Tour de Taiwan

Tour de Taiwan
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
Web site	www.tourdetaiwan.org.tw/index.aspx
History
First edition	1978
Most recent	Joseph Blackmore (GBR)

The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012.

History

The Tour de Taiwan was established by Giant Sports Foundation's founder, King Liu, in 1978. The first race began in Taipei, continued through Western Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Eastern Taiwan, and finally ended in Taipei.

This cycling tour championship has been recognized by the International Cycling Union (UCI) in 2005, and was integrated with the Taipei Cycle Show, organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, in 2006.

Past winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1994	Germany	Ralf Schmidt
1999	New Zealand	Brendan Vesty	Navigare–Gaerne
2003	Iran	Ghader Mizbani	Giant Asia Racing Team
2004	Germany	Moritz Milatz	Merida Europe Team
2005	Iran	Ahad Kazemi	Giant Asia Racing Team
2006	Ireland	Stephen Gallagher	Giant Asia Racing Team
2007	United States	Shawn Milne	Health Net–Maxxis
2008	United States	John Murphy	Health Net–Maxxis
2009	Poland	Krzysztof Jeżowski	Merida Europe Team
2010	Ireland	David McCann	Giant Asia Racing Team
2011	Austria	Markus Eibegger	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2012	Australia	Rhys Pollock	Drapac Cycling
2013	Australia	Bernard Sulzberger	Drapac Cycling
2014	France	Rémy Di Gregorio	Team La Pomme Marseille 13
2015	Iran	Samad Pourseyedi	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2016	Australia	Robbie Hucker	Avanti IsoWhey Sports
2017	Spain	Benjamín Prades	Team Ukyo
2018	Japan	Yukiya Arashiro	Japan (national team)
2019	Australia	Jonathan Clarke	Floyd's Pro Cycling
2020	Australia	Nicholas White	Team BridgeLane
2021	No race due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Australia	Ben Dyball	Team Ukyo
2023	Netherlands	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team
2024	Great Britain	Joseph Blackmore	Israel–Premier Tech