Tour of Romania

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Tour of Romania
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Race details
DateSeptember
Region Romania
English nameTour of Romania
Local name(s)Turul României
Nickname(s)Mica Buclă ("Little Loop")
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage race
Organiser Romanian Cycling Federation
Web site turulromaniei.ro
History
First edition1934;91 years ago (1934)
Editions56 (as of 2024)
First winnerFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Marin Nikolov  (BUL)
Most winsFlag of Romania.svg  Constantin Dumitrescu  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  Mircea Romașcanu  (ROU)
(3 wins)
Most recentFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Ilkhan Dostiyev  (KAZ) (2024)

The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The tour is organized by the Romanian Cycling Federation.

Contents

History

Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition of "Circuit Wallachia". The competition took 12 riders at the start on the route BucharestSinaiaTârgovișteButimanuBucharest (approximately 300 km or 190 mi). The race lasted for three editions. Since 1934 the newspaper "Daily Sport", in collaboration with Romanian Cycling Federation has organized the Tour of Romania.

The route of first edition was 1,026 km (638 mi) long and included six stages.

Statistics

Winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
1934Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Marin Nikolov Bulgaria (national team)
1935Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Daniel Zigmund Poland (national team)
1936Flag of France.svg  France Pierre Gallien France (national team)
1937
1945
No race
1946Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia August Prosenik Yugoslavia (national team)
1947
1949
No race
1950Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania Constantin Sandu C.C.A.
1951Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania Marin Niculescu Flamura Roșie București
1952No race
1953Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Nicolae Vasilescu CS Dinamo București
1954Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Constantin Dumitrescu CS Progresul București
1955Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Constantin Dumitrescu C.C.A.
1956Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Constantin Dumitrescu C.C.A.
1957No race
1958Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Gabriel Moiceanu CS Dinamo București
1959Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Ion Cosma CS Dinamo București
1960Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Walter Ziegler Romania (youth team)
1961Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Ion Cosma Romania (national team)
1962
1965
No race
1966Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Georghe Suciu Romania (national team)
1967Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Emil Rusu Romania (national team)
1968Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Walter Ziegler CS Dinamo București
1969Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Jurgen Wanzlik East Germany (national team)
1970
1972
No race
1973Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Vasile Teodor Romania (national team)
1974Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Mircea Romașcanu Romania (youth team)
1975
1982
No race
1983Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Mircea Romașcanu CS Dinamo București
1984Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Constantin Căruțașu Romania (national team)
1985Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Mircea Romașcanu Romania (national team)
1986Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Frank Schonherr Vorw
1987Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Valentin Constantinescu Romania (national team)
1988Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Vasile Mitrache Romania (national team)
1989Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Dănuț Cătană Romania (national team)
1990Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Vasie Apostol CS Dinamo București
1991Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Svetoslav Riabuchenko Viitorul Chișinău
1992Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Vladimir Perelalsny Bulgaria (national team)
1993Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Jurgen Koberschinski Germany (national team)
1994Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Anton Stelian Romania (national team)
1995Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Igor Mitianin Ukraine (national team)
1996No race
1997Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Florin Privache Romania (national team)
1998Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Igor Bonciucov Moldova (national team)
1999Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Sergey Tretyakov Brisaspor
2000Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Vadim Kravchenko Brisaspor
2001Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Leonid Timchenko Ukraine (national team)
2002Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Alexandru Sabalin Moldova (national team)
2003Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jelle Groezen Netherlands (national team)
2004Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Vladimir Koev Bulgaria (national team)
2005Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Ivaïlo Gabrovski Hemus 1896-Aurora 2000 Berchi
2006Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Pavel Shumanov Cycling Club Bourgas
2007Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Daniel Anghelache CS Dinamo București
2008Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Rida Cador P-Nívó-Betonexpressz 2000-Corratec
2009Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Alexey Shchebelin SP Tableware-Gatsoulis Bikes
2010Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Vladimir Koev Hemus 1896-Vivelo
2011Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Andrei Nechita Romania (national team)
2012Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Matija Kvasina Ukraine (national team)
2013Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Vitaliy Buts Kolss Cycling Team
2014
2017
No race
2018Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Serghei Țvetcov UnitedHealthcare
2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Alex Molenaar Parkhotel Valkenburg
2020 Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Eduard Grosu Romania (national team)
2021 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Jakub Kaczmarek HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Mark Stewart Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
2023No race [1]
2024Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Ilkhan Dostiyev Astana Qazaqstan Development Team


By nationality
NationalityNo. of wins
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 28
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 5
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2
Flag of France.svg  France 1
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1

Classifications

The jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:

References

  1. "Federația Română de Ciclism anunță reprogramarea Turului României pentru 2024". federatiadeciclism.ro. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.