Tour of Qinghai Lake
Annual cycling event in Qinghai, China
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The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002 and is named after Qinghai Lake.[1] The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part of the UCI Asia Tour.[2] The race was to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, although the event in 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 and 2022 events were held as a class 2.2 race with all domestic teams due to the international travel restrictions during the pandemic. The race returned to the UCI ProSeries in 2023.[3]
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | July |
| Region | Qinghai Province, China |
| Local name | 环青海湖国际公路自行车赛 (in Chinese) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI ProSeries |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Chinese Cycling Association |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 2002 |
| Editions | 23 (as of 2025) |
| First winner |  Tom Danielson (USA) |
| Most wins |  Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) (2 wins) |
| Most recent | Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) |
Past winners
General classification
Notes
- The initial winner of the 2014 edition, Kazakhstan's Ilya Davidenok (Continental Team Astana), was disqualified for failing a doping test.[4]
