Tour of Qatar

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Tour of Qatar
Tour of Qatar logo.png
Race details
DateJanuary–February
Region Qatar
Discipline Road
Type Stage race
Organiser Amaury Sport Organisation
Web site www.letour.fr/us/homepage_courseTQA.html OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition2002 (2002)
Editions15 (as of 2016)
First winnerFlag of Germany.svg  Thorsten Wilhelms  (GER)
Most winsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)(4 wins)
Most recentFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Cavendish  (GBR)

The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the first time, [1] [2] but it was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship support. [3]

Contents

The event consisted of a men's competition over five stages, and, since 2009, a women's competition over four stages – held a week before the men's race. Because Qatar is entirely flat, the tour was almost always won by a sprinter or classics specialist. Belgian Tom Boonen and Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild hold the record with four overall wins, in the men's and ladies' competition respectively.

Men's past winners

General classification

Tom Boonen (pictured at the 2012 Tour of Qatar) holds a record 4 overall wins and 22 stage wins. Tom Boonen TQ 2012.jpg
Tom Boonen (pictured at the 2012 Tour of Qatar) holds a record 4 overall wins and 22 stage wins.
YearCountryRiderTeam
2002 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Thorsten Wilhelms Team Coast
2003 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alberto Loddo Lampre
2004 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Robert Hunter Rabobank
2005 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lars Michaelsen Team CSC
2006 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Quick-Step–Innergetic
2007 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Wilfried Cretskens Quick-Step–Innergetic
2008 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Quick-Step
2009 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Quick-Step
2010 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Wouter Mol Vacansoleil
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Mark Renshaw HTC–Highroad
2012 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2014 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Niki Terpstra Etixx–Quick-Step
2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Mark Cavendish Team Dimension Data

Points classification

YearCountryRiderTeam
2002 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Thorsten Wilhelms Team Coast
2003 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alberto Loddo Lampre
2004 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Quick-Step–Davitamon
2005 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Quick-Step–Innergetic
2006 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Quick-Step–Innergetic
2007 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Quick-Step–Innergetic
2008 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Quick-Step
2009 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Heinrich Haussler Cervélo TestTeam
2010 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Heinrich Haussler Cervélo TestTeam
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Heinrich Haussler [N 1] Garmin–Cervélo
2012 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2014 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tom Boonen Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha
2016 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha

Stage wins

RiderCountryStages
Tom Boonen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22
Mark Cavendish Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 9
Alexander Kristoff Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6
Alberto Loddo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3
Francesco Chicchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2
Arnaud Démare Flag of France.svg  France 2
Heinrich Haussler Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2
Robert Hunter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2
Niki Terpstra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2
Thorsten Wilhelms Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2

Ladies' past winners

Ladies Tour of Qatar
Ladies Tour of Qatar logo.jpg
Race details
DateFebruary
Region Qatar
Discipline Road
Type Stage race
Organiser Amaury Sport Organisation
Web site www.letour.fr/us/homepage_courseTQA.html OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition2009 (2009)
Editions8 (as of 2016)
First winnerFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED)
Most winsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED)(4 wins)
Most recentFlag of Germany.svg  Trixi Worrack  (GER)
Eddy Merckx presenting Ellen van Dijk with the gold leader's jersey after the first stage of the 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar. 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar.jpg
Eddy Merckx presenting Ellen van Dijk with the gold leader's jersey after the first stage of the 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar.

General classification

YearCountryRiderTeam
2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Cervélo TestTeam
2010 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Cervélo TestTeam
2011 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ellen van Dijk HTC–Highroad Women
2012 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Judith Arndt GreenEDGE–AIS
2013 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Argos–Shimano
2014 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Giant–Shimano
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Lizzie Armitstead Boels–Dolmans
2016 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Trixi Worrack Canyon–SRAM

Points classification

YearCountryRiderTeam
2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Cervélo TestTeam
2010 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Cervélo TestTeam
2011 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ellen van Dijk HTC–Highroad Women
2012 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Netherlands (national team)
2013 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Argos–Shimano
2014 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Giant–Shimano
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Lizzie Armitstead Boels–Dolmans
2016 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Wild Team Hitec Products

2017 Cancellation

The 2017 Tour of Qatar was scheduled to take place between 6 and 10 February 2017. However, in December 2016, the event was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship support. [5] [6] It would have been the 16th edition of the race and third event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. [7] It was included in the UCI World Tour calendar for the first time. [1] [2]

Notes

  1. Haussler announced he would give up his German citizenship and would ride for Australia in the future. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events". Cycling News. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 "The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017". UCI. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. "UCI statement on Tour of Qatar". www.uci.ch. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016.
  4. "TestTeam — News — Heinrich Haussler will race for Australia in the future — Cervélo". Cervelo.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  5. "UCI statement on Tour of Qatar". UCI. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  6. "Tour of Qatar and Ladies Tour of Qatar cancelled". Cycling News. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  7. "Tour of Qatar: 2017 edition of race is cancelled over lack of sponsorship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 December 2016.