Mustafa Sayar

Mustafa Sayar (born 22 April 1989) is a Turkish professional cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team . In 2013, he was suspended following his testing positive for erythropoietin.

Career In 2013, Sayar won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey by powering away on the climb to Selçuk 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". 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. He successfully defended the leader's jersey over the next two stages and won the race.

Doping suspension On 15 July 2013, Sayar was suspended, following his testing positive for erythropoietin during the Tour d'Algérie in March. As a result, he lost his overall victory in the Tour of Turkey, which went to Natnael Berhane. Sayar retired from the sport in November 2013, but returned to competition after completion of the ban.

Major results

2009

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2010 2nd Overall Tour of Victory 6th Overall Tour of Trakya 2011

1st Prologue 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 4th Overall Tour of Alanya 4th Overall Tour of Trakya 5th Overall Tour of Cappadocia 5th Overall Tour of Marmara 2012 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2013

1st Stage 6 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Tour de Blida

1st Stage 1 2nd Overall Tour d'Algérie

5th Circuit d'Alger 9th Grand Prix of Donetsk 2016 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Tour of Ankara 1st Stage 3 4th Overall Tour of Mersin 2018 2nd Overall Tour of Cappadocia 1st Stage 2 3rd Overall Tour of Black Sea 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 7th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia 2019 1st Bursa Yıldırım Bayezıt Race

National Road Championships 3rd Time trial 5th Road race 3rd Bursa Orhangazi Race 4th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia 2020 National Road Championships

7th Road race 2021 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 10th Grand Prix Kayseri 2022

3rd Grand Prix Mediterranean 4th Grand Prix Gündoğmuş 9th Overall Tour of Turkey