# Tour de Taiwan

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Taiwanese multi-day road cycling race

Tour de Taiwan Race details Date March Region Taiwan English name Tour of Taiwan Local name 國際自由車環台公路大賽 (in Chinese) Discipline Road Competition UCI Asia Tour 2.1 Type Stage race Organiser Chinese Taipei Cycling Association Web site www.tourdetaiwan.org.tw History First edition 1978 (1978) First winner Ralf Schmidt (GER) Most wins No repeat winners Most recent Matys Grisel (FRA)

The **Tour de Taiwan** is an annual professional [road bicycle racing](/source/Road_bicycle_racing) [stage race](/source/Race_stage) held in [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan) since 1978, and has been part of the [UCI Asia Tour](/source/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](/source/Giant_Bicycles) Sports Foundation's founder, [King Liu](/source/King_Liu), in 1978. The first race began in [Taipei](/source/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](/source/International_Cycling_Union) (UCI) in 2005, and was integrated with the [Taipei Cycle Show](/source/Taipei_International_Cycle_Show), organized by the [Taiwan External Trade Development Council](/source/Taiwan_External_Trade_Development_Council), in 2006.

## Past winners

Year Country Rider Team 1994 Germany Ralf Schmidt 1999 New Zealand Brendan Vesty Navigare–Gaerne 2003 Iran Ghader Mizbani Giant Asia Racing Team 2004 Germany Moritz Milatz Merida Europe Team 2005 Iran Ahad Kazemi Giant Asia Racing Team 2006 Ireland Stephen Gallagher Giant Asia Racing Team 2007 United States Shawn Milne Health Net–Maxxis 2008 United States John Murphy Health Net–Maxxis 2009 Poland Krzysztof Jeżowski Merida Europe Team 2010 Ireland David McCann Giant Asia Racing Team 2011 Austria Markus Eibegger Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2012 Australia Rhys Pollock Drapac Cycling 2013 Australia Bernard Sulzberger Drapac Cycling 2014 France Rémy Di Gregorio Team La Pomme Marseille 13 2015 Iran Samad Pourseyedi Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2016 Australia Robbie Hucker Avanti IsoWhey Sports 2017 Spain Benjamín Prades Team Ukyo 2018 Japan Yukiya Arashiro Japan (national team) 2019 Australia Jonathan Clarke Floyd's Pro Cycling 2020 Australia Nicholas White Team BridgeLane 2021 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Australia Ben Dyball Team Ukyo 2023 Netherlands Jeroen Meijers Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team 2024 Great Britain Joseph Blackmore Israel–Premier Tech 2025 Australia Brady Gilmore Israel–Premier Tech 2026 France Matys Grisel Lotto–Intermarché

## See also

- [List of sporting events in Taiwan](/source/List_of_sporting_events_in_Taiwan)

## External links

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- [Official website](http://www.tourdetaiwan.org.tw/)

- [Tour de Taiwan palmares](https://web.archive.org/web/2021/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=4825) at *Cycling Archives* (archived, or [current page in French](https://siteducyclisme.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=4825))

- [Statistics](http://www.the-sports.org/tour-de-taiwan-events-statistics-all-time-s2-c2-b0-g197-t4547-u0.html) at *the-sports.org*

- [Tour de Taiwan](http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race_history.asp?tourid=2168) at *cqranking.com*

- [Tour de Taiwan](https://www.facebook.com/pages/國際自由車環台公路大賽/122239464553708) on [Facebook](/source/Facebook_(identifier))

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