Tour de Pakistan
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| Race details | |
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| Date | March 4 to March 16 (2007) |
| Region | Pakistan |
| Discipline | Road |
| Type | Stage Race - Grand Tour |
| Organiser | Pakistan Sports Board |
| History | |
| First edition | 1994 |
| Editions | 13 (as of 2007) |
| Most recent |  Robin Reid |
The Tour de Pakistan is an annual cycling race held in Pakistan. It is modeled after the Tour de France. The race begins in Karachi and ends in Peshawar[1]. The event used to be is 22 stages long and 2200 kilometre in length[2], but in 2007 it was reduced to 1648 kilometre and 11 stages. Still, it is one of the biggest races in the world.
In 2007, the 13th Tour de Pakistan was won by New Zealand cyclist Robin Reid for Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team, with fellow Kiwi Justin Kerr for New Zealand National Team was overall second and Canadian Mathew Usborne riding for Team Integrale in third. WAPDA won the team event of the race ahead of Army and SSCG team.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Comments and a Picture on Tour de Pakistan
- 2007 results
- Marco Polo Team on the Tour de Pakistan 2007 and other Pakistani cycling events
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