Mustafa Sayar Explained

Mustafa Sayar
Fullname:	Mustafa Sayar
Birth Date:	1989 4, df=y
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	Climber
Proyears1:	2011–2013
Proyears2:	2015
Proyears3:	2016–2017
Proyears4:	2019–
Proteam4:	^[1]

Mustafa Sayar (born 22 April 1989) is a Turkish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .^[2] In 2013 he was suspended following his testing positive for EPO.

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".^[3] 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 classification.^[4] He successfully defended the leader's jersey over the next two stages and won the race.^[5]

Doping suspension

On 15 July 2013 he was suspended, following his testing positive for EPO during the Tour d'Algérie in March.^[6] 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 competition after completion of the ban.^[7]

Major results

2009

1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2010

2nd Overall Tour of Victory

6th Overall Tour of Trakya

2011

1st Overall Tour of Isparta

1st Prologue

4th Time trial, National Road Championships

4th Overall Tour of Alanya

4th Overall Tour of Trakya

5th Overall Tour of Cappadocia

5th Overall Tour of Marmara

2012

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

2013

~~1st Overall Tour of Turkey~~

~~1st Stage 6~~

~~2nd Time trial, National Road Championships~~

~~2nd Overall Tour de Blida~~

~~1st Mountains classification~~

~~1st Points classification~~

~~1st Stage 1~~

~~2nd Overall Tour d'Algérie~~

~~1st Mountains classification~~

~~5th Circuit d'Alger~~

~~9th Grand Prix of Donetsk~~

2016

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Tour of Ankara

1st Stage 3

4th Overall Tour of Mersin

2018

2nd Overall Tour of Cappadocia

1st Stage 2

3rd Overall Tour of Black Sea

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

7th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia

2019

1st Bursa Yıldırım Bayezıt Race

1st Mountains classification Tour of Mersin

National Road Championships

3rd Time trial

5th Road race

3rd Bursa Orhangazi Race

4th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia

2020

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

7th Road race

2021

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

10th Grand Prix Kayseri 2022

1st Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Grand Prix Mediterranean

4th Grand Prix Gündoğmuş

9th Overall Tour of Turkey

Notes and References

Web site: Salcano Sakarya BB Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 27 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200427222150/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15071/2003315/257. 27 April 2020.
Web site: Salcano Sakarya BB. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 24 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224133539/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15811/2003315/276. 24 February 2021.
News: Marcel Kittel tweet. Twitter. 26 April 2013. 26 April 2013.
News: Sayar solos to victory on Selçuk summit finish. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 26 April 2013. 27 April 2013. Jean-François Quénet.
News: Kittel takes final stage in Turkey as Sayar triumphs. Eurosport. 28 April 2013. 28 April 2013.
News: Tour of Turkey winner Mustafa Sayar tests positive for EPO. 15 July 2013. 15 July 2013.
News: Tour of Turkey organisers still awaiting final outcome of Sayar doping case, hoping for UCI decision soon. Shane. Stokes. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 26 November 2013. 25 December 2013. Things have been quiet since then but if the information Ayhan Guney received is accurate, Sayar has been dropped by Torku and has walked away from the sport..