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Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)

Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)

Iranian multi-day road cycling race

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

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

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Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 2016, Stage 6: Northern Highway of Tabriz, Road 14 (Iran).

History

Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran) 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 Azerbaijan (Iran).[1]

In 2016 for the first time a cycling team from the United States, Team Illuminate, announced to participate in the race. They said they want to show "how cycling can connect people".[2]

The 32nd edition of the tour rescheduled from May to October to avoid coincidence with Iran's presidential election. The authority of the tour announced that the schedule of the following years will be on May as usual.

In 2020 and 2021 the race was not disputed.

Past winners

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Multiple winners

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References

  1. [1]
    "Azerbaijan Tour". Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Team Illuminate will be first US squad in Tour of Iran". 27 April 2016.
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