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Tour of South China Sea
Race details
DateDecember
RegionGuangdong–Hong Kong–Macau
Local name(s)中国南海之旅 Template:Zh icon
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour 1.2
TypeClassic one-day race
Web sitewww.tourscs.com/en/ Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1996 (1996)
Editions14 (as of 2010)
First winner Wong Kam-po (HKG)
Most wins Wong Kam-po (HKG)
(4 wins)
Most recent Kazuhiro Mori (JPN)

The Tour of South China Sea is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It has been held during Christmas holiday every year since 1996 to celebrate the handover of Hong Kong and Macau to China.[1][2] The race was won four times by Wong Kam-po. The race is currently rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 1.2 category race.

Past winners

General classification

Year Country Rider Team
1996  Hong Kong Wong Kam-po
1997  Hong Kong Wong Kam-po
1998  South Africa Kosie Loubser
1999  Hong Kong Wong Kam-po
2000  South Africa Neil McDonald HSBC
2001  Hong Kong Wong Kam-po Pocari Hong Kong Team
2002  South Africa Nicholas White HSBC
2003  Russia Oleg Grishkine Moscow City Sports
2004  Russia Alexander Khatuntsev Moscow City Sports
2005  Hong Kong Wu Kin San Purapharm
2006  Russia Alexander Khatuntsev Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
2007  Hong Kong Tang Wang Yip Hong Kong Pro Cycling[3]
2008  China Xu Gang Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute
2009 No race
2010  Japan Kazuhiro Mori Aisan Racing Team
2011–2012 No race

References

  1. ^ Watch me in Coloane, warns Wong, SCMP, 30 Dec 2003
  2. ^ a b Tour of South China Sea shortened to one race, SCMP, 6 Dec 2010
  3. ^ Tang leads race for Beijing, SCMP, 3 Jan 2008
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