Race details | |
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Date | February |
Region | Iran |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Asia Tour |
Type | Stage race |
History | |
First edition | 2005 |
Editions | 6 (as of 2011) |
Final edition | 2011 |
First winner | Hossein Askari (IRI) |
Most wins | Ghader Mizbani (IRI)(2 wins) |
Final winner | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) |
The Kerman Tour was a professional cycling race held annually in Iran. It was part of UCI Asia Tour in category 2.2. [1]
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2005 | Iran | Hossein Askari | Giant Asia Racing Team | |
2006 | Iran | Ghader Mizbani | Giant Asia Racing Team | |
2007 | Kazakhstan | Pavel Nevdakh | ||
2008 | Iran | Ghader Mizbani | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
2009 | No race | |||
2010 | Iran | Abbas Saeidi Tanha | Azad University Iran | |
2011 | Iran | Mehdi Sohrabi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
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