Race details | |
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Region | Ōita, Japan |
Local name(s) | おおいたアーバンクラシック (in Japanese) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Asia Tour |
Type | One-day |
Organiser | Oita City / Oita Cycle Fes Organizing Committee / Oita Sports Management |
Race director | Takaaki Yamasaki |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 2018 |
Editions | 6 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Masahiro Ishigami (JPN) |
Most wins | No repeat winners |
Most recent | Jeroen Meijers (NED) |
The Oita Urban Classic is a one-day road cycling race held on the street circuit around the Oita Stadium on Kyushu Island, Japan. It is sanctioned by UCI as a category 1.2 race of UCI Asia Tour since 2018.
The Oita Ikoinomichi Criterium is held on the day before the Oita Urban Classic.
The race was begun in 2014 as a JBCF race Oita Cycle Road Race, and it evolved to the UCI-sanctioned race in 2018. In 2018 season, it was held in October . In 2019 season, it was held in August to avoid conflict with 2019 Rugby World Cup which uses Oita Stadium. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCI race of 2020 event was canceled, and JBCF race was held instead.
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2018 | Japan | Masahiro Ishigami | Japan national team | |
2019 | Australia | Drew Morey | Terengganu Inc. TSG | |
2020 | No race | |||
2021 | Spain | Francisco Mancebo | Matrix Powertag | |
2022 | Japan | Ryuki Uga | Team Ukyo | |
2023 | Australia | Ryan Cavanagh | Kinan Racing Team | |
2024 | Netherlands | Jeroen Meijers | Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team |
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