Tour of Japan

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Tour of Japan
Race details
Date May
Region Japanتط
Local name(s) ツアー・オブ・ジャパン (Japanese)یزر?
Nickname(s) طط
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Asia Tour 2.2
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1996 (1996)
Editions 18 (as of 2015)
First winner  Jean-Philippe Duracka (FRA)
Most wins  Fortunato Baliani (ITA)
 Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) (2 wins)
Most recent  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI)

The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.

Past winners

General classification

Rider Team
1996 France Jean-Philippe Duracka (FRA) France (national team)
1997 United States Bart Bowen (USA) Saturn
1998 United States Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn
1999 Poland Andrzej Sypytkowski (POL) Mróz
2000 Switzerland Mauro Gianetti (SUI) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
2001 Poland Paweł Niedźwiecki (POL) Mróz–Supradyn Witaminy
2002 Ukraine Oleksandr Klymenko (UKR) Mróz–Supradyn Witaminy
2003 No race
2004 Japan Shinichi Fukushima (JPN) Bridgestone Anchor
2005 Colombia Félix Cárdenas (COL) Barloworld
2006 Ukraine Vladimir Duma (UKR) C.B. Immobiliare-Universal Caffè
2007 Italy Francesco Masciarelli (ITA) Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo
2008 Australia Cameron Meyer (AUS) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
2009 Spain Sergio Pardilla (ESP) Carmiooro A Style
2010 Italy Cristiano Salerno (ITA) De Rosa–Stac Plastic
2011 No race
2012 Italy Fortunato Baliani (ITA) Team Nippo
2013 Italy Fortunato Baliani (ITA) Team Nippo–De Rosa
2014 Iran Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2015 Iran Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team

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