International Tour of Rhodes

The International Tour of Rhodes is an annual professional cycling stage race held in Rhodes, Greece. It was first held in 1987, but the second edition only took place in 1995. Between 2001 and 2003 it became a professional race. Fabian Cancellara won the race twice, in 2001 and 2002, including his first victory as a professional in 2001.[2] The race was not held from 2004 until 2017 when it returned to the calendar as a 2.2 event and part of the UCI Europe Tour.[3]

International Tour of Rhodes
Race details
RegionRhodes, Greece
Local name(s)Διεθνής Γύρος Ρόδου (Greek)
DisciplineRoad
TypeStage race
OrganiserCycling Club ‘’Rodilios’’ & Sports Tours Hellas
Race directorGiorgos Leventakis[1]
Web siterhodestour.gr
History
First edition1987 (1987)
Editions17 (as of 2023)
First winner Kanellos Kanellopoulos (GRE)
Most wins Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (2 wins)
Most recent António Morgado (POR)

Winners

Year Country Rider Team
1987  Greece Kanellos Kanellopoulos
1988
1994
No race
1995  Greece Kyriakos Koutsoudakis
Vasilis Anastopoulos
1996  Belarus Evgeni Golovanov
1997  Czech Republic Jozef Regec
1998  Germany Holger Sievers EC/Bayer Worringen
1999  Austria Arno Kaspret
2000  Denmark Dennis Rasmussen Team Fakta
2001   Switzerland Fabian Cancellara Mapei–Quick-Step
2002   Switzerland Fabian Cancellara Mapei–Quick-Step
2003  Netherlands Bram Schmitz BankGiroLoterij
2004
2016
No race
2017   Switzerland Colin Stüssi Roth–Akros
2018  Italy Mirco Maestri Bardiani–CSF
2019  Netherlands Martijn Budding BEAT Cycling Club
2020  Norway Søren Wærenskjold Joker Fuel of Norway
2021  Norway Fredrik Dversnes Team Coop
2022  Denmark Louis Bendixen Team Coop
2023  Portugal António Morgado Hagens Berman Axeon

See also


References

  1. "Tour of Rhodes Regulations". RhodesTour. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. "Όταν ο Καντσελλάρα και Ουίγκινς αγωνίστηκαν στη Ρόδο" (in Greek). sportsfeed.gr. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. "Palmares International Tour of Rhodes". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  4. "News". hellas-tour.gr. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  5. "Rhodes GP by Culture & Sports Organization 1.2 UCI Cat - Rhodes Tour". rhodestour.gr. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
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