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.
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | May |
| Region | Shingū, Kumano, and Taiji, Japan |
| Local name(s) | ツール・ド・熊野 |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Asia Tour 2.2 |
| Type | Stage race |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 2006 |
| Editions | 16 (as of 2023) |
| First winner |  Tomoya Kano (JPN) |
| Most wins |  Fortunato Baliani (ITA) (2 wins) |
| Most recent | Atsushi Oka (JPN) |
Past winners edit
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Japan
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Tomoya Kano | ||
| 2007 | Japan
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Kazuhiro Mori | Aisan Racing Team | |
| 2008 | Japan
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Miyataka Shimizu | Meitan Hompo-GDR | |
| 2009 |  Kazakhstan
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Valentin Iglinsky | Kazakhstan national team | |
| 2010 | Kazakhstan
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Andrey Mizurov | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
| 2011 | Italy
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Fortunato Baliani | D'Angelo & Antenucci–Nippo | |
| 2012 | Italy
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Fortunato Baliani | Team Nippo | |
| 2013 |  Colombia
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Julián Arredondo | Team Nippo–De Rosa | |
| 2014 |  Spain
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Francisco Mancebo | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling | |
| 2015 | Spain
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Benjamín Prades | Matrix Powertag | |
| 2016 | Spain
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Óscar Pujol | Team Ukyo | |
| 2017 | Spain
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José Vicente Toribio | Matrix Powertag | |
| 2018 |  Netherlands
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Marc de Maar | Team Ukyo | |
| 2019 |  Venezuela
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Orluis Aular | Matrix Powertag | |
| 2020– 2021 |
No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan[1] | |||
| 2022 |  Australia
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Nathan Earle | Team Ukyo | |
| 2023 | Japan
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Atsushi Oka | JCL Team Ukyo | |
References edit
- ^ 「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.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tour de Kumano.
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Tour de Kumano palmares at Cycling Archives
- Statistics at the-sports.org
- Tour de Kumano at cqranking.com
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