2016 UCI Asia Tour

The 2016 UCI Asia Tour was the 12th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 20 February 2016 with the Le Tour de Filipinas and ended on 2 October 2016 with the Tour of Almaty.

2016 UCI Asia Tour

Twelfth edition of the UCI Asia Tour
Details
Dates	20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)–2 October 2016
Location	Asia
Races	24
Champions
Individual champion	Mark Cavendish (GBR) (Team Dimension Data)
Teams' champion	Pishgaman–Giant
Nations' champion	Iran
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The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Samad Pourseyedi (378 points) from Iran is the defending champion of the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.

The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

• Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
• One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events

Date	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team	Ref
20 January	Asian Cycling Championships – Time Trial U23	Japan	CC	Maral-erdene Batmunkh (MNG)	Mongolia (national team)	[1]
21 January	Asian Cycling Championships – Time Trial	Japan	CC	Cheung King Lok (HKG)	Hong Kong (national team)
23 January	Asian Cycling Championships – Road Race U23	Japan	CC	Mehdi Rajabi (IRI)	Iran (national team)	[2]
24 January	Asian Cycling Championships – Road Race	Japan	CC	Cheung King Lok (HKG)	Hong Kong (national team)
3–6 February	Dubai Tour	United Arab Emirates	2.HC	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Etixx–Quick-Step	[3]
8–12 February	Tour of Qatar	Qatar	2.HC	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Team Dimension Data	[4]
16–21 February	Tour of Oman	Oman	2.HC	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Astana
18–21 February	Tour de Filipinas	Philippines	2.2	Oleg Zemlyakov (KAZ)	Vino 4ever SKO
24 Feb–2 Mar	Tour de Langkawi	Malaysia	2.HC	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)	Team Dimension Data
6–10 March	Tour de Taiwan	Taiwan	2.1	Robbie Hucker (AUS)	Avanti IsoWhey Sports
1–6 April	Tour of Thailand	Thailand	2.2	Benjamin Hill (AUS)	Attaque Team Gusto
11–14 May	Tour de Ijen	Indonesia	2.2	Jai Crawford (AUS)	Kinan Cycling Team
13–18 May	Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)	Iran	2.1	Samad Pourseyedi (IRN)	Tabriz Shahrdari Team
19–23 May	Tour de Flores	Indonesia	2.2	Daniel Whitehouse (NZL)	Terengganu Cycling Team
29 May–5 June	Tour of Japan	Japan	2.1	Óscar Pujol (ESP)	Team Ukyo	[5]
5–12 June	Tour de Korea	South Korea	2.1	Grega Bole (SLO)	Nippo–Vini Fantini	[6]
16–19 June	Tour de Kumano	Japan	2.2	Óscar Pujol (ESP)	Team Ukyo
17–30 July	Tour of Qinghai Lake	China	2.HC	Sergiy Lagkuti (UKR)	Kolss BDC Team
31 July	Tour de Jakarta	Indonesia	1.2	Ryan MacAnally (AUS)	Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
6–14 August	Tour de Singkarak	Indonesia	2.2	Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI)	Pishgaman–Giant
1–3 September	Tour de Hokkaido	Japan	2.2	Nariyuki Masuda (JPN)	Utsunomiya Blitzen
9–16 September	Tour of China I	China	2.1	Raffaello Bonusi (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
18–25 September	Tour of China II	China	2.1	Marco Benfatto (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2 October	Tour of Almaty	Kazakhstan	1.1	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana
18–22 October	Jelajah Malaysia	Malaysia	2.2	Arvin Moazemi (IRI)	Pishgaman–Giant
20–23 October	Abu Dhabi Tour	United Arab Emirates	2.1	Tanel Kangert (EST)	Astana
23 October	Japan Cup	Japan	1.HC	Davide Villella (ITA)	Cannondale–Drapac

Final standings

Rank Name Team Points 1.  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Team Dimension Data 800 2.  Peter Sagan (SVK) Tinkoff 600 3.  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 488 4.  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Dimension Data 455 5.  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 425 6.  Tom Boonen (BEL) Etixx–Quick-Step 400 7.  King Lok Cheung (HKG) Orica–BikeExchange 365 8.  Tony Martin (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step 350 9.  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Astana 343 10.  Mirsamad Pourseyedigolakhour (IRI) Tabriz Shahrdari Team 333

Rank Team Points 1 Pishgaman–Giant 915 2 Tabriz Shahrdari Team 884 3 Kolss BDC Team 794 4 Vino 4ever SKO 631 5 Team Ukyo 571 6 Nippo–Vini Fantini 548 7 Terengganu Cycling Team 455 8 Avanti IsoWhey Sports 436 9 Drapac Professional Cycling 393 10 Kinan Cycling Team 355

Rank Nation Points 1  Iran 1587 2  Kazakhstan 1451 3  Japan 884 4  South Korea 718 5  Hong Kong 555 6  Mongolia 263 7  Malaysia 201 8  Indonesia 154 9  Kuwait 143 10  China 141 10  Chinese Taipei 141