The Tour of Beijing was an annual professional stage
bicycle road race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most commo ...
held in
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...
, China.
History
Its
first edition
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First edition
According to the definition of ''edition'' above, a b ...
took place in October 2011, as the penultimate event in the
2011 UCI World Tour
The 2011 UCI World Tour was the third edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 18 January, and consisted of 14 stage races and 13 one ...
. The tour was a partnership between the UCI and the Beijing City Government and covered a period of four years from 2011 to 2014. The event was a legacy of the
2008 Olympic Games
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
and promoted Beijing as a global event city, whilst also promoting the environmental and healthy living outcomes cycling represent.
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In September 2014 the UCI announced that the 2014 edition of the race would be the last.
Winners
References
External links
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UCI World Tour races
Cycle races in China
Recurring sporting events established in 2011
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2014
2011 establishments in China
2014 disestablishments in China
21st century in Beijing
Sport in Beijing
Annual sporting events in China
Annual events in Beijing
Defunct cycling races in China