Tour de Hongrie

The Tour de Hongrie (English: Tour of Hungary) is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925.

Tour de Hongrie
Race details
DateJuly–August
RegionHungary
English nameTour of Hungary
Local name(s)Magyar Körverseny
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionProfessional
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.tourdehongrie.hu
History
First edition1925 (1925)
Editions39 (as of 2018)
First winner Károly Jerzsabek (HUN)
Most wins László Vida (HUN)
 István Liszkai (HUN)
 Győző Török (HUN)
 Zoltán Remák (SVK)
(2 wins)
Most recent Manuel Belletti (ITA)

History

The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, and the Budapest-Szombathely-Győr-Budapest stage was accomplished the quickest by Károly Jerzsabek, who managed to cover the distance of 510.5 kilometres in 22 hours and 10 minutes to become the first ever champion of the event.[1]

The race was held until the World War II in every year, except 1928, when Budapest hosted the UCI Road World Championship and 1936, when cyclist were in the middle of the preparation of the Olympic Games. During the World War, the event was held twice on a shortened distance, however, following the political changes in the country it was staged only occasionally. Moreover, between 1964 and 1992 came a near thirty years intermission, when the competition was not held.[2]

After the end of the communism in Hungary, the Tour the Hongrie was organized again by the Hungarian Cycling Federation from 1993, and was held until 2008 with only shorter interruptions. In 2007 the field of the tour left the actual borders of the country for the first time, when the third stage of the race began in Sátoraljaújhely and ended in Košice, Slovakia.[3] Up to the present, the 2008 edition was the last fixture of the event, after that the Hungarian stages have been integrated to another competition, the Central European Tour.[4]

Winners
Year Country Rider Team
1925  Hungary Károly Jerzsabek MTK
1926  Hungary László Vida BTC
1927  Hungary László Vida BTC
1928 No race due to 1928 UCI Road World Championships
1929  Germany Oscar Tirbach Germany (national team)
1930  Italy Vasco Bergamaschi Italy (national team)
1931  Hungary István Liszkai BSE
1932  Hungary József Vitéz Nyomdász TE
1933   Switzerland Kurt Stettler Switzerland (national team)
1934  Hungary Károly Szenes MTK
1935  Hungary Károly Németh BSE
1936 No race due to 1936 Summer Olympics
1937  Austria Anton Strakati Austria (national team)
1938-41 No race due to World War II
1942  Hungary Ferenc Barvik FTC
1943  Hungary István Liszkai Törekvés
1944-48 No race
1949  France André Labeylie France (national team)
1950-52 No race
1953  Hungary József Kis-Dala Újpesti Dózsa
1954 No race
1955  Hungary Győző Török Bp. Honvéd
1956  Hungary Győző Török Bp. Honvéd
1957-61 No race
1962  Austria Adolf Christian Austria (national team)
1963  Hungary András Mészáros Újpesti Dózsa
1964  Hungary Ferenc Stámusz Újpesti Dózsa
1965  Hungary László Mahó Csepel SC
1966-92 No race
1993  Germany Jens Dittmann Thüringia
1994  Austria Wolfgang Kotzmann
1995  Russia Sergei Ivanov Lada-Samara
1996  Ukraine Andrej Tolomanov
1997  Hungary Zoltán Bebtó Stollwerck–FTC
1998  Ukraine Aleksandr Rotar Torov Kir
1999-00 No race
2001  FR Yugoslavia Mikoš Rnjaković Spartak Subotica
2002  Hungary Zoltán Vanik Postás-Matáv
2003  Slovakia Zoltán Remák P Nívó-Betonexpressz-FTC
2004  Slovakia Zoltán Remák Podbrezová
2005  Hungary Tamás Lengyel P-Nívó-Betonexpressz
2006  Slovakia Martin Riska PSK Whirlpool–Hradec Krlove
2007  Australia Andrew Bradley Team Swiag
2008  Netherlands Hans Bloks Cycling Team Jo Piels
2009-14 No race
2015  Luxembourg Tom Thill Differdange–Losch
2016  Estonia Mihkel Räim Cycling Academy
2017  Colombia Daniel Jaramillo UnitedHealthcare
2018  Italy Manuel Belletti Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2019  Latvia Krists Neilands Israel Cycling Academy

Multiple Winners
WinsRiderNationalityEditions
2László Vida Hungary1926, 1927
István Liszkai Hungary1931, 1943
Győző Török Hungary1955, 1956
Zoltán Remák Slovakia2003, 2004

Winners by nationality
WinsCountry
18 Hungary
4 Austria
3 Slovakia
2 Germany
 Ukraine
 Italy
1  Switzerland
 France
 Russia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Netherlands
 Luxembourg
 Estonia
 Colombia
 Latvia

Classifications

As of the 2016 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
- Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
- Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
- Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climbing classification.
- White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.

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References
  1. "A Tour de Hongrie története" (in Hungarian). Tour de Hongrie official website. Archived from the original on November 10, 2005.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. "A Tour de Hongrie rövid története" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. 21 June 2003. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  3. "A szlovákiai Robert Nagy révén P-Nívó-siker a szlovákiai szakaszon" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  4. "Idén nem lesz Tour de Hongrie, Central European Tour lesz "helyette"" (in Hungarian). Velo.hu. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
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