The Tour of Chongming Island International Cycling Race is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing

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held in

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, named after

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. The Tour previously consisted of two races: a stage race and a one-day race. Between 2007 and 2009, the one-day race was a time trial; in 2010, the time trial was replaced by a one-day race, referred to as the ''Tour of Chongming Island World Cup'', that was part of the

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until 2015. From 2016, only the stage race was held, part of the new

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. The 2020, 2021 and 2022 editions of the race were cancelled due to the

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. Stages take place on the islands of Chongming and

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in the

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estuary over mostly flat routes, with

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calling the race a " sprinters paradise".

Past winners

Stage race

Individual time trial

World Cup

Jerseys

''As of 2014 edition'' : denotes the leader of the overall race. : denotes the leader of the points classification.

References

External links

* * (stage race) * (time trial) * (World Cup)
Statistics
at ''the-sports.org''
Tour of Chongming Island
at ''cqranking.com'' {{UCI Women's World Tour UCI Women's Road World Cup Cycle races in China Sports competitions in Shanghai Recurring sporting events established in 2007 Women's road bicycle races Spring (season) in China UCI Women's World Tour races