Turkish cyclist

Mustafa Sayar (born 22 April 1989) is a Turkish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Sakarya BB Pro Team. In 2013 he was suspended following his testing positive for EPO.

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 Doping suspension
• 2 Major results
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

In 2013, he won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey by powering away on the climb to Selçuk in an improbably large gear, leading to disbelief and insinuations from the live TV commentary team and other riders in the race, including Marcel Kittel, who tweeted that he was "not often in my life so angry about a result of someone else". Sayar was the first Turkish rider to provisionally win a stage in the Tour since 2008. With that result, he took the lead in the overall cl*ification. He successfully defended the leader's jersey over the next two stages and won the race.

Doping suspension

On 15 July 2013 he was suspended, following his testing positive for EPO during the Tour d'Algérie in March. As a result, he lost his overall victory in the Tour of Turkey, which went to Natnael Berhane. Sayar retired from the sport in November 2013, but returned to compe*ion after completion of the ban.

Major results

20091st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships2nd Time trial, National Road Championships20102nd Overall Tour of Victory6th Overall Tour of Trakya20111st Overall Tour of Isparta1st Prologue4th Time trial, National Road Championships4th Overall Tour of Alanya4th Overall Tour of Trakya5th Overall Tour of Cappadocia5th Overall Tour of Marmara20122nd Road race, National Road Championships20131st Overall Tour of Turkey1st Stage 62nd Time trial, National Road Championships2nd Overall Tour de Blida1st Mountains cl*ification1st Points cl*ification1st Stage 12nd Overall Tour d'Algérie1st Mountains cl*ification5th Circuit d'Alger9th Grand Prix of Donetsk20163rd Time trial, National Road Championships3rd Overall Tour of Ankara1st Stage 34th Overall Tour of Mersin20182nd Overall Tour of Cappadocia1st Stage 23rd Overall Tour of Black Sea3rd Road race, National Road Championships7th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia20191st Bursa Yıldırım Bayezıt Race1st Mountains cl*ification Tour of MersinNational Road Championships3rd Time trial4th Road race3rd Bursa Orhangazi Race4th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia20223rd Grand Prix Mediterranean4th Grand Prix Gündoğmuş9th Overall Tour of Turkey

References

External links

• Mustafa Sayar at ProCyclingStats
• Mustafa Sayar at Cycling Archives