Belgrade–Banja Luka

Belgrade Banjaluka is a road bicycle race held annually in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively. It is made up of two stages; Belgrade Banjaluka I and Belgrade Banjaluka II and is organized as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[1][2] First race was organized in 2007.

Belgrade Banjaluka
Race details
DateApril
RegionSerbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeTwo-day race
History
First edition2007 (2007)
Editions12 (as of 2018)
First winnerMatej Gnezda
Most recentGašper Katrašnik

About

Belgrade Banja Luka started for the first time in 2007, and it has been included in the calendar of the World Cycling Union "UCI" the same year. The race attracted a large number of teams from all over the world, and today it’s a universal event and one of the largest sporting events in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The Belgrade Banja Luka Race is an event of the highest public interest for the promotion of sports in Republika Srpska and Serbia. The race was declared by the Republic of Serbia Government and the Government of the “Republika Srpska” to be an event of the highest importance for the Republika Srpska and Serbia. Small Chronology of Event: 2019: 16 cities and municipalities were involved in the race. Increased number of stages from two (2) to four stages (4)

2018: The race is listed in the first international event category of UCI 2.1, which indicates that today it is ranked with the largest races in the world such as "Tour de France", "Giro d'Italia" ... 2017: A record number of media and broadcasters transmit and report from the Race. A total of 8 broadcasters and 80 journalists from home and abroad. The viewership of the Race was 8% in the country and 4% abroad. The same year the Race was declared as the largest media sporting event. 2016: RTRS broadcasts the race live for the first time. The viewership index was 10% in BiH, which means that the broadcast was watched by over 300,000 people, while the viewership index in the region was 2%, which indicates that the race was followed by 0.5 million people.

2015: A record was broken in the number of participating countries and the number of riders: 190 riders from 30 countries. The race entered the hundred (100) best organized cycling events of all time and it was qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics • 2014: Award for the biggest sports event in Banja Luka. • 2013: Entering the top ten races in the world for 2013. • 2012: Breaking the record of the former Yugoslavia with 182 starters from 25 countries. • 2011: The title of the fastest UCI race in the world in 2011. • 2010: Breaking the live event record for one sporting event, 60,000 people followed the race. • 2009: The race enters the professional category with over 75% of professional teams from all over the world. • 2008: 9 Mayors and 3 Ministers of Sport from Serbia, Republika Srpska and Slovenia attended opening ceremony for the Race.

Winners

Belgrade Banjaluka I
Year Country Rider Team
2007  Serbia Der Žult P-Nivo
2008  Slovenia Ilešić Aldo Ino Sava
2009  Latvia Normunds Lasis Cycling Club Bourgas
2010  Slovenia Jure Zrimšek Sava
2011  Hungary Krisztian Lovassy Ora Hotels
2012  Slovenia Marko Kump Adria Mobil
2013  Slovakia Michael Kolar Dukla Trenčín–Trek
2014  Slovenia Martin Otoničar Radenska
2015  Slovenia Marko Kump Adria Mobil
2016  Ukraine Vitaliy Buts Kolss BDC Team
2017  Hungary Barnabás Peák Kontent–DKSI

Belgrade Banjaluka II
Year Country Rider Team
2010  Slovenia Matej Marin
2011  Croatia Matija Kvasina Loborika Favorit Team
2012  Slovenia Matej Mugerli Adria Mobil
2013  Slovenia Matej Mugerli Adria Mobil
2014  Serbia Ivan Stević Racing Cycles-Kastro Team
2015  Slovenia Andi Bajc Amplatz–BMC
2016  Italy Filippo Fortin GM Europa Ovini
2017  Italy Nicola Gaffurini Sangemini–MG.K Vis

Belgrade Banjaluka UCI 2.1
Year Country Rider Team
2018  Slovenia Gašper Katrašnik Adria Mobil
2019  Poland Francz Pawel Voster ATS Team
gollark: "Common sense is that which is obvious to us and not others."
gollark: Well, as I said earlier, ubq did choose to leave and could also have not left.
gollark: Oh look, palaiologos decided to just post in the place where they cannot be responded to after saying they would leave.
gollark: See, you should have elected me, I would never do this.
gollark: I guess palaiologos was blatantly lying about the community involvement in major decisions thing?

References
  1. "|". www.procyclingstats.com.
  2. "|". www.procyclingstats.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.