Ahmet Örken (born 12 March 1993) is a Turkish professional

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, who currently rides for

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Early life

Born in

Çumra Çumra is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,089 km2, and its population is 67,690 (2022). Geography The town of Çumra is at an altitude of 1,020 m. It is an important stop on the Istanbul to Baghdad railway ...

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as the second child of a family of

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descent (a Turkic ethnic subgroup). Örken began with cycling sport at the age of fourteen in 2007 at Çumra, Konya Province, where he moved from his village with his mother to enable his older brother's education there. The next year, he entered the cycling team at

Çatalhöyük Çatalhöyük (English: Chatalhoyuk ; ; also ''Çatal Höyük'' and ''Çatal Hüyük''; from Turkish language, Turkish ''çatal'' "fork" + ''höyük'' "tumulus") is a Tell (archaeology), tell (a mounded accretion resulting from long-term huma ...

Çumra Municipality Sports Club with the help of his brother.

Career

He became the first ever European cycling champion from Turkey with his win at the 2011 European Track Championships in the junior omnium held in

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. In 2013, Ahmet Örken won the sixth stage of the

Tour du Maroc Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco. The editions 1957–1993 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2006, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...

, between

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and

Khenifra Khenifra () is a city in northern central Morocco, surrounded by the Atlas Mountains and located on the Oum Er-Rbia River. National Highway 8 also goes through the town. The population, as of a 2019 census, was 228,567. History Khenifra has been ...

, despite injuries he suffered during a fall in a mass crash after . He finished third in stage eight, between

Beni Mellal Beni Mellal () is a city in north-central Morocco. It is the capital of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region and has a population of 192,676 (2014 census). It sits at the foot of Jbel Tassemit (2247 m), next to the plains of Beni Amir. The modern ...

and

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. Örken won the fourth (

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) and sixth (

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) stages of the

Tour de Serbie Tour de Serbie is a road bicycle race held annually in Serbia. First held in 1939, since 2005 it has been ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...

in 2013. Örken had signed to join ProContinental team from 2018, but at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East, he pulled out of the agreement after he and his family were put under pressure.

Major results

Source: ;2009 : Balkan Novice Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : National Novice Road Championships ::1st Maillot Turkey

Road race ::1st Maillot Turkey

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

;2010 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Maillot Turkey

Road race ::1st Maillot Turkey

: 1st Prix des Vins Valloton Juniors ;2011 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Omnium, UEC European Junior Track Championships ;2013 :

::1st Stages 4 & 6 : 1st Stage 6

: 6th Tour of Nanjing ;2014 : 1st Maillot Turkey

, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 9

Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002 and is named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as ...

: 9th Overall

Tour of Taihu Lake The Tour of Taihu Lake is a multi-day road cycling race held in China annually. It has been held since 2010, but the first edition was a one-day race. The 2010 and 2011 editions were rated 1.2 and 2.2, and was upgraded to 2.1 in 2013. In 2023, t ...

;2015 : 1st Maillot Turkey

, National Road Championships : 1st Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana ::1st Sprints classification ::1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Overall

Tour of Aegean The Tour of Aegean is a cycling race held in Turkey. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cycl ...

::1st Prologue & Stage 1 : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 3

Tour of Black Sea The Tour of Black Sea was a multi-day cycling race held in 2015, 2018 and 2019 in Turkey. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Uni ...

: 3rd Overall Tour of Ankara ::1st Mountains classification : 7th Overall

;2016 : National Road Championships ::1st Maillot Turkey

::2nd Road race : 34th Summer Olympic time trial ;2017 : National Road Championships ::1st Maillot Turkey

::3rd Road race : 1st Overall North-Cyprus Presidential Cycling Tour ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 4 :

Les Challenges de la Marche Verte The Les Challenges de la Marche Verte is a series of One-day races held annually since 2010 in Morocco. It consists of three One-day races; GP Sakia El Hamra, GP Oued Eddahab and GP Al Massira, each rated 1.2 and is part of UCI Africa Tour The ...

::1st GP Al Massira ::3rd GP Oued Eddahab ::5th GP Sakia El Hamra :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 4 & 10 : 1st Stage 3

: 2nd

International Rhodes Grand Prix International Rhodes Grand Prix is a one-day road cycling race held annually since 2017 in the Greek island of Rhodes. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2. Winners See also * Tour of Rhodes, *Tour of Greece The Tour o ...

: Challenge du Prince ::4th Trophée de l'Anniversaire ::4th Trophée de la Maison Royale ;2018 : 1st Maillot Turkey

, National Road Championships :

Tour of Mevlana The Tour of Mevlana was a cycling race held in Turkey. The event was first held in 1990, and was on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycli ...

::1st Prologue & Stage 4 : 4th Overall Tour of Fatih Sultan Mehmet : 5th

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

: 7th

Grand Prix Minsk The Grand Prix Minsk is a one-day cycling race held in Minsk, Belarus. From 2015 to 2019, it was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union ...

: 9th Overall

Tour of Cappadocia The Tour of Cappadocia () is an international road cycling race organized by the Turkish Cycling Federation at Cappadocia in central Turkey. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour with a rating of 2.2. The tour was held for the first time between Jun ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 1 : 9th

Grand Prix Alanya The Grand Prix Alanya is a cycling race held in Alanya, Turkey. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ...

;2019 : National Road Championships ::1st Maillot Turkey

Road race ::1st Maillot Turkey

Tour of Mesopotamia Tour of Mesopotamia is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Turkey since 2018. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cyclis ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 5th Overall

: 5th

: 1st

Grand Prix Velo Erciyes The Grand Prix Velo Erciyes is a men's and women's one-day road cycling race held in Turkey. It is rated as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced i ...

::1st Stage 2 : 8th Grand Prix Gazipaşa : 8th

Minsk Cup The Minsk Cup is a one-day cycling race held annually in Minsk, Belarus. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale ...

;2020 : 3rd

, National Road Championships : 7th Overall

;2021 : National Road Championships ::1st Maillot Turkey

::3rd Road race ;2022 : 1st Maillot Turkey

, National Road Championships : 5th Time trial,

Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games () is a multinational, multi-sport event. Managed jointly by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA), the Games involve elite athletes of the OIC competing in a ...

: 8th Time trial,

;2023 : National Road Championships ::1st Maillot Turkey

::2nd Road race : 1st Expo Kriteryum : 2nd Overall Kırıkkale Road Race ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Grand Prix Aspendos : 4th Overall Tour of Yiğido : 4th Grand Prix Kaisareia : 8th Syedra Ancient City : 9th Overall 100th Anniversary Tour of The Republic ::1st Stage 1 ;2024 : National Road Championships ::1st Maillot Turkey

::4th Road race : 1st Stage 7

References

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Orken, Ahmet 1993 births Living people Turkish male cyclists People from Çumra Turkish people of Tatar descent Olympic cyclists for Turkey Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2018 Mediterranean Games European Games competitors for Turkey Cyclists at the 2015 European Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games