Countdown to Tour Of Antalya

Ramazan Yılmaz, who brought a medal to Turkey in this discipline after 23 years by winning a silver and a bronze medal each at the Under-12 and Junior European Track Championships held in Portugal, will compete in his first race with his new team Adria Mobil at the Tour of Antalya. The Slovenian continental team is also known as the team where Primoz Roglic, who won the Spanish and Italian Tours, started cycling.

Beykoz Belediye Spor Turkey also has a former champion of the Tour of Antalya in its squad. British cyclist Max Stedman had a happy ending in the Tour of Antalya in 2020.

"TOUR OF ANTALYA powered by AKRA" international cycling race, which is in the 2.1 category in the elite men's international road cycling calendar of the International Cycling Union (UCI) and consists of 4 days and 4 stages, will be held between 8-11 February 2024, at Turkey's leading cultural and cycling event. It will be held for the fifth time in Antalya, one of the tourism centers, with the participation of world-famous cycling teams.

Tour of Antalya powered by AKRA, organized by Argeus Travel & Events and Yedi İletişim since 2018, will pedal 2024 km in 16 beautiful stages on the heavenly roads of Antalya in 25, with 175 teams and 4 cyclists from 601,7 countries. Millions of people from all over the world will discover the history, nature and culture of Antalya with the rhythm of world-famous pedals!..

WORLD TOUR TEAMS ARE COMING!

The "Tour of Antalya" cycling race, which quickly became a brand in world cycling with its high-level standards and team quality, is defined as "TOUR OF HEAVEN" with its heavenly nature, unique history, climate and beautiful stages. 2 World Tour teams, 9 Pro Teams, 14 Continental Teams will participate.

Two world-famous World Tours will compete in the Tour of Antalya, where teams from the United States, Germany, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, People's Republic of China, Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, Uzbekistan, Portugal, Slovenia and Turkey will participate. The Tour Team will also come to Antalya in 2024. The participation of Bahrain Victorious (Bahrain), ranked 6th in the UCI World Tour rankings, and Alpecin-Deceuninck (Belgium), ranked 8th, was also an indicator of the increase in the brand value of the Tour of Antalya powered by AKRA race among road cycling races.

The participation of 2024 Continental Teams from Turkey in the Tour of Antalya 4, in which the important countries of world cycling participate, shows that TOUR OF ANTALYA is one of the most important organizations for Turkish cycling. Sakarya BB Pro Team, Spor Toto Cycling Team, Beykoz Belediye Spor Turkey, Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Spor from Turkey will participate in the Tour of Antalya and compete fiercely among themselves and with their international rivals.

SQUADS OF THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED

The Tour of Antalya international cycling tour, which was canceled a few days before the start due to the devastating earthquake disaster last year, is preparing to host the world-famous pedals.

Both young stars and very experienced and fit names come to the Tour of Antalya. Timothy Dupont from the Tarteletto – Isorex team is one of the names who will be on the podium in the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey and Tour of Istanbul races in 2023. The average age of the 175 riders on the start list is 25. While Jakub Mareczko from the Corratec – Vini Fantini team is shown as the favorite among the sprinters, Matteo Badilatti from the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team will take the stage as one of the strongest names of the climbs. The country distribution of the 25 cyclists who will start in the 175 teams participating in the Tour of Antalya is 34.

Ramazan Yılmaz, who brought a medal to Turkey in this discipline after 23 years by winning a silver and a bronze medal each at the Under-12 and Junior European Track Championships held in Portugal, will compete in his first race with his new team Adria Mobil at the Tour of Antalya. The Slovenian continental team is also known as the team where Primoz Roglic, who won the Spanish and Italian Tours, started cycling.

Beykoz Belediye Spor Turkey also has a former champion of the Tour of Antalya in its squad. British cyclist Max Stedman had a happy ending in the Tour of Antalya in 2020.

Top 10 Names that will compete in Tour of Antalya:

Jakub MARECZKO – Team Corratec – Vini Fantini

Enrico ZANONCELLO – VF Group – Bardiani CSF – Faizanè

Matteo BADILATTI – Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

Timothy DUPONT – Tarteletto – Isorex

Simon PELLAUD – Tudor Pro Cycling Team

Giovanni LONARDI – Team Polti Kometa

Valerio CONTI – Team Corratec – Vini Fantini

Anatoliy BUDYAK – Terengganu Cycling Team

Marco TIZZA – Bingoal WB

Giulio PELLIZZARI – VF Group – Bardiani CSF – Faizanè

UCI WORLD TOUR TEAMS:

Bahrain Victorious (Bahrain)

Alberto BRUTTOMESSO (Italy)

Matevz GOVEKAR (Slovenia)

Ahmed MADAN (Bahrain)
Finlay Xavier PICKERING (Great Britain)
Cameron SCOTT (Austria)

Sergio TU (Taiwan)

Edoardo ZAMBANINI (Italy)

Sports Director: Enrico POITSCHKE (Germany)

Alpecin- Deceuninck (Belgium)

Alex BOGNA (Austria)

Marceli BOGUSLAWSKI (Poland)
Senne LEYSEN (Belgium)
Jensen PLOWRIGHT (Austria)
Ramon SINKELDAM (Netherlands)
Henri UHLIG (Germany- 1.08.2001)
Fabio VAN DEN BOSSCHE (Belgium)

Sports Director: Preben VAN HECKE (Belgium)

UCI PRO TEAMS:

Uno-X Mobility (Norway)

Daniel ÅRNES (Norway)

Simon DALBY (Denmark)

Halvor DOLVEN (Norway)

Marcus Sander HANSEN (Denmark)
Martin Solhaug HANSEN (Norway)

Ådne HOLTER (Norway)
Sindre KULSET (Norway)

Sports Director: Christian ANDERSEN (Denmark)

Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (Switzerland)

Matteo BADILATTI (Switzerland)

Walter CALZONI (Italy)

Alessandro FANCELLU (Italy)

Kamil MALECKI (Poland)

Cyrus MONK(Austria)

Manual OIOLI (Italy)

Szymon SAJNOK (Poland)

Sports Director: Rik REINERINK (Netherlands)

VF Group-Bardiani CSF – Faizanè (Italy)

Lorenzo CONFORTI (Italy)

Giulio PELLIZZARI (Italy)
Alessandro PINARELLO (Italy)

Mattia PINAZZI (Italy)
Vicente ROJAS NARANJO (Chile)

Matteo SCALCO (Italy)

Enrico ZANONCELLO (Italy)

Sports Director: Luca AMORIELLO (Italy)

Tudor Pro Cycling Team (Switzerland)

Tom BOHLI (Switzerland)

Aloïs CHARRIN (France)

Aivaras MIKUTIS (Lithuania)
Sebastian REICHENBACH (Switzerland)
Roland THALMANN (Switzerland)
Simon PELLAUD (Switzerland)
Hannes WILKSCH (Germany)

Sports Director: Sylvain BLANQUEFORT (France)

Team Polti-Kometa (Italy)

Davide DE CASSAN (Italy)

Paul DOUBLE (Great Britain)
Erik FETTER (Hungary)

Andrea GAROSIO (Italy)
Giovanni LONARDI (Italy)

Mirco MAESTRI (Italy)
Davide PIGANZOLI (Italy)

Sports Director: Giovanni ELLENA (Italy)

Corratec Vini Fantini (Italy)

Valerio CONTI (Italy)

Jakub MARECZKO (Italy)

Alessandro MONACO (Italy)

Marco MURGANO (Italy)
Simone OLIVERO (Italy)
Kristian SBARAGLI (Italy)
Samuele ZAMBELLI (Italy)

Sports Director: Marco ZAMPARELLA (Italy)

Bingoal WB (Belgium)

Louis BLOUWE (Belgium)

Louka MATTHYS (Belgium)
Joes OOSTERLINCK (Belgium)
Marco TIZZA (Italy)
Luca VAN BOVEN (Belgium)

Kenneth VAN ROOY (Belgium)
Loïc VLIEGEN (Belgium)

Sports Director: Jean Denis VANDENBROUCKE (Belgium)

TDT-Unibet (Netherlands)

Martijn BUDDING (Netherlands)

Cedrik Bakke CHRISTOPHERSEN (Norway)
Hartthijs DE VRIES (Netherlands)
Owen GELEIJN (Netherlands)
Axel HUENS (France)
Jelle JOHANNINK (Netherlands)
Charles PAIGE (Great Britain)

Sports Director: SVERRE DYNGELAND VIK (Norway)

Team Novo Nordisk (United States)

Sam BRAN (Great Britain)

Matyas KOPECKY (Czechia)
Peter KUSZTOR (Hungary)
Doriand PERCRULE (France)
Alessandro PERRACCHIONE (Italy)

Antonio POLGA (Italy)
Filippo RIDOLFO (Italy)

Sports Director: Massimo PODENZANA (Italy)

UCI CONTINENTAL TEAMS:

Terengganu Cycling Team (Malaysia)

Muhammad Shahmir Aiman ​​ABDUL HALIM (Malaysia)

Anatolii BUDIAK (Ukraine)
Metkel EYOB (Eritrea)

Zhe Yie KEE (Malaysia)
Mohamad Nur Aiman ​​MOHD ZARIFF (Malaysia)

Muhammed Nur Aiman ​​ROSLI (Malaysia)

Mohd Harrif SALEH (Malaysia)

Sports Director: Mohd Saiful Anuar AZIZ (Malaysia)

China Glory – Mentech Continental Cycling Team (People's Republic of China)

Lucas DE ROSSI (France)

Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG (South Africa)
Xianjing LYU (China)
Binyam MA (China)

Willem Jakobus SMIT (South Africa)

Changsheng SUN (China)
Julien TRARIEUX (French)

Sports Director: Lionel MARIE (France)

Beykoz Belediye Spor Turkey (Turkey)

Batuhan ÖZGÜR (Türkiye)

Natnael BERHANE (Eritrea)

Samet BULUT (Türkiye)
Halil İbrahim DOĞAN (Türkiye)

Petros MENGS (Eritrea)
Timur ÖZTOPRAK (Türkiye)

Maximilian STEDMAN (Great Britain)
Sports Director: Pelin Merve Bayram

Spor Toto Cycling Team (Türkiye)

Doğukan ARIKAN (Türkiye)
Serdar Anıl DEPE (Türkiye)
Mehmet KANAT (Türkiye)

Kaan Soylu ÖZKALBİM (Türkiye)
Feritcan ŞAMLI (Türkiye)
Mustafa TEKİN (Türkiye)

Tahir Buğra YİĞİT (Türkiye)

Sports Director: Mehmet Şafakçı

Adria Mobile (Slovenia)

Djordje DJURIC (Serbia)

Tilen FINKŠT (Slovenia)

Nicolas GOJKOVIĆ (Croatia)

Anze SKOK (Slovenia)

Jaka ŠPOLJAR (Slovenia)
Aljaz TURK (Slovenia)
Ramazan YILMAZ (Türkiye)

Sports Director: Marko Kump (Slovenia)

Kinan Racing Team (Japan)

Yusuke HATANAKA (Japan)
Raymond KREDER (Netherlands)

Thomas LEBAS (France)

Daiki MAGOSAKI (Japan)

Drew MOREY (Austria)
Koki SHIRAKAWA (Japan)
Genki YAMAMOTO (Japan)

Sports Director: Tetsuya ISHIDA (Japan)

Tashkent City Professional Cycling Team (Uzbekistan)

Davirjan ABDURAKHMANOV (Uzbekistan)

Farrukh BOBOSHEROV (Uzbekistan)

Dmitriy BOCHAROV (Uzbekistan)

Danil EVDOKIMOV (Uzbekistan)

Daniil FEDOROV (Uzbekistan)

Bekhzodbek RAKHIMBAEV (Uzbekistan)

Nikita TSVETKOV (Uzbekistan)

Sports Director: Volodymyr STARCHYK (Ukraine)

Tarteletto-Isorex (Belgium)

Robbe C.L.AEYS (Belgium)

Torsten DEMEYERE (Belgium)

Timothy DUPONT (Belgium)

Thomas JOSEPH (Belgium)

Gianni MARCHAND (Belgium)

Father Dahl STRAND (Norway)

Mauro VERWILT (Belgium)

Sports Director: Peter BAUWENS

Sabgal / Anicolor (Portugal)

Mathias BREGNHØJ (Denmark)

Duarte DOMINGUES (Portugal)

Frederico FIGUEIREDO (Portugal)
Guillermo GARCIA JANEIRO (Spain)

Luis MENDONÇA (Portugal)
Oscar MOSCARDO HERNANDEZ (Spain)

José SOUSA (Portugal)

Sports Director: José SILVA (Portugal)

Konya Metropolitan Municipality Sports (Türkiye)

Ahmet Can AKPINAR (Türkiye)

Fahrettin BADAK (Türkiye)
Serdar GEDIK (Türkiye)
Eyüp Muhammet KARAGÖBEK (Türkiye)
Ali KÜÇÜK (Türkiye)
Mustafa TARAKCI (Türkiye)
Talha TEKTAŞ (Türkiye)

Sports Director: Ümit Göçmen (Türkiye)

Team Vorarlberg (Austria)

Dominik AMANN (Austria)
Jon KNOLLE (Germany)

Lukas MEILER (Germany)

Jannis PETER (Germany)

Felix STEHLI (Switzerland)
Colin Chris STÜSSI (Switzerland)

Moran VERMEULEN (Austria)

Sports Director: Werner Salmen (Germany)

Bike Aid (Germany)

Máté BALÁZS (Germany)

Jonas BECK (Germany)

Antoine BERLIN (Monaco)

Léo BOUVIER (France)

Pirmin EISENBARTH (Germany)

Philip MEISER (Germany)

Anton SCHIFFER (Germany)

Anton WIERSMA (Netherlands)

Sports Director: Anton WIERSMA (Netherlands)

Sakarya BB Pro Team (Türkiye)

Burak ABAY (Türkiye)
Furkan AKÇAM (Türkiye)

Stepan MARIAMIDZE
Musa MIKAYILZADE (Azerbaijan)
Nikolai POCHERNIEV

Sergey ROSTOVTSEV
Emir UZUN (Türkiye)

Sports Director: Aziz SIRNAÇ (Türkiye)

REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland (Germany)

Yago AGUIRRE SUBIJANA (Spain)
Henri Johannes APPELBAUM (Germany)
Julian BORRESCH (Germany)
Sebastian NIEHUES (Germany)
Jonathan Malte ROTTMANN (Germany)
Jacob SCOTT (Germany)
Jan-Marc TEMMEN (Germany)

Sports Director: Gregory ROBERT HENDERSON (New Zealand)

The stage program of the race, which will take place at the iconic points of Antalya, will be as follows:

World-famous cyclists will pedal 4 km in 601,7 beautiful stages on the heavenly roads of Antalya. Queen Stage of Tour of Antalya; The 3.264rd stage will be the Kemer-Tahtalı stage, with an altitude gain of 7,5 meters, an average slope of 8,7% in the last 644km and a climbing finish of 3m. Millions of people will discover the unique history, nature and culture of Antalya with the rhythm of world-famous pedals...

1st Stage Side-Antalya (8 February, Thursday) 137,7 km

2nd Stage Demre-Antalya (Friday, February 9) 141,9 km

3rd Stage Kemer-Tahtalı (10 February, Saturday) 136,7 km

4th Stage Antalya-Antalya OSB-Antalya (11 February, Sunday) 185,4 km