Tour of Qatar
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | January–February |
| Region | Qatar |
| Discipline | Road |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
| History | |
| First edition | 2002 |
| Editions | 15 (as of 2016) |
| First winner |
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| Most wins |
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The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the first time,[1][2] but it was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship support.[3]
The event consisted of a men's competition over five stages, and, since 2009, a women's competition over four stages – held a week before the men's race. Because Qatar is entirely flat, the tour was almost always won by a sprinter or classics specialist. Belgian Tom Boonen and Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild hold the record with four overall wins, in the men's and ladies' competition respectively.
Men's past winners
General classification
Tom Boonen (pictured at the 2012 Tour of Qatar) holds a record 4 overall wins and 22 stage wins.
Points classification
Stage wins
| Rider | Country | Stages |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Boonen | |
22 |
| Mark Cavendish | |
9 |
| Alexander Kristoff |  |
6 |
| Alberto Loddo |  |
3 |
| Francesco Chicchi | |
2 |
| Arnaud Démare |  |
2 |
| Heinrich Haussler |  |
2 |
| Robert Hunter |  |
2 |
| Niki Terpstra |  |
2 |
| Thorsten Wilhelms | |
2 |
Ladies' past winners
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | February |
| Region | Qatar |
| Discipline | Road |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
| History | |
| First edition | 2009 |
| Editions | 8 (as of 2016) |
| First winner |
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| Most wins |
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| Most recent |
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Eddy Merckx presenting Ellen van Dijk with the gold leader's jersey after the first stage of the 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar.
General classification
Points classification
| Rider | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | |
Kirsten Wild (NED) | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2010 | |
Kirsten Wild (NED) | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011 | |
Ellen van Dijk (NED) | HTC–Highroad Women |
| 2012 | |
Kirsten Wild (NED) | Netherlands National Team |
| 2013 | |
Kirsten Wild (NED) | Argos–Shimano |
| 2014 | |
Kirsten Wild (NED) | Team Giant-Shimano |
| 2015 | |
Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | Boels–Dolmans |
| 2016 | |
Kirsten Wild (NED) | Team Hitec Products |
Notes
References
- ↑ "UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ↑ "The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017". UCI. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ↑ http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/uci-statement-tour-qatar/
- ↑ "TestTeam — News — Heinrich Haussler will race for Australia in the future — Cervélo". Cervelo.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
External links
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- Template:Official website for Tour of Qatar
- Template:Official website for Ladies Tour of Qatar
- Tour of Qatar palmares at Cycling Archives
- Statistics at the-sports.org
- Tour of Qatar at cqranking.com
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