International Tour of Rhodes

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International Tour of Rhodes
Race details
Region Rhodes, Greece
Local name(s)Διεθνής Γύρος Ρόδου (Greek)
Discipline Road
Type Stage race
OrganiserCycling Club ‘’Rodilios’’ & Sports Tours Hellas
Race directorGiorgos Leventakis [1]
Web site rhodestour.gr OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition1987 (1987)
Editions18 (as of 2024)
First winnerFlag of Greece.svg  Kanellos Kanellopoulos  (GRE)
Most winsFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI)(2 wins)
Most recentFlag of Norway.svg  André Drege  (NOR)

The International Tour of Rhodes is an annual professional cycling stage race held in Rhodes, Greece. It was first held in 1987, but the second edition only took place in 1995. Between 2001 and 2003 it became a professional race. Fabian Cancellara won the race twice, in 2001 and 2002, including his first victory as a professional in 2001. [2] The race was not held from 2004 until 2017 when it returned to the calendar as a 2.2 event and part of the UCI Europe Tour. [3]

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Winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
1987Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Kanellos Kanellopoulos
1988
1994
No race
1995Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Kyriakos Koutsoudakis
Vasilis Anastopoulos
1996Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Evgeni Golovanov
1997Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Jozef Regec
1998Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Holger Sievers EC/Bayer Worringen
1999Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Arno Kaspret
2000Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Dennis Rasmussen Team Fakta
2001Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Fabian Cancellara Mapei–Quick-Step
2002Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Fabian Cancellara Mapei–Quick-Step
2003Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bram Schmitz BankGiroLoterij
2004
2016
No race
2017Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Colin Stüssi Roth–Akros
2018 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mirco Maestri Bardiani–CSF
2019Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Martijn Budding BEAT Cycling Club
2020Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Søren Wærenskjold Joker Fuel of Norway
2021Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Fredrik Dversnes Team Coop
2022Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Louis Bendixen Team Coop
2023Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal António Morgado Hagens Berman Jayco
2024Flag of Norway.svg  Norway André Drege Team Coop–Repsol

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References

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