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After a crash in the final sprint took down several riders Boris Shpilevsky (Russia) came through for another win, and strengthened his hold on the leaders jersey with three stages to go.

Last years winner of the Tour of Hainan Boris Shpilevsky (Russia) now has a nine second lead in this years event after being runner up to Korean Park Seon Ho (Seoul) after stage 5.

Seoul City hosted its first international cycling event despite heavy rains on 8th Nov, with a city cyclist winning the inaugural title.

Cho, Ho-Seong( 35) prevailed in the Tour de Seoul , one of the Asia Tours in Korea, jointly hosted by Seoul Cycling Association and The Dong-A Newspaper in a tough battle against 109 cyclists from 10 nations. 

The course spanning 100.5 km began at Gwang Hwa Mun Plaza in downtown Seoul and ended at the main building of The Dong-A Newspaper in the same area via major intersections and roads in the City. 

As one of the 2009 ACC solidarity programs, 10 road bikes and 5 BMX bikes will be supported to ACC뭩 needy member national federations within this year.

The road bicycles were supported through the UCI solidarity program, whilst the 5 BMX bikes were prepared by the 2008 ACC solidarity committee chaired by Mr. Alfred Li (Hong Kong China).

The ACC Executive Committee decided the principles, based upon which the 10 road bikes and the 5 BMX bikes will find new owners as follows:

Cycling Association of Hong Kong China (CAHK) celebrated its opening of the HKJC International BMX Park on 31stOct, 2009 during the 2009 Asian BMX Championships and the HSBC Hong Kong BMX Open 2009 in Hong Kong China.

During the 178 Congress and the new Management Committee of the International Cycling Union (UCI), Mr. Cho, Hee Wook, ACC President was elected for the post of the UCI Vice President for the first time ever in the 50 years� history of the Asian cycling sport.

The ACC has at long last succeeded in adding one (1) more UCI Board Member, Mr. Sheikh Faisal Humaid Al-Qassimi, President of UAE Cycling Federation and ACC Vice President to the UCI Management Committee at the 2009 UCI Congress election held in Lugano, Switzerland on 25thSeptember.

Having one more Member in the UCI Management Committee through the election of the 2009 Congress at Lugano has long been one of the primary campaign goals that Mr. Cho, Hee Wook, ACC President promised to achieve during his tenure since his inauguration as ACC President back in 2005.

The ACC Solidarity Program finds its masters again by donating 5 BMX free style bikes to Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines (ICFP) and Kazakhstan Cycling Federation (KCF).

The 10 BMX Bikes were donated by the ACC Solidarity Committee chaired by Mr. Alfred Li for 2008, and were waiting for the decision made at the ACC Management Committee held on 14thAugust,2009 in Indonesia on what NFs and how many bikes should be allocated among the 4 applicant NFs.

9 Voting Delegates form Asia to vote at the 2009 UCI Congress in Lugano, Switzerland on 25th Sept were finally chosen at the ACC Management Committee in Indonesia on 14th Aug as follows:
 -Cho, Hee Wook (President)
 -Faisal Bin H. Al-Qassimi (UAE)
 -Abu Samah Wahab (Malaysia)
 -Decha Hemkrasri (Thailand)
 -Choi, Boo Woong (Korea /Secretary General)
 -Alfred Li (Hong Kong China)
 -Abraham N. Tolentino (Philippines)
 -Sultan Al-Sharqi (UAE)
 -Mohamed Al-Joder (Bahrain)

Starting from 2009, the Organizing NFs for the annual Asian BMX or Indoor Cycling Championships will be awarded with USD 500 as one of the gestures to encourage their (its) effort and contribution toward organization of the said Championships and promotion of both cycling disciplines in Asia as well.

During the 2009 Asian Indoor Cycling Championships held in Hong Kong China on 11thJuly, where 5 NFs from HKG, JPN, MAL, THA and MAC were represented, Mr. Cho, ACC President awarded USD 500 to Cycling Association of Hong Kong China (CAHKC), the hosting NF.