Tour de Okinawa

The Tour de Okinawa (ツール・ド・おきなわ, Tsūru do Okinawa) is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was first started in 1989 as an amateur race, but became professional in 1999. It became part of the UCI Asia Tour in 2005. Until 2007, it was a one-day race, billing itself as the longest single-day course in Japan, but was transformed into a two-day stage race in 2008, its UCI category changing from 1.2 to 2.2.[1] In 2008, the first day was a criterium,[1] but from 2009, it was changed to a time trial run on the streets of Nago.[2] The 2010 edition extended the second stage to 210 kilometers.[3] The 2012 edition again returned to a single-day event.[4]

Tour de Okinawa
Race details
DateNovember
RegionOkinawa Prefecture, Japan
Local name(s)ツール・ド・おきなわ
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour 1.2
TypeClassic one-day race
OrganiserJapan Cycling Federation
Web sitetour-de-okinawa.jp/english/
History
First edition1989 (1989)
Editions31 (as of 2019)
First winner Kazuo Ōishi (JPN)
Most wins Wong Kam-po (HKG)
(4 wins)
Most recent Nariyuki Masuda (JPN)

In addition to the main international champion race, there is also a women's and junior international race, as well as several amateur races.[3]

Past winners

Men's winners
Year Country Rider Team
1989  Japan Kazuo Ōishi
1990  Japan Kyōshi Miura
1991  Japan Takahiro Yamada
1992  Italy Gianluca Tarocco
1993  Japan Takahiro Yamada
1994  Japan Tomokazu Fujino
1995  Hong Kong Wong Kam-po
1996  Japan Ken Hashikawa
1997  Japan Tomokazu Fujino
1998  Hong Kong Wong Kam-po
1999  Canada Mark Walters Canada (national team)
2000  Hong Kong Wong Kam-po Hong Kong (national team)
2001  Japan Makoto Iijima Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi
2002  Australia Paul Redenbach Giant Asia Racing Team
2003  Japan Kazuya Okazaki Team Nippon Hodo
2004  Hong Kong Wong Kam-po Hong Kong (national team)
2005  Japan Yasutaka Tashiro Team Bridgestone Anchor
2006  Japan Takashi Miyazawa Cycle Racing Team Vang
2007  Japan Takashi Miyazawa Nippo Corporation-Meitan Hompo co. LTD-Asada
2008  Japan Yukiya Arashiro Meitan Hompo-GDR
2009  Japan Kenji Itami Bridgestone–Anchor
2010  Japan Shinichi Fukushima Geumsan Ginseng Asia
2011  Japan Kazuhiro Mori Aisan Racing Team
2012  Australia Thomas Palmer Drapac Cycling
2013  Japan Sho Hatsuyama Bridgestone–Anchor
2014  Japan Nariyuki Masuda Utsunomiya Blitzen
2015  New Zealand Jason Christie Avanti Racing Team
2016  Japan Nariyuki Masuda Utsunomiya Blitzen
2017  Japan Junya Sano Matrix Powertag
2018  Italy Alan Marangoni Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini
2019  Japan Nariyuki Masuda Utsunomiya Blitzen
2020 No race due to COVID-19 pandemic

Women's winners
Year Country Rider Team
2008  Taiwan Ke Xin Zeng
2009  Hong Kong Wan Yiu Jamie Wong Giant Pro Cycling
2010  United States Carmen Small Colavita–Baci p/b Cooking Light
2011  Taiwan Ho Hsiung Huang
2012  Japan Eri Yonamine
2013  China Dongyan Huang China Chongming–Giant Pro Cycling
2014  Japan Hiromi Kaneko
2015  Taiwan Huang Ting-ying
2016  Taiwan Huang Ting-ying Servetto Footon
2017  Netherlands Ellen van Dijk WTC de Amstel
2018  Japan Eri Yonamine Wiggle High5
2019  Taiwan Ke Xin Zeng Chinese Taipei (national team)
2020 No race due to COVID-19 pandemic

References
  1. Ayano, Makoto (7 November 2008). "Tour de Okinawa 2008 midokoro" (in Japanese). Cycling Time. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  2. Suzaki, Nobuhiro (7 November 2009). "Tsūru do Okinawa 2009 rēsu purebyū" (in Japanese). Cycling Time. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  3. "Tsūru do Okinawa taikai jōhō" (in Japanese). Cyclowired. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  4. "Shīzun saigo no biggu rēsu". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2012.
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