Tour of Romania
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Start June |
| Region | Romania |
| English name | Tour of Romania |
| Local name(s) | Turul României, Mica Buclă |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Stage race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1934 |
| Editions | 50 (as of 2013) |
| First winner |
 Marin Nikolov (BUL) |
| Most wins |
 Constantin Dumitrescu (ROM) Mircea Romaşcanu (ROM)(3 wins) |
| Most recent |
 Vitaliy Buts (UKR) |
The Tour of Romania (or “Little Loop”) is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.2 race on the UCI Europe Tour.
History
Inspired by Tour de France, 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–Sinaia–Targoviste–Butimanu–Bucharest (approximately 300 km or 190 mi). 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 Belgium (1906), Netherlands (1909), Bulgaria (1924), Hungary (1925) and Poland (1928).
The route first edition was 1,026 km (638 mi) long and included six stages.
Statistics
- The longest route was the 3rd edition in 1936 at 2,242 km (1,393 mi).
- The shortest route was 430 kilometres (270 mi), in the 29th edition of 1991.
- At the 19th edition of 1973, Cluj, a stage was held nocturnal on the 27.3 km (17.0 mi) distance.
- Rider Traian Chicomban of Brasov 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 Union Cycliste Internationale.
Winners
| Rider | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | |
Nikolov, MarinMarin Nikolov (BUL) | ||
| 1935 |  |
Zigmund, DanielDaniel Zigmund (POL) | ||
| 1936 |  |
Gallien, PierrePierre Gallien (FRA) | ||
| 1937 1945 |
No race | |||
| 1946 |  |
Prosenik, AugustAugust Prosenik (YUG) | ||
| 1947 1949 |
No race | |||
| 1950 | |
Sandu, ConstantinConstantin Sandu (ROM) | ||
| 1951 | |
Niculescu, MarinMarin Niculescu (ROM) | ||
| 1952 | No race | |||
| 1953 | |
Vasilescu, NicolaeNicolae Vasilescu (ROM) | ||
| 1954 | |
Dumitrescu, ConstantinConstantin Dumitrescu (ROM) | ||
| 1955 | |
Dumitrescu, ConstantinConstantin Dumitrescu (ROM) | ||
| 1956 | |
Dumitrescu, ConstantinConstantin Dumitrescu (ROM) | ||
| 1957 | No race | |||
| 1958 | |
Moiceanu, GabrielGabriel Moiceanu (ROM) | ||
| 1959 | |
Cosma, IonIon Cosma (ROM) | ||
| 1960 | |
Ziegler, WalterWalter Ziegler (ROM) | ||
| 1961 | |
Cosma, IonIon Cosma (ROM) | ||
| 1962 1965 |
No race | |||
| 1966 | |
Suciu, GeorgheGeorghe Suciu (ROM) | ||
| 1967 | |
Rusu, EmilEmil Rusu (ROM) | ||
| 1968 | |
Ziegler, WalterWalter Ziegler (ROM) | ||
| 1969 |  |
Wanzlik, JurgenJurgen Wanzlik (GER) | ||
| 1970 1972 |
No race | |||
| 1973 | |
Teodor, VasileVasile Teodor (ROM) | ||
| 1974 | |
Romascanu, MirceaMircea Romascanu (ROM) | ||
| 1975 1982 |
No race | |||
| 1983 | |
Romascanu, MirceaMircea Romascanu (ROM) | ||
| 1984 | |
Carutasu, ConstantinConstantin Carutasu (ROM) | ||
| 1985 | |
Romascanu, MirceaMircea Romascanu (ROM) | ||
| 1986 | |
Schonherr, FrankFrank Schonherr (GER) | ||
| 1987 | |
Constantinescu, ValentinValentin Constantinescu (ROM) | ||
| 1988 | |
Mitrache, VasileVasile Mitrache (ROM) | ||
| 1989 | |
Catana, DanutDanut Catana (ROM) | ||
| 1990 | |
Apostol, VasieVasie Apostol (ROM) | ||
| 1991 | |
Riabuchenko, SvetoslavSvetoslav Riabuchenko (ROM) | ||
| 1992 | |
Perelalsny, VladimirVladimir Perelalsny (ROM) | ||
| 1993 | |
Koberschinski, JurgenJurgen Koberschinski (GER) | ||
| 1994 | |
Stelian, AntonAnton Stelian (ROM) | ||
| 1995 | |
Mitianin, IgorIgor Mitianin (UKR) | ||
| 1996 | No race | |||
| 1997 | |
Privache, FlorinFlorin Privache (ROM) | ||
| 1998 |  |
Bonciucov, IgorIgor Bonciucov (MDA) | ||
| 1999 |  |
Tretyakov, SergeySergey Tretyakov (KAZ) | ||
| 2000 | |
Kravchenko, VadimVadim Kravchenko (KAZ) | ||
| 2001 | |
Timchenko, LeonidLeonid Timchenko (UKR) | ||
| 2002 |  |
Sabalin, AlexandreAlexandre Sabalin (RUS) | ||
| 2003 |  |
van Groezen, JelleJelle van Groezen (NED) | ||
| 2004 | |
Koev, VladimirVladimir Koev (BUL) | ||
| 2005 | |
Gabrovski, IvaïloIvaïlo Gabrovski (BUL) | Hemus 1896-Aurora 2000 Berchi | |
| 2006 | |
Shumanov, PavelPavel Shumanov (BUL) | Cycling Club Burgas | |
| 2007 | |
Anghelache, DanielDaniel Anghelache (ROM) | Dinamo București | |
| 2008 |  |
Cador, RidaRida Cador (HUN) | P-Nívó-Betonexpressz 2000-Corratec | |
| 2009 | |
Shchebelin, AlexeyAlexey Shchebelin (RUS) | SP Tableware-Gatsoulis Bikes | |
| 2010 | |
Koev, VladimirVladimir Koev (BUL) | Hemus 1896-Vivelo | |
| 2011 | |
Nechita, AndreiAndrei Nechita (ROM) | Romania (national team) | |
| 2012 |  |
Kvasina, MatijaMatija Kvasina (CRO) | Ukraine (national team) | |
| 2013 | |
Buts, VitaliyVitaliy Buts (UKR) | Kolss Cycling Team | |
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