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2015 UCI Asia Tour

The 2015 UCI Asia Tour was the 11th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 1 February 2015 with the Le Tour de Filipinas and ended on 19 December 2015 with the Tour of Al Zubarah.

2015 UCI Asia Tour
Eleventh edition of the UCI Asia Tour
Details
Dates1 February 2015 (2015-02-01)–19 December 2015
LocationAsia
Races37
Champions
Individual champion Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
Teams' championPishgaman–Giant
Nations' champion Iran
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2016 →

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Samad Pourseyedi from Iran is the defending champion of the 2013–14 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

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Date Race name Location UCI Rating Winner Team Ref
1–4 February Tour de Filipinas   Philippines 2.2   Thomas Lebas (FRA) Bridgestone–Anchor [1]
4–7 February Dubai Tour   United Arab Emirates 2.HC   Mark Cavendish (GBR) Etixx–Quick-Step [2]
8–13 February Tour of Qatar   Qatar 2.HC   Niki Terpstra (NED) Etixx–Quick-Step [3]
12 February Asian Cycling Championships – Road Race   Thailand CC   Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran (national team) [4]
14 February Asian Cycling Championships – Time Trial   Thailand CC   Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran (national team) [5]
17–22 February Tour of Oman   Oman 2.HC   Rafael Valls (ESP) Lampre–Merida [6]
8–15 March Tour de Langkawi   Malaysia 2.HC   Youcef Reguigui (ALG) MTN–Qhubeka [7]
22–26 March Tour de Taiwan   Taiwan 2.1   Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team [8]
1–6 April Tour of Thailand   Thailand 2.2   Yasuharu Nakajima (JPN) Aisan Racing Team
6–9 May Tour de Ijen   Indonesia 2.2   Peter Pouly (FRA) Pishgaman-Giant Team [9]
17–24 May Tour of Japan   Japan 2.1   Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team [10]
28 May–2 June Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)   Iran 2.1   Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
28–31 May Tour de Kumano   Japan 2.2   Benjamín Prades (ESP) Matrix Powertag [11]
7–14 June Tour de Korea   South Korea 2.1   Caleb Ewan (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE [12]
5–18 July Tour of Qinghai Lake   China 2.HC   Radoslav Rogina (CRO) Adria Mobil [13]
11–13 September Tour de Hokkaido   Japan 2.2   Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini [14]
2–9 October Tour of China I   China 2.1   Daniele Colli (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini [15]
3–11 October Tour de Singkarak   Indonesia 2.2   Arvin Moazemi (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant [16]
4 October Tour of Almaty   Kazakhstan 1.1   Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana [17]
8–11 October Abu Dhabi Tour   United Arab Emirates 2.1   Esteban Chaves (COL) Orica–GreenEDGE [18]
11–18 October Tour of China II   China 2.1   Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) Amore & Vita–Selle SMP [19]
18 October Japan Cup   Japan 1.HC   Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek Factory Racing [20]
20–28 October Tour of Hainan   China 2.HC   Sacha Modolo (ITA) Lampre–Merida [21]
31 October–8 November Tour of Taihu Lake   China 2.1   Jakub Mareczko (ITA) Southeast Pro Cycling [22]
31 October–4 November Tour de Borneo   Malaysia 2.2   Peeter Pruus (EST) Rietumu-Delfin [23]
8 November Tour de Okinawa   Japan 1.2   Jason Christie (NZL) Avanti Racing Team [24]
10–11 November Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands   China 2.2   Evaldas Šiškevičius (LIT) Team Marseille 13 KTM
28 November–1 December Sharjah Cycling Tour   United Arab Emirates 2.2   Soufiane Haddi (MAR) Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
2 December UAE Cup   United Arab Emirates 1.2   Maher Hasnaoui (TUN) Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
9–13 December Jelajah Malaysia   Malaysia 2.2   Francisco Mancebo (ESP) Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
16–19 December Tour of Al Zubarah   Qatar 2.2   Maher Hasnaoui (TUN) Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli

Standings

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Standings as of November 25th.

References

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  1. ^ "Frenchman wins 2015 Le Tour de Filipinas". ABS CBN News. Manila, Philippines. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Mark Cavendish: Final-stage win secures Tour of Dubai victory". BBC Sport. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Tour of Qatar: Sam Bennett wins final stage as Niki Terpstra seals overall victory and Ian Stannard takes fourth". Sky Sport. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Leung Chun-wing all but seals Olympics road race place for Hong Kong cycling". South China Morning Post. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Asian Continental Championships – ITT (CC)". procyclingstats.com. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Tour of Oman: Rafael Valls seals victory as Matthias Brandle wins final stage". Sky Sport. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Reguigui wins Malaysia's Tour de Langkawi". Free Malaysia Today. AFP. 15 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Pourseyedi and Pishgaman win Tour de Taiwan 2015". Cycling Federation of the I.R of Iran. 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Peter Pouly wins Tour de Ijen 2015". Cycling Federation of the I.R of Iran. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Iran's Pourseyedi wins green jersey in Tour of Japan". Tehran Times. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  11. ^ "El español Benjamín Prades gana el Tour de Kumano en Japón" [The Spanish Benjamin Prades wins the Tour de Kumano in Japan]. esciclismo.com (in Spanish). EFE. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Ewan wraps up Tour of Korea title in Seoul". SBS. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Croatian Rogina wins Tour of Qinghai Lake". English.news.cn. Yinchuan, China. Xinhua. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Nippo Vini Fantini: successo al Tour de Hokkaido" [Nippo Vini Fantini: success in the Tour de Hokkaido]. ciclismo.it (in Italian). 13 September 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Tour of China I: Daniele Colli, vencedor final" [Tour of China I: Daniele Colli, final winner]. biciclismo.com (in Spanish). 9 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  16. ^ "Arvin Moazemi Goudarzi Juara Tour de Singkarak 2015" [Arvin Moazemi Goudarzi Champion Tour de Singkarak 2015]. CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 11 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Astana's Alexey Lutsenko wins Tour of Almaty". Tengrinews. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  18. ^ "Chaves wins the Abu Dhabi Tour". SBS. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  19. ^ "Mattia Gavazzi vince il Tour of China" [Mattia Gavazzi won the Tour of China]. Noitv (in Italian). 18 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  20. ^ De Muynck, Ruben (18 October 2015). "Bauke Mollema zegeviert in Japan Cup". WielerFlits (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  21. ^ "Italian Sacha Modolo dominates 2015 Tour of Hainan". English.news.cn. Wanning, South China. Xinhua. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  22. ^ "Mareczko secures overall victory at the Tour of Taihu Lake". Cyclingnews. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  23. ^ "Peeter Pruus gana el Tour de Borneo" [Peter Prunus wins Tour of Borneo]. biciclismo.com (in Spanish). 4 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  24. ^ "Jason Christie gana el Tour de Okinawa, Benjamín Prades, tercero" [Jason Christie wins the Tour de Okinawa, Benjamin Prades, third]. biciclismo.com (in Spanish). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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