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 (Chinese) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Asia Tour 2.1 |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Chinese Taipei Cycling Association |
| History | |
| First edition | 1978 |
| Most recent |
 Robbie Hucker (AUS) |
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 |  |
Vesty, BrendonBrendon Vesty (NZL) | Navigare–Gaerne |
| 2003 |  |
Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 2004 |  |
Milatz, MoritzMoritz Milatz (GER) | Merida Europe Team |
| 2005 | |
Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI) | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 2006 |  |
Gallagher, StephenStephen Gallagher (IRL) | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 2007 |  |
Milne, ShawnShawn Milne (USA) | Health Net–Maxxis |
| 2008 | |
Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy (USA) | Health Net–Maxxis |
| 2009 |  |
Jezowski, KrzysztofKrzysztof Jezowski (POL) | Merida Europe Team |
| 2010 | |
McCann, DavidDavid McCann (IRL) | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 2011 |  |
Eibegger, MarkusMarkus Eibegger (AUT) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2012 | |
Pollock, RhysRhys Pollock (AUS) | Drapac Cycling |
| 2013 | |
Sulzberger, BernardBernard Sulzberger (AUS) | Drapac Cycling |
| 2014 |  |
Di Gregorio, RémyRémy Di Gregorio (FRA) | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 |
| 2015 | |
Pourseyedi, SamadSamad Pourseyedi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2016 | |
Hucker, RobbieRobbie Hucker (AUS) | Avanti IsoWhey Sports |
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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