2007–08 UCI Asia Tour

Cycling competition January 2024 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour 4 UCI Asia Tour 2007 10 28 yes–15 September 2008 Asia 26 Hossein Askari IRI TPT 2008 TPT 2008 Japan 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour was the 4th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 28 October 2007 with the Japan Cup and ended on 15 September 2008 with the Tour de Hokkaido. The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Hossein Askari from Iran was the defending champion of the 2006–07 UCI Asia Tour and was crowned as the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour champion. 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 2007 Date Race name Location UCI Rating Winner Team28 October Japan Cup Japan 1.1 Manuele Mori ITA GEO 2007 3–10 November Tour of Hainan China 2.1 Robert Radosz POL MRO 200711 November Tour de Okinawa Japan 1.2 Takashi Miyazawa JPN Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo co. Ltd-Asada16–21 December Tour of Thailand 2.2 Ahad Kazemi IRI Tabriz Petrochemical Team23–30 December Tour of South China Sea China 2.2 Tang Wang Yip HKG Hong Kong Pro Cycling 2008 Date Race name Location UCI Rating Winner Team7–13 January Jelajah Malaysia 2.2 Tonton Susanto INA L2A 200826 January H. H. Vice President Cup 1.2 Badr Mohamed Mirza Bani Hammad UAE Doha Team 27 January–1 February Tour of Qatar 2.1 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 20089–17 February Tour de Langkawi 2.HC Ruslan Ivanov MDA AND 200821–24 February UAQ International Race 2.2 Hossein Askari IRI TPT 20082–7 March Taftan Tour 2.2 Hossein Nateghi IRI TPT 20089–16 March Tour de Taiwan 2.2 John Murphy USA UHC 20082–6 April Tour de East Java 2.2 Ghader Mizbani IRI TPT 200815 April Asian Cycling Championships – Time trial Japan CC Eugen Wacker KGZ Kyrgyzstan (national team)17 April Asian Cycling Championships – Road race Japan CC Fumiyuki Beppu JPN Japan (national team)9–11 May Tour de Kumano Japan 2.2 Miyataka Shimizu JPN Meitan Hompo-GDR9–13 May President Tour of Iran 2.2 Ahad Kazemi IRI TPT 200818–25 May Tour of Japan Japan 2.2 Cameron Meyer AUS Southaustralia.com–AIS21–29 May Azerbaïjan Tour 2.2 Hossein Askari IRI TPT 200821 June–4 July Tour de Korea-Japan Japan 2.2 Sergey Lagutin UZB COS 200811–20 July Tour of Qinghai Lake China 2.HC Tyler Hamilton USA RRC 200813–22 July Way to Pekin Russia 2.2 Sergey Firsanov RUS Rietumu Banka–Riga19–20 July His Excellency Gabenor of Malacca Cup 2.2 Mehdi Sohrabi IRI IUA 200823–25 July Jelajah Negeri Sembilan 2.2 Vadim Shaekhov UZB Uzbekistan (national team)1–6 September Tour of Thailand The Northern Adventure 2.2 Alex Coutts GBR RTS 200811–15 September Tour de Hokkaido Japan 2.2 Takashi Miyazawa JPN Meitan Hompo-GDR Final standings Individual classification Rank Name Team Points1. Hossein Askari IRI TPT 2008 240.662. Ghader Mizbani IRI TPT 2008 205.663. Hossein Nateghi IRI TPT 2008 2044. Mehdi Sohrabi IRI IUA 2008 1955. Takashi Miyazawa JPN Meitan Hompo-GDR 1926. Ahad Kazemi IRI TPT 2008 175.667. Robert Radosz POL 1638. Tyler Hamilton USA RRC 2008 1549. Taiji Nishitani JPN Aisan Racing Team 13210. Sergey Lagutin UZB COS 2008 131 Team classification Rank Team Points1. TPT 2008 909.642. Meitan Hompo-GDR 5453. SKS 2008 338.64. L2A 2008 2795. MPC 2008 2786. AND 2008 2737. RTS 2008 2528. Aisan Racing Team 2429. RRC 2008 20410. Katyusha 182 Nation classification Rank Nation Points1. Japan 1181.22. 1160.983. 502.664. 401.665. China 2966. 2697. 2608. 2489. 17210. 157 Nation under-23 classification Rank Nation under-23 Points1. 3862. 2333. 1864. 1065. 626. 487. Japan 278. 229. 1910. 16 External links http://www.uciasiatour.com/ Category:UCI Asia Tour Category:2008 in road cycling Category:2007 in road cycling UCI UCI