Saudi Tour

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Saudi Tour
Race details
DateEarly February
RegionSaudi Arabia
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserAmaury Sport Organisation
Web sitewww.thesauditour.com Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1999 (1999)
Editions6
First winner Amr Elnady (EGY)
Most wins Ghader Mizbani (IRN) (2 wins)
Most recent Maxim Van Gils (BEL)

The Saudi Tour, formerly known as the Tour of Saudi Arabia, is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race first held in Saudi Arabia in 1999. It has been held intermittently since its creation, and in 2020 joined the UCI Asia Tour for the first time. It is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and is classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race.[1]

Winners[]

Year Winner Second Third
1999 Egypt Amr Elnady Uzbekistan Slovakia
2000 No race
2001 Iran Ghader Mizbani Egypt Mohamed Abdel Fattah Iran Hossein Askari
2002 Iran Ghader Mizbani Kazakhstan Sergey Lavrenenko Kazakhstan
2003–2012 No race
2013 United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
2014–2019 No race
2020 Germany Phil Bauhaus France Nacer Bouhanni Portugal Rui Costa
2021 No race
2022 Belgium Maxim Van Gils Colombia Santiago Buitrago Portugal Rui Costa

References[]

  1. ^ "ASO confirms inaugural Saudi Tour for 2020". Cyclingnews. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.


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