The is an annual professional

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held in

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, named after Kumano. It was first created in 2006 as the amateur level, later moved up to the professional level in 2008 when included into the

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and classified as a 2.2 category race.

Past winners

References

External links

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Statistics
at ''the-sports.org''
Tour de Kumano
at ''cqranking.com'' Cycle races in Japan UCI Asia Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 2006 2006 establishments in Japan Sports competitions in Mie Prefecture Kumano Kodō {{cycling-race-stub