# Ahmet Örken

Ahmet Örken (born 12 March 1993) is a Turkish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Spor Toto Cycling Team.

## Early life

Born in Çumra Konya Province as the second child of a family of Tatar descent (a Turkic ethnic subgroup). 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.

## Career

He 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.
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). He finished third in stage eight, between Beni Mellal and Marrakesh. Örken won the fourth (Kladovo to Požarevac) and sixth (Sremska Mitrovica to Belgrade) stages of the Tour de Serbie in 2013.
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.

## Major results

Source:

### 2009

    Balkan Novice Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    National Novice Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial

### 2010

    National Junior Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    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 Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake
    9th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake

### 2015

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    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 Time trial
       2nd Road race
    34th Summer Olympic time trial

### 2017

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       3rd Road race
    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 Points classification
       1st Stages 4 & 10
    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 Time trial, National Road Championships
    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
    9th Grand Prix Alanya

### 2019

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    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 Time trial
       3rd Road race

### 2022

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    5th Time trial, Islamic Solidarity Games
    8th Time trial, Mediterranean Games

### 2023

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    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 Time trial
       4th Road race
    1st Stage 7 Tour of Qinghai Lake