Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran), also known as the Tour of Iranian Azerbaijan or Azerbaijan Tour is an annual multiple stage

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held in

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since 1986, named after

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. It is a UCI 2.1 category race and is part of the

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History

Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran) was established in 1986 by Asghar Khodayari and Akbar Goharkhani, with the name ''Tour de Urmia Lake''. The stages of the tour were modified several times. In 2010, one stage of the tour was held in Nakhichevan, an autonomous republic of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. In 2013, ''Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour'' was renamed to ''Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)''. In 2016, for the first time, a cycling team from the United States, , announced their participation in the race. They said they wanted to show "how cycling can connect people". The 32nd edition of the tour rescheduled from May to October to avoid coincidence with Iran's presidential election. The organizers of the tour announced that the schedule of the following years will be in May as usual. In 2020 and 2021, the race was not held.

Past winners

Multiple winners

References

External links

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Statistics
at ''the-sports.org''
Azerbaïjan Tour
at ''cqranking.com''
video of 2010 tour
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