Mustafa Sayar

Mustafa Sayar
Personal information
Full name Mustafa Sayar
Born (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989
Team information
Current team Torku Şekerspor
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Professional team(s)
2011–2013 Konya–Şekerspor–Torku–Vivelo
2015 China Jilun Cycling Team
2016– Torku Şekerspor

Mustafa Sayar (born 22 April 1989) is a Turkish professional cyclist riding for UCI Continental team Torku Şekerspor. In 2013, he won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey by powering away on the climb to Selçuk in an improbably large gear, leading to disbelief and insinuations from the live TV commentary team and other riders in the race, including Marcel Kittel, who tweeted that he was "not often in my life so angry about a result of someone else" [1]. Sayar was the first Turkish rider to provisionally win a stage in the Tour since 2008. With that result, he took the lead in the overall classification.[2] He successfully defended the leader's jersey over the next two stages and won the race.[3]

On 15 July 2013 he was suspended following the news that he tested positive for EPO during the Tour d'Algérie in March.[4] As a result, he lost his overall victory in the Tour of Turkey, which went to Natnael Berhane. Sayar retired from the sport in November 2013, but returned to competition after completion of the ban.[5]

Palmarès

2011
1st Overall Tour of Isparta
1st Prologue
2013
1st Overall Tour of Turkey
1st Stage 6
2nd National Time Trial Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Blida
1st Mountains classification
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Tour d'Algérie
1st Mountains classification
2016
1st Stage 3 Tour of Ankara

References

  1. ↑ "Marcel Kittel tweet". Twitter. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Jean-François Quénet (26 April 2013). "Sayar solos to victory on Selçuk summit finish". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kittel takes final stage in Turkey as Sayar triumphs". Eurosport. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tour of Turkey winner Mustafa Sayar tests positive for EPO". 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Stokes, Shane (26 November 2013). "Tour of Turkey organisers still awaiting final outcome of Sayar doping case, hoping for UCI decision soon". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2013. Things have been quiet since then but if the information Ayhan Guney received is accurate, Sayar has been dropped by Torku and has walked away from the sport.


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