Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour

Azerbaijan Cycling Tour

Race details
Date	Mid-May
Region	Azerbaijan
Local name(s)	تور بین المللی آذربایجان
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Asia Tour
Type	Stage race
Organiser	CFI
History
First edition	1986 (1986)
Editions	25 (as of 2010)
First winner	Mohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)
Most wins	Ghader Mizbani (IRI)  Ahad Kazemi (IRI) (5 Wins)
Most recent	Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)

Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour (Persian: تور دوچرخه سواری آذربايجان) is the most elite men's professional road bicycle racing international annual event in Iran, which is held as part of the UCI Asia Tour.

The race is rated at multi-day 6 stage race. The tour commence from Tabriz city, largest city of Iranian Azerbaijan and after pathing through Urmia lake, Urmia, Jolfa and Kaleybar it finish at Tabriz. It was established on 1986 by Asghar Khodayari and Akbar Goharkhani. Recently tour part of the tour is held in Nakhchivan, part of Republic of Azerbaijan.

Past winners

		Rider	Team
1986	IRI !	Bajoul, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)	Isfahan Provincial Team
1987	IRI !	Bajoul, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)	Isfahan Provincial Team
1988	IRI !	Bajoul, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)	Isfahan Provincial Team
1989	IRI !	Mahmoudi, HosseinHossein Mahmoudi (IRI)	East Azarbaijan Provincial Team
1990	IRI !	Mahmoudi, HosseinHossein Mahmoudi (IRI)	East Azarbaijan Provincial Team
1991	TUR !	Avral, TamerTamer Avral (TUR)	Turkey National Team
1992	IRI !	Sharifzadeh, HassanHassan Sharifzadeh (IRI)	East Azarbaijan Provincial Team
1993	TKM !	Kolov, KastaKasta Kolov (TKM)	Turkmenistan National Team
1994	TKM !	Katmakov, DmitriyDmitriy Katmakov (TKM)	Turkmenistan National Team
1995	KAZ !	Chekov, YuriyYuriy Chekov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan National Team
1996	KAZ !	Belousov, SergeySergey Belousov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan National Team
1997	KAZ !	Mizurov, AndreyAndrey Mizurov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan National Team
1998	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	Fajr Tabriz Cycling Team
1999	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	Fajr Tabriz Cycling Team
2000	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Fajr Tabriz Cycling Team
2001	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	East Azarbaijan Provincial Team
2002	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Bursaspor Cycling Team
2003	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
2004	KAZ !	Kolessov, AlexeyAlexey Kolessov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan National Team
2005	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Giant Asia Racing Team
2006	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
2007	IRI !	Askari, HosseinHossein Askari (IRI)	Markazi Provincial Team
2008	IRI !	Askari, HosseinHossein Askari (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
2009	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
2010	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
2011	IRI !	Sohrabi, MehdiMehdi Sohrabi (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team

2011 edition

The 26th edition of the competition will be held 13–18 May 2011.

Stages

• Stage 1 – May 13: Tabriz - Tabriz 4 km (2.5 mi)
• Stage 2 – May 14: Tabriz - Meshkinshahr 177 km (110 mi)
• Stage 3 – May 15: Ardabil - Nir - Ardabil 50 km (31 mi)
• Stage 4 – May 16: Sarab - Tabriz 120 km (75 mi)
• Stage 5 – May 17: Tabriz - Urmia 185 km (115 mi)
• Stage 6 – May 18: Urmia - Tabriz 124 km (77 mi)

References

• Official website