Date January–February Editions 15 (as of 2016) Discipline Road bicycle racing Region Qatar Most wins Tom Boonen (BEL) (4 wins) Edition 15 (2016) | Type Stage race Most recent Mark Cavendish (GBR) First winner Thorsten Wilhelms (GER) Organiser Amaury Sport Organisation First edition 2002 | |
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The Tour of Qatar is an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the first time, but it was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship support.
The event consists of a men's competition over five stages, and, since 2009, a women's competition over four stages – held a week before the men's race. Because Qatar is entirely flat, the tour is almost always won by a sprinter or classics specialist. Belgian Tom Boonen and Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild hold the record with four overall wins, in the men's and ladies' competition respectively.
Tour of qatar 2013 stage 2 full eng
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Tour of Qatar Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA