{{Short description|Taiwanese multi-day road cycling race}} {{Infobox cycling race | name = Tour de Taiwan | current_event = | image = [[File:Tour de Taiwan logo.svg|180px]] | image_caption = | date = March | region = [[Taiwan]] | english = Tour of Taiwan | localnames = 國際自由車環台公路大賽 {{in lang|zh}} | nickname = | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | competition = [[UCI Asia Tour]] 2.1 | type = [[Race stage|Stage race]] | organiser = [[Chinese Taipei Cycling Association]] | director = | first = {{Start date|1978}} | number = | final = | firstwinner = {{flagathlete|[[Ralf Schmidt (cyclist)|Ralf Schmidt]]|GER}} | mostwins = ''No repeat winners'' | mostrecent = {{flagathlete|[[Matys Grisel]]|FRA}} }}
The '''Tour de Taiwan''' is an annual professional [[road bicycle racing]] [[race stage|stage race]] held in [[Taiwan]] since 1978, and has been part of the [[UCI Asia Tour]] since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012.
==History== The Tour de Taiwan was established by [[Giant Bicycles|Giant]] Sports Foundation's founder, [[King Liu]], in 1978. The first race began in [[Taipei]], continued through Western Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Eastern Taiwan, and finally ended in Taipei.
This cycling tour championship has been recognized by the [[International Cycling Union]] (UCI) in 2005, and was integrated with the [[Taipei International Cycle Show|Taipei Cycle Show]], organized by the [[Taiwan External Trade Development Council]], in 2006.
==Past winners== {{Cycling past winner start}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1994|name={{sortname|Ralf|Schmidt|Ralf Schmidt (cyclist)}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team= }} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1999|name={{sortname|Brendan|Vesty}}|nat=NZL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|NAV|1999}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2003|name={{sortname|Ghader|Mizbani}}|nat=IRI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RTS|2003}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2004|name={{sortname|Moritz|Milatz}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team=[[Merida Europe Team]]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2005|name={{sortname|Ahad|Kazemi}}|nat=IRI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RTS|2005}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2006|name={{sortname|Stephen|Gallagher|Stephen Gallagher (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RTS|2006}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2007|name={{sortname|Shawn|Milne}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UHC|2007}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2008|name={{sortname|John|Murphy|John Murphy (cyclist)}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UHC|2008}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2009|name={{sortname|Krzysztof|Jeżowski}}|nat=POL|natvar=|team=[[Merida Europe Team]]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name={{sortname|David|McCann|dab=cyclist}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RTS|2010}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Markus|Eibegger}}|nat=AUT|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TPT|2011}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Rhys|Pollock}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DPC|2012}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|Bernard|Sulzberger}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DPC|2013}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Rémy|Di Gregorio}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LPM|2014}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2015 Tour de Taiwan|2015]]|name={{sortname|Samad|Pourseyedi}}|nat=IRI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TPT|2015}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|Robbie|Hucker}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AIW|2016}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Benjamín|Prades}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UKO|2017}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Yukiya|Arashiro}}|nat=JPN|natvar=|team=[[Japan Cycling Federation|Japan ''(national team)'']]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Jonathan|Clarke|dab=cyclist}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|FPC|2019}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2020|name={{sortname|Nicholas|White|dab=Australian cyclist}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BLN|2020}}}} {{Cycling past winner no race|year=2021|reason=[[COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan|the COVID-19 pandemic]]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Ben|Dyball}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UKO|2022}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Jeroen|Meijers}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TSG|2023}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Joseph|Blackmore}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|IPT|2024}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|name={{sortname|Brady|Gilmore}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|IPT|2025}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2026 Tour de Taiwan|2026]]|name={{sortname|Matys|Grisel}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LOI|2026}}}} {{Cycling past winner end}}
==See also== * [[List of sporting events in Taiwan]]
==External links== {{Wikinews category}} * {{official website|http://www.tourdetaiwan.org.tw/}} * {{Cycling archives race|4825}} * [http://www.the-sports.org/tour-de-taiwan-events-statistics-all-time-s2-c2-b0-g197-t4547-u0.html Statistics] at ''the-sports.org'' * [http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race_history.asp?tourid=2168 Tour de Taiwan] at ''cqranking.com'' * {{Facebook|pages/國際自由車環台公路大賽/122239464553708}}
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