Tour de Hokkaido explained

Tour de Hokkaido
Date:September
Region:Hokkaido, Japan
English:Tour of Hokkaido
Localnames:ツール・ド・北海道
Discipline:Road
Competition:UCI Asia Tour 2.2
Type:Stage race
Organiser:Tour de Hokkaido Association
Number:33 (as of 2022)

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.

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

General classification

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tour de Hokkaido 2023, rider hit by a car during the first stage: he is serious in hospital, race canceled . news.italy24.press . 10 September 2023 . 9 September 2023.
  2. Web site: https://www.tour-de-hokkaido.or.jp/international/news.asp?id=167 . ja:ツール・ド・北海道2023 競技中の事故につきまして . Japanese . Tour de Hokkaido . 9 September 2023 . 12 September 2023.