Onur Balkan

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Onur Balkan
Personal information
Born (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 28)
İzmit, Turkey
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current teamSuspended
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
2015–2017 Kocaeli Brisaspor
Professional teams
2018 Torku Şekerspor
2019–2022 Salcano–Sakarya BB Team [1] [2]

Onur Balkan (born 10 March 1996) is a Turkish cyclist, who is currently suspended from competition.

Contents

Doping

On 11 May 2022 Balkan returned an adverse analytical sample for EPO and was provisionally suspended until 2025. [3]

Major results

2013
National Junior Road Championships
1st Maillot Turkey.png Road race
1st Maillot Turkey.png Time trial
2014
National Junior Road Championships
1st Maillot Turkey.png Road race
2nd Time trial
2015
Tour of Ankara
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
2nd Overall Tour of Black Sea
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Tour of Çanakkale
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Tour of Mersin
1st Stage 2
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour of Aegean
1st Stage 2
8th Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
2016
National Road Championships
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5th Time trial
1st Stage 2 Tour du Maroc
2017
National Road Championships
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3rd Time trial
1st Jersey white.svg Turkish Beauties classification Presidential Tour of Turkey
2018
National Road Championships
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7th Time trial
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Mediterrennean
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Mevlana
1st Jersey white.svg Turkish Beauties classification Presidential Tour of Turkey
1st Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia
2nd Overall Tour of Cartier
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
2nd Overall Tour of Romania
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 5
2nd Grand Prix Alanya
5th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 4
5th Overall Tour of Mersin
2019
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Black Sea
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Kayseri
1st Stage 2
1st Grand Prix Justiniano Hotels
1st Tour de Ribas
1st Bursa Orhangazi Race
1st Grand Prix Velo Erciyes
1st Fatih Sultan Mehmet Edirne Race
1st Stage 3 Tour of Mesopotamia
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Overall Tour of Central Anatolia
1st Stage 2
2nd Minsk Cup
2nd Grand Prix Erciyes
2nd Grand Prix Velo Alanya
3rd Overall Tour of Mevlana
3rd Bursa Yıldırım Bayezıt Race
5th Horizon Park Race for Peace
7th Grand Prix Alanya
7th Fatih Sultan Mehmet Kirklareli Race
9th Overall Tour de Tochigi
2020
1st Maillot Turkey.png Road race, National Road Championships
2nd GP Belek
3rd Grand Prix Alanya
3rd GP Manavgat
5th GP Antalya
2021
1st Maillot Turkey.png Road race, National Road Championships
1st GP Mediterrennean
5th GP Manavgat
2022
1st Grand Prix Gazipaşa
1st Stage 5 Tour of Sharjah
5th Grand Prix Justiniano Hotels

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References

  1. "Salcano Sakarya BB Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. "Salcano Sakarya BB". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. "Turkse wielrenner Onur Balkan test positief op EPO".