Sibiu Cycling Tour
{{Short description|Romanian multi-day road cycling race}}
{{Infobox cycling race
| name = Sibiu Cycling Tour
| current_event =
| image = 120px
| date = July
| region = Sibiu, Romania
| english =
| localnames = Turul Ciclist al Sibiului
| discipline = Road
| competition = UCI Europe Tour
| type = Stage race
| organiser =
| director =
| first = 2011
| number = 14 (as of 2024)
| final =
| firstwinner = {{flagathlete|Alessio Marchetti|ITA}}
| mostwins = {{flagathlete|Giovanni Aleotti|ITA}} (2 wins)
| mostrecent = {{flagathlete|Florian Lipowitz|GER}}
}}
The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organised with the support of the local council as well as the regional council of Sibiu. Held entirely around the city, the race normally runs over four days including a prologue on the cobbled streets of the city, and two climbing stages, one on the Transfăgărășan road to Bâlea Lake and a second to the mountain resort of Păltiniș.
Overall winners
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Alessio|Marchetti}}{{efn|name=Koev|Bulgaria's Vladimir Koev ({{UCI team code|TRK|2011}}) initially won the race, but he was stripped of all his results from 2010 and 2011,{{cite web |url=http://www.dopeology.org/people/Vladimir_Koev/ |title=Vladimir Koev |accessdate=20 December 2016 }} following a positive drugs test in June 2010.}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=ASD Centro Revisioni Cerone}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Víctor|de la Parte}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SPT2|2012}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|Davide|Rebellin}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CCC|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Radoslav|Rogina}}|nat=CRO|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ADR|2014}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name={{sortname|Mauro|Finetto}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|STH|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|Nikolay|Mihaylov|Nikolay Mihaylov (cyclist)}}|nat=BUL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CCC|2016}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Egan|Bernal}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ANS|2017b}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Iván|Sosa}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AND|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Kevin|Rivera}}|nat=CRC|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ANS|2019}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2020|name={{sortname|Gregor|Mühlberger}}|nat=AUT|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BOH|2020}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2021|name={{sortname|Giovanni|Aleotti}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BOH|2021}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Giovanni|Aleotti}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BOH|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Mark|Donovan|Mark Donovan (cyclist)}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|Q36|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Florian|Lipowitz}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RBH}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}
Classifications
As of the 2018 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
File:Jersey yellow.svg – Yellow Jersey – The Yellow Jersey is worn by the leader of the overall classification.
File:Jersey white.svg – White Jersey – The White Jersey is worn by the leader of the overall mountains classification.(white jersey prior to 2018)
File:Jersey orange.svg – Orange Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
File:Jersey blue.svg – Blue Jersey – Worn by the leader of the sprints classification.
File:Jersey red.svg – Red Jersey – The Red Jersey presented to the leading Romanian rider on the overall classification.
File:Jersey green.svg – Green Jersey – Presented to the leader of the points classification. (Previously wore a white jersey)
Additionally
File:Jersey grey.svg – Grey Jersey – To the team leading the team classification (Not worn in race)
From 2018 the red jersey and green jerseys were presented on the podium only and not worn in race.
Editions
=2011=
The Cycling Tour of Sibiu 2011 took place from 6 to 10 July 2011, organised as a 2.2 race on the UCI Europe Tour, over a total distance of {{convert|451|km|abbr=off}}.{{cite web|url=https://ciclism.sibiu.ro/rezultate_2011/clasament%20general%20ind.pdf|title=Classement général / General classification 5|work=Sibiu Cycling Tour|publisher=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project|date=10 July 2011|accessdate=14 May 2023}} The race included five days of competition including a team time trial in the center of Sibiu. A total of 20 teams took part, with a total prize money of 26,000 euros. The race was originally won by Vladimir Koev but he was later stripped of all results from 2010 and 2011 following a positive test at the 2010 Tour of Romania.
| class="wikitable"
|+List of stages |
| Stage
!Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1
|align=right|6 July || Poplaca – Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|10.6|km|0|abbr=on}} || File:Time Trial.svg || Team time trial || {{UCI team code|GMS|2011}} |
| style="text-align:center"|2
|align=right|7 July || Sibiu – Mediaș – Sighișoara – Agnita – Cincu – Avrig || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|197|km|0|abbr=on}} || |Image:Plainstage.svg || Flat stage || {{flagathlete|Maksym Vasilyev|UKR}} |
| style="text-align:center"|3
|align=right|8 July || Mediaș – Bârghiș – Șeica Mare – Ocna Sibiului – Sibiu – Păltiniș || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|145|km|0|abbr=on}} || Image:Mountainstage.svg || Mountain stage || {{flagathlete|Alessio Marchetti|ITA}}{{efn|name=Koev}} |
| style="text-align:center"|4
|align=right|9 July || Historic Centre of Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|4.4|km|0|abbr=on}} || File:Time Trial.svg || Time trial || {{flagathlete|Christian Poos|LUX}} |
| style="text-align:center"|5
|align=right|10 July || Sibiu – Cisnădioara – Cisnădie – Sadu – Avrig – Bâlea Lake || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|94|km|0|abbr=on}} || Image:Mountainstage.svg || Mountain stage || {{flagathlete|Riccardo Zoidl|AUT}} |
| class="wikitable" style="width:45em;margin-bottom:0;"
|+ Final Classifications |
| !Cyclist
!Team !Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"| DSQ
| {{flagathlete| | !style="text-align:center"| |
| style="text-align:center"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Alessio Marchetti|ITA}} File:Jersey yellow.svg | Centro Revisioni Cerone !style="text-align:center"| 11h 33' 40" |
| style="text-align:center"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Oleksandr Sheydyk|UKR}} | {{UCI team code|ISD2|2011}} !style="text-align:center"| + 35" |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Sascha Weber|GER}} | {{UCI team code|CCD|2011}} !style="text-align:center"| + 59" |
| style="text-align:center"| File:Jersey green.svg
| {{flagathlete|Anatoliy Pakhtusov|UKR}} | {{UCI team code|ISD2|2011}} !style="text-align:center"| - |
| style="text-align:center"| File:Jersey orange.svg
| {{flagathlete|Artem Topchanyuk|UKR}} | {{UCI team code|ISD2|2011}} !style="text-align:center"| - |
| style="text-align:center "| File:Jersey red.svg
| {{flagathlete|Ricardo Pichetta|ITA}} | Centro Revisioni Cerone !style="text-align:center"| - |
| style="text-align:center "| File:Jersey blue.svg
| {{flagathlete|Anatoli Kashtan|UKR}} | Centro Revisioni Cerone !style="text-align:center"| - |
=2012=
The Cycling Tour of Sibiu 2012 took place from 4 to 8 July 2012, organised as a 2.2 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race for the first time included an opening prologue time trial and covered a total of {{convert|432.9|km|abbr=off}}.{{cite web|url=https://ciclism.sibiu.ro/rezultate2012/clasament%20individual.pdf|title=Classement général / General classification 4|work=Sibiu Cycling Tour|publisher=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project|date=8 July 2012|accessdate=14 May 2023}}
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|+List of stages |
| Stage
!Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"|P
|align=right|4 July || Sibiu – Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|2.4|km|0|abbr=on}} || File:Time Trial.svg || Time trial || {{flagathlete|Jon Bergsland|NOR}} |
| style="text-align:center"|1
|align=right|5 July || Sibiu – Paltanis || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|184|km|0|abbr=on}} || Image:Mountainstage.svg || Mountain stage || {{flagathlete|Víctor de la Parte|ESP}} |
| style="text-align:center"|2
|align=right|6 July || Historic Centre of Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|10.2|km|0|abbr=on}} || File:Time Trial.svg || Team time trial || Kolss Cycling Team |
| style="text-align:center"|3
|align=right|7 July || Sibiu – Bâlea Lake || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|90.1|km|0|abbr=on}} || Image:Mountainstage.svg || Mountain stage || {{flagathlete|Martin Haring|SLO}} |
| style="text-align:center"|4
|align=right|8 July || Sibiu – Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|146.2|km|0|abbr=on}} || |Image:Plainstage.svg || Flat stage || {{flagathlete|Gabor Kasa|SER}} |
| class="wikitable" style="width:45em;margin-bottom:0;"
|+ Final Classifications |
| !Cyclist
!Team !Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Víctor de la Parte|ESP}}File:Jersey yellow.svg File:Jersey green.svg | {{UCI team code|SPT2|2012}} !style="text-align:center"| 11h 34' 30" |
| style="text-align:center"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Matija Kvasina|CRO}} | {{UCI team code|Tuşnad|2012}} !style="text-align:center"| + 17" |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Artem Topchanyuk|UKR}} | {{UCI team code|SPT2|2012}} !style="text-align:center"| + 56" |
| style="text-align:center"| File:Jersey orange.svg
| {{flagathlete|Anatoliy Sosnitskiy|UKR}} | {{UCI team code|KLS|2012}} !style="text-align:center"| - |
| style="text-align:center "| File:Jersey blue.svg
| {{flagathlete|Gabor Kasa|SER}} | Serbian National Team !style="text-align:center"| - |
| style="text-align:center"| File:Jersey red.svg
| {{flagathlete|George Stancu|ROM}} !style="text-align:center"| - |
=2013=
The Cycling Tour of Sibiu 2013 took place from 11 to 14 July. For the third edition the race was upgraded to UCI category 2.1 allowing UCI Pro Continental Teams to take part. Three Pro Continental teams accepted invites, {{UCI team code|CCC|2013}}, {{UCI team code|AND|2013}} and {{UCI team code|STH|2013}} although Vini Fantini would later withdraw after positive doping tests at the 2013 Giro d'Italia. At {{convert|480|km|abbr=off}},{{cite web|url=https://ciclism.sibiu.ro/rezultate%202013/GC0.pdf|title=Classement général / General classification 3-B|work=Sibiu Cycling Tour|publisher=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project|date=14 July 2013|accessdate=14 May 2023}} the race was the longest to date despite being reduced to four days, with two stages taking place on the final day.
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|+List of stages |
| Stage
!Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"|P
|align=right|11 July || Sibiu – Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|2.5|km|0|abbr=on}} || File:Time Trial.svg || Time trial || {{flagathlete|Maroš Kováč|SVK}} |
| style="text-align:center"|1
|align=right|12 July || Sibiu – Bâlea Lake || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|142.8|km|0|abbr=on}} || Image:Mountainstage.svg || Mountain stage || {{flagathlete|Davide Rebellin|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|2
|align=right|13 July || Sibiu – Paltanis || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|184.5|km|0|abbr=on}} || Image:Mountainstage.svg || Mountain stage || {{flagathlete|Markus Eibegger|AUT}} |
| style="text-align:center"|3a
|align=right|14 July || Cisnădie - Muzeul Tehnicii Populare || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|11.4|km|0|abbr=on}} || File:Time Trial.svg || Time trial || {{flagathlete|Stefan Schumacher|GER}} |
| style="text-align:center"|3b
|align=right|14 July || Sibiu – Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|138.8|km|0|abbr=on}} || |Image:Mediummountainstage.svg || Intermediate stage || {{flagathlete|Mattia Gavazzi|ITA}} |
| class="wikitable" style="width:45em;margin-bottom:0;"
|+ Final Classifications |
| !Cyclist
!Team !Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Davide Rebellin|ITA}}File:Jersey yellow.svg File:Jersey green.svg File:Jersey white.svg | {{UCI team code|CCC|2013}} !style="text-align:center"| 12h 25' 23" |
| style="text-align:center"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Matija Kvasina|CRO}} | {{UCI team code|GMS|2013}} !style="text-align:center"| + 58" |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Constantino Zaballa|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|CWO|2013}} !style="text-align:center"| + 1' 21" |
| style="text-align:center"| File:Jersey orange.svg
| {{flagathlete|Lukas Pöstlberger|AUT}} | {{UCI team code|GMS|2013}} !style="text-align:center"| - |
| style="text-align:center "| File:Jersey blue.svg
| {{flagathlete|Gedimas Kaupas|LIT}} | {{UCI team code|CCD|2013}} !style="text-align:center"| - |
| style="text-align:center"| File:Jersey red.svg
| {{flagathlete|Adrian Nitu|ROM}} | Romanian National Team !style="text-align:center"| - |
=2014=
The 2014 Sibiu Tour took place between 17 and 20 July. At {{convert|500.9|km|abbr=off}},{{cite web|url=https://ciclism.sibiu.ro/rezultate%202014/3b_general.pdf|title=Classement général / General classification 3-B|work=Sibiu Cycling Tour|publisher=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project|date=20 July 2014|accessdate=14 May 2023}} the race was the longest to date, and once more featured the traditional cobbled prologue and stages to Bâlea Lake and Paltanis. Returning to the race for the first time since 2012 was a team time trial on the final day. The 2014 race featured two Pro Continental teams, {{UCI team code|CCC|2014}} and {{UCI team code|AND|2014}} along with 20 continental and national teams competing for a prize fund of €29,889.
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|+Stage Information |
| Stage
!Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"|P
|align=right| 17 July|| Sibiu – Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|2.3|km|0|abbr=on}} || File:Time Trial.svg || Time trial || {{flagathlete|Olivier Pardini|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|1
|align=right|18 July || Sibiu – Bâlea Lake || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|162.5|km|0|abbr=on}} || Image:Mountainstage.svg || Mountain stage || {{flagathlete|Radoslav Rogina|CRO}} |
| style="text-align:center"|2
|align=right|19 July|| Sibiu – Sebes – Păltiniș || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|160.4|km|0|abbr=on}} || |Image:mountainstage.svg || Mountain Stage || {{flagathlete|Branislau Samoilau| BLR}} |
| style="text-align:center"|3a
|align=right|20 July || Sibiu – Poplaca – Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|17|km|0|abbr=on}} ||File:Time Trial.svg || Team time trial || {{UCI team code|CCC|2014}} |
| style="text-align:center"|3b
|align=right|20 July || Sibiu – Mediaș – Sibiu || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|158.7|km|0|abbr=on}} || |Image:mediummountainstage.svg || Intermediate Stage || {{flagathlete|Marco Zanotti|ITA}} |
| class="wikitable" style="width:45em;margin-bottom:0;"
|+ Final Classifications |
| !Cyclist
!Team !Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Radoslav Rogina|CRO}}File:Jersey yellow.svg File:Jersey white.svg | {{UCI team code|ADR|2014}} !style="text-align:center"| 12h 58' 26" |
| style="text-align:center"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Davide Rebellin|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|CCC|2014}} !style="text-align:center"| + 1' 01" |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Primož Roglič|SLO}}File:Jersey green.svg | {{UCI team code|ADR|2014}} !style="text-align:center"| + 1' 07" |
| style="text-align:center"| File:Jersey orange.svg
| {{flagathlete|Domen Novak|SLO}} | {{UCI team code|ADR|2014}} !style="text-align:center"| - |
| style="text-align:center "| File:Jersey blue.svg
| {{flagathlete|Bram Nolten|NED}} | {{UCI team code|PVD|2014}} !style="text-align:center"| - |
| style="text-align:center"| File:Jersey red.svg
| {{flagathlete|Oleg Berdos|ROM}} | {{UCI team code|Tuşnad|2014}} !style="text-align:center"| - |
=2015=
{{Main article|2015 Sibiu Cycling Tour}}
The 2015 Tour of Sibiu took place between 1 and 5 July. For the first time it was raced over 5 days, and moved forward in the calendar by nearly three weeks. It was expected that the teams of all the jersey winners and stage winners from 2014, {{UCI team code|ADR|2015}}, {{UCI team code|CCC|2015}}, {{UCI team code|VWT|2015}} and {{UCI team code|PVD|2015}}, would compete again in 2015. Adria Mobil later withdrew to be replaced by {{UCI team code|STH|2015}} taking the number of pro-continental teams in the race to four.{{cite news |url=http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4cb1cf5ba16ca99ca389d1b67&id=9f9314ee04 |title=100 Days to go - the 2015 Sibiu Tour |work=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project |date=16 March 2015 |accessdate=1 July 2015 }}{{cite news |url=http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4cb1cf5ba16ca99ca389d1b67&id=0bc4301dab |title=2015 Sibiu Tour - Teams |work=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project |date=30 June 2015 |accessdate=1 July 2015 }} The race was won by Mauro Finetto who won the mountain stage to Paltanis and was able to retain his jersey through to the finale.
=2016=
{{Main article|2016 Sibiu Cycling Tour}}
The 2016 Sibiu Cycling Tour took place between 6 and 10 July having moved forward one week due to the local elections. The race opened with the traditional prologue and for the first time featured a mountain time trial to Bâlea Lake.{{cite news |url=http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4cb1cf5ba16ca99ca389d1b67&id=c505c2c171 |title=Mix of old and new for 2016 edition |publisher=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project |date=22 October 2015 |accessdate=30 November 2015 }} This edition featured four pro-continental teams including for the first time, a British team, {{UCI team code|ONE|2016}}.{{cite news |url=http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4cb1cf5ba16ca99ca389d1b67&id=1dc4e57b10 |title=Strong field for 2016 Sibiu Cycling Tour |work=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project |publisher=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project |date=24 February 2016 |accessdate=6 May 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4cb1cf5ba16ca99ca389d1b67&id=53c1d75893 |title=19 Teams contest the 6th Edition |work=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project |date=6 July 2016 |accessdate=6 July 2016 }}
The race was won by Nikolay Mihaylov after he was part of a breakaway on Stage 2. The race was notable for its first Romanian stage winner, Andrei Nechita, who won the opening prologue, and also its first Australian stage winner Steele Von Hoff.
=2017=
{{Main article|2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour}}
The 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour took place between 5 and 9 July, featuring a traditional parcours of opening prologue, two intermediate and two mountain stages. The peloton featured three professional Continental teams, 17 Continental teams and a Romanian national team, and for the first time, teams from North America.{{cite news |url=http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4cb1cf5ba16ca99ca389d1b67&id=32e476f0e3 |title=Route for 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour presented |work=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project |date=15 November 2016 |accessdate=20 December 2016 }} The race was won by Egan Bernal who became the first Colombian winner.
=2018=
{{Main article|2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour}}
The 2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour took place between 5 and 8 July, featuring a traditional parcours of opening prologue, two mountain stages and for the first time since 2014, a team time trial. The peloton featured three professional Continental teams, fourteen Continental teams and two national teams.{{cite news |url=https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=4cb1cf5ba16ca99ca389d1b67&id=cebc276d58 |title=Top riders return to Romania for 2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour starting in two weeks |work=Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project |date=21 June 2018 |accessdate=30 June 2018 }}
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