2008–09 UCI Asia Tour

January 2024 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour 5 UCI Asia Tour 2008 10 4 yes–13 September 2009 Asia 31 Ghader Mizbani IRI TPT 2009 TPT 2009 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour was the 5th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 4 October 2008 with the Tour of Milad du Nour and ended on 13 September 2009 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 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour. Ghader Mizbani of Iran was crowned as the 2008–09 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 2008 Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team 4–8 October Tour of Milad du Nour 2.2 Ahad Kazemi IRI TPT 200812–16 October Kerman Tour 2.2 Ghader Mizbani IRI TPT 200819–25 October Tour of Hong Kong Shanghai 2.2 Christoff van Heerden RSA KON 200826 October Japan Cup 1.HC Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 20088–9 November Tour de Okinawa 2.2 Yukiya Arashiro JPN Meitan Hompo-GDR 11–19 November Tour of Hainan 2.1 Boris Shpilevsky RUS GAP 200823 November–5 December Tour d'Indonesia 2.2 Ghader Mizbani IRI TPT 200813 December International Grand Prix Al-Khor 1.2 Rafaâ Chtioui TUN Doha Team14 December International Grand Prix Losail 1.2 Abdelbasset Hannachi ALG Doha Team14–21 December Tour of South China Sea 2.2 Xu Gang CHN Hong Kong Shanghai Sports Institute15 December International Grand Prix Messaeed 1.2 Aymen Ben Hassine TUN Doha Team16 December International Grand Prix Doha 1.2 Aymen Ben Hassine TUN Doha Team18–20 December Cycling Golden Jersey 2.2 Alexey Lyalko KAZ Ulan 2009 Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team 23 January H. H. Vice President Cup 1.2 Aymen Ben Hassine TUN Doha Team 24 January Emirates Cup 1.2 Aymen Ben Hassine TUN Doha Team 1–6 February Tour of Qatar 2.1 Tom Boonen BEL QST 20099–15 February Tour de Langkawi 2.HC José Serpa COL AND 20098–14 March Tour de Taiwan 2.2 Krzysztof Jezowski POL CCC 20094–9 April Tour of Thailand 2.2 Andrew Bajadali USA KBS 200919–26 April Jelajah Malaysia 2.2 Tim Roe AUS Savings & Loans Cycling Team30 April–3 May Tour of Singkarak 2.2 Ghader Mizbani IRI TPT 200911–15 May President Tour of Iran 2.2 Ghader Mizbani IRI TPT 200917–24 May Tour of Japan 2.2 Sergio Pardilla ESP CMO 2009 28–31 May Tour de Kumano 2.2 Valentin Iglinsky KAZ Kazakhstan (national team)5–14 June Tour de Korea 2.2 Roger Beuchat SUI Team Neotel17–26 July Tour of Qinghai Lake 2.HC Andrey Mizurov KAZ TPT 200928–30 July Perlis Open 2.2 Anuar Manam MAS IUA 20098–10 August Tour de East Java 2.2 Andrey Mizurov KAZ TPT 200916 August Asian Cycling Championships – Road race CC Dmitry Fofonov KAZ Kazakhstan (national team)17 August Asian Cycling Championships – Time trial CC Alexander Vinokourov KAZ Kazakhstan (national team)9–13 September Tour de Hokkaido 2.2 Takashi Miyazawa JPN EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design Final standings Individual classification Rank Name Team Points1. Ghader Mizbani IRI TPT 2009 384.52. Andrey Mizurov KAZ TPT 2009 368.53. Boris Shpilevsky RUS Russia (national team) 2544. Dmitry Fofonov KAZ Kazakhstan (national team) 2425. Valentin Iglinsky KAZ Kazakhstan (national team) 2176. Aymen Ben Hassine TUN Doha Team 179.667. Abdelbasset Hannachi ALG Doha Team 1788. Takashi Miyazawa JPN EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 1619. Taiji Nishitani JPN Aisan Racing Team 152.2510. Jai Crawford AUSSavings & Loans Cycling Team 146 Team classification Rank Team Points1. TPT 2009 10152. Doha Team 628.663. IUA 2009 4384. AND 2009 3355. EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 2686. Aisan Racing Team 2507. Savings & Loans Cycling Team 2408. CTT 2009 2289. Seoul Cycling Team 21010. CMO 2009 205 Nation classification Rank Nation Points1. 1259.82 2. 1015.53. 780.254. 2925. 255.986. 2557. 1858. 1839. 15010. 139 Nation under-23 classification Rank Nation under-23 Points1. 1602. 89.983. 633. 635. 446. 417. 408. 389. 3610. 30 External links http://www.uciasiatour.com/ Category:UCI Asia Tour Category:2009 in road cycling Category:2008 in road cycling UCI UCI