Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)

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Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
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Race details
Date May
Region Iranian Azerbaijan
English name Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
Local name(s) تور دوچرخه‌سواری بین‌المللی آذربایجان (Persian)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Asia Tour 2.1 (as of 2016)
Type Stage race (Grand Tour)
Organiser Cycling Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran
History
First edition 1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Editions 31 (as of 2016)
First winner  Mohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)
Most wins  Ghader Mizbani (IRI) (7 wins)
Most recent  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI)
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Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 2016, Stage 6: Northern Highway of Tabriz, Road 14 (Iran).

Tour of Iran (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. Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) is the most prestigious cycling tour in Iran and it is the oldest standing cycling tour in Asia and Middle East.

The tour routes commences from Tabriz the largest city in Iranian Azerbaijan and it passes through Lake Urmia, Urmia, Jolfa, Meshginshahr, Sareyn and Kaleybar, and then it finishes at Tabriz.

History

Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 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

Year First place Second place Third place
Tour of Azerbaijan
1986  IRN Mohammad Reza Bajoul  IRN Davoud Zeynali  IRN Abdolqasem Rahmaniyan
1987  IRN Mohammad Reza Bajoul  IRN Hassan Milani  IRN Ahad Pourniyazi
1988  IRN Mohammad Reza Bajoul  IRN Akbar Amjadi  IRN Mehran Safarzadeh
1989  IRN Hossein Mahmoudi  IRN Mostafa Chaychi  IRN Alireza Zangiabadi
1990  IRN Hossein Mahmoudi  IRN Abbas Esmaeili  IRN Alireza Zangiabadi
1991  TUR Tamer Avral  TUR Ayhan Aytakin  SYR Jamal Sheykhooni
1992  IRN Hassan Sharifzadeh  IRN Khosrow Qamari  IRN Hossein Eslami
1993  TKM Kasta Kolov  IRN Majid Vafaei  IRN Azari
1994  TKM Dmitrij Katmakov  SYR Majid Sheyk  ARM Manis Shabloni
1995  KAZ Yurij Chekov  Kyrgyzstan Valery Tityev  IRN Howwein Asgari]]
1996  KAZ Sergej Belousov  IRN Ahad Kazemi  KAZ Kosonov
1997  KAZ Аndrej Mizurov  KAZ Valery Titiyov  KAZ Sergej Belousov
1998  IRN Ahad Kazemi  IRN Ghader Mizbani  KAZ Andrej Kashin
1999  IRN Ahad Kazemi  IRN Hossein Asgari  IRN Ghader Mizbani
2000  IRN Ghader Mizbani  IRN Hossein Maleki  IRN Ahad Kazemi|
2001  IRN Ahad Kazemi  IRN Hossein Asgari  ARM Vazgen Golijaniyan
2002  IRN (Turkish Team) Ghader Mizbani  TUR Mutlu Mrt  IRN Ahad Kazemi
2003  IRN Ahad Kazemi  IRN Mehdi Sohrabi  TUR Pawel Novdak
2004  KAZ Aleksej Kolesov  IRN Mostafa Rezaei Khormizi  TUR Mert Mutlu
2005  IRN Ghader Mizbani  IRN Ahad Kazemi  SYR Omar Hasanein
2006  IRN Ghader Mizbani  IRN Ahad Kazemi  IRN Mostafa Rezaei Khormizi
2007  IRN Hossein Askari  IRN Ghader Mizbani  IRN Rahim Emeni
2008  IRN Hossein Askari  IRN Ghader Mizbani  IRN Ahad Kazemi
2009  IRN Ahad Kazemi  IRN Hossein Askari  IRN Ghader Mizbani
2010  IRN Ghader Mizbani  IRN Amir Zargari  IRN Hossein Askari
2011  IRN Mahdi Sohrabi  IRN Hossein Askari  IRN Ghader Mizbani
2012  ESP Javier Ramírez Abeja  IRN Abbas Saedi Tanha  IRN Hossein Askari
Tour of Iran (Azarbaijan)
2013  IRN Ghader Mizbani  CZE Milan Kadlec  IRN Amir Kolahdozhagh
2014  IRN Ghader Mizbani  IRN Mirsamad Pourseyedi  IRN Ramin Mehrabani Azar
2015  IRN Mirsamad Pourseyedi  IRN Rahim Emami  IRN Ramin Mehrabani Azar
2016  Samad Pourseyedi (IRN)  Ahad Kazemi (IRN)  Rahim Emami (IRN)
2017

Multiple winners

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

References

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  2. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-illuminate-will-be-first-us-squad-in-tour-of-iran/

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