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Tour of Romania
Race details
DateSeptember
RegionRomania
English nameTour of Romania
Local name(s)Turul României
Nickname(s)Mica Buclă ("Little Loop")
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserRomanian Cycling Federation
Web siteturulromaniei.com
History
First edition1934; 90 years ago (1934)
Editions56 (as of 2024)
First winner Marin Nikolov (BUL)
Most wins Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU)
 Mircea Romașcanu (ROU)
(3 wins)
Most recent Ilkhan Dostiyev (KAZ) (2024)

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.

History

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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 BucharestSinaiaTârgovișteButimanuBucharest (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.

The route of first edition was 1,026 km (638 mi) long and included six stages.

Statistics

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  • 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

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Year Country Rider Team
1934  Bulgaria Marin Nikolov Bulgaria (national team)
1935  Poland Daniel Zigmund Poland (national team)
1936  France Pierre Gallien France (national team)
1937
1945
No race
1946  Yugoslavia August Prosenik Yugoslavia (national team)
1947
1949
No race
1950  Romania Constantin Sandu C.C.A.
1951  Romania Marin Niculescu Flamura Roșie București
1952 No race
1953  Romania Nicolae Vasilescu CS Dinamo București
1954  Romania Constantin Dumitrescu CS Progresul București
1955  Romania Constantin Dumitrescu C.C.A.
1956  Romania Constantin Dumitrescu C.C.A.
1957 No race
1958  Romania Gabriel Moiceanu CS Dinamo București
1959  Romania Ion Cosma CS Dinamo București
1960  Romania Walter Ziegler Romania (youth team)
1961  Romania Ion Cosma Romania (national team)
1962
1965
No race
1966  Romania Georghe Suciu Romania (national team)
1967  Romania Emil Rusu Romania (national team)
1968  Romania Walter Ziegler CS Dinamo București
1969  East Germany Jurgen Wanzlik East Germany (national team)
1970
1972
No race
1973  Romania Vasile Teodor Romania (national team)
1974  Romania Mircea Romașcanu Romania (youth team)
1975
1982
No race
1983  Romania Mircea Romașcanu CS Dinamo București
1984  Romania Constantin Căruțașu Romania (national team)
1985  Romania Mircea Romașcanu Romania (national team)
1986  East Germany Frank Schonherr Vorw
1987  Romania Valentin Constantinescu Romania (national team)
1988  Romania Vasile Mitrache Romania (national team)
1989  Romania Dănuț Cătană Romania (national team)
1990  Romania Vasie Apostol CS Dinamo București
1991  Moldova Svetoslav Riabuchenko Viitorul Chișinău
1992  Ukraine Vladimir Perelalsny Bulgaria (national team)
1993  Germany Jurgen Koberschinski Germany (national team)
1994  Romania Anton Stelian Romania (national team)
1995  Ukraine Igor Mitianin Ukraine (national team)
1996 No race
1997  Romania Florin Privache Romania (national team)
1998  Moldova Igor Bonciucov Moldova (national team)
1999  Kazakhstan Sergey Tretyakov Brisaspor
2000  Kazakhstan Vadim Kravchenko Brisaspor
2001  Ukraine Leonid Timchenko Ukraine (national team)
2002  Moldova Alexandru Sabalin Moldova (national team)
2003  Netherlands Jelle Groezen Netherlands (national team)
2004  Bulgaria Vladimir Koev Bulgaria (national team)
2005  Bulgaria Ivaïlo Gabrovski Hemus 1896-Aurora 2000 Berchi
2006  Bulgaria Pavel Shumanov Cycling Club Bourgas
2007  Romania Daniel Anghelache CS Dinamo București
2008  Hungary Rida Cador P-Nívó-Betonexpressz 2000-Corratec
2009  Russia Alexey Shchebelin SP Tableware-Gatsoulis Bikes
2010  Bulgaria Vladimir Koev Hemus 1896-Vivelo
2011  Romania Andrei Nechita Romania (national team)
2012  Croatia Matija Kvasina Ukraine (national team)
2013  Ukraine Vitaliy Buts Kolss Cycling Team
2014
2017
No race
2018  Romania Serghei Țvetcov UnitedHealthcare
2019  Netherlands Alex Molenaar Parkhotel Valkenburg
2020  Romania Eduard Grosu Romania (national team)
2021  Poland Jakub Kaczmarek HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski
2022  Great Britain Mark Stewart Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
2023 No race[1]
2024  Kazakhstan Ilkhan Dostiyev Astana Qazaqstan Development Team


By nationality
Nationality No. of wins
 Romania 28
 Bulgaria 5
 Ukraine 4
 Moldova 3
 Kazakhstan 3
 Netherlands 2
 East Germany 2
 Poland 2
 France 1
 Croatia 1
 Russia 1
 Germany 1
 Yugoslavia 1
 United Kingdom 1
 Hungary 1

Classifications

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The jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:

  • Yellow jersey Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
  • Red Jersey Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
  • Green Jersey Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climber classification.
  • White jersey White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
  • Blue jersey Blue Jersey – Worn by the best Romanian rider of the overall classification.

References

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  1. ^ "Federația Română de Ciclism anunță reprogramarea Turului României pentru 2024". federatiadeciclism.ro. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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