Race details | |
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Date | May |
Region | Japan |
English name | Tour of Japan |
Local name(s) | ツアー・オブ・ジャパン (in Japanese) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Asia Tour 2.2 |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Cycle Month Promotion Council |
Race director | Goro Murayama |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1996 |
Editions | 26 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Jean-Philippe Duracka (FRA) |
Most wins | Fortunato Baliani (ITA) Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Óscar Pujol (ESP) Nathan Earle (AUS) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Giovanni Carboni (ITA) |
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.