Tour of China started in 2010 and has been held for consecutive 8 sessions. With about 70 million people participating, it is a model project for national “mass physical activity”.

Meeting the most beautiful autumn. (Photo by Li Huijun)

At the same time, the competition attracts several famous cycling teams of Tour de France and over 900 professional cyclists from over 50 countries of 5 continents. In the playing time, the competition will rank the 4th following Tour de France, Tour of Spain and Tour of Italy and the 1st in Asia among international road cycling races.

Cycling across a paddy field. (Photo by Zhou Zhou)

The 2018 Tour of China is to start on September 8, with a duration of 16 days. Its starting point is at Jintang County, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, traversing Sichuan Province, Chongqing Municipality, Guizhou Province, Guangdong Province, Hu’nan Province, and Hubei Province. A total of 22 professional cycling teams which include 16 foreign teams will participate in the competition. (Translated by Yang Lifu, Fathom Language Limited)