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.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | September |
| 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 |
| History | |
| First edition | 1995 |
| Editions | 16 (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
editTour of China
edit| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Russia
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Viatcheslav Ekimov | Novell–Decca–Colnago | |
| 1996 |  Sweden
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Michael Andersson | Team Telekom | |
| 1997– 2001 |
No race | |||
| 2002 |  Japan
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Makoto Iijima | Japan (national team) | |
| 2003 | Japan
|
Yoshiyuki Abe | Shimano Racing | |
| 2004 | Japan
|
Koji Fukushima | Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 2005 |  Kazakhstan
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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
edit| 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
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External links
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Tour of China I
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Tour of China II
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