Ahmet Örken

Ahmet Örken
Personal information
Born (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993
Çumra, Konya Province, Turkey
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team Torku Åžekerspor
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2012– Konya–Torku Şekerspor

Ahmet Örken (born March 12, 1993) is a Turkish professional cyclist riding for UCI Continental team Torku Åžekerspor in Konya.[1]

Career

Born in Çumra, Konya Province, Örken began with cycling sport at the age of fourteen in 2007 at Çumra, Konya Province, where he moved from his village with his mother to enable his older brother's education there. The next year, he entered the cycling team at Çatalhöyük Çumra Municipality Sports Club with the help of his brother.[2]

He became the first ever European cycling champion from Turkey with his win at the 2011 European Track Championships in the junior omnium held in Portugal.[2][3]

In 2013, Ahmet Örken won the sixth stage of the Tour du Maroc, between Meknes and Khenifra, despite injuries he suffered during a fall in a mass crash after 20 kilometres (12 miles).[2][4] He finished third in stage eight, between Beni Mellal and Marrakesh.[5][6] Örken won the fourth (Kladovo to Požarevac) and sixth (Sremska Mitrovica to Belgrade) stages of the Tour de Serbie in 2013.[7][8]

Major results

2009
1st Balkan Novice Road Race Championships
1st Balkan Novice Time Trial Championships
1st National Novice Road Race Championships
1st National Novice Time Trial Championships
2010
1st National Junior Road Race Championships
1st National Junior Time Trial Championships
1st Prix des Vins Valloton, Juniors
2011
1st European Junior Omnium Championships
2013
Tour de Serbie
1st Stages 4 & 6
1st Stage 6 Tour du Maroc
6th Tour of Nanjing
2014
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake
9th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
2015
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana
1st Sprints classification
1st Prologue (ITT), Stages 2 & 3
1st Overall Tour of Aegean
1st Prologue (ITT) & Stage 1
1st Stage 2 Tour du Maroc
1st Stage 3 Tour of Black Sea
3rd Overall Tour of Ankara
1st Mountains classification
7th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
2016
1st National Time Trial Championships
2nd National Road Race Championships
2017
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Overall North-Cyprus Presidential Cycling Tour
1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
Les Challenges de la Marche Verte
1st GP Al Massira
3rd GP Oued Eddahab
5th GP Sakia El Hamra
Challenge du Prince
4th Trophée de l'Anniversaire
4th Trophée de la Maison Royale

References

  1. "Ahmet Örken" (in Turkish). Komya Torku Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  2. 1 2 3 "Örken Türkiye'ye Gurur Yaşattı". Haberler (in Turkish). 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  3. "Ahmet Örken, bisiklette Avrupa şampiyonu ilk Türk sporcu oldu". Zaman Spor (in Turkish). 2011-08-01. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  4. "Örken Türkiye'ye gurur yaşattı". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  5. "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 6th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  6. "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 8th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  7. "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 4 - Kladovo-Pozarvac". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  8. "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 6 - S.Mitrovica- Belgrade". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
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