The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The tour is organized by the Romanian Cycling Federation.
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | September |
| Region | Romania |
| English name | Tour of Romania |
| Local name(s) | Turul României |
| Nickname(s) | Mica Buclă ("Little Loop") |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Romanian Cycling Federation |
| Web site | turulromaniei |
| History | |
| First edition | 1934 |
| Editions | 55 (as of 2022) |
| First winner |  Marin Nikolov (BUL) |
| Most wins |  Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU) Mircea Romașcanu (ROU)(3 wins) |
| Most recent |  Mark Stewart (GBR) (2022) |
History edit
Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition of "Circuit Wallachia". The competition took 12 riders at the start on the route Bucharest–Sinaia–Târgoviște–Butimanu–Bucharest (approximately 300 km or 190 mi). The race lasted for three editions. Since 1934 the newspaper "Daily Sport", in collaboration with Romanian Cycling Federation has organized the Tour of Romania. Romania became the sixth country in the world to organize a National Amateur Cycling Tour, after Belgium (1906), Netherlands (1909), Bulgaria (1924), Hungary (1925) and Poland (1928).
The route of first edition was 1,026 km (638 mi) long and included six stages.
Statistics edit
- The longest route was the 3rd edition in 1936 at 2,242 km (1,393 mi).
- The shortest route was 430 km (270 mi), in the 29th edition of 1991.
- At the 19th edition of 1973, Cluj, a stage was held nocturnal on the 27.3 km (17.0 mi) distance.
- Rider Traian Chicomban of Brașov participated in the January edition (1934) until the 9th edition (1954), as the Tour's longest-running participation of Romania.
- 45th edition (2008) was the first edition which was featured in the calendar Union Cycliste Internationale.
Winners edit
Classifications edit
The jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climber classification.
White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
Blue Jersey – Worn by the best Romanian rider of the overall classification.
References edit
- ^ "Federația Română de Ciclism anunță reprogramarea Turului României pentru 2024". federatiadeciclism.ro. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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