Ahmet Örken
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
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
References
- ↑ "Ahmet Örken" (in Turkish). Komya Torku Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- 1 2 3 "Örken Türkiye'ye Gurur Yaşattı". Haberler (in Turkish). 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Örken Türkiye'ye gurur yaşattı". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 6th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 8th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 4 - Kladovo-Pozarvac". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 6 - S.Mitrovica- Belgrade". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
External links
- Ahmet örken's Profile on Pro Cycling Stats
- Ahmet Örken at Cycling Archives