2018 UCI Asia Tour

2018 UCI Asia Tour
Fourteenth edition of the UCI Asia Tour
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Dates28 October 2017 (2017-10-28)–21 October 2018
LocationAsia
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The 2018 UCI Asia Tour was the 14th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 28 October 2017 with the Tour of Hainan and ended 21 October 2018.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey.

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.

The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

  • Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
  • One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events

2017

Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team Ref
28 October–5 November Tour of Hainan  China 2.HC  Jacopo Mosca (ITA) Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia [1]
7–11 November Tour of Malaysia  Malaysia 2.2 Cancelled
8–12 November Tour of Fuzhou  China 2.1  Jai Hindley (AUS) Mitchelton Scott [2]
12 November Tour de Okinawa  Japan 1.2  Junya Sano (JPN) Matrix Powertag [3]
18–26 November Tour de Singkarak  Indonesia 2.2  Khalil Khorshid (IRI) Tabriz Shahrdary Team [4]
2–14 December Tour of Quanzhou Bay  China 2.2  Max Stedman (GBR) Bike Channel–Canyon [5]

2018

Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team Ref
24–27 January Sharjah International Cycling Tour  United Arab Emirates 2.1  Javier Moreno (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM [6]
25–28 January Tour de Indonesia  Indonesia 2.1  Ariya Phounsavath (LAO) Thailand Continental Cycling Team [7]
6–10 February Dubai Tour  United Arab Emirates 2.HC  Elia Viviani (ITA) Quick-Step Floors [8]
13–18 February Tour of Oman  Oman 2.HC  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana [9]
11–15 March Tour de Taiwan  Taiwan 2.1  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) Japan (national team) [10]
18–25 March Tour de Langkawi  Malaysia 2.HC  Artem Ovechkin (RUS) Terengganu Cycling Team [11]
23–25 March Tour de Tochigi  Japan 2.2  Michael Potter (AUS) ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast [12]
1–6 April Tour of Thailand  Thailand 2.1  Ben Dyball (AUS) St George Continental Cycling Team
13–15 April Tour de Lombok  Indonesia 2.2  Álvaro Duarte (COL) Forca Amskins Racing
27–29 April Sri Lanka T-Cup  Sri Lanka 2.2  Yasuharu Nakajima (JPN) Kinan Cycling Team [13]
20–23 May Tour de Filipinas  Philippines 2.2  El Joshua Cariño (PHI) Philippine Navy Standard Insurance
20–27 May Tour of Japan  Japan 2.1  Marcos García (ESP) Kinan Cycling Team
30 May–3 June Tour de Korea  South Korea 2.1  Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) UnitedHealthcare
31 May–3 June Tour de Kumano  Japan 2.2  Marc de Maar (NED) Team Ukyo
22 July–4 August Tour of Qinghai Lake  China 2.HC  Hernán Aguirre (COL) Team Manzana Postobón
3–5 September Tour of Xingtai  China 2.2  Damiano Cima (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini
7–9 September Tour de Hokkaido  Japan 2.2 Cancelled due to 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake
8–15 September Tour of China I  China 2.1  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) Team Manzana Postobón
18–21 September Tour de Siak  Indonesia 2.2  Matthew Zenovich (NZL) St George Continental Cycling Team
17–23 September Tour of China II  China 2.1  Alejandro Marque (POR) Sporting / Tavira
26–29 September Tour de Ijen  Indonesia 2.2  Ben Dyball (AUS) St George Continental Cycling Team
29–30 September Tour of Almaty  Kazakhstan 2.1  Davide Villella (ITA) Astana
29 September - 4 October Tour of Iran  Iran 2.1  Dmitri Sokolov (RUS) Lokosphinx
2–6 October Jelajah Malaysia  Malaysia 2.2 Cancelled due lack of sponsors [14]
6–13 October Tour of Taihu Lake  China 2.1  Boris Vallée (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert
14 October Oita Urban Classic  Japan 1.2  Masahiro Ishigami (JPN) Japan (national team)
14 October Hammer Hong Kong  Hong Kong 1.1 Australia Mitchelton–Scott [15]
21 October Japan Cup  Japan 1.HC  Rob Power (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott

References

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  2. ^ "Tour of Fuzhou 2021 Stage 7 results".
  3. ^ "Tour de Okinawa 2020 One day race results".
  4. ^ "Tour de Singkarak 2017 Stage 9 results".
  5. ^ "Tour of Quanzhou Bay 2017 Stage 3 results".
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  13. ^ "Sri Lanka T-Cup, l'ultima a Saleh. Nakajima fa sua la generale per 1" [Sri Lanka T-Cup, last leg to Saleh. Nakajima wins the overall title for 1"]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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