2006-2007 UCI Asia Tour

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The 2006-2007 UCI Asia Tour is the third season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on October 22, 2006 with the Japan Cup and ends May 29, 2007 with the conclusion of the Azerbaïjan Tour.

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.

The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2.

1 Individual point standings
2 Team point standings
3 Nation point standings
4 Events
5 External links

The current points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. The final points leader is crowned the 2006-2007 UCI Asia Tour champion. Iran's Ghader Mizbani Iranagh is the 2005-2006 champion of the UCI Asia Tour.

Points are valid based on results completed on March 25, 2007:

	Rider	Country	Points
1	Alberto Loddo	Italy	118
2	Jose Serpa	Colombia	90
3	Jai Crawford	Australia	89
4	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze	Argentina	88

At least 115 riders have scored one point on the 2006-2007 UCI Asia Tour.

Points are valid based on results completed on January 26, 2007:

	UCI Code	Team Name	Country	Points
1	NIP	Nippo Corporation-Meitan Hompo Co. Ltd-Asada	Japan	138
2	HKG	Hong Kong Pro Cycling	Hong Kong	86
3	GNT	Giant Asia Racing Team	Chinese Taipei	85

Points are valid based on results completed on January 26, 2007:

	Rider	Country	Points
1	Japan	Japan	294
2	Islamic Republic of Iran	Iran	149
3	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong	90

The 2006-2007 UCI Asia Tour consists of the following one-day races and stage races:

Date(s)	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team	Country
2006
October 22	Japan Cup	Japan	1.1	Riccardo Riccò	Saunier Duval-Prodir	Italy
November 12	Tour de Okinawa	Japan	1.2	Takashi Miyazawa	Team Vang Cycling	Japan
November 12-17	Tour de Hainan	China	2.2	Sergey Kolesnikov	Omnibike Dynamo Moscow	Russia
December 25-31	Tour of South China Sea	Hong Kong	2.2	Alexander Khatuntsev	Omnibike Dynamo Moscow	Russia
2007
January 6-12	Jelajah Malaysia	Malaysia	2.2	Mehdi Sohrabi	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team	Iran
January 20-25	Tour of Siam	Thailand	2.2	Jai Crawford	Giant Asia Racing Team	Australia
January 28-February 2	Tour of Qatar	Qatar	2.1	Wilfried Cretskens	Quick Step-Innergetic	Belgium
February 2-11	Le Tour de Langkawi	Malaysia	2.HC	Anthony Charteau	Crédit Agricole	France
March 3-7	Taftan Tour	Iran	2.2
March 18-23	Tour de Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	2.2	Shawn Milne	Health Net Presented By Maxxis	United States
March 29	Asian Cycling Championships Road Race	United Arab Emirates	CC
March 31	Asian Cycling Championships Time Trial	United Arab Emirates	CC
April 26-May 2	Tour de Korea	Republic of Korea	2.1
April 29-May 3	Tour de Hong Kong Shanghai	Hong Kong	2.2
May 20-27	Tour of Japan	Japan	2.2
May 22-29	Azerbaïjan Tour	Iran	2.2