Tour of China

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.

Tour of China
Race details
DateSeptember
RegionChina
Local name(s)环中国国际公路自行车赛 (in Chinese)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour 2.1
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.thetourofchina.com
History
First edition1995 (1995)
Editions16 (as of 2019)
First winner Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
Most recent Jeroen Meijers (NED) (Tour of China I)
 Lyu Xianjing (CHN) (Tour of China II)

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

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

Tour of China I

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

Tour of China II

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


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