In the area of the base, the first stage of the international Istanbul cycling (Tour of Istanbul).
The competition is held when coordinating the Turkish cycling Federation under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, with the support of the administration of the Governor of Istanbul, the municipality of the Fatih district, Spor Toto, the company “Spor Toto”. The International Cyclists Union (UCI) and Shimano.
16 teams and 121 athletes from 13 countries take part in the race. As part of the first stage of the race, athletes temporarily overcame a distance of 7.5 km.
The President of the Turkish cycling Federation Emin Muftuoglu emphasized the significance of the tournament.
“This is a very important tour – a kind of subspecies of the presidential cycling. This right is not given to every country. We have gone to a completely new level, and for this we are deeply grateful to ours President Tayyip Erdogan, ”he said.
The President of the Turkish cycling Federation also noted the peculiarity of the track.
” This is a special route. He.
The remaining stages
within the framework of the competition, three more stages of a total length of 410.1 km will go:
Stage 2 (September 5): Shile – Shile, 150.1 km
Stage 3 (September 6): Arnavutkoy – Arnavutky, 165,7 km
Stage 4 (September 7): Fatikh – Fatikh, 94.3 km
categories
teams participating in competitions are distributed in the following categories:
uci proteams: Lotto DSTNY (Belgium), Totalenergies (France), TEEAM POLTI-VISIT MALTA (Italy)
uci Continental Teams: Team Storck-Metropol Cycling (Germany), Bike AID (Germany), Serce Polski (Poland), Voster ATS Team (Poland), Att InvestMents (Czech Republic), AIRTOX-CARL RAS (Denmark), Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Spor (Turkey), SPOR TOTO (Turkey), TARTELETO-SIREX (Belgium), Kinan Racing Team and Almaty Cycling Team (Kazakhstan)
National teams: Romania and Uzbekistan