Tour de Kumano

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Tour de Kumano
Race details
DateMay
RegionShingū, Kumano, and Taiji, Japan
Local name(s)ツール・ド・熊野
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour 2.2
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.tourdekumano.jp Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition2006 (2006)
Editions16 (as of 2023)
First winner Tomoya Kano (JPN)
Most wins Fortunato Baliani (ITA) (2 wins)
Most recent Atsushi Oka (JPN)

The Tour de Kumano (ツール・ド・熊野, Tsūru do Kumano) is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Mie Prefecture, Japan, named after Kumano. It was first created in 2006 as the amateur level,[citation needed] later moved up to the professional level in 2008 when included into the UCI Asia Tour and classified as a 2.2 category race.

Past winners[edit]

Year Country Rider Team
2006  Japan Tomoya Kano
2007  Japan Kazuhiro Mori Aisan Racing Team
2008  Japan Miyataka Shimizu Meitan Hompo-GDR
2009  Kazakhstan Valentin Iglinsky Kazakhstan national team
2010  Kazakhstan Andrey Mizurov Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2011  Italy Fortunato Baliani D'Angelo & Antenucci–Nippo
2012  Italy Fortunato Baliani Team Nippo
2013  Colombia Julián Arredondo Team Nippo–De Rosa
2014  Spain Francisco Mancebo Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling
2015  Spain Benjamín Prades Matrix Powertag
2016  Spain Óscar Pujol Team Ukyo
2017  Spain José Vicente Toribio Matrix Powertag
2018  Netherlands Marc de Maar Team Ukyo
2019  Venezuela Orluis Aular Matrix Powertag
2020–
2021
No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan[1]
2022  Australia Nathan Earle Team Ukyo
2023  Japan Atsushi Oka JCL Team Ukyo

References[edit]

  1. ^ 「TOUR de KUMANO 2021」開催中止のお知らせ. Tour de Kumano (in Japanese). 18 August 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

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