Torku Şekerspor (UCI team code: TRK) was a Turkish professional cycling team, based in Konya, 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.[1]
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | TRK |
| Registered | Konya, Central Anatolia, Turkey |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Disbanded | 2018 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental |
| Bicycles | Salcano |
| Key personnel | |
| Team manager(s) | Branko Filip |
| Team name history | |
2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 2010 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014–2018 | Hemus 1896 Aurora 2000 Berchi Hemus 1896–Berneschi Hemus 1896 Hemus 1896–Vivelo Torquay Sheker Konya Vivelo Konya–Torku Şekerspor Torku Şekerspor |
In 2011, the team became Turkey's first ever professional bicycle racing team. It has UCI Continental team status.[1]
Team member Miraç Kal qualified for participation in the road race event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
Team member Ahmet Örken qualified for participation in the time trial event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
Doping
editIn April 2012 Ivailo Gabrovski tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) on Stage 3 of the 2012 Tour of Turkey, winning the stage and the overall title.[4] Gabrovski was banned for two years and had his victory stripped.[5] In May 2012 Volodymyr Bileka tested positive for Norpseudoephedrine on Stage 1 of the 2012 Tour of Trakya receiving a four-year suspension for his second doping offence.
In March 2013, Mustafa Sayar tested positive for EPO after Stage 1 of the 2013 Tour d'Algérie.[6]
Final roster
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Major wins
edit- 2010
- Overall, Romania Tour of Szeklerland, Evgeniy Gerganov
- Stage 7 Tour of Bulgaria, Evgeniy Gerganov
- Overall The Paths of King Nikola, Vladimir Koev
- Stage 1, Vladimir Koev
- 2011
- Stage 5 Tour du Maroc, Eyüp Karagöbek
- Stage 4 Tour of Trakya, Muhammet Atalay
- Overall Tour of Isparta, Mustafa Sayar
- Stage 1, Mustafa Sayar
- Stage 3, Danail Petrov
- Stage 5 Tour of Romania, Vladimir Koev
- Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia, Miraç Kal
- Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour, Vladimir Koev
- Stage 3, Vladimir Koev
- Stage 4 Tour of Marmara, Eyüp Karagöbek
- Stage 4 Tour of Alanya, Hüseyin Özcan
- 2012
- Stage 4 Azerbaijan Tour, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Overall Tour of Trakya, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stages 1, 2 & 4, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 3 Baltic Chain Tour, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 4 Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
- 2013
- Stage 2 Tour d'Algérie, Sergiy Grechyn
- Stage 1 Tour de Blida, Mustafa Sayar
- Stage 6 Tour du Maroc, Ahmet Örken[7]
- Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Sergiy Grechyn
- Stage 2, Sergiy Grechyn
- Stages 4 & 6 Tour de Serbie, Ahmet Örken[8][9]
- Stage 2 Tour of Qinghai Lake, David de la Fuente
- Overall Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 9, Yuriy Metlushenko
- 2014
- Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ahmet Örken
- 2015
- Overall Tour of Çanakkale, Ahmet Akdilek
- Prologue, Ahmet Akdilek
- Stage 3, İsmail Akşoy
- Overall Tour du Maroc, Tomasz Marczyński
- Stages 1, 4 & 7, Tomasz Marczyński
- Stage 2, Ahmet Örken
- Overall Tour of Black Sea, Tomasz Marczyński
- Stage 1, Tomasz Marczyński
- Stage 3, Ahmet Örken
- Stage 3 Tour of Iran, İsmail Akşoy
- Overall Tour of Ankara, Nazim Bakırcı
- Stage 1, Nazim Bakırcı
- Stage 4, Feritcan Şamlı
- Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana, Ahmet Örken
- Prologue, Stages 2 & 3, Ahmet Örken
- Overall Tour of Aegean, Ahmet Örken
- Prologue & Stage 1, Ahmet Örken
- Stage 3, Rasim Reis
- 2016
- Overall Tour of Mersin, Nazim Bakırcı
- Stage 1 Tour of Ankara, Feritcan Şamlı
- Stage 2 Tour of Ankara, Mustafa Sayar
- Stage 3 Tour of Ankara, Fatih Keleş
- 2017
- Les Challenges de la Marche Verte GP Oued Eddahab, Ivan Balykin
- Les Challenges de la Marche Verte GP Al Massira, Ahmet Örken
- Stage 2 Tour of Ankara, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 2b (ITT) Tour of Bihor, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 2 Tour de Serbie, Luca Chirico
- Stage 3 Tour de Serbie, Ahmet Örken
- Stages 4 & 10 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ahmet Örken
- 2018
- Overall Tour of Mediterrennean, Onur Balkan
- Stages 2 & 3, Onur Balkan
- Overall Tour of Cartier, Cristian Raileanu
- Stage 2, Cristian Raileanu
- Stage 2 Tour of Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Batuhan Ozgur
- Overall Tour of Mesopotamia, Nazim Bakırcı
- Stage 1, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 2, Nazim Bakırcı
- Stage 4, Onur Balkan
- Overall Tour of Mevlana, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 2, Ivan Balykin
- Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Onur Balkan
- Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia, Onur Balkan
- Stage 5 Tour of Romania, Onur Balkan
- Stage 3 Tour of Black Sea, Batuhan Ozgur
National champions
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- 2011
Bulgaria Road Race, Danail Petrov
- 2012
Turkey Road Race, Miraç Kal- Turkey Under-23 Time Trial, Feritcan Şamlı
- 2013
- Turkey Road Race, Nazim Bakırcı
- Turkey Time Trial, Bekir Baki Akırşan
Kazakhstan Time Trial, Andrey Mizurov
- 2014
- Turkey Road Race, Feritcan Şamlı
- Turkey Time Trial, Ahmet Örken
- Turkey Under-23 Time Trial, Alihan Demirbağ
- 2015
- Turkey Road Race, Ahmet Akdilek
- Turkey Time Trial, Ahmet Örken
Poland Road Race, Tomasz Marczyński- Turkey Under-23 Road Race, Batuhan Özgür
- Turkey Under-23 Time Trial, Halil İbrahim Dilek
- 2016
- Turkey Time Trial, Ahmet Örken
- 2018
- Turkey Road Race, Onur Balkan
References
edit- ^ a b "Bisiklet" (in Turkish). Konya Torku Şekerspor. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- ^ "Two cyclist will race at Rio". SporX (in Turkish). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ "Two Turkish cyclists will race at Rio". SporX (in Turkish). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ "Gabrovski with Adverse Analytical Finding for EPO". 18 July 2012.
- ^ "Gabrovski given two years for EPO use". 7 October 2012.
- ^ "Tour of Turkey winner provisionally suspended for doping violation". 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 6th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 4 - Kladovo-Pozarvac". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 6 - S.Mitrovica- Belgrade". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-16.