Ahmet Örken (born 12 March 1993) is a Turkish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Spor Toto Cycling Team.[5]
 Örken during the road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmet Örken |
| Born | 12 March 1993 Çumra, Konya Province, Turkey |
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Spor Toto Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2018 | Salcano Sakarya Büyükşehir |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2017 | Konya–Torku Şekerspor[1] |
| 2019 | Salcano–Sakarya BB Team |
| 2020–2021 | Team Sapura Cycling[2][3] |
| 2022 | Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling[4] |
| 2023– | Spor Toto Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
Early life
editBorn in Çumra Konya Province as the second child of a family of Tatar descent (a Turkic ethnic subgroup).[6] Örken began with cycling sport at the age of fourteen in 2007 at Çumra, Konya Province, where he moved from his village with his mother to enable his older brother's education there. The next year, he entered the cycling team at Çatalhöyük Çumra Municipality Sports Club with the help of his brother.[7]
Career
editHe became the first ever European cycling champion from Turkey with his win at the 2011 European Track Championships in the junior omnium held in Portugal.[7][8]
In 2013, Ahmet Örken won the sixth stage of the Tour du Maroc, between Meknes and Khenifra, despite injuries he suffered during a fall in a mass crash after 20 kilometres (12 miles).[7][9] He finished third in stage eight, between Beni Mellal and Marrakesh.[10][11] Örken won the fourth (Kladovo to Požarevac) and sixth (Sremska Mitrovica to Belgrade) stages of the Tour de Serbie in 2013.[12][13]
Örken had signed to join ProContinental team Israel Cycling Academy from 2018, but at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East, he pulled out of the agreement after he and his family were put under pressure.[14]
Major results
editSource:[15]
- 2009
- Balkan Novice Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- National Novice Road Championships
- 1st
Road race
- 1st
- 1st
- 2010
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Prix des Vins Valloton Juniors
- 2011
- 1st
Omnium, UEC European Junior Track Championships
- 2013
- Tour de Serbie
- 1st Stages 4 & 6
- 1st Stage 6 Tour du Maroc
- 6th Tour of Nanjing
- 2014
- 1st
- 1st Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 9th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- 2015
- 1st
- 1st Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana
- 1st Sprints classification
- 1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Tour of Aegean
- 1st Prologue & Stage 1
- 1st Stage 2 Tour du Maroc
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Black Sea
- 3rd Overall Tour of Ankara
- 1st Mountains classification
- 7th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 34th Summer Olympic time trial
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall North-Cyprus Presidential Cycling Tour
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
- Les Challenges de la Marche Verte
- 1st GP Al Massira
- 3rd GP Oued Eddahab
- 5th GP Sakia El Hamra
- Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Serbie
- 2nd International Rhodes Grand Prix
- Challenge du Prince
- 4th Trophée de l'Anniversaire
- 4th Trophée de la Maison Royale
- 2018
- 1st
- Tour of Mevlana
- 1st Prologue & Stage 4
- 4th Overall Tour of Fatih Sultan Mehmet
- 5th Time trial, Mediterranean Games
- 7th Grand Prix Minsk
- 9th Overall Tour of Cappadocia
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 9th Grand Prix Alanya
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- Tour of Mesopotamia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Tour of Mevlana
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Overall Tour of Black Sea
- 5th Grand Prix Alanya
- 1st Grand Prix Velo Erciyes
- 1st Stage 2
- 8th Grand Prix Gazipaşa
- 8th Minsk Cup
- 2020
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 7th Overall Tour of Mevlana
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 2022
- 1st
- 5th Time trial, Islamic Solidarity Games
- 8th Time trial, Mediterranean Games
- 2023
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Expo Kriteryum
- 2nd Overall Kırıkkale Road Race
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Grand Prix Aspendos
- 4th Overall Tour of Yiğido
- 4th Grand Prix Kaisareia
- 8th Syedra Ancient City
- 9th Overall 100th Anniversary Tour of The Republic
- 1st Stage 1
- 2024
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Qinghai Lake
References
edit- ^ "Ahmet Örken" (in Turkish). Komya Torku Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Team Sapura Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Team Sapura Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (8 February 2022). "Wildlife Generation launches 2022 campaign at Tour of Antalya". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
Making introductory appearances for the team are Scott McGill and Ahmet Örken, the reigning Turkish time trial national champion.
- ^ "Spor Toto Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Kırım Tatar Milli bisikletçi Ahmet Örken: Üç büyük turda yarışmayı çok istiyorum". 25 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Örken Türkiye'ye Gurur Yaşattı". Haberler (in Turkish). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Ahmet Örken, bisiklette Avrupa şampiyonu ilk Türk sporcu oldu". Zaman Spor (in Turkish). 1 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Örken Türkiye'ye gurur yaşattı". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 6th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 8th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 4 - Kladovo-Pozarvac". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 6 - S.Mitrovica- Belgrade". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Orken makes 'heartbreaking' decision to leave Israel Cycling Academy". 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Ahmet Örken". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Tour of Qinghai Lake: Ahmet Orken wins stage 4". cyclingnews.com. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Tour of Qinghai Lake: Ahmet Orken wins stage 10". cyclingnews.com. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
External links
edit- Ahmet Örken at UCI
- Ahmet Örken at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Ahmet Örken at ProCyclingStats
- Ahmet Örken at Olympics.com
- Ahmet Örken at Olympedia
- Ahmet Örken at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Ahmet Örken at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)