Tour of China
Chinese multi-day road cycling races From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | September |
| Region | China |
| Local name(s) | 环中国国际公路自行车赛 (in Chinese) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Asia Tour 2.1 |
| Type | Stage race |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1995 |
| Editions | 16 (as of 2019) |
| First winner | Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) |
| Most recent | Jeroen Meijers (NED) (Tour of China I) Lyu Xianjing (CHN) (Tour of China II) |
Since 2012, there are two parts of the Tour of China, Tour of China I and Tour of China II.
Past winners
Tour of China
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 |  Russia |
Viatcheslav Ekimov | Novell–Decca–Colnago | |
| 1996 |  Sweden |
Michael Andersson | Team Telekom | |
| 1997– 2001 |
No race | |||
| 2002 |  Japan |
Makoto Iijima | Japan (national team) | |
| 2003 | Japan |
Yoshiyuki Abe | Shimano Racing | |
| 2004 | Japan |
Koji Fukushima | Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 2005 |  Kazakhstan |
Andrey Mizourov | Cycling Team Capec | |
| 2006– 2009 |
No race | |||
| 2010 |  Germany |
Dirk Müller | Team Nutrixxion-Sparkasse | |
| 2011 |  Uzbekistan |
Muradjan Khalmuratov | Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |
Tour of China I
| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  Denmark |
Martin Pedersen | Christina Watches–Onfone |
| 2013 | Russia |
Kirill Pozdnyakov | Synergy Baku |
| 2014 |  Poland |
Kamil Gradek | BDC Marcpol |
| 2015 |  Italy |
Daniele Colli | Nippo–Vini Fantini |
| 2016 | Italy |
Raffaello Bonusi | Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec |
| 2017 | Italy |
Liam Bertazzo | Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia |
| 2018 |  Colombia |
Juan Sebastián Molano | Team Manzana Postobón |
| 2019 |  Netherlands |
Jeroen Meijers | Taiyuan Miogee Cycling Team |
Tour of China II
External links
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Tour of China I
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Tour of China II
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