Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | May |
| Region | Azerbaijan, Iran |
| English name | Azerbaijan Tour |
| Local name(s) | تور دوچرخهسواری بینالمللی آذربایجان (Persian) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Asia Tour 2.1 (as of 2014) |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Cycling Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| History | |
| First edition | 1986 |
| Editions | 29 (as of 2014) |
| First winner |
 Mohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI) |
| Most wins |
Ghader Mizbani (IRI) (7 wins) |
| Most recent |
Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) |
The Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) or the Azerbaijan Tour is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Iran since 1986, named after Azerbaijan, Iran. It is a UCI 2.1 category race and is part of the UCI Asia Tour.
The tour commences from Tabriz the largest city in Iranian Azerbaijan. The route for the tour passes through Lake Urmia, Urmia, Jolfa, Meshginshahr, Sareyn and Kaleybar, and then finishes at Tabriz.
History
The tour established on 1986 by Asghar Khodayari and Akbar Goharkhani with the name of Tour de Urmia Lake. The stages of the tour were modified several times. In 2010 one stage of the tour was held in Nakhichevan, an autonomous republic of Azerbaijan. In 2013 Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour was renamed to Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan).[1]
In 2016 for the first time a cycling team from the United States, Team Illuminate, announced to participate in the race as the first cycling squad from US. They said they want to show "how cycling can connect people".[2]
Past winners
General classification
| Rider | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | |
Bajoul, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI) | Isfahan (provincial team) |
| 1987 | |
Bajoul, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI) | Isfahan (provincial team) |
| 1988 | |
Bajoul, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI) | Isfahan (provincial team) |
| 1989 | |
Mahmoudi, HosseinHossein Mahmoudi (IRI) | East Azerbaijan (provincial team) |
| 1990 | |
Mahmoudi, HosseinHossein Mahmoudi (IRI) | East Azerbaijan (provincial team) |
| 1991 |  |
Avral, TamerTamer Avral (TUR) | Turkey (national team) |
| 1992 | |
Sharifzadeh, HassanHassan Sharifzadeh (IRI) | East Azerbaijan (provincial team) |
| 1993 |  |
Kolov, KastaKasta Kolov (TKM) | Turkmenistan (national team) |
| 1994 | |
Otmahov, DimitriDimitri Otmahov (TKM) | Turkmenistan (national team) |
| 1995 |  |
Chekov, YuriyYuriy Chekov (KAZ) | Kazakhstan (national team) |
| 1996 | |
Belousov, SergeySergey Belousov (KAZ) | Kazakhstan (national team) |
| 1997 | |
Mizurov, AndreyAndrey Mizurov (KAZ) | Kazakhstan (national team) |
| 1998 | |
Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI) | Fajr Tabriz Cycling Team |
| 1999 | |
Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI) | Fajr Tabriz Cycling Team |
| 2000 | |
Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) | Fajr Tabriz Cycling Team |
| 2001 | |
Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI) | East Azerbaijan (provincial team) |
| 2002 | |
Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) | Bursaspor Cycling Team |
| 2003 | |
Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team |
| 2004 | |
Kolessov, AlexeyAlexey Kolessov (KAZ) | Kazakhstan (national team) |
| 2005 | |
Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 2006 | |
Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team |
| 2007 | |
Askari, HosseinHossein Askari (IRI) | Markazi (provincial team) |
| 2008 | |
Askari, HosseinHossein Askari (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2009 | |
Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2010 | |
Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2011 | |
Sohrabi, MehdiMehdi Sohrabi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2012 |  |
Ramírez, JavierJavier Ramírez (ESP) | Andalucía |
| 2013 | |
Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2014 | |
Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 2015 | |
Pourseyedi, SamadSamad Pourseyedi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
References
- ↑ "Azerbaijan Tour". Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-illuminate-will-be-first-us-squad-in-tour-of-iran/
External links
- Official website
- Tour of Iran Palmares at Cycling Archives
- Statistics at the-sports.org
- Azerbaïjan Tour at cqranking.com
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