Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran), also known as the Tour of Iranian Azerbaijan or Azerbaijan Tour, is an annual multiple stage road bicycle racing held in Iran since 1986, named after Iranian Azerbaijan. It is a UCI 2.1 category race and is part of the UCI Asia Tour.
History Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran) was established in 1986 by Asghar Khodayari and Akbar Goharkhani, with the name Tour de Urmia Lake. The stages of the tour were modified several times. In 2010, one stage of the tour was held in Nakhichevan, an autonomous republic of Azerbaijan. In 2013, Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour was renamed to Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran).
In 2016, for the first time, a cycling team from the United States, , announced their participation in the race. They said they wanted to show "how cycling can connect people".
The 32nd edition of the tour rescheduled from May to October to avoid coincidence with Iran's presidential election. The organizers of the tour announced that the schedule of the following years will be in May as usual.
In 2020 and 2021, the race was not held.
Past winners YearFirst placeSecond placeThird placeTour of Azerbaijan198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012Tour of Iran (Azarbaijan)2013201420152016201720182019202220232024 No race 2025
Multiple winners Number of wins Rider Country Years 7 Ghader Mizbani 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014 5 Ahad Kazemi 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009 3 Mohammad Reza Bajoul 1986, 1987, 1988 2 Hossein Mahmoudi 1989, 1990 Hossein Askari 2007, 2008 Samad Pourseyedi 2015, 2016 Saeid Safarzadeh 2023, 2025
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Statistics at the-sports.org Azerbaïjan Tour at cqranking.com video of 2010 tour