The 2016 Tour de Hongrie was a six-day cycling

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that took place in

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in June–July 2016. The race is the 37th edition of the

Tour de Hongrie The Tour de Hongrie () is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925. History The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, and the Budapest–Szo ...

. It was rated as a

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event as part of the

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. The race included 5 stages plus the prologue, starting in

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on 28 June and returning there for the finish on 3 July in

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. The winner of overall classification was

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. The selection was made on Stage 1 to Keszthely.

Schedule

Participating teams

16 teams were invited to the 2016 Tour de Hongrie: 7

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, 4 Regional and 5 Hungarian teams.(Hungarian
Kedden rajtol a Tour de Hongrie!
''Tour de Hongrie – Official Website'', 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016

Stages

Prologue

;28 June 2016 —

, ,

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(ITT)

Stage 1

;29 June 2016 —

Fertőd Fertőd () is a town in the Győr-Moson-Sopron county of Hungary, not far from Austria. Fertőd was formed when the towns of Eszterháza and Süttör were unified, in 1950. It is the location of one of Hungary's best known palaces, Eszterháza, w ...

( Eszterházy Palace) to

Keszthely Keszthely (; also known by alternative names) is a Hungarian city of 20,895 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest city by the lake and one of the more important cultural, educational and economic hub ...

(

Festetics Palace The Festetics Palace is a Baroque palace located in the town of Keszthely, Zala County, Zala, Hungary. The building now houses the Helikon Palace Museum. The palace's construction, started by Kristóf Festetics family, Festetics in 1745, lasted ...

Stage 2

;30 June 2016 —

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Stage 3

;1 July 2016 —

Cegléd Cegléd (; ) is a city in Pest County, Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Name The name of the town is of disputed origin. The name may be derived from the word "szeglet" (meaning "corner") due to i ...

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Stage 4

;2 July 2016 —

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tető,

Stage 5

;3 July 2016 —

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(

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Classification leadership

Final standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young riders classification

Team classification

Sponsorship

* Radio broadcasting organization, ''Rádió Rock 95.8FM'', has sponsored the Jersey yellow

''sárga trikó'' (General classification Winner). *

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, ''Bringasport'', has sponsored the Jersey green

''zöld trikó'' (Point classification Winner). * Active tourist portal, ', has sponsored the Jersey red

''piros trikó'' (Mountain classification Winner). * The leader Hungarian bank, ''

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'', has sponsored the Jersey white

''fehér trikó'' (Young rider classification Winner). * Ministry of Human Resources * szelektalok.hu * Bringaland *

Opel Opel Automobile GmbH (), usually shortened to Opel, is a German automobile manufacturer which has been a subsidiary of Stellantis since 16 January 2021. It was owned by the American automaker General Motors from 1929 until 2017 and the PSA Gr ...

– official car of the Race *

Szerencsejáték Zrt. Szerencsejáték Zrt. () is the largest gambling service provider in Hungary. The company was founded in 1991 and is 100% state owned (through Magyar Nemzeti Vagyonkezelő Zrt.). It has exclusive rights to distribute number draw games, sports bets ...

* belotto – official jersey manufacturer *

Europcar Europcar Mobility Group is a French car rental company founded in 1949 in Paris. The head office of the holding company, Europcar Group S.A., is in the business park of Val Saint-Quentin at Voisins-le-Bretonneux (Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines), Fr ...

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* Kunság-Szesz Zrt. *

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– official timekeeper

References

External links

Official website
* {{Tour de Hongrie

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