Tour de India
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Race details | |
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Date | December 15 |
Region | Mumbai , Delhi, Jaipur , Shrinagar |
Local name(s) | Cyclothon (in Hindi) |
Nickname(s) | Cyclothon India |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | Professional |
Type | Stage race (Grand Tour) |
Organiser | ID Sports |
Web site | tourdeindia |
History | |
First edition | 2012 |
Editions | 2 (2013) |
Tour de India is a three city Cycling event that is held in India. The first edition took place in 2012 and has completed 2 years of races. In 2012 the races took place in Mumbai, Srinagar & Delhi, while in 2013 the races are going to be held in Mumbai, Jaipur and Delhi. Having received an affiliation from UCI, the cycling event reaches out to thousands of cyclists across the globe. The event is brought to India by Dr. Akil Khan. He is instrumental in placing the property on the international calendar of events. The event is being sponsored by Godrej Eon from the first edition. Vaibhav Maloo was the managing director of Tour de India[1] in 2013. During his term, he got University of Cambridge students to do a study on their operational model.[2]
In 2013, Ensocare Healthcare Solutions a child firm of Enso Group led by Mr. Vinay Maloo started supporting the event to create more awareness about fitness and cycling in India. [3][4][5]
2013 year the race categories are:
For Mumbai and Delhi
- Full Cyclothon
- Half Cyclothon
- Green Cyclothon
- Champions of Cyclothon
- International
For Jaipur
- Green Cyclothon
- Champions of Cyclothon
- International
References
- ^ http://tourdeindia.asia/aboutus.html
- ^ https://insight.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2015/cambridge-executive-mba-team-takes-up-cycling/
- ^ "vinay maloo +investor". Economic Times. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "vinay maloo indian +london investor". Economic Times. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "vinay maloo +biography". Economic Times. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2012.