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Lyu Xianjing吕先景
A leading Chinese endurance rider with results across road and mountain bike racing.
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Why this rider matters
He is the strongest first reference for understanding Chinese climbing depth in Asian competition.
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Profile data
- Born
- 1998-02-02
- Current team
- China Anta–Mentech
- Height / weight
- Not publicly verified
- Last verified
- 2026-09-06
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Full profile
Lyu Xianjing is one of China’s clearest road–mountain-bike crossover endurance riders. His public record is built around climbing, difficult terrain and long-distance resilience rather than unverified training metrics. He became the first Chinese overall winner of the Tour of China II in 2019 and won the elite men’s road race at the 2025 Asian Championships. In a UCI interview, Lyu identified climbing as a strength and long descents as an area to improve. His profile is valuable because the same competitive thread appears across domestic stage races, Asian championships, international road racing and cross-country mountain biking.
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Technique and race style
Road–MTB crossover
UCI reporting confirms his transition from mountain biking into road racing while retaining results in both disciplines.
View evidence ↗Climbing-led profile
Lyu described climbing as a personal strength in a UCI interview; this is his own public assessment, not a power estimate.
View evidence ↗Late-race selection
His Tour of China II GC win and decisive uphill move at the 2025 Asian Championships support a result-based reading of strength on selective routes.
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Evidence snapshot
- 01Won the elite men's road race at the 2025 Asian Championships.
- 02Competed internationally in both road and mountain bike disciplines.
- 03Profile is anchored in championship results, not Strava popularity.
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Recent results
- 2025 Asian Championships — elite men's road race champion
- 2026 Japan MTB Cup XCO — fourth
- 2019 Tour of China II — overall winner
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Major honours
- China's third elite men's Asian road champion
- 2019 Asian road silver and MTB bronze
- Road and mountain-bike international career
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Signature races
Asian Road Championships
Elite men’s road-race championLyu countered on the decisive finishing climb of the 171 km race, translating his climbing profile into a continental title.
Race source ↗Tour of China II
Overall winnerThe victory was a historical first for a Chinese rider in the event and established his stage-racing reference value.
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Career timeline
Won the Tour of Hainan mountains classification while deepening his move from MTB to road.
↗Became the first Chinese overall winner of the Tour of China II.
↗Took Asian road-race silver and Asian MTB bronze.
Won the Tour of Poyang Lake overall classification.
↗Won the Asian elite men’s road race.
↗Finished fourth in elite XCO at Japan Mountain Bike Cup.
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2025–2026 trajectory
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Performance signals
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Data boundary
Asian title is federation-reported; no private training metrics are used.
Public training data: No athlete-confirmed public training profile was verified. Race results are kept separate from private training metrics.
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Research and official links
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Sources and confidence
- OfficialChinese Cycling Association: 2025 Asian road title ↗
- Press reportXinhua interview and race photo source ↗
- Cross-check / editorialProCyclingStats rider record ↗