Tour de Taiwan
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | March |
| Region | Taiwan |
| English name | Tour of Taiwan |
| Local name(s) | 國際自由車環台公路大賽 (in Chinese) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Asia Tour 2.1 |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Chinese Taipei Cycling Association |
| History | |
| First edition | 1978 |
| Most recent |
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The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and is part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It has been classed 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012.
History
Tour de Taiwan was established by Giant Sports Foundation's founder, King Liu in 1978. The first race began in Taipei, through Western Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Eastern Taiwan, and finally ended in Taipei.
This cycling tour championship is recognized by International Cycling Union (UCI) in 2005, and is integrated with the Taipei Cycle Show, organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council, in 2006.
Past winners
General classification
| Rider | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |  |
Brendon Vesty (NZL) | Navigare–Gaerne |
| 2003 |  |
Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 2004 |  |
Moritz Milatz (GER) | Merida Europe Team |
| 2005 | |
Ahad Kazemi (IRI) | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 2006 |  |
Stephen Gallagher (IRL) | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 2007 |  |
Shawn Milne (USA) | Health Net–Maxxis |
| 2008 | |
John Murphy (USA) | Health Net–Maxxis |
| 2009 |  |
Krzysztof Jezowski (POL) | Merida Europe Team |
| 2010 | |
David McCann (IRL) | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 2011 |  |
Markus Eibegger (AUT) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2012 |  |
Rhys Pollock (AUS) | Drapac Cycling |
| 2013 | |
Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) | Drapac Cycling |
| 2014 |  |
Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA) | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 |
| 2015 | |
Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2016 | |
Robbie Hucker (AUS) | Avanti IsoWhey Sports |
| 2017 |  |
Benjamín Prades (ESP) | Team UKYO |
| 2018 | |
Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) | Japan (national team) |
External links
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- Official website
- Tour de Taiwan palmares at Cycling Archives
- Statistics at the-sports.org
- Tour de Taiwan at cqranking.com
- Tour de Taiwan on Facebook
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