Tour de Taiwan
Appearance
UCI Asia Tour 2.1 | |
Type | Stage race |
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Organiser | Chinese Taipei Cycling Association |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1978 |
Most recent | ![]() |
The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional
UCI Asia Tour
since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012.
History
The Tour de Taiwan was established by Giant Sports Foundation's founder, King Liu, in 1978. The first race began in Taipei, continued through Western Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Eastern Taiwan, and finally ended in Taipei.
This cycling tour championship has been recognized by the
International Cycling Union (UCI) in 2005, and was integrated with the Taipei Cycle Show, organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council
, in 2006.
Past winners
See also
External links
Wikinews has news related to:
- Official website
- Tour de Taiwan palmares at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)
- Statistics at the-sports.org
- Tour de Taiwan at cqranking.com
- Tour de Taiwan on Facebook