Region United Kingdom Editions 9 Discipline Road bicycle racing Final winner Andrea Tafi (ITA) Edition 9 | Type One-day Competition UCI Road World Cup First winner Frans Maassen First edition 1989 Final edition 1997 | |
Wincanton Classic (also known as Leeds International Classic and Rochester International Classic) was a cycling classic taking place in the United Kingdom as part of the UCI Road World Cup.
It was first held in 1989 in Newcastle, moving to Brighton in 1990 and 1991. The following year it was moved to Leeds, to be known as Leeds International Classic between 1994 and 1996. In its last year it was held in Rochester as Rochester International Classic. In 1998 it was replaced in the UCI Road World Cup by the HEW Cyclassics.
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