The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and has been part of the UCI ProSeries since 2023, previously having been on the UCI Asia Tour. The event was first held in 2006. It was made a UCI 2.1 race from 2007 and upgraded to category 2.HC in 2009. The race was due to be part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, but the race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | October/November |
| Region | Hainan Province, China |
| Local name(s) | 环海南岛国际公路自行车赛 (in Chinese) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI ProSeries |
| Type | Stage race |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 2006 |
| Editions | 14 (as of 2023) |
| First winner |  Sergey Kolesnikov (RUS) |
| Most wins |  Valentin Iglinsky (KAZ) (2 wins) |
| Most recent |  Óscar Sevilla (ESP) |
Past winners
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| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Russia
|
Sergey Kolesnikov | Omnibike Dynamo Moscow | |
| 2007 |  Poland
|
Robert Radosz | Intel–Action | |
| 2008 | Russia
|
Boris Shpilevsky | Preti Mangimi | |
| 2009 | Spain
|
Francisco Ventoso | Carmiooro A Style | |
| 2010 | Kazakhstan
|
Valentin Iglinsky | Astana | |
| 2011 | Kazakhstan
|
Valentin Iglinsky | Astana | |
| 2012 | Kazakhstan
|
Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana | |
| 2013 |  Netherlands
|
Moreno Hofland | Belkin Pro Cycling | |
| 2014 |  France
|
Julien Antomarchi | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 | |
| 2015 |  Italy
|
Sacha Modolo | Lampre–Merida | |
| 2016 | Kazakhstan
|
Alexey Lutsenko | Astana | |
| 2017 | Italy
|
Jacopo Mosca | Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia | |
| 2018 | Italy
|
Fausto Masnada | Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec | |
| 2019–2022 | No race | |||
| 2023 | Spain
|
Óscar Sevilla | Team Medellín–EPM | |
Wins per country
edit| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 4 | Kazakhstan
|
| 3 | Italy
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| 2 | Russia
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| 1 | France Netherlands Poland Spain
|
References
edit- ^ "2020 Tour of Hainan Cancelled". VeloNews. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
External links
edit- Official website
- Tour of Hainan palmares at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Statistics at the-sports.org
- Tour of Hainan at cqranking.com
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