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Tour of Qatar

Qatari multi-day road cycling race

Field	Value
name	Tour of Qatar
image	[[File:Tour of Qatar logo.png	Tour of Qatar logo]]
image_size	180
date	January–February
region	Qatar
discipline	Road
type	Stage race
organiser	Amaury Sport Organisation
first
number	15 (as of 2016)
firstwinner	Thorsten Wilhelms
mostwins	Tom Boonen (4 wins)
mostrecent	Mark Cavendish

The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the first time, but it was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship support.

The event consisted of a men's competition over five stages, and, since 2009, a women's competition over four stages – held a week before the men's race. Because Qatar is entirely flat, the tour was almost always won by a sprinter or classics specialist. Belgian Tom Boonen and Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild hold the record with four overall wins, in the men's and ladies' competition respectively.

Men's past winners

General classification

Points classification

Stage wins

Rider	Country	Stages
Tom Boonen		22
Mark Cavendish		9
Alexander Kristoff		6
Alberto Loddo		3
Francesco Chicchi		2
Arnaud Démare		2
Heinrich Haussler
2
Robert Hunter		2
Niki Terpstra		2
Thorsten Wilhelms		2

Ladies' past winners

General classification

Points classification

2017 Cancellation

The 2017 Tour of Qatar was scheduled to take place between 6 and 10 February 2017. However, in December 2016, the event was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship support. It would have been the 16th edition of the race and third event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was included in the UCI World Tour calendar for the first time.

Notes

References

(2 August 2016). "UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events". Cycling News.
"The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017". UCI.
"UCI statement on Tour of Qatar".
"TestTeam — News — Heinrich Haussler will race for Australia in the future — Cervélo". Cervelo.com.
"UCI statement on Tour of Qatar". UCI.
(28 December 2016). "Tour of Qatar and Ladies Tour of Qatar cancelled". Cycling News.
"Tour of Qatar: 2017 edition of race is cancelled over lack of sponsorship". BBC Sport.

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