Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)

For other uses, see Tour de Azerbaijan (disambiguation).

Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
Race details
Date	May
Region	Azerbaijan, Iran
English name	Azerbaijan Tour
Local name(s)	تور دوچرخه‌سواری بین‌المللی آذربایجان (Persian)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Asia Tour 2.1 (as of 2014)
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Cycling Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran
History
First edition	1986 (1986)
Editions	29 (as of 2014)
First winner	Mohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)
Most wins	Ghader Mizbani (IRI) (7 wins)
Most recent	Samad Pourseyedi (IRI)

The Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) or the Azerbaijan Tour is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Iran since 1986, named after Azerbaijan, Iran. It is a UCI 2.1 category race and is part of the UCI Asia Tour.

The tour commences from Tabriz the largest city in Iranian Azerbaijan. The route for the tour passes through Lake Urmia, Urmia, Jolfa, Meshginshahr, Sareyn and Kaleybar, and then finishes at Tabriz.

History

The tour established on 1986 by Asghar Khodayari and Akbar Goharkhani with the name of Tour de Urmia Lake. The stages of the tour were modified several times. In 2010 one stage of the tour was held in Nakhichevan, an autonomous republic of Azerbaijan. In 2013 Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour was renamed to Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan).^[1]

Past winners

General classification

		Rider	Team
1986	IRI !	Bajoul, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)	Isfahan (provincial team)
1987	IRI !	Bajoul, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)	Isfahan (provincial team)
1988	IRI !	Bajoul, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Bajoul (IRI)	Isfahan (provincial team)
1989	IRI !	Mahmoudi, HosseinHossein Mahmoudi (IRI)	East Azerbaijan (provincial team)
1990	IRI !	Mahmoudi, HosseinHossein Mahmoudi (IRI)	East Azerbaijan (provincial team)
1991	TUR !	Avral, TamerTamer Avral (TUR)	Turkey (national team)
1992	IRI !	Sharifzadeh, HassanHassan Sharifzadeh (IRI)	East Azerbaijan (provincial team)
1993	TKM !	Kolov, KastaKasta Kolov (TKM)	Turkmenistan (national team)
1994	TKM !	Otmahov, DimitriDimitri Otmahov (TKM)	Turkmenistan (national team)
1995	KAZ !	Chekov, YuriyYuriy Chekov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan (national team)
1996	KAZ !	Belousov, SergeySergey Belousov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan (national team)
1997	KAZ !	Mizurov, AndreyAndrey Mizurov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan (national team)
1998	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	Fajr Tabriz Cycling Team
1999	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	Fajr Tabriz Cycling Team
2000	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Fajr Tabriz Cycling Team
2001	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	East Azerbaijan (provincial team)
2002	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Bursaspor Cycling Team
2003	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
2004	KAZ !	Kolessov, AlexeyAlexey Kolessov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan (national team)
2005	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Giant Asia Racing Team
2006	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
2007	IRI !	Askari, HosseinHossein Askari (IRI)	Markazi (provincial team)
2008	IRI !	Askari, HosseinHossein Askari (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2009	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2010	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2011	IRI !	Sohrabi, MehdiMehdi Sohrabi (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2012	ESP !	Ramírez, JavierJavier Ramírez (ESP)	Andalucía
2013	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2014	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2015	IRI !	Pourseyedi, SamadSamad Pourseyedi (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team

References

↑ "Azerbaijan Tour". Retrieved 12 June 2014.

External links

Official website
Tour of Iran Palmares at Cycling Archives
Statistics at the-sports.org
Azerbaïjan Tour at cqranking.com

UCI Asia Tour

Seasons	2005 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2015 2016

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