The Tour of South China Sea is an annual professional

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classic one-day race held in

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Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

and

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

since 1996 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 has been held during

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every year since 1996 to celebrate the handover of Hong Kong and Macau to

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.Tour of South China Sea shortened to one race
SCMP, 6 Dec 2010 The race was won four times by

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. The race is currently rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 1.2 category race.

Past winners

General classification

Tang leads race for Beijing
SCMP, 3 Jan 2008

References

External links

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at ''the-sports.org''
Tour of South China Sea
at ''cqranking.com'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour of South China Sea Cycle races in China Cycle races in Hong Kong UCI Asia Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1996 1996 establishments in Hong Kong 1996 establishments in Macau Cycle races in Macau Winter events in China