2015 UCI Asia Tour

2015 UCI Asia TourEleventh edition of the UCI Asia Tour

Details
Dates| 1 February 2015 (2015-02-01)–19 December 2015
Location| Asia
Races| 37
Champions
Individual champion|  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
Teams' champion| Pishgaman–Giant
Nations' champion|  Iran

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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.

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

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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.

| Rank | Name | Team | Points

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1. |  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 378
2. |  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) | Southeast Pro Cycling | 362
3. |  Hossein Askari (IRI) | Pishgaman-Giant Team | 335
4. |  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) | Amore & Vita-Selle SMP | 333
5. |  Andrea Palini (ITA) | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - Al Ahli Club | 240
6. |  Rahim Emami (IRI) | Pishgaman-Giant Team | 239
7. |  Patrick Bevin (NZL) | Avanti Racing Team | 198
8. |  Marko Kump (SLO) | Adria Mobil | 177
9. |  Youcef Reguigui (ALG) | MTN-Qhubeka | 163
10. |  Hossein Alizadeh (IRI) | RTS-Santic Racing Team | 162
| Rank | Team | Points

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1. | Pishgaman-Giant Team | 956
2. | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 726
3. | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 542
4. | Southeast Pro Cycling | 539
5. | RTS-Santic Racing Team | 476
| Rank | Nation | Points

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1. |  Iran | 1643
2. |  Kazakhstan | 602
3. |  Japan | 541
4. |  South Korea | 276
5. |  Philippines | 264

## References

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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.
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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.
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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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