Date May Local name(s) ツアー・オブ・ジャパン (Japanese) Competition UCI Asia Tour 2.1 | Region Japan Discipline Road Type Stage race | |
The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race.
History
Tour of Japan was formed as the successor of the Kokusai Cycle Road Race which began in 1982. In 1996, Tour of Japan has begun as a UCI category 2-5 stage race, and became category 2-4 in 1997.
As the UCI stage race system was reformed in 2005, it was included in UCI Asia Tour as a category 2.2 event. It became category 2.1 since 2013.
The event for 2003 was canceled for concern of SARS outbreak in China, and for 2011 was canceled for earthquake in Tohoku, Japan.
References
Tour of Japan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA