The Azerbaijan Cycling Federation (in Azerbaijani: ''Azərbaycan Velosiped İdmani Federasiyasi'') is the national

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. It was founded in 1997 and is a member of the

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and the UEC. The federation organizes the Azerbaijani National Road Race Championships and the

Tour d'Azerbaïdjan Tour d'Azerbaïdjan was a 2.1 multi-stage bicycle race of the UCI Europe Tour, which took place in Azerbaijan around May between 2012 and 2017. Each day, participants started on a new phase of the race. The race was held in 7 regions of Azerbaij ...

, and hosted the

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. Riders from Azerbaijan have repeatedly competed at the

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between 2012 and 2020.

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Cycle racing in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-sport-stub