Tour of China

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Tour of China
Race details
DateSeptember
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.thetourofchina.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition1995 (1995)
Editions16 (as of 2019)
First winnerFlag of Russia.svg  Viatcheslav Ekimov  (RUS)
Most recentFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Jeroen Meijers  (NED) (Tour of China I)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lyu Xianjing  (CHN) (Tour of China II)

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.

Contents

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

YearCountryRiderTeam
1995Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Viatcheslav Ekimov Novell–Decca–Colnago
1996Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Michael Andersson Team Telekom
1997–
2001
No race
2002Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Makoto Iijima Japan (national team)
2003Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yoshiyuki Abe Shimano Racing
2004Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Koji Fukushima Bridgestone Anchor
2005Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Andrey Mizourov Cycling Team Capec
2006–
2009
No race
2010Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dirk Müller Team Nutrixxion-Sparkasse
2011Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Muradjan Khalmuratov Giant Kenda Cycling Team

Tour of China I

YearCountryRiderTeam
2012Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Martin Pedersen Christina Watches–Onfone
2013Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Kirill Pozdnyakov Synergy Baku
2014Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kamil Gradek BDC Marcpol
2015Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Daniele Colli Nippo–Vini Fantini
2016Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Raffaello Bonusi Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2017Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Liam Bertazzo Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia
2018Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Juan Sebastián Molano Team Manzana Postobón
2019Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jeroen Meijers Taiyuan Miogee Cycling Team

Tour of China II

YearCountryRiderTeam
2012Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Stefan Schumacher Christina Watches–Onfone
2013Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Alois Kaňkovský ASC Dukla Praha
2014Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Boris Shpilevsky RTS–Santic Racing Team
2015Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mattia Gavazzi Amore & Vita–Selle SMP
2016Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marco Benfatto Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2017Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Kevin Rivera Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia
2018Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Alejandro Marque Sporting / Tavira
2019Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xianjing Lyu Hengxiang Cycling Team


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