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Torku Şekerspor
Torku Şekerspor () was a Turkish professional cycling team, based in Konya, Central Anatolia Region, Central Anatolia.They folded after the 2018 season. The team was sponsored by the local sugar and chocolate industries. It is part of the Konya Anadolu Selçukspor organisation, a Turkish TFF Second League football team. In 2011, the team became Turkey's first ever professional bicycle racing team. It has UCI Continental Circuits, UCI Continental team status. Team member Miraç Kal qualified for participation in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, road race event at the Turkey at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics. Team member Ahmet Örken qualified for participation in the Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial, time trial event at the Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics. Doping In April 2012 Ivailo Gabrovski tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) on Stage 3 of the 2012 Tour of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konya
Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah. In the late medieval period, Konya was the capital of the Seljuk Turks' Sultanate of Rum, from where the sultans ruled over Anatolia. As of 2024, the population of the Metropolitan Province was 2 330 024 of whom 1 433 861 live in the three urban districts (Karatay, Selcuklu, Meram), making it the sixth most populous city in Turkey, and second most populous of the Central Anatolia Region, after Ankara. City has Konya is served by TCDD high-speed train ( YHT) services from Istanbul, Ankara and Karaman. The local airport ( Konya Havalimanı, KYA) is served by frequent flights from Istanbul whereas flights to and from İzmir are offered few times a week. Name Konya is believed to corre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivailo Gabrovski
Ivailo Gabrovski (; born January 31, 1978) is a Bulgarian former racing cyclist. He holds the record for most Tour of Bulgaria wins, which he won 5 times. Career Gabrovski was born in Sofia. In April 2012, he won the third stage of the Tour of Turkey. Racing for Turkish Continental team , Gabrovski accelerated 8 kilometers from the finish line in the first mountain top finish stage in the race's history. He went on to win solo, with a gap of 1 minute and 29 seconds to his nearest competitor, Alexsandr Dyachenko of . With that win, he took the leader's jersey, which he held for the rest of the race to take the overall title. Later that year he lost his title since he tested positive for EPO. Gabrovski speaks French fluently, a skill that he attributes to his beginnings in professional cycling, where he was part of the team. Doping In 2003 he was prevented from racing the 3 Days of West Flanders when he came in over the hematocrit limit. In 2005, he was prevented from riding t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serkan Balkan
Serkan Balkan (born 28 March 1994 in Trabzon) is a Turkish cyclist, who most recently rode for Turkish amateur team Trek Trakya. Major results ;2012 : 2nd Turkish National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2014 : 4th Turkish National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships ;2015 : 5th Overall Tour of Black Sea ;2016 : 1st Overall Tour of Ankara ::1st Stage 2 : National Road Championships ::2nd Turkish National Road Race Championships, Under-23 road race ::3rd Turkish National Time Trial Championships, Under-23 time trial ::4th Turkish National Road Race Championships, Road race : 6th Overall 2016 Tour de Serbie, Tour de Serbie ::1st Young rider classification : 7th Balkan Elite Road Classics ;2018 : 8th Overall Tour of Black Sea ;2019 : 9th Fatih Sultan Mehmet Edirne Race ;2020 : 4th Turkish National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships References External links * 1994 births L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
