The Japan Cup Cycle Road Race is an annual professional
road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in the city of
Utsunomiya
is the prefectural capital city of Tochigi Prefecture in the northern KantÅ region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 519,223, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Utsunomiya is famous for its '' gyoza' ...
in
Japan since 1992. The race usually held in October each year. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 1.Pro race as part of the
UCI ProSeries
The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits.
Development
In December 2018, the UCI ann ...
.
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
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, th ...
.
It became 1.Pro race since the start of
UCI ProSeries
The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits.
Development
In December 2018, the UCI ann ...
in 2020, although the race was canceled in that year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Since 2010, an exhibition
criterium
A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m.
Overview
Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...
race Japan Cup Criterium is held in downtown Utsunomiya on the day before the UCI road race.
Past winners
References
External links
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Statisticsat ''the-sports.org''
Japan Cupat ''cqranking.com''
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Cycle races in Japan
UCI Asia Tour races
Recurring sporting events established in 1992
1992 establishments in Japan
UCI Road World Cup races
Japan Cup
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