2018 UCI Asia Tour

The 2018 UCI Asia Tour was the 14th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 28 October 2017 with the Tour of Hainan and ended 21 October 2018.

2018 UCI Asia Tour

Fourteenth edition of the UCI Asia Tour
Details
Dates	28 October 2017 (2017-10-28)–21 October 2018
Location	Asia
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The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey.

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

2017

Date	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team	Ref
28 October–5 November	Tour of Hainan	China	2.HC	Jacopo Mosca (ITA)	Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia	[1]
7–11 November	Tour of Malaysia	Malaysia	2.2	Cancelled
8–12 November	Tour of Fuzhou	China	2.1	Jai Hindley (AUS)	Mitchelton Scott	[2]
12 November	Tour de Okinawa	Japan	1.2	Junya Sano (JPN)	Matrix Powertag	[3]
18–26 November	Tour de Singkarak	Indonesia	2.2	Khalil Khorshid (IRI)	Tabriz Shahrdary Team	[4]
2–14 December	Tour of Quanzhou Bay	China	2.2	Max Stedman (GBR)	Bike Channel–Canyon	[5]

2018

Date	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team	Ref
24–27 January	Sharjah International Cycling Tour	United Arab Emirates	2.1	Javier Moreno (ESP)	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	[6]
25–28 January	Tour de Indonesia	Indonesia	2.1	Ariya Phounsavath (LAO)	Thailand Continental Cycling Team	[7]
6–10 February	Dubai Tour	United Arab Emirates	2.HC	Elia Viviani (ITA)	Quick-Step Floors	[8]
13–18 February	Tour of Oman	Oman	2.HC	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana	[9]
11–15 March	Tour de Taiwan	Taiwan	2.1	Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)	Japan (national team)	[10]
18–25 March	Tour de Langkawi	Malaysia	2.HC	Artem Ovechkin (RUS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	[11]
23–25 March	Tour de Tochigi	Japan	2.2	Michael Potter (AUS)	ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast	[12]
1–6 April	Tour of Thailand	Thailand	2.1	Ben Dyball (AUS)	St George Continental Cycling Team
13–15 April	Tour de Lombok	Indonesia	2.2	Álvaro Duarte (COL)	Forca Amskins Racing
27–29 April	Sri Lanka T-Cup	Sri Lanka	2.2	Yasuharu Nakajima (JPN)	Kinan Cycling Team	[13]
20–23 May	Tour de Filipinas	Philippines	2.2	El Joshua Cariño (PHI)	Philippine Navy Standard Insurance
20–27 May	Tour of Japan	Japan	2.1	Marcos García (ESP)	Kinan Cycling Team
30 May–3 June	Tour de Korea	South Korea	2.1	Serghei Țvetcov (ROU)	UnitedHealthcare
31 May–3 June	Tour de Kumano	Japan	2.2	Marc de Maar (NED)	Team Ukyo
22 July–4 August	Tour of Qinghai Lake	China	2.HC	Hernán Aguirre (COL)	Team Manzana Postobón
3–5 September	Tour of Xingtai	China	2.2	Damiano Cima (ITA)	Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini
7–9 September	Tour de Hokkaido	Japan	2.2	Cancelled due to 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake
8–15 September	Tour of China I	China	2.1	Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)	Team Manzana Postobón
18–21 September	Tour de Siak	Indonesia	2.2	Matthew Zenovich (NZL)	St George Continental Cycling Team
17–23 September	Tour of China II	China	2.1	Alejandro Marque (POR)	Sporting / Tavira
26–29 September	Tour de Ijen	Indonesia	2.2	Ben Dyball (AUS)	St George Continental Cycling Team
29–30 September	Tour of Almaty	Kazakhstan	2.1	Davide Villella (ITA)	Astana
29 September - 4 October	Tour of Iran	Iran	2.1	Dmitri Sokolov (RUS)	Lokosphinx
2–6 October	Jelajah Malaysia	Malaysia	2.2	Cancelled due lack of sponsors		[14]
6–13 October	Tour of Taihu Lake	China	2.1	Boris Vallée (BEL)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert
14 October	Oita Urban Classic	Japan	1.2	Masahiro Ishigami (JPN)	Japan (national team)
14 October	Hammer Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1.1	Mitchelton–Scott		[15]
21 October	Japan Cup	Japan	1.HC	Rob Power (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott