2015 UCI Asia Tour

2015 UCI Asia Tour

Eleventh edition of the UCI Asia Tour
Details
Dates	1 February 2015 (2015-02-01)–19 December 2015
Location	Asia
Races	37
Champions
Individual champion	Samad Pourseyedi  (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
Teams' champion	Pishgaman–Giant
Nations' champion	Iran
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The 2015 UCI Asia Tour was the 11th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 1 February 2015 with the Le Tour de Filipinas and ended on 19 December 2015 with the Tour of Al Zubarah.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Samad Pourseyedi from Iran is the defending champion of the 2013–14 UCI Asia Tour.

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.

The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

• Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
• One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events

Date	Race name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team	Ref
1–4 February	Tour de Filipinas	Philippines	2.2	Thomas Lebas  (FRA)	Bridgestone–Anchor	[1]
4–7 February	Dubai Tour	United Arab Emirates	2.HC	Mark Cavendish  (GBR)	Etixx–Quick-Step	[2]
8–13 February	Tour of Qatar	Qatar	2.HC	Niki Terpstra  (NED)	Etixx–Quick-Step	[3]
12 February	Asian Cycling Championships  – Road Race	Thailand	CC	Hossein Askari  (IRI)	Iran (national team)	[4]
14 February	Asian Cycling Championships  – Time Trial	Thailand	CC	Hossein Askari  (IRI)	Iran (national team)	[5]
17–22 February	Tour of Oman	Oman	2.HC	Rafael Valls  (ESP)	Lampre–Merida	[6]
8–15 March	Tour de Langkawi	Malaysia	2.HC	Youcef Reguigui  (ALG)	MTN–Qhubeka	[7]
22–26 March	Tour de Taiwan	Taiwan	2.1	Samad Pourseyedi  (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	[8]
1–6 April	Tour of Thailand	Thailand	2.2	Yasuharu Nakajima  (JPN)	Aisan Racing Team
6–9 May	Tour de Ijen	Indonesia	2.2	Peter Pouly  (FRA)	Pishgaman-Giant Team	[9]
17–24 May	Tour of Japan	Japan	2.1	Samad Pourseyedi  (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	[10]
28 May–2 June	Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)	Iran	2.1	Samad Pourseyedi  (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
28–31 May	Tour de Kumano	Japan	2.2	Benjamín Prades  (ESP)	Matrix Powertag	[11]
7–14 June	Tour de Korea	South Korea	2.1	Caleb Ewan  (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	[12]
5–18 July	Tour of Qinghai Lake	China	2.HC	Radoslav Rogina  (CRO)	Adria Mobil	[13]
11–13 September	Tour de Hokkaido	Japan	2.2	Riccardo Stacchiotti  (ITA)	Nippo–Vini Fantini	[14]
2–9 October	Tour of China I	China	2.1	Daniele Colli  (ITA)	Nippo–Vini Fantini	[15]
3–11 October	Tour de Singkarak	Indonesia	2.2	Arvin Moazemi  (IRI)	Pishgaman–Giant	[16]
4 October	Tour of Almaty	Kazakhstan	1.1	Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)	Astana	[17]
8–11 October	Abu Dhabi Tour	United Arab Emirates	2.1	Esteban Chaves  (COL)	Orica–GreenEDGE	[18]
11–18 October	Tour of China II	China	2.1	Mattia Gavazzi  (ITA)	Amore & Vita–Selle SMP	[19]
18 October	Japan Cup	Japan	1.HC	Bauke Mollema  (NED)	Trek Factory Racing	[20]
20–28 October	Tour of Hainan	China	2.HC	Sacha Modolo  (ITA)	Lampre–Merida	[21]
31 October–8 November	Tour of Taihu Lake	China	2.1	Jakub Mareczko  (ITA)	Southeast Pro Cycling	[22]
31 October–4 November	Tour de Borneo	Malaysia	2.2	Peeter Pruus  (EST)	Rietumu-Delfin	[23]
8 November	Tour de Okinawa	Japan	1.2	Jason Christie  (NZL)	Avanti Racing Team	[24]
10–11 November	Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands	China	2.2	Evaldas Šiškevičius  (LIT)	Team Marseille 13 KTM
28 November–1 December	Sharjah Cycling Tour	United Arab Emirates	2.2	Soufiane Haddi  (MAR)	Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
2 December	UAE Cup	United Arab Emirates	1.2	Maher Hasnaoui  (TUN)	Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
9–13 December	Jelajah Malaysia	Malaysia	2.2	Francisco Mancebo  (ESP)	Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
16–19 December	Tour of Al Zubarah	Qatar	2.2	Maher Hasnaoui  (TUN)	Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli

Standings

Standings as of November 25th.

Rank Name Team Points 1.   Samad Pourseyedi  (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 378 2.   Jakub Mareczko  (ITA) Southeast Pro Cycling 362 3.   Hossein Askari  (IRI) Pishgaman-Giant Team 335 4.   Mattia Gavazzi  (ITA) Amore & Vita-Selle SMP 333 5.   Andrea Palini  (ITA) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club 240 6.   Rahim Emami  (IRI) Pishgaman-Giant Team 239 7.   Patrick Bevin  (NZL) Avanti Racing Team 198 8.   Marko Kump  (SLO) Adria Mobil 177 9.   Youcef Reguigui  (ALG) MTN-Qhubeka 163 10.   Hossein Alizadeh  (IRI) RTS-Santic Racing Team 162

Rank Team Points 1. Pishgaman-Giant Team 956 2. Tabriz Petrochemical Team 726 3. Nippo-Vini Fantini 542 4. Southeast Pro Cycling 539 5. RTS-Santic Racing Team 476

Rank Nation Points 1.   Iran 1643 2.   Kazakhstan 602 3.   Japan 541 4.   South Korea 276 5.   Philippines 264

References

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External links

• Official website