Torku Şekerspor

Torku Şekerspor
Team information
UCI code TRK
Registered Konya, Central Anatolia, Turkey
Discipline Road
Status UCI Continental
Bicycles Salcano
Key personnel
Team manager(s) Mehmet Şafakcı
Team name history
2011–2012
2013–		 Konya–Torku Şekerspor
Torku Şekerspor
Jersey

Torku Şekerspor (UCI team code: TRK) is a Turkish professional cycling team, based in Konya, Central Anatolia. The team is sponsored by the local sugar and chocolate industries. It is part of the Konya Torku Şeker Sport Club, a Turkish Second League side.[1]

In 2011, the team became Turkey's first ever professional bicycle racing team. It has UCI Continental team status.[1]

Team member Miraç Kal qualified for participation in the road race event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

Doping

In April 2012 Ivailo Gabrovski tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) on Stage 3 of the 2012 Tour of Turkey, winning the stage and the overall title.[3] Gabrovski was banned for two years and had his victory stripped.[4] In May 2012 Volodymyr Bileka tested positive for Norpseudoephedrine on Stage 1 of the 2012 Tour of Trakya receiving a four-year suspension for his second doping offence.

In March 2013, Mustafa Sayar tested positive for EPO after Stage 1 of the 2013 Tour d'Algérie.[5]

Team roster

As of 27 April 2015.
Rider Date of birth
 Ahmet Akdilek (TUR) (1988-03-10) March 10, 1988
 Bekir Akırşan (TUR) (1991-11-01) November 1, 1991
 Ismail Aksoy (TUR) (1989-08-10) August 10, 1989
 Muhammet Atalay (TUR) (1989-05-15) May 15, 1989
 Nazim Bakırcı (TUR) (1986-05-29) May 29, 1986
 Sergiy Grechyn (UKR) (1979-06-09) June 9, 1979
 Miraç Kal (TUR) (1987-07-08) July 8, 1987
Rider Date of birth
 Fatih Keleş (TUR) (1993-03-31) March 31, 1993
 Fethullah Köse (TUR) (1995-01-01) January 1, 1995
 Tomasz Marczynski (POL) (1984-03-06) March 6, 1984
 Ahmet Örken (TUR) (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993
 Rasim Reis (TUR) (1992-11-16) November 16, 1992
 Feritçan Samli (TUR) (1994-01-29) January 29, 1994
 Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL) (1986-09-12) September 12, 1986

Major Results

2011
1st  Bulgaria Road Race Championships, Danail Petrov
1st Stage 5 Tour du Maroc, Eyüp Karagöbek
1st Stage 4 Tour of Trakya, Muhammet Atalay
1st Overall Tour of Isparta, Mustafa Sayar
1st Stage 1, Mustafa Sayar
1st Stage 3, Danail Petrov
1st Stage 5 Tour of Romania, Vladimir Koev
1st Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia, Miraç Kal
1st Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour, Vladimir Koev
1st Stage 3, Vladimir Koev
1st Stage 4 Tour of Marmara, Eyüp Karagöbek
1st Stage 4 Tour of Alanya, Hüseyin Özcan
2012
1st  Turkey Road Race Championships, Miraç Kal
1st Stage 4 Azerbaijan Tour, Yuri Metlushenko
1st Overall Tour of Trakya, Yuri Metlushenko
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4, Yuri Metlushenko
1st Stage 3 Baltic Chain Tour, Yuri Metlushenko
1st Stage 4 Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuri Metlushenko
2013
1st  Kazakhstan Time Trial Championships, Andrey Mizurov
1st  Turkey Time Trial Championships, Bekir Akırşan
1st  Turkey Road Race Championships, Nazim Bakırcı
1st Stage 2 Tour d'Algérie, Sergiy Gretchyn
1st Stage 1 Tour de Blida, Mustafa Sayar
1st Stage 6 Tour du Maroc, Ahmet Örken[6]
1st Overall Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour, Sergiy Gretchyn
1st Stage 2, Sergiy Gretchyn
1st Stages 4 & 6 Tour de Serbie, Ahmet Örken[7][8]
1st Stage 2 Tour of Qinghai Lake, David de la Fuente
1st Overall Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 9, Yuriy Metlushenko
2014
1st  Turkey Time Trial Championships, Ahmet Örken
1st  Turkey Road Race Championships, Feritcam Samli
1st Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ahmet Örken
2015
1st Overall Tour of Çanakkale, Ahmet Akdilek
1st Prologue, Ahmet Akdilek
1st Stage 3, Ismail Aksoy
1st Overall Tour du Maroc, Tomasz Marczynski
1st Stages 1, 4 & 7, Tomasz Marczynski
1st Stage 2, Ahmet Örken
1st Overall Tour of Black Sea, Tomasz Marczynski
1st Stage 1, Tomasz Marczynski
1st Stage 3, Ahmet Örken
1st Stage 3 Tour of Iran, Ismail Aksoy
1st Overall Tour of Ankara, Nazim Bakirci
1st Stage 1, Nazim Bakirci
1st Stage 4, Ferit Samli
1st  Turkey Time Trial Championships, Ahmet Örken
1st  Turkey Road Race Championships, Ahmet Akdilek
1st  Poland Road Race Championships, Tomasz Marczyński
1st Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana, Ahmet Örken
1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 3, Ahmet Örken
1st Overall Tour of Aegean, Ahmet Örken
1st Prologue & Stage 1, Ahmet Örken
1st Stage 3, Rasim Reis

References

  1. 1 2 "Bisiklet" (in Turkish). Konya Torku Şekerspor. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  2. ↑ "İşte Londra'da pedal çevirecek isimler". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  3. ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gabrovski-with-adverse-analytical-finding-for-epo
  4. ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gabrovski-given-two-years-for-epo-use
  5. ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-turkey-winner-provisionally-suspended-for-doping-violation
  6. ↑ "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 6th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  7. ↑ "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 4 - Kladovo-Pozarvac". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  8. ↑ "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 6 - S.Mitrovica- Belgrade". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-16.

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