2013 Tour of Hainan
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 2013 Tour of Hainan
| image =
| image_caption =
| series = 2013–14 UCI Asia Tour
| race_no = 3
| season_no = 41
| date = 20–28 October 2013
| stages = 9
| distance = 1487.9
| unit = km
| time =
| speed =
| first_color =
| first = Moreno Hofland
| first_nat = NED
| first_team = {{UCI team code|RAB|2013b}}
| second = Frédéric Amorison
| second_nat = BEL
| second_team = Crelan–Euphony
| third = Tom Leezer
| third_nat = NED
| third_team = {{UCI team code|RAB|2013b}}
| points_color =
| points = Moreno Hofland
| points_nat = NED
| points_team = {{UCI team code|RAB|2013b}}
| mountains_color =
| mountains = Mateusz Taciak
| mountains_nat = POL
| mountains_team = CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
| team = {{UCI team code|RAB|2013b}}
| previous = 2012
| next = 2014
}}
The 2013 Tour of Hainan was the eighth edition of the Tour of Hainan cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held between 20 and 28 October 2013, in Hainan. It was won by Moreno Hofland, in his first professional victory ever.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-hainan-2013/stage-9/results|title=Tour of Hainan 2013 - Bos takes final stage for Belkin|work=Cyclingnews|date=28 October 2013|accessdate=28 October 2013}} Hofland won 3 stages, his teammate Theo Bos won the other six; it was the first time that a cycling team won all stages and the general classification in a UCI HC event.
Teams
Eighteen teams competed in the 2013 Tour of Hainan. These included one UCI ProTour teams, four UCI Professional Continental teams, and national teams representing Ukraine, China and Hongkong.
The teams that participated in the race were:
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- {{UCI team code|RAB|2013b}}
- {{UCI team code|TNN|2013}}
- {{UCI team code|CCC|2013}}
- {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}}
- {{UCI team code|CRE|2013}}
- Quantec-Indeland
- {{UCI team code|LPM|2013}}
- {{UCI team code|BUR|2013}}
- {{UCI team code|DPC|2013}}
- {{UCI team code|RSW|2013}}
- {{UCI team code|RTS|2013b}}
- Ukraine national team
- {{UCI team code|BCP|2013}}
- Atlas Personal–Jakroo
- {{UCI team code|RBD|2013}}
- Hongkong national team
- {{UCI team code|HEN|2013}}
- MAX Success Sports
- Chinese national team
- Hainan Yindongli Cycling Team
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Race overview
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Stage
!Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
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style="text-align:left"|1
|align=right|20 October|| Chengmai old Town to Chengmai || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|110.7|km|1|abbr=on}} || 22px||Flat stage|| {{flagathlete|Moreno Hofland|NED}} |
style="text-align:left"|2
|align=right|21 October|| Chengmai to Haikou || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|175|km|1|abbr=on}} ||22px||Flat stage|| {{flagathlete|Theo Bos|NED}} |
style="text-align:left"|3
|align=right|22 October|| Haikou to Qionghai || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|147.4|km|1|abbr=on}} ||22px||Flat stage|| {{flagathlete|Theo Bos|NED}} |
style="text-align:left"|4
|align=right|23 October|| Qionghai to Wanning || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|183|km|1|abbr=on}} ||22px||Flat stage|| {{flagathlete|Theo Bos|NED}} |
style="text-align:left"|5
|align=right|24 October|| Wanning to Sanya || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|218.6|km|1|abbr=on}} ||22px||Hilly stage|| {{flagathlete|Theo Bos|NED}} |
style="text-align:left"|6
|align=right|25 October|| Sanya to Wuzhishan || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|115.6|km|1|abbr=on}} || 22px||Hilly stage|| {{flagathlete|Moreno Hofland|NED}} |
style="text-align:left"|7
|align=right|26 October|| Wuzhishan to Dongfang || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|217.2|km|1|abbr=on}} || 22px||Hilly stage|| {{flagathlete|Theo Bos|NED}} |
style="text-align:left"|8
|align=right|27 October|| Dongfang to Danzhou || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|172.4|km|1|abbr=on}} || 22px||Hilly stage|| {{flagathlete|Moreno Hofland|NED}} |
style="text-align:left"|9
|align=right|28 October|| Danzhou to Chengmai || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|148|km|1|abbr=on}} || 22px||Flat stage|| {{flagathlete|Theo Bos|NED}} |
Classification leadership
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! width="1%" | Stage ! width="14%" | Winner ! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%"|General classification ! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%"|Points classification ! style="background:#EFEFEF" width="15%"|Mountains classification ! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%"|Teams classification |
1
| style="background:yellow;" rowspan=9| Moreno Hofland | style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan=9| Moreno Hofland | style="background:lightgrey;" rowspan=3| No mountains | style="background:orange;" rowspan=9| {{UCI team code|RAB|2013b}} |
2
| Theo Bos |
3
| Theo Bos |
4
| Theo Bos |style="background:salmon;" rowspan=3| Vitaliy Buts |
5
| Theo Bos |
6 |
7
| Theo Bos |style="background:salmon;" rowspan=3| Mateusz Taciak |
8 |
9
| Theo Bos |
colspan=2| Final
! style="background:gold;"| Moreno Hofland ! style="background:#50c878;"| Moreno Hofland ! style="background:#cc4e5c;"| Mateusz Taciak ! style="background:#ff8c00;"| {{UCI team code|RAB|2013b}} |
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References
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External links
{{official website|http://www.thncycling.com/}}