Burak Abay

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Burak Abay
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Personal information
Born (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28)
Team information
Current team Sakarya BB Pro Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2015Brisaspor
2016–2017Salcano Kapadokya BSK [1]
Professional teams
2019 Brunei Continental Cycling Team
2021 Salcano–Sakarya BB Team [2]
2022 Spor Toto Cycling Team
2023 Konya Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2024– Sakarya BB Pro Team
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2023)

Burak Abay (born 1 January 1996) is a Turkish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Sakarya BB Pro Team. [3] He won the Turkish National Road Race Championships in 2023. [4] In September of that year, he suffered a heavy fall in the second stage of the Tour of Van. [5] The following season, he was selected to compete in the road race at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Major results

2016
5th Overall Tour of Ankara
2018
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2019
5th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia
8th Overall Tour of Mersin
8th Overall Tour of Central Anatolia
10th Grand Prix Velo Erciyes
10th Grand Prix Erciyes
2022
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
4th Road race
4th Overall Tour of Sakarya
6th Time trial, Islamic Solidarity Games
6th Grand Prix Cappadocia
8th Grand Prix Tomarza
8th Grand Prix Develi
9th Grand Prix Kayseri
2023 (1 pro win)
National Road Championships
1st Maillot Turkey.png Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Grand Prix Erciyes
2nd Grand Prix Aspendos
2nd Alanya Cup
3rd Overall Kırıkkale Road Race
6th Overall 100th Anniversary Tour of The Republic
6th Overall Tour of Yiğido
6th Grand Prix Kaisareia
10th Overall Tour of Albania
2024
2nd Grand Prix Kaisareia
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
4th Time trial
5th Grand Prix Altınkale
6th Tour of Alanya
6th GP Yıldızdağı
7th Grand Prix Syedra Ancient City
9th Overall Tour of Sakarya
10th Grand Prix Apollon Temple
10th Grand Prix Antalya Airport City

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References

  1. "Burak Abay". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. "Salcano Sakarya BB". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. "Sakarya BB Pro Team". UCI.org. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. "Türkiye Yol Bisikleti Şampiyonası'nda Konya'dan Burak Abay birinci oldu" (in Turkish). Konhaber.com. 6 June 2023.
  5. "Milli sporcu Burak Abay Van Bisiklet Turu'nda kaza yaptı... Türkiye Bisiklet Federasyonu yetkilileri ilgisiz kaldı!" (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 8 September 2023.