Race details | |
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Date | July–August |
Region | Székely Land, Romania |
English name | Tour of Szeklerland |
Local name(s) | Turul Ciclist al Ținutului Secuiesc (in Romanian) Székelyföld Kerékpáros Körverseny (in Hungarian) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Web site | tourofszeklerland |
History | |
First edition | 2007 (2007) |
Editions | 18 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Zoltán Remák (SVK) |
Most wins | Vitaliy Popkov (UKR) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Lev Gonov (RUS) |
The Tour of Szeklerland is a European cycling stage race held in Székely Land, Romania. Since 2008, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
History
Founders Eduard Novák and Róbert Ráduly organized the first edition in 2006 as a regional competition. By 2008, the Tour of Szeklerland became the first cycling race in Romania to hold a UCI 2.2 category. Later that same year, the Tour of Romania also entered this category.
In 2022, for the first time in its history, the competition began outside Romania, with the starting line set in Debrecen, Hungary.
As of 2024, no Romanian or Hungarian rider has won the race.
Winners
References
- "Tour of Szeklerland - HISTORY". Tour of Szeklerland.ro. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- "Un tur ciclist al Ținutului Secuiesc mai special" (in Romanian). Primăria Miercurea-Ciuc. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
External links
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