2016 UCI Asia Tour

The 2016 UCI Asia Tour is the 12th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 20 February 2016 with the Le Tour de Filipinas and will end on 2 October 2016 with the Tour of Almaty.

2016 UCI Asia Tour
Twelfth edition of the UCI Asia Tour
Details
Dates20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)–2 October 2016
LocationAsia
Races24
Champions
Individual champion Mark Cavendish (GBR) (Team Dimension Data)
Teams' championPishgaman–Giant
Nations' champion Iran

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Samad Pourseyedi (378 points) from Iran is the defending champion of the 2015 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
DateRace NameLocationUCI RatingWinnerTeamRef
20 JanuaryAsian Cycling Championships – Time Trial U23 JapanCC Maral-erdene Batmunkh (MNG)Mongolia (national team)[1]
21 JanuaryAsian Cycling Championships – Time Trial JapanCC Cheung King Lok (HKG)Hong Kong (national team)
23 JanuaryAsian Cycling Championships – Road Race U23 JapanCC Mehdi Rajabi (IRI)Iran (national team)[2]
24 JanuaryAsian Cycling Championships – Road Race JapanCC Cheung King Lok (HKG)Hong Kong (national team)
3–6 FebruaryDubai Tour United Arab Emirates2.HC Marcel Kittel (GER)Etixx–Quick-Step[3]
8–12 FebruaryTour of Qatar Qatar2.HC Mark Cavendish (GBR)Team Dimension Data[4]
16–21 FebruaryTour of Oman Oman2.HC Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)Astana
18–21 FebruaryTour de Filipinas Philippines2.2 Oleg Zemlyakov (KAZ)Vino 4ever SKO
24 Feb–2 MarTour de Langkawi Malaysia2.HC Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data
6–10 MarchTour de Taiwan Chinese Taipei2.1 Robbie Hucker (AUS)Avanti IsoWhey Sports
1–6 AprilTour of Thailand Thailand2.2 Benjamin Hill (AUS)Attaque Team Gusto
11–14 MayTour de Ijen Indonesia2.2 Jai Crawford (AUS)Kinan Cycling Team
13–18 MayTour of Iran (Azerbaijan) Iran2.1 Samad Pourseyedi (IRN)Tabriz Shahrdari Team
19–23 MayTour de Flores Indonesia2.2 Daniel Whitehouse (NZL)Terengganu Cycling Team
29 May–5 JuneTour of Japan Japan2.1 Óscar Pujol (ESP)Team UKYO[5]
5–12 JuneTour de Korea South Korea2.1 Grega Bole (SLO)Nippo–Vini Fantini[6]
16–19 JuneTour de Kumano Japan2.2 Óscar Pujol (ESP)Team UKYO
17–30 JulyTour of Qinghai Lake China2.HC Sergiy Lagkuti (UKR)Kolss BDC Team
31 JulyTour de Jakarta Indonesia1.2 Ryan MacAnally (AUS)Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
6–14 AugustTour de Singkarak Indonesia2.2 Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI)Pishgaman–Giant
1–3 SeptemberTour de Hokkaido Japan2.2 Nariyuki Masuda (JPN)Utsunomiya Blitzen
9–16 SeptemberTour of China I China2.1 Raffaello Bonusi (ITA)Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
18–25 SeptemberTour of China II China2.1 Marco Benfatto (ITA)Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2 OctoberTour of Almaty Kazakhstan1.1 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)Astana
18–22 OctoberJelajah Malaysia Malaysia2.2 Arvin Moazemi (IRI)Pishgaman–Giant
20–23 OctoberAbu Dhabi Tour United Arab Emirates2.1 Tanel Kangert (EST)Astana
23 OctoberJapan Cup Japan1.HC Davide Villella (ITA)Cannondale–Drapac

Final standings

References
  1. http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164094
  2. http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164095
  3. "Dubai Tour - General Classification (result)". ProCyclingStats. 6 February 2016.
  4. "Tour of Qatar - General Classification (GC)". ProCyclingStats. 12 February 2016.
  5. "Óscar Pujol vince il Tour of Japan, ultima tappa a Sam Crome". Cicloweb (in Italian). 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  6. "Tour de Korea - General Classification". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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