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| 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 |
| 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) |
The Tour of Ulster is a road bicycle racing stage race held around the Irish provinceofUlster, 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]
| Year | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
