2006–2007 UCI Asia Tour

2006–2007 UCI Asia Tour
Third edition of the UCI Asia Tour
Details
Dates October 22, 2006 (2006-10-22) – September 17, 2007
Location Asia
Rounds 24
Champions
Individual champion  Hossein Askari (IRI) (Giant Asia Racing Team)
Teams' champion Giant Asia Racing Team
Nations' champion  Iran
← 2005–2006

The 2006–2007 UCI Asia Tour is the third season of the UCI Asia Tour, a series of road biclycle races. The season began on October 22, 2006 with the Japan Cup and ends May 29, 2007 with the conclusion of the Azerbaïjan Tour.

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:

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Individual point standings

The current points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. The final points leader (Hossein Askari) was crowned the 2006–2007 UCI Asia Tour champion. Iran's Ghader Mizbani was the 2005-2006 champion of the UCI Asia Tour.

Final point standings completed October 25, 2007:

Rider Country Team Points
1 Hossein Askari  Iran (GNT) Giant Asia Racing Team 313
2 Ghader Mizbani  Iran (GNT) Giant Asia Racing Team 300
3 Takashi Miyazawa  Japan (NIP) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Hompo Co. Ltd - Asada 233
4 Park Sung Baek  South Korea 202
5 Mehdi Sohrabi  Iran (IAU) Islamic Azad University Cycling Team 163

At least 259 riders have scored one point on the 2006–2007 UCI Asia Tour.

Team point standings

Final point standings completed October 25, 2007:

UCI Code Team Name Country Points
1 GNT Giant Asia Racing Team  Chinese Taipei 908
2 NIP Nippo Corporation-Meitan Hompo Co. Ltd-Asada  Japan 585
3 CLM Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia  Venezuela 463

Nation point standings

Final point standings completed October 25, 2007:

Country Points
1  Iran 1337
2  Japan 1103
3  Kazakhstan 448

Events

The 2006–2007 UCI Asia Tour consists of the following one-day races and stage races:

Date(s) Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team Country
2006
October 22 Japan Cup  Japan 1.1 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval-Prodir  Italy
November 12 Tour de Okinawa  Japan 1.2 Takashi Miyazawa Team Vang Cycling  Japan
November 12–17 Tour de Hainan  China 2.2 Sergey Kolesnikov Omnibike Dynamo Moscow  Russia
December 25–31 Tour of South China Sea  Hong Kong 2.2 Alexander Khatuntsev Omnibike Dynamo Moscow  Russia
2007
January 6–12 Jelajah Malaysia  Malaysia 2.2 Mehdi Sohrabi Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team  Iran
January 20–25 Tour of Siam  Thailand 2.2 Jai Crawford Giant Asia Racing Team  Australia
January 28 – February 2 Tour of Qatar  Qatar 2.1 Wilfried Cretskens Quick Step-Innergetic  Belgium
February 2–11 Le Tour de Langkawi  Malaysia 2.HC Anthony Charteau Crédit Agricole  France
March 3–7 Taftan Tour  Iran 2.2 Hossein Nateghi MES Kerman  Iran
March 18–23 Tour de Taiwan  Chinese Taipei 2.2 Shawn Milne Health Net Presented By Maxxis  United States
April 21–27 Kerman Tour  Iran 2.2 Pavel Nevdakh -  Kazakhstan
May 20–27 Tour of Japan  Japan 2.2 Francesco Masciarelli Acqua & Sapone-
Caffè Mokambo
 Italy
May 22–29 Azerbaïjan Tour  Iran 2.2 Hossein Askari Giant Asia Racing Team  Iran
July 4–8 Tour of East Java  Indonesia 2.2 Björn Glasner Regiostrom-Senges  Germany
July 14–22 Tour of Qinghai Lake  China 2.HC Gabriele Missaglia Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli  Italy
July 29 – August 3 Tour de Hong Kong Shanghai  Hong Kong 2.2 James Meadley  Australia
August 4–5 Melaka Chief Minister Cup  Malaysia 2.2 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah Malaysia  Malaysia
August 8–14 Tour of Milad du Nour  Iran 2.2 Ghader Mizbani Giant Asia Racing Team  Iran
August 18 Test Event Road Cycling Beijing 2008 (Road race)  China Gabriele Bosisio Italy  Italy
August 19 Test Event Road Cycling Beijing 2008 (Time trial)  China Cadel Evans Australia  Australia
September 1–9 Tour de Korea  South Korea 2.2 Park Sung Baek Giant Asia Racing Team  South Korea
September 8 Asian Cycling Championships Road Race  United Arab Emirates CC Takashi Miyazawa Team Japan  Japan
September 9 Asian Cycling Championships Time Trial  United Arab Emirates CC Eugen Wacker Team Kyrgyztan  Kyrgyzstan
September 13–17 Tour de Hokkaido  Japan 2.2 Henri Werner Team Isaac  Germany

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