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Race details | |
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Date | April |
Region | Malaysia |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Asia Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Johor Cycling Association |
History | |
First edition | 2019 |
Editions | 1 (as of 2019) |
First winner | Mario Vogt (GER) |
Most recent | Mario Vogt (GER) |
The Tour de Iskandar Johor is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 2019. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour and was classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. [1]
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2019 | Germany | Mario Vogt | Team Sapura Cycling |
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