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Tour of Cappadocia

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Date
  
June–July

Discipline
  
Road

Type
  
Stage race

Region
  
Nevşehir Province

Competition
  
UCI Europe Tour

Tour of Cappadocia

Local name(s)
  
Uluslararası Kapadokya Bisiklet Turu

The Tour of Cappadocia (Turkish: Uluslararası Kapadokya Bisiklet Turu) is an international road cycling race organized by the Turkish Cycling Federation at Cappadocia in central Turkey. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour with a rating of 2.2.

The tour was held for the first time between June 30-July 3, 2011. It consists of four stages in a total length of 393 km (244 mi) and runs through towns in the historical region of Cappadocia around Nevşehir. The first edition's route was as follows:

  1. 8 km (5.0 mi) (Prolog - Uçhisar - Kalaba - Hacıbektaş - Gülşehir - Nevşehir - Uçhisar)
  2. 126 km (78 mi) (Nevşehir- Niğde - Nevşehir)
  3. 141 km (88 mi) (Uçhisar - Kalaba - Hacıbektaş - Gülşehir - Nevşehir - Uçhisar)
  4. 118 km (73 mi) (Nevşehir - Ihlara - Nevşehir)

References

Tour of Cappadocia Wikipedia