{"id":119177,"date":"2025-09-04T11:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/119177\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:35:06","slug":"cycling-race-showcasing-shanghais-new-cities-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/119177\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling race showcasing Shanghai’s ‘new cities’ kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A parade of cyclists, featuring athletes representing all participating teams, rides along the iconic Bund, kicking off The Tour of Shanghai\u00b7New Cities 2025. Provided to chinadaily.com.cn <\/p>\n

The Tour of Shanghai\u00b7New Cities 2025 cycling race officially got underway with a launch ceremony at the Shiliupu on the Huangpu River in Shanghai on September 4. Following the ceremony, a parade of cyclists, featuring athletes representing all participating teams, rode along the iconic Bund, marking the start of this newly upgraded International Cycling Union (UCI) 2.2-level event.<\/p>\n

This year”s competition has attracted 20 top professional cycling teams from 10 countries, including China, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States, and Australia, with a total of 118 riders competing. Serbian cyclist Dusan Rajovic, representing UCI ProTeam Team Solution Tech \u2014 Vini Fantini, lauded the race’s quality and organization.<\/p>\n

As a homegrown event, this edition once again highlights Shanghai’s “five new cities”\u2014suburban towns in Jiading, Songjiang, Qingpu, Fengxian, and Lin-gang in Pudong New Area. These areas are integral to a strategic development plan aimed at transforming them into independent, self-sufficient urban centers.<\/p>\n

The race route is designed to weave through landmark buildings and landscapes, showcasing the new face of Shanghai’s urban development and encouraging public enthusiasm for cycling and city exploration.<\/p>\n

Peter Tomlinson, the event’s chief referee, remarked on Shanghai’s iconic status and its rich cycling history, noting the palpable enthusiasm of its residents.<\/p>\n

In addition to the main event, amateur races and carnival activities for cycling enthusiasts will be held, offering more opportunities for interaction and engagement. The race will run from Sept 5 to 7 across the five new cities.<\/p>\n

Li Junfeng contributed to this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A parade of cyclists, featuring athletes representing all participating teams, rides along the iconic Bund, kicking off The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-119177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}