Tour of Szeklerland
Race details | |
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Date | July–August |
Region | Székely Land, Romania |
English name | Tour of Szeklerland |
Local name(s) | Turul Ciclist al Ținutului Secuiesc (in Romanian) Székelyföld Kerékpáros Körverseny (in Hungarian) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Web site | tourofszeklerland |
History | |
First edition | 2007 |
Editions | 18 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Zoltán Remák (SVK) |
Most wins | Vitaliy Popkov (UKR) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Lev Gonov (RUS) |
The Tour of Szeklerland is a European cycling stage race held in Székely Land, Romania. Since 2008, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
History
Founders Eduard Novák and Róbert Ráduly organized the first edition in 2006 as a regional competition. By 2008, the Tour of Szeklerland became the first cycling race in Romania to hold a UCI 2.2 category. Later that same year, the Tour of Romania also entered this category.[1]
In 2022, for the first time in its history, the competition began outside Romania, with the starting line set in Debrecen, Hungary.[2]
As of 2024, no Romanian or Hungarian rider has won the race.
Winners
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2007 | Slovakia | Zoltán Remák | P-Nivo-Betonexpressz 2000-KFT.se |
2008 | Czech Republic | Martin Hebík | AC Sparta Praha |
2009 | Ukraine | Vitaliy Popkov | ISD Sport Donetsk |
2010 | Bulgaria | Evgeniy Gerganov | Hemus 1986-Vivelo |
2011 | Germany | Florian Bissinger | Arbö–Gebrüder Weiss–Oberndorfer |
2012 | Ukraine | Vitaliy Popkov | ISD–Lampre Continental |
2013 | Bulgaria | Georgi Georgiev | Brisaspor |
2014 | Bulgaria | Stefan Hristov | Kocaeli Brisaspor |
2015 | Austria | Clemens Fankhauser | Hrinkow Advarics Cycleangteam |
2016 | Russia | Kirill Pozdnyakov | Synergy Baku |
2017 | Austria | Patrick Bosman | Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang |
2018 | Moldova | Nicolae Tanovițchii | Team Novak |
2019 | Germany | Jonas Rapp | Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang |
2020 | Poland | Jakub Kaczmarek | Mazowsze Serce Polski |
2021 | Poland | Alan Banaszek | HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski |
2022 | Poland | Szymon Rekita | Voster ATS Team |
2023 | Austria | Martin Messner | WSA KTM Graz p/b Leomo |
2024 | Russia | Lev Gonov | Astana Qazaqstan Development Team |
External links
Preview of references
- ^ "Tour of Szeklerland - HISTORY". Tour of Szeklerland.ro. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Un tur ciclist al Ținutului Secuiesc mai special" (in Romanian). Primăria Miercurea-Ciuc. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.