Torku Şekerspor
Torku Şekerspor (UCI team code: TRK) is a Turkish professional cycling team, based in Konya, Central Anatolia. The team is sponsored by the local sugar and chocolate industries. It is part of the Konya Anadolu Selçukspor organisation, a Turkish TFF Second League football team.[1]
| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | TRK | |
| Registered | Konya, Central Anatolia, Turkey | |
| Founded | 2005 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | UCI Continental | |
| Bicycles | Salcano | |
| Key personnel | ||
| Team manager(s) | Branko Filip | |
| Team name history | ||
2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 2010 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014– | Hemus 1896 Aurora 2000 Berchi Hemus 1896–Berneschi Hemus 1896 Hemus 1896–Vivelo Torquay Sheker Konya Vivelo Konya–Torku Şekerspor Torku Şekerspor | |
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In 2011, the team became Turkey's first ever professional bicycle racing team. It has UCI Continental team status.[1]
Team member Miraç Kal qualified for participation in the road race event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
Team member Ahmet Örken qualified for participation in the time trial event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
Doping
In April 2012 Ivailo Gabrovski tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) on Stage 3 of the 2012 Tour of Turkey, winning the stage and the overall title.[4] Gabrovski was banned for two years and had his victory stripped.[5] In May 2012 Volodymyr Bileka tested positive for Norpseudoephedrine on Stage 1 of the 2012 Tour of Trakya receiving a four-year suspension for his second doping offence.
In March 2013, Mustafa Sayar tested positive for EPO after Stage 1 of the 2013 Tour d'Algérie.[6]
Team roster
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Major wins
- 2010
- Overall, Romania Tour of Szeklerland, Evgeniy Gerganov
- Stage 7 Tour of Bulgaria, Evgeniy Gerganov
- Overall Paths of King Nikola, Vladimir Koev
- Stage 1, Vladimir Koev
- 2011
- Stage 5 Tour du Maroc, Eyüp Karagöbek
- Stage 4 Tour of Trakya, Muhammet Atalay
- Overall Tour of Isparta, Mustafa Sayar
- Stage 1, Mustafa Sayar
- Stage 3, Danail Petrov
- Stage 5 Tour of Romania, Vladimir Koev
- Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia, Miraç Kal
- Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour, Vladimir Koev
- Stage 3, Vladimir Koev
- Stage 4 Tour of Marmara, Eyüp Karagöbek
- Stage 4 Tour of Alanya, Hüseyin Özcan
- 2012
- Stage 4 Azerbaijan Tour, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Overall Tour of Trakya, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stages 1, 2 & 4, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 3 Baltic Chain Tour, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 4 Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
- 2013
- Stage 2 Tour d'Algérie, Sergiy Grechyn
- Stage 1 Tour de Blida, Mustafa Sayar
- Stage 6 Tour du Maroc, Ahmet Örken[7]
- Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Sergiy Grechyn
- Stage 2, Sergiy Grechyn
- Stages 4 & 6 Tour de Serbie, Ahmet Örken[8][9]
- Stage 2 Tour of Qinghai Lake, David de la Fuente
- Overall Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 9, Yuriy Metlushenko
- 2014
- Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ahmet Örken
- 2015
- Overall Tour of Çanakkale, Ahmet Akdilek
- Prologue, Ahmet Akdilek
- Stage 3, Ismail Aksoy
- Overall Tour du Maroc, Tomasz Marczyński
- Stages 1, 4 & 7, Tomasz Marczyński
- Stage 2, Ahmet Örken
- Overall Tour of Black Sea, Tomasz Marczyński
- Stage 1, Tomasz Marczyński
- Stage 3, Ahmet Örken
- Stage 3 Tour of Iran, Ismail Aksoy
- Overall Tour of Ankara, Nazim Bakırcı
- Stage 1, Nazim Bakırcı
- Stage 4, Feritcan Şamlı
- Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana, Ahmet Örken
- Prologue, Stages 2 & 3, Ahmet Örken
- Overall Tour of Aegean, Ahmet Örken
- Prologue & Stage 1, Ahmet Örken
- Stage 3, Rasim Reis
- 2016
- Overall Tour of Mersin, Nazim Bakırcı
- Stage 1 Tour of Ankara, Feritcan Şamlı
- Stage 2 Tour of Ankara, Mustafa Sayar
- Stage 3 Tour of Ankara, Fatih Keleş
- 2017
- Les Challenges de la Marche Verte GP Oued Eddahab, Ivan Balykin
- Les Challenges de la Marche Verte GP Al Massira, Ahmet Örken
- Stage 2 Tour of Ankara, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 2b (ITT) Tour of Bihor, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 2 Tour de Serbie, Luca Chirico
- Stage 3 Tour de Serbie, Ahmet Örken
- Stages 4 & 10 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ahmet Örken
- 2018
- Overall Tour of Mediterrennean, Onur Balkan
- Stages 2 & 3, Onur Balkan
- Overall Tour of Cartier - East Mediterrannean Cycling Prohect, Cristian Raileanu
- Stage 2, Cristian Raileanu
- Stage 2 Tour of Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Batuhan Ozgur
- Overall Tour of Mesopotamia, Nazim Bakirci
- Stage 1, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 2, Nazim Bakirci
- Stage 4, Onur Balkan
- Overall Tour of Mevlana, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 2, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Onur Balkan
- Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia, Onur Balkan
- Stage 5 Tour of Romania, Onur Balkan
- Stage 3 Tour of Black Sea, Batuhan Ozgur
National champions
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2018
References
- "Bisiklet" (in Turkish). Konya Torku Şekerspor. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- "Two cyclist will race at Rio". SporX (in Turkish). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- "Two Turkish cyclists will race at Rio". SporX (in Turkish). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gabrovski-with-adverse-analytical-finding-for-epo
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gabrovski-given-two-years-for-epo-use
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-turkey-winner-provisionally-suspended-for-doping-violation
- "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 6th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 4 - Kladovo-Pozarvac". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 6 - S.Mitrovica- Belgrade". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
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