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 (in Chinese)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Asia Tour 2.1
Type	Stage race
History
First edition	1995 (1995)
Editions	15 (as of 2018)
First winner	Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
Most recent	Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) (Tour of China I)  Kevin Rivera (CRC) (Tour of China II)

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

		Rider	Team
1995		Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)	Novell–Decca–Colnago
1996		Michael Andersson (SWE)	Team Telekom
1997– 2001	No race
2002		Makoto Iijima (JPN)	Japan (national team)
2003		Yoshiyuki Abe (JPN)	Shimano Racing
2004		Koji Fukushima (JPN)	Bridgestone Anchor
2005		Andrey Mizourov (KAZ)	Cycling Team Capec
2006– 2009	No race
2010		Dirk Müller (GER)	Team Nutrixxion-Sparkasse
2011		Muradjan Khalmuratov (UZB)	Giant Kenda Cycling Team

Tour of China I

		Rider	Team
2012		Martin Pedersen (DEN)	Christina Watches–Onfone
2013		Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS)	Synergy Baku
2014		Kamil Gradek (POL)	BDC Marcpol
2015		Daniele Colli (ITA)	Nippo–Vini Fantini
2016		Raffaello Bonusi (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2017		Liam Bertazzo (ITA)	Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia
2018		Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)	Team Manzana Postobón

Tour of China II

		Rider	Team
2012		Stefan Schumacher (GER)	Christina Watches–Onfone
2013		Alois Kaňkovský (CZE)	ASC Dukla Praha
2014		Boris Shpilevsky (RUS)	RTS–Santic Racing Team
2015		Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	Amore & Vita–Selle SMP
2016		Marco Benfatto (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2017		Kevin Rivera (CRC)	Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia

External links

• Official website