International Tour of Rhodes
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Region | Rhodes, Greece |
| Local name(s) | Διεθνής Γύρος Ρόδου (Greek) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Cycling Club ‘’Rodilios’’ & Sports Tours Hellas |
| Race director | Giorgos Leventakis[1] |
| Web site | rhodestour.gr |
| History | |
| First edition | 1987 |
| Editions | 18 (as of 2024) |
| First winner |  Kanellos Kanellopoulos (GRE) |
| Most wins |  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (2 wins) |
| Most recent |  André Drege (NOR) |
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]
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 Jayco | |
| 2024 | Norway
|
André Drege | Team Coop–Repsol | |
See also
- Tour of Greece,[4]
Greece - Rhodes Grand Prix,[5] Greece
References
- ^ "Tour of Rhodes Regulations". RhodesTour. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Όταν ο Καντσελλάρα και Ουίγκινς αγωνίστηκαν στη Ρόδο" (in Greek). sportsfeed.gr. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Palmares International Tour of Rhodes". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ^ "News". hellas-tour.gr. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ^ "Rhodes GP by Culture & Sports Organization 1.2 UCI Cat - Rhodes Tour". rhodestour.gr. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
External links
- Official website
- International Tour of Rhodes palmares at Cycling Archives
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