Tour of Kosovo

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Tour of Kosovo
Race details
DateJuly
Region Kosovo
Local name(s)Tour de Kosova
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage race
Race directorEdwin Cruijssen
History
Editions21 (as of 2023)
Most winsNo repeat winners
Most recentFlag of Italy.svg  Nicolò Garibbo  (ITA)

Tour of Kosovo is an annual men's multiple stage bicycle race held annually in Kosovo. Since 2019, it has been on the UCI Europe Tour, classified as a 2.2 event. [1]

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Winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Karsten Keunecke Flag of Albania.svg Jonid Tosku Flag of Albania.svg Besmir Banushi
2011 Flag of Albania.svg Ylber Sefa Flag of Albania.svg Altin Sufa Flag of Kosovo.svg Qëndrim Guri
2012 Flag of Albania.svg Besmir Banushi
2013 Flag of Germany.svg Heinrich Berger Flag of Serbia.svg Esad Hasanović Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Holler
2014 Flag of Albania.svg Olsian Velia Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Schlenkrich Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Starker
2015 [2] Flag of Kosovo.svg Alban Nuha Flag of Albania.svg Ylber Sefa Flag of Albania.svg Besmir Banushi
2016 [3] Flag of Albania.svg Ylber Sefa Flag of Kosovo.svg Egzon Misini Flag of Albania.svg Nikolla Xhukiç
2017 [4] Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stanimir Cholakov Flag of Albania.svg Besmir Banushi Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Dielissen
2018 [5] Flag of the United States.svg Innokenty Zavyalov Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daaf Koemans Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Dielissen
2019 Flag of Greece.svg Charalampos Kastrantas Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yordan Andreev Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kenny Nijssen
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Flag of France.svg Tristan Delacroix Flag of Albania.svg Ylber Sefa Flag of Germany.svg Nikodemus Holler
2022Cancelled
2023 Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Garibbo Flag of Italy.svg Piergiorgio Cozzani Flag of Greece.svg Nikolaos Drakos

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References

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