title: Valley of the Sun Stage Race
text: # Valley of the Sun Stage Race
  
  The Valley of the Sun Stage Race is a multi-day cycling race held in Phoenix, Arizona. The race takes annually in February and is contested over three days.
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Year | Winner | Second | Third |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1995 | Roberto Gaggioli | Jorge Espinosa | Brian Clifford Walton |
  | 1996 | Dirk Copeland | Robert Ventura | Greg Randolph |
  | 1997 | Remigius Lupeikis | | |
  | 1998 | Trent Klasna | Jonathan Vaughters | Clark Sheehan |
  | 1999 | James Carney | Christian Vandevelde | Dylan Casey |
  | 2000 | Gordon Fraser | Floyd Landis | David Zabriskie |
  | 2001 | Baden Cooke | Jamie Drew | John Kelly |
  | 2002 | Chris Wherry | Chris Fisher | Scott Moninger |
  | 2003 | Aaron Olsen | Iván Domínguez | Mark McCormack |
  | 2004 | Mariano Friedick | Gordon McCauley | Ryan Blickem |
  | 2005 | Ryan Blickem | Brian Sheedy | Giancarlo Checchi |
  | 2006 | Tom Zirbel | Curtis Gunn | Ryan Blickem |
  | 2007 | Matthew Seagrave | Dan Vinson | Corey Collier |
  | 2008 | Karl Bordine | Ben Kneller | Sam Johnson |
  | 2009 | Jonathan Chodroff | Ben Kneller | Graham Howard |
  | 2010 | Jonathan Chodroff | Luis Amarán | Andrew Talansky |
  | 2011 | Paul Thomas | J. Gunn Wilkinson | Craig Nunes |
  | 2012 | Luis Amarán | Eric Marcotte | Andžs Flaksis |
  | 2013 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | Jim Peterman | Luis Amarán |
  | 2014 | Daniel Eaton | Fabrizio Von Nacher | Tyler Schwartz |
  | 2015 | Heath Blackgrove | Chad Beyer | Brian McCulloch |
  | 2016 | Ryan Roth | Brandon McNulty | Innokenty Zavyalov |
  | 2017 | Innokenty Zavyalov | James Piccoli | Wouter Zwart |
  | 2018 | Wouter Zwart | Cory Lockwood | David Greif |
  | 2019 | Cory Lockwood | Stephen Vogel | Matthew Zimmer |
  | 2020 | Magnus Sheffield | Tyler Williams | Matthew Riccitello |
  | 2021 | Cancelled |
  | 2022 | Tyler Stites | Zach Gregg | Stephen Vogel |
  | 2023 | Conor White | Jordan Cheyne | Stephen Vogel |
  