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Tour de Hokkaido

Summary

The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.

Tour de Hokkaido
Race details
DateSeptember
RegionHokkaido, Japan
English nameTour of Hokkaido
Local name(s)ツール・ド・北海道 (in Japanese)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour 2.2
TypeStage race
OrganiserTour de Hokkaido Association
Web sitewww.tour-de-hokkaido.or.jp Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1987 (1987)
Editions33 (as of 2022)
First winner Matsuyoshi Takahashi (JPN)
Most wins Daisuke Imanaka (JPN) (3 wins)
Most recent Yusuke Kadota (JPN)

The event for 2018 was canceled due to the earthquake which occurred the day before the race. In 2020 and 2021, the race was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2023, a traffic accident that caused the death of a participant forced the interruption of the 1st stage in midway and the cancellation of the following stages of the event.[1][2]

Past winners edit

General classification edit

Year Country Rider Team
1987   Japan Matsuyoshi Takahashi
1988   Japan Kazuya Hashizume
1989   Japan Kazuo Ohishi
1990   Japan Daisuke Imanaka
1991   Japan Daisuke Imanaka
1992   Ireland Stephen Spratt
1993   Japan Daisuke Imanaka
1994   Japan Naoshi Ono
1995   Italy Andrea Giudotti
1996   Canada Eric Wohlberg
1997   Italy Michele Colleoni
1998   Japan Hideto Yukinari
1999   Japan Ken Hashikawa
2000   Canada Eric Wohlberg Shaklee
2001   Ireland David McCann Ceresit–CCC–Mat
2002   Italy Simone Mori Jura Suisse
2003   Japan Satoshi Hirose Nippon Hodo
2004   Hong Kong Wong Kam-po Sumita Ravanello Pi
2005   Italy Eddy Ratti Team Nippo
2006   Japan Taiji Nishitani Aisan Racing Team
2007   Germany Henri Werner Team Sachsen
2008   Japan Takashi Miyazawa Meitan Hompo-GDR
2009   Japan Takashi Miyazawa EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design
2010   Japan Miyataka Shimizu Bridgestone–Anchor
2011   Colombia Miguel Ángel Rubiano D'Angelo & Antenucci–Nippo
2012   Argentina Maximiliano Richeze Team Nippo
2013   France Thomas Lebas Bridgestone–Anchor
2014   Australia Joshua Prete Team Budget Forklifts
2015   Italy Riccardo Stacchiotti Nippo–Vini Fantini
2016   Japan Nariyuki Masuda Utsunomiya Blitzen
2017   Spain Marcos García Kinan Cycling Team
2018 No race due to 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake
2019   Italy Filippo Zaccanti Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè
2020 No race due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 No race due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022   Japan Yusuke Kadota EF Education–Nippo Development Team
2023 No race due to fatal accident in Stage 1

References edit

  1. ^ "Tour de Hokkaido 2023, rider hit by a car during the first stage: he is serious in hospital, race canceled". news.italy24.press. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ ツール・ド・北海道2023　競技中の事故につきまして. Tour de Hokkaido (in Japanese). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Tour de Hokkaido palmares at Cycling Archives
  • Statistics at the-sports.org
  • Tour de Hokkaido at cqranking.com