Tour de Kumano

The Tour de Kumano (ツール・ド・熊野, Tsūru do Kumano) is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Mie Prefecture, Japan, named after Kumano. It was first created in 2006 as the amateur level, later moved up to the professional level in 2008 when included into the UCI Asia Tour and classified as a 2.2 category race.

Tour de Kumano
Race details
DateMay
RegionShingū, Kumano, and Taiji, Japan
Local name(s)ツール・ド・熊野
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour 2.2
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.tourdekumano.jp
History
First edition2006 (2006)
Editions12 (as of 2017)
First winner Tomoya Kano (JPN)
Most wins Fortunato Baliani (ITA) (2 wins)
Most recent Orluis Aular (VEN)

Past winners

General classification

Year Country Rider Team
2006  Japan Tomoya Kano
2007  Japan Kazuhiro Mori Aisan Racing Team
2008  Japan Miyataka Shimizu Meitan Hompo-GDR
2009  Kazakhstan Valentin Iglinsky Kazakhstan national team
2010  Kazakhstan Andrey Mizourov Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2011  Italy Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci–Nippo
2012  Italy Fortunato Baliani Team Nippo
2013  Colombia Julián Arredondo Team Nippo–De Rosa
2014  Spain Francisco Mancebo Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling
2015  Spain Benjamin Prades Matrix Powertag
2016  Spain Óscar Pujol Team UKYO
2017  Spain José Vicente Toribio Matrix Powertag
2018  Netherlands Marc de Maar Team UKYO
2019  Venezuela Orluis Aular Matrix Powertag
2020 No race due to COVID-19 pandemic


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