Erciyes International Road Cycling Races were breathtaking

Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Erciyes A.Ş. hosted the Erciyes International Road Cycling Races.
Erciyes, which is the attraction point of professional athletes in many sports branches as a professional training camp, mountain and natural sports base in summer as well as winter sports, continues to attract the attention of the global cycling community.
Kayseri Erciyes, which is known as the place that hosts the most bicycle races in the world in the calendar of the International Cyclists Union UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale), whose center is located in Italy, also organizes bicycle races in 2023.

Cycling teams from around the world participated
Erciyes International Road Cycling Races, which will take place between 8 July and 19 August, are led by the International Cyclists Union UCI and the Turkish Cycling Federation, Erciyes High Altitude and Sports Tourism Association organized with the support of Erciyes A.Ş., Spor A.Ş and Bicycle Tourism Association under the auspices of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality. Cycling teams from all over the world, especially Turkey, participated in the bicycle races.
​The races started with the Grand Prix Erciyes stage on Saturday, July 8th. 35 athletes finished the race at the 140-kilometer-long GP Erciyes tour, starting from Cumhuriyet Square and finishing at the Erciyes Ski Center Hacılar Kapı. Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Secretary General and Erciyes A.Ş. Chairman of the Board of Directors Hamdi Elcuman, Kayseri Provincial Director of Youth and Sports Ali İhsan Kabakcı and athletes participated.

“We have successfully completed another Grand Prix”
Erciyes A.Ş Chairman of the Board Hamdi Elcuman said in a statement at Erciyes Ski Center that they successfully completed the race. Meeting with the winner of the race, Elcuman stated in his speech that 5 races took place in Kayseri and Erciyes this year and said, “We have successfully completed another Grand Prix. Thankfully, we have 5 races in total this year in Erciyes. We carried out the first of our race without incident. Nearly 35 racers from various countries competed here. Thankfully, they all reached the finish.” He congratulated the winner of the competition, Stedman Maximilian, and learned his thoughts.

The winner of the competition, Stedman Maximilian, expressed in his conversation with Elcuman that the last part was very difficult and stated that the team helped a lot, it was the first time he competed with this team, and he was very happy because the track was very good and successful.
1st Beykoz Municipality Sports Club athlete Stedman Maximilian, 2nd Konya Metropolitan Municipality Sports athlete Abay Burak, 3rd Uzbekistan National Team athlete Khalmuratov Muradjan. The awards consisting of medals, flowers and cups were given to the cyclists who ranked high in the competition by the members of the protocol.

To be implemented for the first time in Turkey
In addition, Kayseri Erciyes will be the first stop of the Tour of Anatolia MTB Mountain Bike Championship competitions, which will be held for the first time in Turkey and cover 4 cities. The races with stages, which will be held on 24-27 August 2023, will be started from Erciyes Ski Center. Cyclists will start from Kayseri and turn the pedals to the beauties of Anatolia in Kırşehir, Nevşehir and Kırıkkale provinces.
The calendar of the remaining races is as follows: “July 30, 2023 Grand Prix Kültepe. 19 August 2023 Grand Prix Kaisareia (Men). 19 August 2023 Grand Prix Kaisareia (Women). 24-27 August 2023 Tour of Anatolia MTB Cup.”