2007–2008 UCI Asia Tour

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The 2007-2008 UCI Asia Tour is the fourth season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season begins on October 22, 2007 with the Japan Cup and ends in September 2008.

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.

1 Individual point standings
2 Team point standings
3 Nation point standings
4 Events
5 External links

[edit] Individual point standings

The current points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Iran's Hossein Askari was crowned the 2006-2007 UCI Asia Tour individual points champion.

[edit] Team point standings

Giant Asia Racing Team is the defending UCI Asia Tour team points champion.

[edit] Nation point standings

Iran won the nations points championship for the 2006-2007 UCI Asia Tour.

[edit] Events

The 2007-2008 UCI Asia Tour consists of the following one-day races and stage races:

Date(s)	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team
2007
October 28	Japan Cup	Japan	1.1	Manuele Mori	Saunier Duval-Prodir
November 11	Tour de Okinawa[1]	Japan	1.2	Takashi Miyazawa	Nippo-Meitan
November	Tour de Hainan	China	2.2	Robert Radosz	Intel-Action
December	Tour of Thailand	Thailand	2.2	Ahad Kazemi	Tabriz Petrochemical
December	Tour of South China Sea	Hong Kong	2.2	Wang Yip Tang	HSBC Hong Kong Pro Cycling
2008
January	Jelajah Malaysia	Malaysia	2.2	Tonton Susanto	LeTua Cycling Team
January	H. H. Vice President Cup	United Arab Emirates	1.2	Hammad Badr Mohamed Bani	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
January	Tour of Qatar	Qatar	2.1	Tom Boonen	Quick Step
February	Tour de Langkawi	Malaysia	2.HC	Ruslan Ivanov	Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
February	UAQ International Race	United Arab Emirates	2.2	Hossein Askari	Tabriz Petrochemical
March	Taftan Tour	Iran	2.2	Hossein Nateghi	Tabriz Petrochemical
March	Tour de Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	2.2	John Murphy	Health Net Pro Cycling Team
April	Tour de East Java	Indonesia	2.2	Ghader Mizbani	Tabriz Petrochemical
April	Asian Cycling Championships Time Trial	Japan	CC	Eugen Wacker	Kyrgyzstan
April	Asian Cycling Championships Road Race	Japan	CC	Fumiyuki Beppu	Japan
April	Tour de Hong Kong Shanghai	Hong Kong	2.2
April-May	Tour de Korea	South Korea	2.2	cancelled	cancelled
May	Tour de Kumano	Japan	2.2	Miyataka Shimizu	Meitan Hompo - GDR
May	President Tour of Iran	Iran	2.2	Ahad Kazemi	Tabriz Petrochemical
May	Tour of Japan	Japan	2.2	Cameron Meyer	Southaustralia.com-AIS
May	Azerbaijan Tour	Iran	2.2	Hossein Askari	Tabriz Petrochemical
July	Tour of Qinghai Lake	China	2.HC
August	Melaka Chief Minister Cup	Malaysia	2.2
August	Tour of Milad du Nour	Iran	2.2
August	Tour d'Indonesia	Indonesia	2.2
September	Tour de Hokkaido	Japan	2.2