Japan Cup (cycling) explained

Japan Cup
Date:October
Region:Japan
Localnames:ジャパンカップサイクルロードレース
Discipline:Road
Competition:UCI ProSeries 1.Pro
Type:Classic one-day race
Number:30 (as of 2023)
Mostwins:

(3 wins)

The Japan Cup Cycle Road Race is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in the city of Utsunomiya in Japan since 1992.[1] The race usually held in October each year.[2] It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 1.Pro race as part of the UCI ProSeries.[3]

History

The race is held since 1992 at a circuit around the Utsunomiya Forest Park where 1990 UCI Road World Championships took place.

Japan Cup was a round of 1996 UCI Road World Cup.

Since 2008, it was a 1.HC (hors category) race as part of the UCI Asia Tour.[4] It became 1.Pro race since the start of UCI ProSeries in 2020, although the race was canceled in that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since 2010, an exhibition criterium race Japan Cup Criterium is held in downtown Utsunomiya on the day before the UCI road race. It is a CRTP (Pro Criterium) race since 2022.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 . Japan Cup . FirstCycling.com . en.
  2. Web site: 5 October 2023 . Japan Cup Cycle Road Race(1.Pro) . ProcyclingStats . en.
  3. Web site: Japan Cup (Jap) - Cat.1.ProS . 31 December 2021 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.
  4. Web site: https://www.japancup.gr.jp/racearchive/node/34 . Japanese . ja:2008年 . 17 October 2022.