Race details | |
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Date | July–August |
Region | Székely Land, Romania |
English name | Tour of Szeklerland |
Local name(s) | Turul Ciclist al Ținutului Secuiesc (in Romanian) Székelyföld Kerékpáros Körverseny (in Hungarian) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Web site | tourofszeklerland |
History | |
First edition | 2007 |
Editions | 17 (as of 2023) |
First winner | Zoltán Remák (SVK) |
Most wins | Vitaliy Popkov (UKR)(2 wins) |
Most recent | Martin Messner (AUT) |
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