Tour de India

Tour de India was a three city cycling event that was held in India. The first edition took place in 2012 in Mumbai, Srinagar & Delhi, and in 2013 the races were held in Mumbai, Jaipur and Delhi. Having received an affiliation from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI),[1] the cycling event had cyclists participating from India and abroad. The event was brought to India by Dr. Akil Khan, and was sponsored by Godrej Eon from the first edition.

Tour de India
Race details
DateDecember 15
RegionMumbai, Delh, Jaipur, Shrinagar
Local name(s)Cyclothon (in Hindi)
Nickname(s)Cyclothon India
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionProfessional
TypeStage race (Grand Tour)
OrganiserID Sports
Web sitetourdeindia.asia
History
First edition2012
Editions2 (2013)

Vaibhav Vinay Maloo was the managing director of Tour de India in 2013.[2] During his term, he tied up with University of Cambridge students to come and do a study on their operational model, and came up with ways to promote cycling as a sport in India.[3]

As of 2013 year the race categories were:

For Mumbai and Delhi

  • Full Cyclothon
  • Half Cyclothon
  • Green Cyclothon
  • Champions of Cyclothon
  • International

For Jaipur

  • Green Cyclothon
  • Champions of Cyclothon
  • International

References
  1. "UCI recognises Tour de India 2013". November 30, 2013 – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. "Godrej Eon Tour De India - 2013 - About Us". tourdeindia.asia.
  3. "Cambridge Executive MBA team takes up cycling - News & insight". 6 March 2015.
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