2016 UCI Asia Tour

2016 UCI Asia Tour
Twelfth edition of the UCI Asia Tour
Details
Dates20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)–2 October 2016
LocationAsia
Races24
Champions
Individual champion Mark Cavendish (GBR) (Team Dimension Data)
Teams' championPishgaman–Giant
Nations' champion Iran
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The 2016 UCI Asia Tour was the 12th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 20 February 2016 with the Le Tour de Filipinas and ended on 2 October 2016 with the Tour of Almaty.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Samad Pourseyedi (378 points) from Iran is the defending champion of the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.

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

Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team Ref
20 January Asian Cycling Championships – Time Trial U23  Japan CC  Maral-erdene Batmunkh (MNG) Mongolia (national team) [1]
21 January Asian Cycling Championships – Time Trial  Japan CC  Cheung King Lok (HKG) Hong Kong (national team)
23 January Asian Cycling Championships – Road Race U23  Japan CC  Mehdi Rajabi (IRI) Iran (national team) [2]
24 January Asian Cycling Championships – Road Race  Japan CC  Cheung King Lok (HKG) Hong Kong (national team)
3–6 February Dubai Tour  United Arab Emirates 2.HC  Marcel Kittel (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step [3]
8–12 February Tour of Qatar  Qatar 2.HC  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Team Dimension Data [4]
16–21 February Tour of Oman  Oman 2.HC  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Astana
18–21 February Tour de Filipinas  Philippines 2.2  Oleg Zemlyakov (KAZ) Vino 4ever SKO
24 Feb–2 Mar Tour de Langkawi  Malaysia 2.HC  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data
6–10 March Tour de Taiwan  Taiwan 2.1  Robbie Hucker (AUS) Avanti IsoWhey Sports
1–6 April Tour of Thailand  Thailand 2.2  Benjamin Hill (AUS) Attaque Team Gusto
11–14 May Tour de Ijen  Indonesia 2.2  Jai Crawford (AUS) Kinan Cycling Team
13–18 May Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)  Iran 2.1  Samad Pourseyedi (IRN) Tabriz Shahrdari Team
19–23 May Tour de Flores  Indonesia 2.2  Daniel Whitehouse (NZL) Terengganu Cycling Team
29 May–5 June Tour of Japan  Japan 2.1  Óscar Pujol (ESP) Team Ukyo [5]
5–12 June Tour de Korea  South Korea 2.1  Grega Bole (SLO) Nippo–Vini Fantini [6]
16–19 June Tour de Kumano  Japan 2.2  Óscar Pujol (ESP) Team Ukyo
17–30 July Tour of Qinghai Lake  China 2.HC  Sergiy Lagkuti (UKR) Kolss BDC Team
31 July Tour de Jakarta  Indonesia 1.2  Ryan MacAnally (AUS) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
6–14 August Tour de Singkarak  Indonesia 2.2  Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant
1–3 September Tour de Hokkaido  Japan 2.2  Nariyuki Masuda (JPN) Utsunomiya Blitzen
9–16 September Tour of China I  China 2.1  Raffaello Bonusi (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
18–25 September Tour of China II  China 2.1  Marco Benfatto (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2 October Tour of Almaty  Kazakhstan 1.1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana
18–22 October Jelajah Malaysia  Malaysia 2.2  Arvin Moazemi (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant
20–23 October Abu Dhabi Tour  United Arab Emirates 2.1  Tanel Kangert (EST) Astana
23 October Japan Cup  Japan 1.HC  Davide Villella (ITA) Cannondale–Drapac

Final standings

References

  1. ^ "Asian Cycling Championships U23 - ITT 2016 Time trial results".
  2. ^ "Asian Cycling Championships U23 - Road Race 2016 One day race results".
  3. ^ "Dubai Tour - General Classification (result)". ProCyclingStats. 6 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Tour of Qatar - General Classification (GC)". ProCyclingStats. 12 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Óscar Pujol vince il Tour of Japan, ultima tappa a Sam Crome". Cicloweb (in Italian). 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Tour de Korea - General Classification". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 June 2016.