Sibiu Cycling Tour

Sibiu Cycling Tour

Race details
Date	July
Region	Sibiu, Romania
Local name(s)	Turul Ciclist al Sibiului
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Web site	www.ciclism.sibiu.ro
History
First edition	2011
Editions	11 (as of 2021)
First winner	Vladimir Koev (BUL)
Most recent	Giovanni Aleotti (ITA)

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 Transfăgărăşan Road to Bâlea Lac and a second to the mountain resort of Păltiniș.

Overall winners[]

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2011	Bulgaria	Vladimir Koev[1]	Konya–Şekerspor–Torku–Vivelo
2012	Spain	Víctor de la Parte	SP Tableware
2013	Italy	Davide Rebellin	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
2014	Croatia	Radoslav Rogina	Adria Mobil
2015	Italy	Mauro Finetto	Southeast Pro Cycling
2016	Bulgaria	Nikolay Mihaylov	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2017	Colombia	Egan Bernal	Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia
2018	Colombia	Iván Sosa	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
	Costa Rica	Kevin Rivera	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2020	Austria	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora–Hansgrohe
2021	Italy	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora–Hansgrohe

Classifications[]

As of the 2018 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
- Yellow Jersey – The Yellow Jersey is worn by the leader of the overall classification.
- White Jersey – The White Jersey is worn by the leader of the overall mountains classification.(white jersey prior to 2018)
- Orange Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
- Blue Jersey – Worn by the leader of the sprints classification.
- Red Jersey – The Red Jersey presented to the leading Romanian rider on the overall classification.
- Green Jersey – Presented to the leader of the points classification. (Previously wore a white jersey)
Additionally
- 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 July 6 to 10, 2011, organised as a 2.2 race on the UCI Europe Tour. A total distance of 446.5 km. 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.^[1]

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	6 July	Poplaca – Sibiu	10 km (6 mi)		Team time trial	RC Arbö–Gourmetfein–Wels
2	7 July	Sibiu – Medias – Sighisoara – Agnita – Cincu – Avrig	199.5 km (124 mi)		Flat stage	Maksym Vasyliev (UKR)
3	8 July	Medias – Bârghiș – Seica Mare – Ocna Sibiului – Sibiu – Paltinis	145 km (90 mi)		Mountain stage	Vladimir Koev (BUL)
4	9 July	Historic Centre of Sibiu	25 km (16 mi)		Time trial	Christian Poos (LUX)
5	10 July	Sibiu – Cisnadioara – Cisnadie – Sadu – Avrig – Bâlea Lac	95.5 km (59 mi)		Mountain stage	Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)

Final Classifications

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Vladimir Koev (BUL)	Konya–Şekerspor–Torku–Vivelo	11h 32' 48"
2	(ITA)	Centro Revisioni Cerone	+ 52"
3	Oleksandr Sheydyk (UKR)	ISD–Lampre Continental	+ 1'27"
	Anatoliy Pakhtusov (UKR)	ISD–Lampre Continental	-
	Artem Topchanyuk (UKR)	ISD–Lampre Continental	-
	(UKR)	Centro Revisioni Cerone	-

2012[]

The Cycling Tour of Sibiu 2012 took place from July 4 to 8, 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 432.95 km.

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	4 July	Sibiu - Sibiu	2.4 km (1 mi)		Time Trial	Jon Bergsland (NOR)
1	5 July	Sibiu - Paltanis	184 km (114 mi)		Mountain stage	Victor de la Parte (ESP)
2	6 July	Historic Centre of Sibiu	10.2 km (6 mi)		Team time trial	Kolss Cycling Team
3	7 July	Sibiu - Balea Lac	90.15 km (56 mi)		Mountain stage	Martin Haring (SLO)
4	8 July	Sibiu - Sibiu	146.2 km (91 mi)		Flat stage	Gabor Kazsa (SER)

Final Classifications

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Victor de la Parte (ESP)	SP Tableware	11h 34' 30"
2	Matija Kvasina (CRO)	Tusnad Cycling Team	+ 17"
3	Artem Topchanyuk (UKR)	SP Tableware	+ 56""
	(UKR)	Kolss Cycling Team	-
	Gabor Kasa (SER)	Serbian National Team	-
	(ROM)	CS Otopeni	-

2013[]

The Cycling Tour of Sibiu 2013 took place from July 11 to 14. 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,CCC–Polsat–Polkowice, Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela and Vini Fantini–Selle Italia although Vini Fantini would later withdraw after positive doping tests at the 2013 Giro d'Italia. At 479.5 km the race was the longest to date despite being reduced to four days, with two stages taking place on the final day.

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	11 July	Sibiu - Sibiu	2.5 km (2 mi)		Time Trial	Maroš Kováč (SVK)
1	12 July	Sibiu - Balea Lac	143.6 km (89 mi)		Mountain stage	Davide Rebellin (ITA)
2	13 July	Sibiu - Paltanis	183.8 km (114 mi)		Mountain stage	Markus Eibegger (AUT)
3a	14 July	Cisnadie - Muzeul Tehnicii Populare	11.4 km (7 mi)		Time trial	Stefan Schumacher (GER)
3b	14 July	Sibiu - Sibiu	138.2 km (86 mi)		Intermediate stage	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)

Final Classifications

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Davide Rebellin (ITA)	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	12h 25' 23"
2	Matija Kvasina (CRO)	Gourmetfein–Simplon	+ 58"
3	Constantino Zaballa Gutiérrez (ESP)	Christina Watches–Onfone	+ 1'21"
	Lukas Postlberger (AUT)	Gourmetfein–Simplon	-
	(LIT)	Differdange–Losch	-
	(ROM)	Romanian National Team	-

2014[]

The 2014 Sibiu Tour took place between the July 17 and 20. At 530 km the race was the longest to date, and once more featured the traditional cobbled prologue and stages to Balea Lac 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, CCC Polsat and Androni Giocattoli along with 20 continental and national teams competing for a prize fund of €29,889

Stage Information

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	17 July	Sibiu - Sibiu	2.2 km (1 mi)		Time Trial	Olivier Pardini (BEL)
1	18 July	Sibiu - Balea Lac	162.5 km (101 mi)		Mountain stage	Radoslav Rogina (CRO)
2	19 July	Sibiu - Sebes - Paltinis	215.0 km (134 mi)		Mountain Stage	Branislau Samoilau (BLR)
3a	20 July	Sibiu - Poplaca - Sibiu	16.0 km (10 mi)		Team Time Trial	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
3b	20 July	Sibiu - Medias - Sibiu	151.0 km (94 mi)		Intermediate Stage	Marco Zanotti (ITA)

Final Classifications

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Radoslav Rogina (CRO)	Adria Mobil	12h 58' 26"
2	Davide Rebellin (ITA)	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	+ 1'01"
3	Primoz Roglič (SLO)	Adria Mobil	+ 1'07"
	Domen Novak (SLO)	Adria Mobil	-
	(NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg	-
	Oleg Berdos (ROM)	Tusnad Cycling Team	-

2015[]

The 2015 Tour of Sibiu took place between 1 July 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, Adria Mobil, CCC Sprandi Polkowice, Verandas Willems and Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team, would compete again in 2015. Adria Mobil later withdrew to be replaced by Southeast Pro Cycling taking the number of pro-continental teams in the race to four.^[2][3] The race was wn by Mauro Finetto who won the mountain stage to Paltanis and was able to retain his jersey through to the finale.

2016[]

The 2016 Sibiu Cycling Tour took place between July 6 and July 10 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 Lac.^[4] This edition is featured four pro-continental teams including for the first time a British team ONE Pro Cycling.^[5][6]

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[]

The 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour took place between July 5 and July 9. 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.^[7] The race was won by Egan Bernal who became the first Colombian winner.

2018[]

The 2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour takes place between July 5 and July 8. 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.^[8]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website