Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)

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Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
Race details
DateOctober
RegionIranian Azerbaijan
English nameTour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
Local name(s)تور دوچرخه‌سواری بین‌المللی آذربایجان (in Persian)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour 2.1
TypeStage race
OrganiserCycling Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran
History
First edition1986; 39 years ago (1986)
Editions36 (as of 2023)
First winnerFile:Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)
Most winsFile:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRI) (7 wins)
Most recentFile:Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Safarzadeh (IRI)
File:Tour of Azarbaijan Tabriz 2016.webm
Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 2016, Stage 6: Northern Highway of Tabriz, Road 14 (Iran).

Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran), also known as the Tour of Iranian Azerbaijan or Azerbaijan Tour is an annual multiple stage road bicycle racing held in Iran since 1986, named after Iranian Azerbaijan. It is a UCI 2.1 category race and is part of the UCI Asia Tour.

History

Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran) was established in 1986 by Asghar Khodayari and Akbar Goharkhani, with the name 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 Azerbaijan (Iran).[1] In 2016, for the first time, a cycling team from the United States, Team Illuminate, announced their participation in the race. They said they wanted to show "how cycling can connect people".[2] The 32nd edition of the tour rescheduled from May to October to avoid coincidence with Iran's presidential election.[citation needed] The organizers of the tour announced that the schedule of the following years will be in May as usual.[citation needed] In 2020 and 2021, the race was not held.[citation needed][clarification needed]

Past winners

Year First place Second place Third place
Tour of Azerbaijan
1986 File:Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Reza Bajoul (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Davoud Zeynali (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Abdolqasem Rahmaniyan (IRN)
1987 File:Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Reza Bajoul (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hassan Milani (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Pourniyazi (IRN)
1988 File:Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Reza Bajoul (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Akbar Amjadi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Mehran Safarzadeh (IRN)
1989 File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Mahmoudi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Mostafa Chaychi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Alireza Zangiabadi (IRN)
1990 File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Mahmoudi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Abas Ismaili (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Alireza Zangiabadi (IRN)
1991 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Tamer Avral (TUR) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ayhan Aytakin (TUR) File:Flag of Syria.svg Jamal Sheykhooni (SYR)
1992 File:Flag of Iran.svg Hassan Sharifzadeh (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Khosrow Qamari (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hussain Eslami (IRN)
1993 File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Kasta Kolov (TKM) File:Flag of Iran.svg Majid Vafaei (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Azari (IRN)
1994 File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Dmitrij Katmakov (TKM) File:Flag of Syria.svg Majid Sheyk (SYR) File:Flag of Armenia.svg Manis Shabloni (ARM)
1995 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yurij Chekov (KAZ) File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Valery Tityev (KGZ) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Askari (IRN)
1996 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Sergej Belousov (KAZ) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN) File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kosonov (KAZ)
1997 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Valery Titiyov (KAZ) File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Sergej Belousov (KAZ)
1998 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrej Kashin (KAZ)
1999 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Askari (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN)
2000 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Maleki (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN)
2001 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Askari (IRN) File:Flag of Armenia.svg Vazgen Golijaniyan (ARM)
2002 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Mert Mutlu (TUR) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN)
2003 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Mehdi Sohrabi (IRN) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Pawel Novdak (TUR)
2004 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexey Kolessov (KAZ) File:Flag of Iran.svg Mostafa Rezaei Khormizi (IRN) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Mert Mutlu (TUR)
2005 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN) File:Flag of Syria.svg Omar Hasanein (SYR)
2006 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Mostafa Rezaei Khormizi (IRN)
2007 File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Askari (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Rahim Ememi (IRN)
2008 File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Askari (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN)
2009 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Askari (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN)
2010 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Amir Zargari (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Askari (IRN)
2011 File:Flag of Iran.svg Mehdi Sohrabi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Askari (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN)
2012 File:Flag of Spain.svg Javier Ramírez (ESP) File:Flag of Iran.svg Abbas Saeidi Tanha (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Askari (IRN)
Tour of Iran (Azarbaijan)
2013 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Kadlec (CZE) File:Flag of Iran.svg Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRN)
2014 File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Samad Pourseyedi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ramin Mehrabani (IRN)
2015 File:Flag of Iran.svg Samad Pourseyedi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Rahim Ememi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ramin Mehrabani (IRN)
2016 File:Flag of Iran.svg Samad Pourseyedi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ahad Kazemi (IRN) File:Flag of Iran.svg Rahim Ememi (IRN)
2017 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ruijgh (NED) File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Ilya Davidenok (KAZ) File:Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Toffali (ITA)
2018 File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Sokolov (RUS) File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Meron Abraham (ERI) File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Venantas Lašinis (LTU)
2019 File:Flag of Russia.svg Savva Novikov (RUS) File:Flag of Moldova.svg Cristian Raileanu (MDA) File:Flag of Algeria.svg Youcef Reguigui (ALG)
2022 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gianni Marchand (BEL) File:Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Safarzadeh (IRN) File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Dawit Yemane (ERI)
2023 File:Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Safarzadeh (IRN) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Anatoliy Budyak (UKR) File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Anton Kuzmin (KAZ)

Multiple winners

Number of wins Rider Country Years
7 Ghader Mizbani File:Flag of Iran.svg IRN 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014
5 Ahad Kazemi File:Flag of Iran.svg IRN 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009
3 Mohammad Reza Bajoul File:Flag of Iran.svg IRN 1986, 1987, 1988
2 Hossein Mahmoudi File:Flag of Iran.svg IRN 1989, 1990
Hossein Askari File:Flag of Iran.svg IRN 2007, 2008
Samad Pourseyedi File:Flag of Iran.svg IRN 2015, 2016

References

  1. ↑ "Azerbaijan Tour". Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Team Illuminate will be first US squad in Tour of Iran". 27 April 2016.

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