Race details | |
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Date | July |
Region | Qinghai Province, China |
Local name(s) | 环青海湖国际公路自行车赛 (in Chinese) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI ProSeries |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Chinese Cycling Association |
Web site |
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History | |
First edition | 2002 |
Editions | 21 (as of 2023) |
First winner | Tom Danielson ( USA) |
Most wins | No repeat winners |
Most recent | Henok Mulubrhan ( ERI) |
The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. [1] The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part of the UCI Asia Tour. [2] The race was to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, although the event in 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 and 2022 events were held as a class 2.2 race with all domestic teams due to the international travel restrictions during the pandemic. The race returned to the UCI ProSeries in 2023. [3]