The Tour de Indonesia is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Java, Indonesia since 2004. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | January (2018) |
| Region | Java, Indonesia |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Asia Tour 2.1 |
| Type | Stage race |
| Web site | tour |
| History | |
| First edition | 2004 |
| Editions | 9 (as of 2019) |
| First winner |  Nathan Dahlberg (NZL) |
| Most wins | No repeat winners |
| Most recent |  Thomas Lebas (FRA) |
History edit
Several regions in Indonesia organize annual international cycling races of UCI 2.2 status, such as Tour de Singkarak in West Sumatra, Tour de Ijen Banyuwangi in East Java, Tour de Siak in Riau, Tour de Celebes in Central Sulawesi, Tour de Lombok Mandalika in West Nusa Tenggara, Tour de Malvccas in Maluku, and Tour de Flores as well as Tour de Timor in East Nusa Tenggara. But Tour de Indonesia is the only one which achieved UCI 2.1 status.
The main sponsor of the then-named Tour d'Indonesia from 2003 to 2006 was Dji Sam Soe 234, a cigarette brand produced by Philip Morris International also called Philip Morris Racing. In 2007 Tour d'Indonesia was cancelled due to lack of funding and failure to attract a sponsor. In 2008 the tour was held again sponsored by Speedy broadband access of Telkom. Until the 2010 edition Speedy remained as official sponsor of this bicycle race.
The race was not held between 2012 and 2017, before being revived in 2018 as a 2.1 category race compared to the 2.2 it was before.[1]
Past winners edit
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | New Zealand
|
Nathan Dahlberg | Greenfield Fresh Milk | |
| 2005 |  Iran
|
Hossein Askari | Giant Asia Racing Team | |
| 2006 |  Ireland
|
David McCann | Giant Asia Racing Team | |
| 2007 | No race | |||
| 2008 | Iran
|
Ghader Mizbani | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
| 2009 | Iran
|
Mehdi Sohrabi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
| 2010 |  Indonesia
|
Herwin Jaya | Polygon Sweet Nice | |
| 2011 |  Australia
|
Eric Sheppard | Plan B Racing Team | |
| 2012–2017 | No race | |||
| 2018 |  Laos
|
Ariya Phounsavath | Thailand Continental Cycling Team | |
| 2019 | France
|
Thomas Lebas | Kinan Cycling Team | |
References edit
- ^ Hasanah, Ani (25 January 2018). "Tour De Indonesia with the Highest Classification Held after 7 Years". Voice of Indonesia. Radio Republik Indonesia. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
External links edit
- Official website (in Indonesian)
- Tour de Indonesia palmares at Cycling Archives
- Statistics at the-sports.org
- Tour d'Indonesia at cqranking.com
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