The season began on 6 October 2009 with the Tour of Milad du Nour, and ended on 20 September 2010 with the Tour de Hokkaido.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey.

Ghader Mizbani from Iran was the defending champion of the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour.

Mehdi Sohrabi of Iran was crowned as the 2009–10 UCI Asia Tour champion.

The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.