# 2016 UCI Asia Tour

The 2016 UCI Asia Tour was the 12th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 20 February 2016 with the Le Tour de Filipinas and ended on 2 October 2016 with the Tour of Almaty.
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Samad Pourseyedi (378 points) from Iran is the defending champion of the 2015 UCI Asia 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

## Events

| Date | Race Name | Location | UCI Rating | Winner | Team |
| 20 January | Asian Cycling Championships – Time Trial U23 | Japan | CC | Maral-erdene Batmunkh (MNG) | Mongolia (national team) |
| 21 January | Asian Cycling Championships – Time Trial | Japan | CC | Cheung King Lok (HKG) | Hong Kong (national team) |
| 23 January | Asian Cycling Championships – Road Race U23 | Japan | CC | Mehdi Rajabi (IRI) | Iran (national team) |
| 24 January | Asian Cycling Championships – Road Race | Japan | CC | Cheung King Lok (HKG) | Hong Kong (national team) |
| 3–6 February | Dubai Tour | United Arab Emirates | 2.HC | Marcel Kittel (GER) | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 8–12 February | Tour of Qatar | Qatar | 2.HC | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Team Dimension Data |
| 16–21 February | Tour of Oman | Oman | 2.HC | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Astana |
| 18–21 February | Tour de Filipinas | Philippines | 2.2 | Oleg Zemlyakov (KAZ) | Vino 4ever SKO |
| 24 Feb–2 Mar | Tour de Langkawi | Malaysia | 2.HC | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) | Team Dimension Data |
| 6–10 March | Tour de Taiwan | Taiwan | 2.1 | Robbie Hucker (AUS) | Avanti IsoWhey Sports |
| 1–6 April | Tour of Thailand | Thailand | 2.2 | Benjamin Hill (AUS) | Attaque Team Gusto |
| 11–14 May | Tour de Ijen | Indonesia | 2.2 | Jai Crawford (AUS) | Kinan Cycling Team |
| 13–18 May | Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) | Iran | 2.1 | Samad Pourseyedi (IRN) | Tabriz Shahrdari Team |
| 19–23 May | Tour de Flores | Indonesia | 2.2 | Daniel Whitehouse (NZL) | Terengganu Cycling Team |
| 29 May–5 June | Tour of Japan | Japan | 2.1 | Óscar Pujol (ESP) | Team Ukyo |
| 5–12 June | Tour de Korea | South Korea | 2.1 | Grega Bole (SLO) | Nippo–Vini Fantini |
| 16–19 June | Tour de Kumano | Japan | 2.2 | Óscar Pujol (ESP) | Team Ukyo |
| 17–30 July | Tour of Qinghai Lake | China | 2.HC | Sergiy Lagkuti (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team |
| 31 July | Tour de Jakarta | Indonesia | 1.2 | Ryan MacAnally (AUS) | Pegasus Continental Cycling Team |
| 6–14 August | Tour de Singkarak | Indonesia | 2.2 | Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI) | Pishgaman–Giant |
| 1–3 September | Tour de Hokkaido | Japan | 2.2 | Nariyuki Masuda (JPN) | Utsunomiya Blitzen |
| 9–16 September | Tour of China I | China | 2.1 | Raffaello Bonusi (ITA) | Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec |
| 18–25 September | Tour of China II | China | 2.1 | Marco Benfatto (ITA) | Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec |
| 2 October | Tour of Almaty | Kazakhstan | 1.1 | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Astana |
| 18–22 October | Jelajah Malaysia | Malaysia | 2.2 | Arvin Moazemi (IRI) | Pishgaman–Giant |
| 20–23 October | Abu Dhabi Tour | United Arab Emirates | 2.1 | Tanel Kangert (EST) | Astana |
| 23 October | Japan Cup | Japan | 1.HC | Davide Villella (ITA) | Cannondale–Drapac |

## Final standings

| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
| 1. | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Team Dimension Data | 800 |
| 2. | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | 600 |
| 3. | Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) | Trek–Segafredo | 488 |
| 4. | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Dimension Data | 455 |
| 5. | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Team Katusha | 425 |
| 6. | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 400 |
| 7. | King Lok Cheung (HKG) | Orica–BikeExchange | 365 |
| 8. | Tony Martin (GER) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 350 |
| 9. | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Astana | 343 |
| 10. | Mirsamad Pourseyedigolakhour (IRI) | Tabriz Shahrdari Team | 333 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Pishgaman–Giant | 915 |
| 2 | Tabriz Shahrdari Team | 884 |
| 3 | Kolss BDC Team | 794 |
| 4 | Vino 4ever SKO | 631 |
| 5 | Team Ukyo | 571 |
| 6 | Nippo–Vini Fantini | 548 |
| 7 | Terengganu Cycling Team | 455 |
| 8 | Avanti IsoWhey Sports | 436 |
| 9 | Drapac Professional Cycling | 393 |
| 10 | Kinan Cycling Team | 355 |
| Rank | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Iran | 1587 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 1451 |
| 3 | Japan | 884 |
| 4 | South Korea | 718 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 555 |
| 6 | Mongolia | 263 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 201 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 154 |
| 9 | Kuwait | 143 |
| 10 | China | 141 |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei | 141 |