2008–09 UCI Asia Tour

The 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour was the 5th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 4 October 2008 with the Tour of Milad du Nour and ended on 13 September 2009 with the Tour de Hokkaido.

2008–09 UCI Asia Tour
Fifth edition of the UCI Asia Tour
Details
Dates4 October 2008 (2008-10-04)–13 September 2009
LocationAsia
Races31
Champions
Individual champion Ghader Mizbani (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
Teams' championTabriz Petrochemical Team
Nations' champion Kazakhstan
← 2007–08

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Hossein Askari from Iran was the defending champion of the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour. Ghader Mizbani of Iran was crowned as the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour champion.

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

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2008

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Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
4–8 October Tour of Milad du Nour   Iran 2.2   Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
12–16 October Kerman Tour   Iran 2.2   Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
19–25 October Tour of Hong Kong Shanghai   Hong Kong
  China
2.2   Christoff van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta–Bizhub
26 October Japan Cup   Japan 1.HC   Damiano Cunego (ITA) Lampre
8–9 November Tour de Okinawa   Japan 2.2   Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) Meitan Hompo-GDR
11–19 November Tour of Hainan   China 2.1   Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) Preti Mangimi
23 November–5 December Tour d'Indonesia   Indonesia 2.2   Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
13 December International Grand Prix Al-Khor   Qatar 1.2   Rafaâ Chtioui (TUN) Doha Team
14 December International Grand Prix Losail   Qatar 1.2   Abdelbasset Hannachi (ALG) Doha Team
14–21 December Tour of South China Sea   China
  Hong Kong
  Macau
2.2   Xu Gang (CHN) Hong Kong Shanghai Sports Institute
15 December International Grand Prix Messaeed   Qatar 1.2   Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) Doha Team
16 December International Grand Prix Doha   Qatar 1.2   Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) Doha Team
18–20 December Cycling Golden Jersey   Qatar 2.2   Alexey Lyalko (KAZ) Ulan

2009

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Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
23 January H. H. Vice President Cup   United Arab Emirates 1.2   Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) Doha Team
24 January Emirates Cup   United Arab Emirates 1.2   Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) Doha Team
1–6 February Tour of Qatar   Qatar 2.1   Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick-Step
9–15 February Tour de Langkawi   Malaysia 2.HC   José Serpa (COL) Diquigiovanni–Androni
8–14 March Tour de Taiwan   Taiwan 2.2   Krzysztof Jezowski (POL) CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
4–9 April Tour of Thailand   Thailand 2.2   Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
19–26 April Jelajah Malaysia   Malaysia 2.2   Tim Roe (AUS) Savings & Loans Cycling Team
30 April–3 May Tour of Singkarak   Indonesia 2.2   Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
11–15 May President Tour of Iran   Iran 2.2   Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
17–24 May Tour of Japan   Japan 2.2   Sergio Pardilla (ESP) Carmiooro A Style
28–31 May Tour de Kumano   Japan 2.2   Valentin Iglinsky (KAZ) Kazakhstan (national team)
5–14 June Tour de Korea   South Korea 2.2   Roger Beuchat (SUI) Team Neotel
17–26 July Tour of Qinghai Lake   China 2.HC   Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
28–30 July Perlis Open   Malaysia 2.2   Anuar Manam (MAS) Azad University Iran
8–10 August Tour de East Java   Indonesia 2.2   Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
16 August Asian Cycling ChampionshipsRoad race   Indonesia CC   Dmitry Fofonov (KAZ) Kazakhstan (national team)
17 August Asian Cycling ChampionshipsTime trial   Indonesia CC   Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) Kazakhstan (national team)
9–13 September Tour de Hokkaido   Japan 2.2   Takashi Miyazawa (JPN) EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design

Final standings

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Individual classification

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Rank Name Team Points
1.   Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 384.5
2.   Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 368.5
3.   Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) Russia (national team) 254
4.   Dmitry Fofonov (KAZ) Kazakhstan (national team) 242
5.   Valentin Iglinsky (KAZ) Kazakhstan (national team) 217
6.   Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) Doha Team 179.66
7.   Abdelbasset Hannachi (ALG) Doha Team 178
8.   Takashi Miyazawa (JPN) EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 161
9.   Taiji Nishitani (JPN) Aisan Racing Team 152.25
10.   Jai Crawford (AUS) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 146

Nation classification

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Rank Nation Points
1.   Kazakhstan 1259.82
2.   Iran 1015.5
3.   Japan 780.25
4.   Malaysia 292
5.   Uzbekistan 255.98
6.   South Korea 255
7.   Kyrgyzstan 185
8.   China 183
9.   Hong Kong 150
10.   Syria 139

Nation under-23 classification

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Rank Nation under-23 Points
1.   Iran 160
2.   Kazakhstan 89.98
3.   Malaysia 63
3.   Japan 63
5.   Mongolia 44
6.   Thailand 41
7.   Vietnam 40
8.   North Korea 38
9.   China 36
10.   South Korea 30
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