# 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour

The 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour was the 5th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 4 October 2008 with the Tour of Milad du Nour and ended on 13 September 2009 with the Tour de Hokkaido.
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Hossein Askari from Iran was the defending champion of the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour. Ghader Mizbani of Iran was crowned as the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour champion.
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
### 2008

| Date | Race Name | Location | UCI Rating | Winner | Team |
| 4–8 October | Tour of Milad du Nour | Iran | 2.2 | Ahad Kazemi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 12–16 October | Kerman Tour | Iran | 2.2 | Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 19–25 October | Tour of Hong Kong Shanghai | Hong Kong China | 2.2 | Christoff van Heerden (RSA) | Team Konica Minolta–Bizhub |
| 26 October | Japan Cup | Japan | 1.HC | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre |
| 8–9 November | Tour de Okinawa | Japan | 2.2 | Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) | Meitan Hompo-GDR |
| 11–19 November | Tour of Hainan | China | 2.1 | Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) | Preti Mangimi |
| 23 November–5 December | Tour d'Indonesia | Indonesia | 2.2 | Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 13 December | International Grand Prix Al-Khor | Qatar | 1.2 | Rafaâ Chtioui (TUN) | Doha Team |
| 14 December | International Grand Prix Losail | Qatar | 1.2 | Abdelbasset Hannachi (ALG) | Doha Team |
| 14–21 December | Tour of South China Sea | China Hong Kong Macau | 2.2 | Xu Gang (CHN) | Hong Kong Shanghai Sports Institute |
| 15 December | International Grand Prix Messaeed | Qatar | 1.2 | Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) | Doha Team |
| 16 December | International Grand Prix Doha | Qatar | 1.2 | Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) | Doha Team |
| 18–20 December | Cycling Golden Jersey | Qatar | 2.2 | Alexey Lyalko (KAZ) | Ulan |

### 2009

| Date | Race Name | Location | UCI Rating | Winner | Team |
| 23 January | H. H. Vice President Cup | United Arab Emirates | 1.2 | Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) | Doha Team |
| 24 January | Emirates Cup | United Arab Emirates | 1.2 | Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) | Doha Team |
| 1–6 February | Tour of Qatar | Qatar | 2.1 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Quick-Step |
| 9–15 February | Tour de Langkawi | Malaysia | 2.HC | José Serpa (COL) | Diquigiovanni–Androni |
| 8–14 March | Tour de Taiwan | Taiwan | 2.2 | Krzysztof Jezowski (POL) | CCC–Polsat–Polkowice |
| 4–9 April | Tour of Thailand | Thailand | 2.2 | Andrew Bajadali (USA) | Kelly Benefit Strategies |
| 19–26 April | Jelajah Malaysia | Malaysia | 2.2 | Tim Roe (AUS) | Savings & Loans Cycling Team |
| 30 April–3 May | Tour of Singkarak | Indonesia | 2.2 | Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 11–15 May | President Tour of Iran | Iran | 2.2 | Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 17–24 May | Tour of Japan | Japan | 2.2 | Sergio Pardilla (ESP) | Carmiooro A Style |
| 28–31 May | Tour de Kumano | Japan | 2.2 | Valentin Iglinsky (KAZ) | Kazakhstan (national team) |
| 5–14 June | Tour de Korea | South Korea | 2.2 | Roger Beuchat (SUI) | Team Neotel |
| 17–26 July | Tour of Qinghai Lake | China | 2.HC | Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 28–30 July | Perlis Open | Malaysia | 2.2 | Anuar Manam (MAS) | Azad University Iran |
| 8–10 August | Tour de East Java | Indonesia | 2.2 | Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 16 August | Asian Cycling Championships – Road race | Indonesia | CC | Dmitry Fofonov (KAZ) | Kazakhstan (national team) |
| 17 August | Asian Cycling Championships – Time trial | Indonesia | CC | Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) | Kazakhstan (national team) |
| 9–13 September | Tour de Hokkaido | Japan | 2.2 | Takashi Miyazawa (JPN) | EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design |

## Final standings
### Individual classification

| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
| 1. | Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 384.5 |
| 2. | Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 368.5 |
| 3. | Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) | Russia (national team) | 254 |
| 4. | Dmitry Fofonov (KAZ) | Kazakhstan (national team) | 242 |
| 5. | Valentin Iglinsky (KAZ) | Kazakhstan (national team) | 217 |
| 6. | Aymen Ben Hassine (TUN) | Doha Team | 179.66 |
| 7. | Abdelbasset Hannachi (ALG) | Doha Team | 178 |
| 8. | Takashi Miyazawa (JPN) | EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design | 161 |
| 9. | Taiji Nishitani (JPN) | Aisan Racing Team | 152.25 |
| 10. | Jai Crawford (AUS) | Savings & Loans Cycling Team | 146 |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1. | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 1015 |
| 2. | Doha Team | 628.66 |
| 3. | Azad University Iran | 438 |
| 4. | Diquigiovanni–Androni | 335 |
| 5. | EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design | 268 |
| 6. | Aisan Racing Team | 250 |
| 7. | Savings & Loans Cycling Team | 240 |
| 8. | Cervélo TestTeam | 228 |
| 9. | Seoul Cycling Team | 210 |
| 10. | Carmiooro A Style | 205 |

### Nation classification

| Rank | Nation | Points |
| 1. | Kazakhstan | 1259.82 |
| 2. | Iran | 1015.5 |
| 3. | Japan | 780.25 |
| 4. | Malaysia | 292 |
| 5. | Uzbekistan | 255.98 |
| 6. | South Korea | 255 |
| 7. | Kyrgyzstan | 185 |
| 8. | China | 183 |
| 9. | Hong Kong | 150 |
| 10. | Syria | 139 |

### Nation under-23 classification

| Rank | Nation under-23 | Points |
| 1. | Iran | 160 |
| 2. | Kazakhstan | 89.98 |
| 3. | Malaysia | 63 |
| 3. | Japan | 63 |
| 5. | Mongolia | 44 |
| 6. | Thailand | 41 |
| 7. | Vietnam | 40 |
| 8. | North Korea | 38 |
| 9. | China | 36 |
| 10. | South Korea | 30 |