Brief introduction of international road cycling race around Hainan Island

The International Road Cycling Race Around Hainan Island (Introduction to the Race Around Hainan Island) is co-sponsored by the State Sports General Administration and Hainan Provincial People's Government, undertaken by China Bicycle Association, Hainan Provincial Department of Culture, Radio, Film and Television and Chengmai County People's Government, co-organized by Sanya Municipal People's Government, Wanning Municipal People's Government and Hainan Provincial Sports Competition Center, and operated by Hainan International Road Cycling Race Co., Ltd., with the competition level of level 2. HC, a key sports event, is clearly put forward and created in Several Opinions of the State Council on Promoting the Construction and Development of Hainan International Tourism Island (Guo Fa [2009] No.44).

The International Road Cycling Race around Hainan Island was founded in 2006. It is a large-scale international brand sports event created by the State Sports General Administration, Hainan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, and has received policy support from the state and Hainan Provincial Government.

After several successful events, the round-the-island race has been upgraded from the first intercontinental level 2.2 to the intercontinental level 2.HC. It is the third top road cycling race in Asia after Langkawi Race (founded in 1996) and Qinghai Lake Race in China (founded in 2002), second only to the world professional tour races around France, Italy and Spain.

Teams participating in the round-the-island race cover four levels: international cycling union (URI) professional team, UCI intercontinental professional team, UCI intercontinental team and national team. The number of teams participating in the round-the-island race is controlled at about 20 each year, and they will pass through 18 cities and counties except Sansha City. The route design covers all types of road races such as flat land, hills, mountains and time trials, and the whole journey is about 1400 km. The remarkable characteristics of the round-the-island race are the high level of competition, intense stimulation in the competition process and high enthusiasm of the onlookers.

The round-the-island race is an important carrier of Hainan's external publicity. Many well-known media at home and abroad, such as CCTV, ESPN, Travel Channel, Bike Journal, BIKETO, Hainan Daily and so on, have paid extensive attention to and reported the event, and broadcast it live on CCTV, Travel Channel and other media, so that more TV viewers can feel the grand occasion of the round-the-island race in real time.

Every October, international motorcades from all over the world gather in Hainan Island, and together with eight million Hainan people, they shed their passion and sweat in the coconut wind and sea rhyme to create an annual cycling event.