{{short description|Qatari multi-day road cycling race}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox cycling race | name = Tour of Qatar | current_event = | image = [[File:Tour of Qatar logo.png|Tour of Qatar logo]] | image_size = 180 | date = January–February | region = [[Qatar]] | English = | localnames = | nickname = | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | competition = | type = [[Race stage|Stage race]] | organiser = [[Amaury Sport Organisation]] | director = | first = {{start date|2002}} | number = 15 (as of 2016) | last = | firstwinner = {{flagathlete|[[Thorsten Wilhelms]]|GER}} | mostwins = {{flagathlete|[[Tom Boonen]]|BEL}} ''(4 wins)'' | mostrecent = {{flagathlete|[[Mark Cavendish]]|GBR}} }}

The '''Tour of Qatar''' was an annual professional [[road bicycle racing#stage race|cycling stage race]] held in [[Qatar]]. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the [[UCI Asia Tour]] until 2016. The [[Tour of Qatar#2017 Cancellation|2017 edition]] was to have seen the event upgraded to the [[UCI World Tour]] for the first time,<ref name="2017CN">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-expands-worldtour-to-37-events/ |title=UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=Cycling News|date=2 August 2016 }}</ref><ref name="2017UCI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/the-uci-reveals-expanded-uci-worldtour-calendar-for-207/ |title=The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017 |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=UCI}}</ref> but it was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship support.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/uci-statement-tour-qatar/ |title=UCI statement on Tour of Qatar |website=www.uci.ch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228195540/http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/uci-statement-tour-qatar/ |archive-date=2016-12-28}} </ref>

The event consisted of a men's competition over five stages, and, since [[2009 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2009]], a women's competition over four stages&nbsp;– 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===

[[File:Tom Boonen TQ 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tom Boonen]] ''(pictured at the [[2012 Tour of Qatar]])'' holds a record 4 overall wins and 22 stage wins.]] {{Cycling past winner start}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2002 Tour of Qatar|2002]]|name={{sortname|Thorsten|Wilhelms}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team=[[Team Coast]]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2003 Tour of Qatar|2003]]|name={{sortname|Alberto|Loddo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LAM|2003}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2004 Tour of Qatar|2004]]|name={{sortname|Robert|Hunter|Robert Hunter (cyclist)}}|nat=RSA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RAB|2004}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2005 Tour of Qatar|2005]]|name={{sortname|Lars|Michaelsen}}|nat=DEN|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CSC|2005}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2006 Tour of Qatar|2006]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QSI|2006}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2007 Tour of Qatar|2007]]|name={{sortname|Wilfried|Cretskens}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QSI|2007}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2008 Tour of Qatar|2008]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2008}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2009 Tour of Qatar|2009]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2009}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2010 Tour of Qatar|2010]]|name={{sortname|Wouter|Mol}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|VAC|2010}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2011 Tour of Qatar|2011]]|name={{sortname|Mark|Renshaw}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|THR|2011}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2012 Tour of Qatar|2012]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2012}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2013 Tour of Qatar|2013]]|name={{sortname|Mark|Cavendish}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2013}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2014 Tour of Qatar|2014]]|name={{sortname|Niki|Terpstra}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|OPQ|2014}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2015 Tour of Qatar|2015]]|name={{sortname|Niki|Terpstra}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|OPQ|2015}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2016 Tour of Qatar|2016]]|name={{sortname|Mark|Cavendish}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DDD|2016}}}} {{Cycling past winner end}}

===Points classification=== {{Cycling past winner start}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2002 Tour of Qatar|2002]]|name={{sortname|Thorsten|Wilhelms}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team=[[Team Coast]]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2003 Tour of Qatar|2003]]|name={{sortname|Alberto|Loddo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LAM|2003}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2004 Tour of Qatar|2004]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QSD|2004}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2005 Tour of Qatar|2005]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2005}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2006 Tour of Qatar|2006]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QSI|2006}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2007 Tour of Qatar|2007]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2007}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2008 Tour of Qatar|2008]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2008}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2009 Tour of Qatar|2009]]|name={{sortname|Heinrich|Haussler}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CTT|2009}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2010 Tour of Qatar|2010]]|name={{sortname|Heinrich|Haussler}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CTT|2010}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2011 Tour of Qatar|2011]]|name={{sortname|Heinrich|Haussler}}{{#tag:ref|Haussler announced he would give up his German citizenship and would ride for Australia in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cervelo.com/en_us/news-blog/article/heinrich-haussler-will-race-for-australia-in-the-future/712/ |title=TestTeam&nbsp;— News&nbsp;— Heinrich Haussler will race for Australia in the future&nbsp;— Cervélo |publisher=Cervelo.com |access-date=2012-07-10}}</ref>|group="N"}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2012 Tour of Qatar|2012]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2012}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2013 Tour of Qatar|2013]]|name={{sortname|Mark|Cavendish}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2013}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2014 Tour of Qatar|2014]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Boonen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2014}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2015 Tour of Qatar|2015]]|name={{sortname|Alexander|Kristoff}}|nat=NOR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|KAT|2015}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2016 Tour of Qatar|2016]]|name={{sortname|Alexander|Kristoff}}|nat=NOR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|KAT|2016}}}} {{Cycling past winner end}}

=== Stage wins ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan=1|Rider ! colspan=1|Country ! colspan=1|Stages |- |[[Tom Boonen]] |{{BEL}} |22 |- |[[Mark Cavendish]] |{{GBR}} |9 |- |[[Alexander Kristoff]] |{{NOR}} |6 |- |[[Alberto Loddo]] |{{ITA}} |3 |- |[[Francesco Chicchi]] |{{ITA}} |2 |- |[[Arnaud Démare]] |{{FRA}} |2 |- |[[Heinrich Haussler]] |{{AUS}}<br />{{GER}} |2 |- |[[Robert Hunter (cyclist)|Robert Hunter]] |{{ZAF}} |2 |- |[[Niki Terpstra]] |{{NED}} |2 |- |[[Thorsten Wilhelms]] |{{DEU}} |2 |}

==Ladies' past winners== {{Infobox cycling race | name = Ladies Tour of Qatar | current_event = | image = [[File:Ladies Tour of Qatar logo.jpg|Ladies Tour of Qatar logo]] | date = February | region = [[Qatar]] | English = | localnames = | nickname = | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | competition = | type = [[Race stage|Stage race]] | organiser = [[Amaury Sport Organisation]] | director = | first = {{start date|2009}} | number = 8 (as of 2016) | last = | firstwinner = {{flagathlete|[[Kirsten Wild]]|NED}} | mostwins = {{flagathlete|[[Kirsten Wild]]|NED}} ''(4 wins)'' | mostrecent = {{flagathlete|[[Trixi Worrack]]|GER}} }} [[File:2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Eddy Merckx]] presenting [[Ellen van Dijk]] with the gold leader's jersey after the first stage of the [[2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar]].]]

===General classification=== {{Cycling past winner start}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2009 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2009]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CTT|2009}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2010 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2010]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CTT|2010}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2011]]|name={{sortname|Ellen|van Dijk}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SLU|2011}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2012 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2012]]|name={{sortname|Judith|Arndt}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LAJ|2012}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2013]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ARG|2013}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2014]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SUN women|2014}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2015]]|name={{sortname|Lizzie|Armitstead|Lizzie Deignan}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DLT|2015}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2016]]|name={{sortname|Trixi|Worrack}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CSR|2016}}}} {{Cycling past winner end}}

===Points classification=== {{Cycling past winner start}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2009 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2009]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CTT|2009}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2010 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2010]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CTT|2010}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2011]]|name={{sortname|Ellen|van Dijk}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SLU|2011}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2012 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2012]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Royal Dutch Cycling Union|Netherlands ''(national team)'']]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2013]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ARG|2013}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2014]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SUN women|2014}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2015]]|name={{sortname|Lizzie|Armitstead|Lizzie Deignan}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DLT|2015}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar|2016]]|name={{sortname|Kirsten|Wild}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|HPU|2016}}}} {{Cycling past winner end}}

== 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.<ref name="UCI-can">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/uci-statement-tour-qatar/ |title=UCI statement on Tour of Qatar |access-date=28 December 2016 |work=UCI}}</ref><ref name="CN-can">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-qatar-and-ladies-tour-of-qatar-cancelled/ |title=Tour of Qatar and Ladies Tour of Qatar cancelled |access-date=28 December 2016 |work=Cycling News|date=28 December 2016 }}</ref> It would have been the 16th edition of the race and third event of the [[2017 UCI World Tour]].<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38452417 |title=Tour of Qatar: 2017 edition of race is cancelled over lack of sponsorship |access-date=28 December 2016 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> It was included in the UCI World Tour calendar for the first time.<ref name="2017CN">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-expands-worldtour-to-37-events/ |title=UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=Cycling News|date=2 August 2016 }}</ref><ref name="2017UCI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/the-uci-reveals-expanded-uci-worldtour-calendar-for-207/ |title=The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017 |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=UCI}}</ref>

==Notes== {{Reflist|group="N"}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Cycling archives race|520}} * [http://www.the-sports.org/tour-of-qatar-stage-races-men-statistics-s2-c2-b0-g23-t3227-u0-v1-l4.html Statistics] at ''the-sports.org'' * [http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race_history.asp?tourid=2373 Tour of Qatar] at ''cqranking.com''

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