2021 Tour of Romania explained

2021 Tour of Romania
Series:	2021 UCI Europe Tour
Date:	31 August–5 September
Stages:	5 + Prologue
Distance:	822.6
Unit:	km
Time:	18h 21' 19"
First:	Jakub Kaczmarek
First Nat:	POL
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Serghei Țvetcov
Second Nat:	ROU
Third:	Szymon Rekita
Third Nat:	POL
Points:	Patryk Stosz
Points Nat:	POL
Points Color:	red
Mountains:	Maciej Paterski
Mountains Nat:	POL
Mountains Color:	green
Previous:	2020
Next:	2022

The 2021 Tour of Romania was a six-day cycling stage race that took place in Romania in August and September 2021. The race was the 54th edition of the Tour of Romania. The tour was rated as a 2.1 event, as part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour.

Jakub Kaczmarek became the second Polish rider to win the Tour of Romania after Daniel Zigmund in 1935.

Route

Stages of the 2021 Tour of Romania^[1]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
Prologue	31 August	Timișoara (ITT)	3.9km (02.4miles)		Individual time trial
1	1 September	Timișoara to Deva	201.5km (125.2miles)		Plain stage
2	2 September	Deva to Păltiniș	154.9km (96.3miles)		Mountain stage
3	3 September	Sibiu to Poiana Brașov	187km (116miles)		Intermediate stage
4	4 September	Brașov to Bucharest	159.3km (99miles)		Intermediate stage
5	5 September	Bucharest (circuit)	116km (72miles)		Plain stage
Total			822.6km (511.1miles)

Teams

Twenty teams were invited to start the race.^[2] Sixteen gave a positive answer: one UCI ProTeam, twelve UCI Continental Teams and three national teams.

Stages

Prologue

31 August 2021 — Timișoara, 3.9km (02.4miles) (ITT)

Stage 1

1 September 2021 — Timișoara to Deva, 201.5km (125.2miles)

Stage 2

2 September 2021 — Deva to Păltiniș, 154.9km (96.3miles)

Stage 3

3 September 2021 — Sibiu to Poiana Brașov, 187km (116miles)

Stage 4

4 September 2021 — Brașov to Bucharest, 159.3km (99miles)

Stage 5

5 September 2021 — Bucharest, 116km (72miles)

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner
P	János Pelikán	János Pelikán	Not awarded	Not awarded	Mika Heming	Daniel Crista
1	Patryk Stosz	Daniel Crista	Daniel Crista	Daniel Crista
2	Daniel Muñoz	Serghei Țvetcov		Jakub Kaczmarek	Maksym Bilyi	Serghei Țvetcov
3	Emil Dima	Jakub Kaczmarek	Patryk Stosz
4	Daniel Babor			Maciej Paterski
5	Patryk Stosz
Final		Jakub Kaczmarek	Patryk Stosz	Maciej Paterski	Maksym Bilyi	Serghei Țvetcov

Standings

General classification

General classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 4"
3			+ 5"
4			+ 5"
5			+ 10"
6			+ 13"
7			+ 26"
8			+ 1' 11"
9			+ 1' 11"
10			+ 1' 19"

Points classification

Points classification (1–5)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1			76
2		Romania national team	66
3		Romania national team	50
4		Serbia national team	40
5			37

Mountains classification

Mountains classification (1–5)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1			27
2			25
3			22
4			18
5			16

Young rider classification

Young rider classification (1–5)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1' 08"
3			+ 3' 01"
4			+ 3' 38"
5			+ 4' 32"

Best Romanian rider classification

Best Romanian rider classification (1–5)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1
2	Emil Dima		+ 1' 15"
3	Ioan Dobrin	Romania national team	+ 13' 09"
4	Daniel Crista	Romania national team	+ 25' 22"
4	Iustin-Ioan Văidian	Romania national team	+ 26' 30"

Team classification

Team classification (1–5)

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 1' 54"
3		+ 4' 14"
4		+ 8' 12"
5		+ 8' 33"

See also

• 2021 in men's road cycling
• 2021 in sports

External links

• • Web site: 2021 Tour of Romania. procyclingstats.com. 5 May 2021.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Turul României 2021 . turulromaniei.com. Romanian . 5 May 2021.
2. News: Turul României 2021 va avea loc în perioada 31 august-5 septembrie și va debuta la Timișoara . . Marius Ţone . 5 May 2021.