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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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 edit

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 edit

Standings as of November 25th.

References edit

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  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.
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