Tour of China

Tour of China

Race details
Date	September
Region	China
Local name(s)	环中国国际公路自行车赛 (Chinese)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Asia Tour 2.1
Type	Stage race
History
First edition	1995 (1995)
Editions	12 (as of 2013)
First winner	Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
Most recent	Tour of China I:  Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) Tour of China II:  Alois Kaňkovský (CZE)

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.

Since 2012, there are two parts of the Tour of China, Tour of China I and Tour of China II.

Past winners

Tour of China I

		Rider	Team
1995	RUS !	Ekimov, ViatcheslavViatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)	Novell-Decca-Colnago
1996	SWE !	Andersson, MichaelMichael Andersson (SWE)	Team Telekom
1997– 2000	~ !No race
2001	KAZ !	Lavrenenko, SergeySergey Lavrenenko (KAZ)	Kazakhstan (national team)
2002	JPN !	Iijima, MakotoMakoto Iijima (JPN)	Japan (national team)
2003	JPN !	Abe, YoshiyukiYoshiyuki Abe (JPN)	Shimano Racing
2004	JPN !	Fukushima, KojiKoji Fukushima (JPN)	Bridgestone Anchor
2005	KAZ !	Mizourov, AndreyAndrey Mizourov (KAZ)	Cycling Team Capec
2006– 2009	~ !No race
2010	GER !	Müller, DirkDirk Müller (GER)	Team Nutrixxion-Sparkasse
2011	UZB !	Khalmuratov, MuradjanMuradjan Khalmuratov (UZB)	Giant Kenda Cycling Team
2012	DEN !	Pedersen, MartinMartin Pedersen (DEN)	Christina Watches-Onfone
2013	RUS !	Pozdnyakov, KirillKirill Pozdnyakov (RUS)	Synergy Baku Cycling Project

Tour of China II

		Rider	Team
2012	GER !	Schumacher, StefanStefan Schumacher (GER)	Christina Watches-Onfone
2013	CZE !	Kaňkovský, AloisAlois Kaňkovský (CZE)	ASC Dukla Praha

External links

• Official website