Tour of South China Sea

Tour of South China Sea
Race details
Date	December
Region	Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau
Local name(s)	环南中国海自行车赛 (in Chinese)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Asia Tour 1.2
Type	Classic one-day race
History
First edition	1996
Editions	14 (as of 2010)
First winner	File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Wong Kam-po (HKG)
Most wins	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Kam-po (HKG); (4 wins)
Most recent	File:Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiro Mori (JPN)

The Tour of South China Sea is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It has been held during Christmas holiday every year since 1996 to celebrate the handover of Hong Kong and Macau to China.^[1]^[2] The race was won four times by Wong Kam-po. The race is currently rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 1.2 category race.

Past winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1996	File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong	Wong Kam-po
1997	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	Wong Kam-po
1998	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	Kosie Loubser
1999	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	Wong Kam-po
2000	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	Neil McDonald	HSBC
2001	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	Wong Kam-po	Pocari Hong Kong Team
2002	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	Nicholas White	HSBC
2003	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Oleg Grishkine	Moscow City Sports
2004	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Alexander Khatuntsev	Moscow City Sports
2005	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	Wu Kin San	Purapharm
2006	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Alexander Khatuntsev	Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
2007	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	Tang Wang Yip	Hong Kong Pro Cycling^[3]
2008	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	Xu Gang	Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute
2009	No race
2010	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	Kazuhiro Mori	Aisan Racing Team
2011–2012	No race