Qatar tour

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The Qatar Tour (also Tour of Qatar ; Arabic طواف قطر, DMG Ṭawāf Qaṭar ) was a stage cycle race held from 2002 to 2016 in Qatar on the Persian Gulf .

history

The race took place annually at the end of January / beginning of February and initially ran over five stages and since 2008, after a team time trial, over six stages. From 2009 on, the Ladies Tour of Qatar was also held.

The competition was organized by the Amaury Sport Organization . There were strong connections to Eddy Merckx . The winter weather, which was warmer than in Europe, and good organization regularly resulted in a good cast, although there was little public interest on site. In terms of sport, the tour of Qatar favored classic specialists in particular and was often characterized by strong winds on a flat topography, which split the peloton into wind staggering . Eight out of fifteen editions were won by drivers from the Quick Step team , including four times by Tom Boonen .

From 2005 to 2016 the Tour of Qatar was part of the UCI Asia Tour and was initially classified in UCI Category 2.1. In 2012 the race was upgraded to the UCI category 2.HC. The competition was in the calendar of the UCI World Tour 2017 in the calendar of the UCI World Tour added, but canceled for financial reasons in December 2016th

From 2009 to 2016, the Qatar Tour was also held for women as the Ladies Tour of Qatar . In the first few years the race was divided into four stages, but in 2013 it was extended by one stage. The 2017 women's race was canceled like the men's race.

Palmarès men's race

winner

Wikidata logo S.svgyear winner Second Third
2002 GER Thorsten Wilhelms FRA Damien Nazon NED Rudie Kemna
2003 ITA Alberto Loddo GER Olaf Pollack CZE Ján Svorada
2004 RSA Robert Hunter OUT Robbie McEwen BEL Tom Boonen
2005 THE Lars Michaelsen THE Matti Breschel ITA Fabrizio Guidi
2006 BEL Tom Boonen GER Erik Zabel SUI Aurélien Clerc
2007 BEL Wilfried Cretskens BEL Tom Boonen NED Steven de Jongh
2008 BEL Tom Boonen NED Steven de Jongh BEL Greg Van Avermaet
2009 BEL Tom Boonen GER Heinrich Haussler GBR Roger Hammond
2010 NED Wouter Mol BEL Geert Steurs BEL Tom Boonen
2011 OUT Mark Renshaw OUT Heinrich Haussler ITA Daniele Bennati
2012 BEL Tom Boonen United States Tyler Farrar ESP Juan Antonio Flecha
2013 GBR Mark Cavendish United States Brent Bookwalter United States Taylor Phinney
2014 NED Niki Terpstra BEL Tom Boonen BEL Jürgen Roelandts
2015 NED Niki Terpstra POLE Maciej Bodnar NOR Alexander Kristoff
2016 GBR Mark Cavendish NOR Alexander Kristoff BEL Greg Van Avermaet

Most successful stage winners

driver country Stages
Tom Boonen BelgiumBelgium Belgium 22nd
Mark Cavendish United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 9
Alexander Kristoff NorwayNorway Norway 6th
Alberto Loddo ItalyItaly Italy 3
Francesco Chicchi ItalyItaly Italy 2
Heinrich Haussler AustraliaAustralia Australia 2
Robert Hunter South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 2
Niki Terpstra NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2
Thorsten Wilhelms GermanyGermany Germany 2

As of February 12, 2016

Palmarès women's race

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tour of Qatar canceled over sponsor woes. velonews.com, December 28, 2016, accessed March 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Eschborn-Frankfurt will be part of the WorldTour from 2017. radsport-news.com, August 2, 2016, accessed August 5, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Men and women tours in Qatar canceled. radsport-news.com, December 28, 2016, accessed January 1, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Ladies Tour of Qatar with one more stage on radsport-news.com v. January 7, 2013

Web links

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