Race details | |
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Date | Early June |
Region | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Discipline | Women's road |
Type | One-day race |
Organiser | Pro Cycling Tour |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1994 |
Editions | 19 (as of 2012) |
Final edition | 2012 |
First winner | Marianne Berglund (SWE) |
Most wins | Petra Rossner (GER)
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Final winner | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) |
The Liberty Classic was an annual women's bicycle race held from 1994 to 2012, simultaneously with the Philadelphia International Championship. The 57.6 mile race consisted of four laps of a 14.4 mile circuit through Philadelphia with 5 climbs up the famous Manayunk Wall.
It was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup until 2001. From 2002, it was an Elite Women's Category 1 event under UCI race classifications.