# Mustafa Sayar > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mustafa_Sayar > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mustafa_Sayar.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Sayar > Source revision: 1351581706 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Turkish cyclist (born 1989)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Mustafa Sayar | fullname = Mustafa Sayar | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1989|04|22}} | currentteam = {{UCI team code|SSA}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Climber | proyears1 = 2011–2013 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TKS|2011}} | proyears2 = 2015 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|JLS|2015a}} | proyears3 = 2016–2017 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TRK|2016}} | proyears4 = 2019– | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|SSA|2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15071/2003315/257|title=Salcano Sakarya BB Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=[Union Cycliste Internationale](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale)|accessdate=27 April 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427222150/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15071/2003315/257|archivedate=27 April 2020}} }} '''Mustafa Sayar''' (born 22 April 1989) is a Turkish professional cyclist who rides for [UCI Continental team](/source/UCI_Continental_team) {{UCI team code|SBB}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15811/2003315/276|title=Salcano Sakarya BB|work=UCI.org|publisher=[Union Cycliste Internationale](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale)|accessdate=24 February 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224133539/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15811/2003315/276|archivedate=24 February 2021}} In 2013, he was suspended following his testing positive for [erythropoietin](/source/erythropoietin). ==Career== In 2013, Sayar won the sixth stage of the [Tour of Turkey](/source/2013_Tour_of_Turkey) by powering away on the climb to [Selçuk](/source/Sel%C3%A7uk) 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".{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/marcelkittel/status/327809506539102208|title=Marcel Kittel tweet|work=[Twitter](/source/Twitter)|date=26 April 2013|accessdate=26 April 2013}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2013/stage-6/results|title=Sayar solos to victory on Selçuk summit finish|work=[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)|publisher=[Future plc](/source/Future_plc)|date=26 April 2013|accessdate=27 April 2013|author=Jean-François Quénet}} He successfully defended the leader's jersey over the next two stages and won the race.{{cite news|url=http://au.eurosport.com/cycling/kittel-wins-stage-seven-in-turkey_sto3732844/story.shtml|title=Kittel takes final stage in Turkey as Sayar triumphs|work=[Eurosport](/source/Eurosport)|date=28 April 2013|accessdate=28 April 2013}} ===Doping suspension=== On 15 July 2013, Sayar was suspended, following his testing positive for erythropoietin during the [Tour d'Algérie](/source/Tour_d'Alg%C3%A9rie) in March.{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/07/news/tour-of-turkey-winner-mustafa-sayar-tests-positive-for-epo_295298|title=Tour of Turkey winner Mustafa Sayar tests positive for EPO|date=15 July 2013|accessdate=15 July 2013}} As a result, he lost his overall victory in the Tour of Turkey, which went to [Natnael Berhane](/source/Natnael_Berhane). Sayar retired from the sport in November 2013, but returned to competition after completion of the ban.{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15883/Tour-of-Turkey-organisers-still-awaiting-final-outcome-of-Sayar-doping-case-hoping-for-UCI-decision-soon.aspx|title=Tour of Turkey organisers still awaiting final outcome of Sayar doping case, hoping for UCI decision soon|first=Shane|last=Stokes|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=26 November 2013|accessdate=25 December 2013|quote=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.}} ==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2009 : 1st 20px [Road race](/source/Turkish_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd [Time trial](/source/Turkish_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships ;2010 : 2nd Overall [Tour of Victory](/source/Tour_of_Victory) : 6th Overall [Tour of Trakya](/source/Tour_of_Trakya) ;2011 : 1st 20px Overall [Tour of Isparta](/source/Tour_of_Isparta) ::1st Prologue : 4th [Time trial](/source/Turkish_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships : 4th Overall [Tour of Alanya](/source/Tour_of_Alanya) : 4th Overall [Tour of Trakya](/source/Tour_of_Trakya) : 5th Overall [Tour of Cappadocia](/source/Tour_of_Cappadocia) : 5th Overall [Tour of Marmara](/source/Tour_of_Marmara) ;2012 : 2nd [Road race](/source/Turkish_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Road Championships ;2013 : 1st 20px Overall [Tour of Turkey](/source/2013_Tour_of_Turkey) ::1st Stage 6 : 2nd [Time trial](/source/Turkish_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships : 2nd Overall [Tour de Blida](/source/Tour_de_Blida) ::1st 20px Mountains classification ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall [Tour d'Algérie](/source/Tour_d'Alg%C3%A9rie) ::1st 20px Mountains classification : 5th [Circuit d'Alger](/source/Circuit_d'Alger) : 9th [Grand Prix of Donetsk](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Donetsk) ;2016 : 3rd [Time trial](/source/Turkish_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships : 3rd Overall [Tour of Ankara](/source/Tour_of_Ankara) ::1st Stage 3 : 4th Overall [Tour of Mersin](/source/Tour_of_Mersin) ;2018 : 2nd Overall [Tour of Cappadocia](/source/Tour_of_Cappadocia) ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall [Tour of Black Sea](/source/Tour_of_Black_Sea) : 3rd [Road race](/source/Turkish_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Road Championships : 7th Overall [Tour of Mesopotamia](/source/Tour_of_Mesopotamia) ;2019 : 1st [Bursa Yıldırım Bayezıt Race](/source/Bursa_Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m_Bayez%C4%B1t_Race) : 1st 20px Mountains classification [Tour of Mersin](/source/Tour_of_Mersin) : National Road Championships ::3rd [Time trial](/source/Turkish_National_Time_Trial_Championships) ::5th [Road race](/source/Turkish_National_Road_Race_Championships) : 3rd [Bursa Orhangazi Race](/source/Bursa_Orhangazi_Race) : 4th Overall [Tour of Mesopotamia](/source/Tour_of_Mesopotamia) ;2020 : National Road Championships ::1st 20px [Time trial](/source/Turkish_National_Time_Trial_Championships) ::7th [Road race](/source/Turkish_National_Road_Race_Championships) ;2021 : 3rd [Time trial](/source/Turkish_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships : 10th [Grand Prix Kayseri](/source/Grand_Prix_Kayseri) ;2022 : 1st 20px [Road race](/source/Turkish_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Road Championships : 3rd [Grand Prix Mediterranean](/source/Grand_Prix_Mediterranean) : 4th [Grand Prix Gündoğmuş](/source/Grand_Prix_G%C3%BCndo%C4%9Fmu%C5%9F) : 9th Overall [Tour of Turkey](/source/2022_Presidential_Tour_of_Turkey) {{div col end}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Procyclingstats}} *{{cycling archives|37330}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sayar, Mustafa}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Turkish male cyclists Category:Turkish sportspeople in doping cases Category:Doping cases in cycling Category:European Games competitors for Turkey Category:Cyclists at the 2019 European Games Category:21st-century Turkish sportsmen Category:Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-cycling-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mustafa Sayar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Sayar) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Sayar?action=history)). 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