Torku Şekerspor

Torku Şekerspor (UCI team code: TRK) was a Turkish professional cycling team, based in Konya, Central Anatolia.They folded after the 2018 season. The team was sponsored by the local sugar and chocolate industries. It is part of the Konya Anadolu Selçukspor organisation, a Turkish TFF Second League football team.^[1]

Torku Şekerspor

Team information
UCI code	TRK
Registered	Konya, Central Anatolia, Turkey
Founded	2005
Disbanded	2018
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Bicycles	Salcano
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Branko Filip
Team name history
2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 2010 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014–2018	Hemus 1896 Aurora 2000 Berchi Hemus 1896–Berneschi Hemus 1896 Hemus 1896–Vivelo Torquay Sheker Konya Vivelo Konya–Torku Şekerspor Torku Şekerspor

In 2011, the team became Turkey's first ever professional bicycle racing team. It has UCI Continental team status.^[1]

Team member Miraç Kal qualified for participation in the road race event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Team member Ahmet Örken qualified for participation in the time trial event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Doping

In April 2012 Ivailo Gabrovski tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) on Stage 3 of the 2012 Tour of Turkey, winning the stage and the overall title.^[4] Gabrovski was banned for two years and had his victory stripped.^[5] In May 2012 Volodymyr Bileka tested positive for Norpseudoephedrine on Stage 1 of the 2012 Tour of Trakya receiving a four-year suspension for his second doping offence.

In March 2013, Mustafa Sayar tested positive for EPO after Stage 1 of the 2013 Tour d'Algérie.^[6]

Final roster

Rider Date of birth   Fethi Acar (TUR) (1996-01-01) January 1, 1996 (age 27)   Ahmet Akdilek (TUR) (1988-03-10) March 10, 1988 (age 35)   Muhammet Atalay (TUR) (1989-05-15) May 15, 1989 (age 34)   Nazim Bakırcı (TUR) (1986-05-29) May 29, 1986 (age 37)   Onur Balkan (TUR) (1996-03-10) March 10, 1996 (age 27)   Serkan Balkan (TUR) (1994-03-28) March 28, 1994 (age 29)

Rider Date of birth   Ivan Balykin (RUS) (1990-11-26) November 26, 1990 (age 32)   Halil İbrahim Dilek (TUR) (1998-10-12) October 12, 1998 (age 25)   Ahmet Orencik (TUR) (1996-04-10) April 10, 1996 (age 27)   Batuhan Özgür (TUR) (1998-02-01) February 1, 1998 (age 25)   Cristian Raileanu (MDA) (1993-01-24) January 24, 1993 (age 30)   Ferit Şamlı (TUR) (1994-01-29) January 29, 1994 (age 29)

Major wins

2010

Overall, Romania Tour of Szeklerland, Evgeniy Gerganov

Stage 7 Tour of Bulgaria, Evgeniy Gerganov

Overall The Paths of King Nikola, Vladimir Koev

Stage 1, Vladimir Koev

2011

Stage 5 Tour du Maroc, Eyüp Karagöbek

Stage 4 Tour of Trakya, Muhammet Atalay

Overall Tour of Isparta, Mustafa Sayar

Stage 1, Mustafa Sayar

Stage 3, Danail Petrov

Stage 5 Tour of Romania, Vladimir Koev

Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia, Miraç Kal

Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour, Vladimir Koev

Stage 3, Vladimir Koev

Stage 4 Tour of Marmara, Eyüp Karagöbek

Stage 4 Tour of Alanya, Hüseyin Özcan

2012

Stage 4 Azerbaijan Tour, Yuriy Metlushenko

Overall Tour of Trakya, Yuriy Metlushenko

Stages 1, 2 & 4, Yuriy Metlushenko

Stage 3 Baltic Chain Tour, Yuriy Metlushenko

Stage 4 Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko

2013

Stage 2 Tour d'Algérie, Sergiy Grechyn

Stage 1 Tour de Blida, Mustafa Sayar

Stage 6 Tour du Maroc, Ahmet Örken^[7]

Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Sergiy Grechyn

Stage 2, Sergiy Grechyn

Stages 4 & 6 Tour de Serbie, Ahmet Örken^[8][9]

Stage 2 Tour of Qinghai Lake, David de la Fuente

Overall Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko

Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 9, Yuriy Metlushenko

2014

Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ahmet Örken

2015

Overall Tour of Çanakkale, Ahmet Akdilek

Prologue, Ahmet Akdilek

Stage 3, İsmail Akşoy

Overall Tour du Maroc, Tomasz Marczyński

Stages 1, 4 & 7, Tomasz Marczyński

Stage 2, Ahmet Örken

Overall Tour of Black Sea, Tomasz Marczyński

Stage 1, Tomasz Marczyński

Stage 3, Ahmet Örken

Stage 3 Tour of Iran, İsmail Akşoy

Overall Tour of Ankara, Nazim Bakırcı

Stage 1, Nazim Bakırcı

Stage 4, Feritcan Şamlı

Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana, Ahmet Örken

Prologue, Stages 2 & 3, Ahmet Örken

Overall Tour of Aegean, Ahmet Örken

Prologue & Stage 1, Ahmet Örken

Stage 3, Rasim Reis

2016

Overall Tour of Mersin, Nazim Bakırcı

Stage 1 Tour of Ankara, Feritcan Şamlı

Stage 2 Tour of Ankara, Mustafa Sayar

Stage 3 Tour of Ankara, Fatih Keleş

2017

Les Challenges de la Marche Verte GP Oued Eddahab, Ivan Balykin

Les Challenges de la Marche Verte GP Al Massira, Ahmet Örken

Stage 2 Tour of Ankara, Ivan Balykin

Stage 2b (ITT) Tour of Bihor, Ivan Balykin

Stage 2 Tour de Serbie, Luca Chirico

Stage 3 Tour de Serbie, Ahmet Örken

Stages 4 & 10 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ahmet Örken

2018

Overall Tour of Mediterrennean, Onur Balkan

Stages 2 & 3, Onur Balkan

Overall Tour of Cartier, Cristian Raileanu

Stage 2, Cristian Raileanu

Stage 2 Tour of Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Batuhan Ozgur

Overall Tour of Mesopotamia, Nazim Bakırcı

Stage 1, Ivan Balykin

Stage 2, Nazim Bakırcı

Stage 4, Onur Balkan

Overall Tour of Mevlana, Ivan Balykin

Stage 2, Ivan Balykin

Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Onur Balkan

Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia, Onur Balkan

Stage 5 Tour of Romania, Onur Balkan

Stage 3 Tour of Black Sea, Batuhan Ozgur

National champions

2009

  Turkey Road Race, Miraç Kal

2011

  Bulgaria Road Race, Danail Petrov

2012

  Turkey Road Race, Miraç Kal

  Turkey Under-23 Time Trial, Feritcan Şamlı

2013

  Turkey Road Race, Nazim Bakırcı

  Turkey Time Trial, Bekir Baki Akırşan

  Kazakhstan Time Trial, Andrey Mizurov

2014

  Turkey Road Race, Feritcan Şamlı

  Turkey Time Trial, Ahmet Örken

  Turkey Under-23 Time Trial, Alihan Demirbağ

2015

  Turkey Road Race, Ahmet Akdilek

  Turkey Time Trial, Ahmet Örken

  Poland Road Race, Tomasz Marczyński

  Turkey Under-23 Road Race, Batuhan Özgür

  Turkey Under-23 Time Trial, Halil İbrahim Dilek

2016

  Turkey Time Trial, Ahmet Örken

2018

  Turkey Road Race, Onur Balkan

References

1. "Bisiklet" (in Turkish). Konya Torku Şekerspor. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
2. "Two cyclist will race at Rio". SporX (in Turkish). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
3. "Two Turkish cyclists will race at Rio". SporX (in Turkish). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
4. "Gabrovski with Adverse Analytical Finding for EPO". 18 July 2012.
5. "Gabrovski given two years for EPO use". 7 October 2012.
6. "Tour of Turkey winner provisionally suspended for doping violation". 15 July 2013.
7. "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 6th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
8. "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 4 - Kladovo-Pozarvac". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
9. "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 6 - S.Mitrovica- Belgrade". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-16.

External links

• Official website