TOUR de QAZOX

The TOUR de QAZOX is a road-cycling race around the nation of Qazox. This gruelling 3-week race travel to most parts of Qazox, and sometimes into neighboring countries as well. The first 27 editions of the TOUR were only open to Qazoxian Nationals, but in 1914, the race was fully open to all nations.

This year's course is listed below, and will travel clockwise, as is the custom in even numbered years, around Qazox. In odd-numbered years the course runs counter-clockwise around the country and is longer. The longer course (CCW) started in 1895. Due to Civil War in 1916, the TOUR was held in Sativaville and Green wombat. Also due to the Civil War, even-numbered years the course runs Counter-clockwise, and odd-numbered years the course runs Clockwise.

1914 TOUR de QAZOX

1914 Superlatives

• Most days wearing Blue Jersey- (8) Ricky Pointy Stick
• Most stage wins- (3)- Mikel Lejarreta and Zak K. Speed
• Most days spent in Top 5- (15)- Zak K. Speed
• Ricky Pointy Stick becomes 1st TOUR winner not to have won a single stage.
• Fastest Tour Time ever for short course.
• 1st time no Qazoxian Rider wins a stage or finishes in top 5 or top 10.
• (9) different stge winners, 2nd most ever (1st- 1904 11 different stage winners)
• Closest finish ever at 43 seconds, beating time of 1 minute,49 seconds set in 1909.

1915 TOUR de QAZOX

1915 Superlatives

• Most days wearing Blue Jersey- (10) Henry Critten
• Most stage wins- (3)- Padroso Fina
• Most days spent in Top 5- (21)- Henry Critten (most ever, old record: 20 by Kyle Cartman, 1888)
• Veronica Foster becomes 1st woman to win a Stage (Stage 9) and also becomes first Woman to lead the tour at any point.
• Fastest Tour Time ever for the Longer Route.
• (14) different stage winners, Most ever (Previous record- 1904 11 different stage winners)
• Ricky Pointy Stick becomes 2nd rider ever to follow up a TOUR win, with a second place finish the following year. (Previously done in 1903 by Rick Prendergast)
• Closest finish ever, 12 seconds, breaking record set in 1914 of 43 seconds.

1916 TOUR de QAZOX

1916 Superlatives

• Most days wearing Blue Jersey- (13) Henry Critten
• Most stage wins- (3)- Mikel Lejarreta, Toaster Smith and Albert Theriault
• Most days spent in Top 5- (18)- Henry Critten
• Elly Bean becomes 2nd woman to win a Stage (Stage 12) and the 1st woman to win either the Sprinter's or Climber's jersey.
• (10) different stage winners, 3rd Most ever at the time
• Toaster Smith becomes 1st rider ever to win both the TOUR and the Climbing championship in the same year.
• 2nd Closest finish ever, 14 seconds, narrowly avoiding tying last year's record of 12 seconds.
• 2nd time that no Qazoxian Rider won a stage (also happened in 1914).
• Mikel Lejarreta becomes only 4th rider to finish in top 5 three consecutive years. (Kyle Cartman 1887-89, Lester Degregorio 1891-94, and Rick Prendergast 1901-05).
• Team Random Toast becomes 1st team, since international riders were allowed to race, to win all three titles of Climbing Champion, Sprint champion and Overall Champion.

1917 TOUR de QAZOX

1917 Superlatives

• Most days wearing Blue Jersey- (9) Kylie Kool
• Most stage wins- (2)- Annabelle Dosha, Ray Hedler, Ricardo Martinez, Chris van Stone
• Most days spent in Top 5- (19)- Kylie Kool (3rd most ever)
• Kylie Kool Becomes 1st female to win the TOUR.
• Kylie Kool becomes 2nd TOUR winner not to win a stage (1914-Ricky Pointy Stick)
• Three women finish in top 10, earning highest finishes ever by a woman, 4 women in top 11.
• First time that 2 women wore blue jersey, (Annabelle Dosha, Kool)
• Third straight TOUR won by less than 20 seconds.
• 12 Stage winners, 2nd most ever.
• First time two women won stages (Dosha, Stages 1 and 12 Fernanda Paulistana, Stage 13)
• Dosha first woman to win two stages.

1918 TOUR de QAZOX

1918 Superlatives

• Most days wearing Blue Jersey- (15) Ricardo Martinez (Most ever; Old Record: Sam Duprey 14- 1899)
• Most stage wins- (3)- Baru Douri (Jariss) and Julie Renfro (Qazox) (Renfro had a win as part of Team win)
• Most days spent in Top 5- (18) Ricardo Martínez
• Ricardo Martinez becomes 2nd rider to win both the TOUR and Climbers jersey. (Toaster Smith (Random Toast) in 1916)
• 4 women finish in top 10, Most ever
• First International TOUR to be won by more than 1 minute.
• 13 Stage winners, 2nd most ever.
• First time, that 3,4,and 5 women have won stages (Julie Renfro, Annebelle Dosha, Fernanda Paulistana, Kylie Kool and Lori Steele)
• Cafundeu has 3 riders finish in top 10.
• Julie Renfro Becomes 1st Qazoxian woman to lead TOUR (Prologue).

Past Winners of the TOUR de QAZOX

1. Qazoxian Riders only 1887-1913

(winners listed with total time and margin of victory)

• 1887- Kyle Cartman 66h:56m:45s +(02m:13s)
• 1888- Kyle Cartman 66h:01m:13s +(05m:17s)
• 1889- Kyle Cartman 68h:23m:39s +(08m:00s)
• 1890- Ricardo Lamanna 67h:09m:40s +(01m:59s)
• 1891- Lester Degregorio 66h:17m:36s +(05m:39s)
• 1892- Ricardo Lamanna 64h:39m:40s +(08m:11s)
• 1893- Lester Degregorio 66h:23m:39s +(08m:07s)
• 1894- Lester Degregorio 65h:58m:05s +(12m:57s)
• 1895- Sam Duprey 63h:45m:34s +(00m:48s)
• 1896- Wesley Eshelman 66h:13m:59s +(09m:11s)
• 1897- Sam Hartsock 64h:13m:03s +(08m:13s)
• 1898- Sam Hartsock 67h:00m:13s +(05m:40s)
• 1899- Sam Duprey 63h:42m:08s +(07m:07s)
• 1900- Herman Milewski 65h:57m:05s +(19m:15s) Largest victory margin
• 1901- Rick Prendergast 64h:07m:56s +(10m:16s)
• 1902- Rick Prendergast 66h:54m:38s +(09m:20s)
• 1903- Roberto Orzechowski 62h:09m:53s +(07:13s) (Quickest Time)
• 1904- Roberto Orzechowski 67h:09m:40s +(07:13s)
• 1905- Rick Prendergast 64h:27m:38s +(02:10s)
• 1906- Gordon Hruska 67h:23m:41s +(07:13s)
• 1907- Brent Cassara 64h:07m:56s +(08:01s)
• 1908- David Judah 65h:09m:40s +(02:38s)
• 1909- Maurice Rhodes 64h:27m:00s +(01:49s)
• 1910- Greg Johansen 65h:49m:19s +(04:12s)
• 1911- Greg Johansen 64h:37m:50s +(04:02s)
• 1912- Zachary Leedom 63h:59m:04s +(08:33s)
• 1913- Greg Johansen 64h:57m:11s +(03:56s)

1. International riders allowed starting in 1914

• 1914- Ricky Pointy Stick (Jeruselem) 65h:44m:53s +(00m:43s) 1st International winner
• 1915- Henry Critten (Green wombat) 69h:03m:49s +(00m:12s) (closest finish)
• 1916- Toaster Smith (Random Toast) 63h:49m:15s +(00m:14s)
• 1917- Kylie Kool (Jeruselem) 63h:09m:40s +(00m:19s) 1st Female winner
• 1918- Ricardo Martinez (Cafundeu) 65h:19m:51s +(1m:26s)

• Country of Origin of TOUR de QAZOX Winners Since 1914:
  • Jeruselem- 2 (Ricky Pointy Stick 1914, Kyle Kool 1917)
  • Green wombat- 1 (Henry Critten 1915)
  • Random Toast- 1 (Toaster Smith 1916)
  • Cafundeu- 1 (Ricardo Martinez 1918)

Multiple-time winners

• 3- Kyle Cartman (1887-89); Lester Degregorio (1891, 93-94); Rick Prendergast (1901-02, 05); Greg Johansen (1910-11, 13)
• 2- Ricardo Lamanna (1890, 92); Sam Hartsock (1897-98); Sam Duprey (1895, 99); Roberto Orzechowski (1903-4)