The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It is organised as

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race on the

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History

Inspired by

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, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition of "Circuit Wallachia". The competition took 12 riders at the start on the route

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

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Sinaia Sinaia () is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. The town was named after the Sinaia Monastery of 1695, around which it was built. The monastery, in turn, is named after t ...

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Târgoviște Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River. Târgoviște was one of the ...

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Butimanu Butimanu is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bărbuceanu, Butimanu, Lucianca and Ungureni. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. Natives * Constantin Prezan (1861–1943); a gene ...

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(approximately ). The race lasted for three editions. Since 1934 the newspaper "Daily Sport", in collaboration with Romanian Cycling Federation has organized the Tour of Romania. Romania became the sixth country in the world to organize a National Amateur Cycling Tour, after

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(1906),

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(1909),

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(1924),

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(1925) and

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(1928). The route of first edition was long and included six stages.

Statistics

* The longest route was the 3rd edition in 1936 at . * The shortest route was , in the 29th edition of 1991. * At the 19th edition of 1973,

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, a stage was held nocturnal on the distance. * Rider Traian Chicomban of

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...

participated in the January edition (1934) until the 9th edition (1954), as the Tour's longest-running participation of Romania. * 45th edition (2008) was the first edition which was featured in the calendar

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Winners

Classifications

The jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are: * Jersey yellow

Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification. * Jersey granate

Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification. * Jersey green

Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climber classification. * Jersey white

White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification. * Jersey blue Epic Series

Blue Jersey – Worn by the best Romanian rider of the overall classification.

External links

Official website
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