF TOUR DI VIA ITALIA

The Tour di Via Italia bicycle races have become a treasured tradition for the past 60 years in Windsor’s Italian community. Every year hundreds of cycling fans flock to Erie Street to recapture some of the magic of big-time racing they were accustomed to seeing in their European homelands. The competitors of all ages and experience levels don’t disappoint. With colourful racing kits and high end bicycles, riders from Windsor and all across North America race around a 1.7km circuit which is spectator friendly.

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PRIOR WINNERS

The Tour di Via Italia has been known by various names and organized by various groups through the years. But essentially, the bike race has survived all these changes and has typically been held on the Sunday of Labour day weekend on the same Erie Street circuit since 1958. The 2011 race was cancelled due to the road reconstruction that took place on Erie Street.
Since the race predates electronic record keeping some of the names of previous winners are presently unknown. We would very much like any information which might be helpful to rediscover those past champions.

1958
September 1

Tom Liptrop, Billy Fruend, Vince Muzzin

1963
September 1

Aldo Sfalcin

1966
September 1

Theo Kron, Giovanni Fillippin, Herman Koch

1967
September 1

Seigfried Koch

1971
September 1

Herman Roth

1972
September 1

Paul Sharks

1975
September 1

Aldo Sfalcin

1978
September 1

James Huff, Edgar Vaivas, Kevin Burke

1979
September 1

Don Hodgson

1980
September 1

Alan McCormick, Wayne Stetina, Tom Schuler

1981
September 1

Hugh Walton, Tom Schuler, Eon D’Ornellas

1982
September 1

Hugh Walton

1983
September 1

David Ware, Mike Sageman, Alex Steida

1984
September 1

Klaus Meingast, Tom Schuler, Wayne Stetina

1985
September 1

Marc Maertens, Roger Ilegems, Gary Fornes

1986
September 1

Bruce mcDonaghy, Tom Zielinski, R. Mathis

1987
September 1

Ed Maset, Sean Way, Dominic Windson

1988
September 1

Ed Maset, Eon D’Ornellas, Tim Lefebvre

1989
September 1

Matt Eaton, John Seibert, Tom Schuler

1990
September 1

Roberto Gaggioli, Frankie Andreu, Bian McDonough

1991
September 1

Tim Swift

1992
September 1

Jon Shell, Jeff Braumberger, Brad Hansen

1993
September 1

John Harris, Tim Lefebvre

1995
September 1

Glenn Mitchell, Jeff Braumberger, Mark Hibbard

1996
September 1

Paul Martin, Matt Anand

1997
September 1

Tim Lefebvre, Jim Baldes

1998
September 1

Frankie Andreu, John Harris, Kirk O’Bee

1999
September 1

Tim Lefebvre, Heath Cockurn, Kirk Albers

2000
September 1

John Harris, J.P. Boylan, Michael Luther

2001
September 1

Kirk O’Bee, Robbie Ventura, David Wenger

2002
September 1

Andrew Pinfold, Hayley Godfrey, Tim Lefebvre

2003
September 1

Jeff Hansen, Buck Miller, Paul Martin

2004
September 1

Paul Martin, Michael Busa, Tim Lefebvre

2005
September 2

Karl Bordine, Tim Lefebvre, Steve Bauer

2006
September 1

Daniele DeFranceschi, Nathan Griffith, Dan Lefebvre

2007
September 8

Paul Martin

2008
September 2

Ben Renkema, Brian Adams, Buck Miller

2009
September 3

Chris Uberti, Jeffrey Schiller, Kirk Albers

2010
September 2

Daniele DeFranceschi, Chris Uberti, Jeffrey Schiller

2011
September 1

Race cancelled due to road contruction

2012
September 7

Paul Martin, Ryan Aitcheson, Jeffrey Schiller

2013
September 1

Jeffrey Schiller, Peter Morse, Steve McKee

2014
September 7

Bobby Lea, Jeffrey Schiller, Paul Martin

2015
September 3

Jeffrey Schiller, Dan Doddy, Paul Martin

2016
September 4

John McCann, Robert Sroka, Garrett Belanger

2017
September 3

Paul Martin, Jason Valenti, Jeff Schiller

2018
September 2

Ryan Roth, Mark Brouwer, Jeff Schiller

   
2019
September 1

2019 Ryan Roth, Jeff Schiller, Chris Uberti

2022
August 13

2022 Matthew Sherar, Ethan Sittlington, Ashlin Barry