Tour de Qinghai Lake International Road cycling race called "ring race", started in 2002, 6-8 months of the year at tour de Qinghai Lake in Qinghai province and neighboring Gansu province and Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
Approved by the International Cycling Union, tour de Lake is 2. HC level, is Asia's top multi-day bicycle Highway, is also the world's highest international road cycling, cycling race is the largest bonus, most teams, the highest international road cycling race, following the tour de France and Central Italy tour, ring Spain cycling professional tour after the world's fourth-largest road cycling race.
Ring Lake game high elevation, and long, and more climbing of features, makes game is wonderful, ornamental degrees high, team capacity strong, ring Lake game game line design to to blue vast, and bird wing as cloud of Qinghai Lake for Center, and to around area of Qinghai East agricultural, and Qinghai West livestock and desert district, and green South plateau Alpine grass meadow Prairie district, and Gansu Hexi corridor, and Ningxia Yellow River jin'an, area extends, along natural scenery Grand splendor, charming charming.
Cycling race theme: "green, humanity and harmony".
--Green: full display in Qinghai Lake in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia's natural beauty and the idea of protecting the environment.
--Culture: fully reflected in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia and unique scenery, rich history, cultural diversity, economic development, social harmony and unity of the peoples of the good image and hard work persistence, self-confidence and remain resilient, enterprising spirit.
--Harmony: deepening "national holiday" meaning, create a happy and harmonious atmosphere, improve investment environment and building a harmonious society and embody the harmonious China.