# 2016 Tour de Hongrie

The 2016 Tour de Hongrie was a six-day cycling stage race that took place in Hungary in June–July 2016. The race is the 37th edition of the Tour de Hongrie. It was rated as a 2.2 event as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour. The race included 5 stages plus the prologue, starting in Szombathely on 28 June and returning there for the finish on 3 July in Budapest.
The winner of overall classification was Mihkel Räim. The selection was made on Stage 1 to Keszthely.

## Schedule

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| P | 28 June | Szombathely | 1 km (0.6 mi) | | Individual time trial | Sándor Szalontay (HUN) |
| 1 | 29 June | Fertőd to Keszthely | 133 km (83 mi) | | Flat stage | Mihkel Räim (EST) |
| 2 | 30 June | Keszthely to Siófok | 164 km (102 mi) | | Flat stage | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) |
| 3 | 1 July | Cegléd to Karcag | 185 km (115 mi) | | Flat stage | Gediminas Kaupas (LTU) |
| 4 | 2 July | Karcag to Gyöngyös (Kékestető) | 144 km (89 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Chris Butler (USA) |
| 5 | 3 July | Gyöngyös to Budapest | 113 km (70 mi) | | Hilly stage | Rok Korošec (SLO) |
| Total | Total | Total | 740 km (460 mi) | 740 km (460 mi) | 740 km (460 mi) | 740 km (460 mi) | 740 km (460 mi) |

## Participating teams

16 teams were invited to the 2016 Tour de Hongrie: 7 UCI Continental, 4 Regional and 5 Hungarian teams.
UCI Continental teams
* Differdange–Losch
* Team FixIT.no
* Kolss BDC Team
* Radenska–Ljubljana
* Start–Vaxes Cycling Team
* Tuşnad Cycling Team
* Cycling Academy
Other teams
* DKSI-Kontent
* Dr. Bátorfi-Agria Ktk.
* Epronex Special-Bikes Team
* MugenRace Team Prolog Forman Cinelli
* Szuper Beton
* West-Frisia
* Embrace The World Cycling
* Forman-Cinelli
* Delio Gallina Colosio

## Stages
### Prologue
#### 28 June 2016 — Szombathely, 1 km (0.6 mi), individual time trial (ITT)

Prologue Result and General Classification after Prologue :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Sándor Szalontay (HUN) | Dr. Bátorfi-Agria Ktk. | 1' 05" |
| 2 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | + 0" |
| 3 | Martin Otoničar (SLO) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 0" |
| 4 | Mattia De Mori (ITA) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 1" |
| 5 | Robert Jenko (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 1" |
| 6 | Krisztián Lovassy (HUN) | Differdange–Losch | + 2" |
| 7 | Jure Miškulin (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 2" |
| 8 | Benjamin Stauder (GER) | Embrace The World Cycling | + 2" |
| 9 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 2" |
| 10 | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 3" |

### Stage 1
#### 29 June 2016 — Fertőd (Eszterházy Palace) to Keszthely (Festetics Palace), 131 km (81.4 mi)

Result of Stage 1 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | 2h 51' 01" |
| 2 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 0" |
| 3 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 3" |
| 4 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | + 4" |
| 5 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 53" |
| 6 | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 55" |
| 7 | Daniel Crista (ROU) | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 55" |
| 8 | Dan Craven (NAM) | Cycling Academy | + 57" |
| 9 | Guy Gabay (ISR) | Cycling Academy | + 57" |
| 10 | Gabriel Reguero (ESP) | Differdange–Losch | + 57" |
General classification after Stage 1 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | 2h 51' 56" |
| 2 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 11" |
| 3 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 14" |
| 4 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | + 20" |
| 5 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 1' 06" |
| 6 | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 1' 08" |
| 7 | Daniel Crista (ROU) | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 1' 11" |
| 8 | Gabriel Reguero (ESP) | Differdange–Losch | + 1' 12" |
| 9 | Guy Gabay (ISR) | Cycling Academy | + 1' 13" |
| 10 | Adne van Engelen (NED) | West-Frisia | + 1' 14" |

### Stage 2
#### 30 June 2016 — Keszthely to Siófok, 165 km (102.5 mi)

Result of Stage 2 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) | Delio Gallina Colosio | 3h 54' 36" |
| 2 | Vasyl Malynivskyi (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 0" |
| 3 | Lorenz Fiege (GER) | Embrace The World Cycling | + 0" |
| 4 | Kristoffer Madsen (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 0" |
| 5 | Dex Groen (NED) | West-Frisia | + 0" |
| 6 | Robert Jenko (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 0" |
| 7 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | + 0" |
| 8 | Joury Ottenbros (NED) | West-Frisia | + 0" |
| 9 | Patrick Dolleschall (AUT) | Epronex Special-Bikes Team | + 0" |
| 10 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 0" |
General classification after Stage 2 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | 6h 46' 32" |
| 2 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 11" |
| 3 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 14" |
| 4 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | + 20" |
| 5 | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 58" |
| 6 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 1' 06" |
| 7 | Daniel Crista (ROU) | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 1' 11" |
| 8 | Gabriel Reguero (ESP) | Differdange–Losch | + 1' 12" |
| 9 | Guy Gabay (ISR) | Cycling Academy | + 1' 13" |
| 10 | Adne van Engelen (NED) | West-Frisia | + 1' 14" |

### Stage 3
#### 1 July 2016 — Cegléd to Karcag, 186 km (115.6 mi)

Result of Stage 3 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Gediminas Kaupas (LTU) | Differdange–Losch | 4h 22' 55" |
| 2 | Bruno Maltar (CRO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 1" |
| 3 | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 1" |
| 4 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 1" |
| 5 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | + 1" |
| 6 | Dex Groen (NED) | West-Frisia | + 1" |
| 7 | Vasyl Malynivskyi (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 1" |
| 8 | Alessandro Bresciani (ITA) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 1" |
| 9 | Patrick Dolleschall (AUT) | Epronex Special- Bikes Team | + 1" |
| 10 | Filippo Fiorelli (ITA) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 1" |
General classification after Stage 3 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | 11h 09' 28" |
| 2 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 15" |
| 3 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 18" |
| 4 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | + 24" |
| 5 | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 54" |
| 6 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 1' 06" |
| 7 | Guy Gabay (ISR) | Cycling Academy | + 1' 13" |
| 8 | Daniel Crista (ROU) | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 1' 15" |
| 9 | Gabriel Reguero (ESP) | Differdange–Losch | + 1' 16" |
| 10 | Adne van Engelen (NED) | West-Frisia | + 1' 18" |

### Stage 4
#### 2 July 2016 — Karcag to Kékestető, 137 km (85.1 mi)

Result of Stage 4 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Chris Butler (USA) | Cycling Academy | 3h 23' 44" |
| 2 | Gabriel Reguero (ESP) | Differdange–Losch | + 31" |
| 3 | Devid Tintori (ITA) | Differdange–Losch | + 34" |
| 4 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | + 35" |
| 5 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | + 35" |
| 6 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 35" |
| 7 | Åsmund Romstad Løvik (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 39" |
| 8 | Adne van Engelen (NED) | West-Frisia | + 43" |
| 9 | Matteo Spreafico (ITA) | Kolss BDC Team | + 49" |
| 10 | Martín Lestido (ESP) | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 54" |
General classification after Stage 4 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | 14h 33' 47" |
| 2 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 18" |
| 3 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | + 24" |
| 4 | Gabriel Reguero (ESP) | Differdange–Losch | + 1' 12" |
| 5 | Adne van Engelen (NED) | West-Frisia | + 1' 26" |
| 6 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 1' 44" |
| 7 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 1' 53" |
| 8 | Daniel Crista (ROU) | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 3' 16" |
| 9 | Chris Butler (USA) | Cycling Academy | + 3' 40" |
| 10 | Devid Tintori (ITA) | Differdange–Losch | + 3' 51" |

### Stage 5
#### 3 July 2016 — Gyöngyös to Budapest (Buda Castle), 99 km (61.5 mi)

Result of Stage 5 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | 2h 01' 01" |
| 2 | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 2" |
| 3 | Krisztián Lovassy (HUN) | Differdange–Losch | + 2" |
| 4 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | + 2" |
| 5 | Filippo Tagliani (ITA) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 2" |
| 6 | Devid Tintori (ITA) | Differdange–Losch | + 2" |
| 7 | Åsmund Romstad Løvik (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 2" |
| 8 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 2" |
| 9 | Vasyl Malynivskyi (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 5" |
| 10 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | + 5" |
Final general classification :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | 16h 34' 50" |
| 2 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 18" |
| 3 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | + 20" |
| 4 | Gabriel Reguero (ESP) | Differdange–Losch | + 1' 21" |
| 5 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 1' 32" |
| 6 | Adne van Engelen (NED) | West-Frisia | + 3' 23" |
| 7 | Daniel Crista (ROU) | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 3' 25" |
| 8 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 3' 50" |
| 9 | Devid Tintori (ITA) | Differdange–Losch | + 4' 00" |
| 10 | Åsmund Romstad Løvik (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 4' 06" |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
| P | Sándor Szalontay | Sándor Szalontay | Mihkel Räim | Mattia De Mori | Martin Otoničar | Delio Gallina Colosio |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim | Mihkel Räim | Mihkel Räim | Adrian Gjølberg | Ahmed Galdoune | Cycling Academy |
| 2 | Ahmed Galdoune | Mihkel Räim | Mihkel Räim | Adrian Gjølberg | Ahmed Galdoune | Cycling Academy |
| 3 | Gediminas Kaupas | Mihkel Räim | Ahmed Galdoune | Adrian Gjølberg | Ahmed Galdoune | Cycling Academy |
| 4 | Chris Butler | Mihkel Räim | Ahmed Galdoune | Chris Butler | Josep Miralles | Cycling Academy |
| 5 | Rok Korošec | Mihkel Räim | Ahmed Galdoune | Chris Butler | Žiga Ručigaj | Cycling Academy |
| Final | Final | Mihkel Räim | Ahmed Galdoune | Chris Butler | Žiga Ručigaj | Cycling Academy |

## Final standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the points classification |
| Denotes the leader of the mountains classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |

### General classification

General classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | 16h 34' 50" |
| 2 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 18" |
| 3 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | + 20" |
| 4 | Gabriel Reguero (ESP) | Differdange–Losch | + 1' 21" |
| 5 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 1' 32" |
| 6 | Adne van Engelen (NED) | West-Frisia | + 3' 23" |
| 7 | Daniel Crista (ROU) | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 3' 25" |
| 8 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 3' 50" |
| 9 | Devid Tintori (ITA) | Differdange–Losch | + 4' 00" |
| 10 | Åsmund Romstad Løvik (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 4' 06" |

### Points classification

Points classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) | Delio Gallina Colosio | 3 |
| 2 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | 17 |
| 3 | Rok Korošec (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | 17 |
| 4 | Gediminas Kaupas (LTU) | Differdange–Losch | 13 |
| 5 | Julian Hellmann (GER) | Embrace The World Cycling | 12 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | 6 |
| 7 | Vasyl Malynivskyi (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | 6 |
| 8 | Krisztián Lovassy (HUN) | Differdange–Losch | 6 |
| 9 | Bruno Maltar (CRO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | 6 |
| 10 | Andreas Leppert (GER) | Embrace The World Cycling | 5 |

### Mountains classification

Mountains classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Chris Butler (USA) | Cycling Academy | 15 |
| 2 | Gabriel Reguero (ESP) | Differdange–Losch | 15 |
| 3 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Cycling Academy | 14 |
| 4 | Daniel Turek (CZE) | Cycling Academy | 10 |
| 5 | Adrian Gjølberg (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | 8 |
| 6 | Tom Thill (LUX) | Differdange–Losch | 7 |
| 7 | Alessandro Bresciani (ITA) | Delio Gallina Colosio | 6 |
| 8 | Krisztián Lovassy (HUN) | Differdange–Losch | 6 |
| 9 | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | 5 |
| 10 | Julian Hellmann (GER) | Embrace The World Cycling | 5 |

### Young riders classification

Young riders classification [under 23] (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Žiga Ručigaj (SLO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | 16h 39' 35" |
| 2 | Filippo Tagliani (ITA) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 14" |
| 3 | Balázs Rózsa (HUN) | Szuper Beton | + 57" |
| 4 | Josep Miralles (ESP) | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 1' 55" |
| 5 | Viktor Filutás (HUN) | Szuper Beton | + 2' 08" |
| 6 | Filippo Fiorelli (ITA) | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 2' 40" |
| 7 | Adhanom Zemicheal (ERI) | Start–Vaxes Cycling Team | + 3' 25" |
| 8 | Bruno Maltar (CRO) | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 4' 44" |
| 9 | Kristoffer Madsen (NOR) | Team FixIT.no | + 5' 42" |
| 10 | Dániel Móricz (HUN) | Szuper Beton | + 5' 50" |

### Team classification

Team classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Cycling Academy | 49h 47' 48" |
| 2 | Kolss BDC Team | + 5' 49" |
| 3 | Differdange–Losch | + 7' 26" |
| 4 | Tuşnad Cycling Team | + 9' 21" |
| 5 | Radenska–Ljubljana | + 10' 29" |
| 6 | Delio Gallina Colosio | + 13' 49" |
| 7 | Team FixIT.no | + 15' 08" |
| 8 | Start–Vaxes Cycling Team | + 18' 27" |
| 9 | West–Frisia | + 18' 57" |
| 10 | Szuper Beton | + 20' 01" |

## Sponsorship

* Radio broadcasting organization, Rádió Rock 95.8FM, has sponsored the sárga trikó (General classification Winner).
* Hungarian Cycling Federation, Bringasport, has sponsored the zöld trikó (Point classification Winner).
* Active tourist portal, funiQ, has sponsored the piros trikó (Mountain classification Winner).
* The leader Hungarian bank, OTP Bank, has sponsored the fehér trikó (Young rider classification Winner).
* Ministry of Human Resources
* szelektalok.hu
* Bringaland
* Opel – official car of the Race
* Szerencsejáték Zrt.
* belotto – official jersey manufacturer
* Europcar
* Soudal
* Kunság-Szesz Zrt.
* Tissot – official timekeeper