# Tour of Romania

The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The tour is organized by the Romanian Cycling Federation.

## History

Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition of "Circuit Wallachia". The competition took 12 riders at the start on the route Bucharest–Sinaia–Târgoviște–Butimanu–Bucharest (approximately 300 km or 190 mi). The race lasted for three editions. Since 1934 the newspaper "Daily Sport", in collaboration with Romanian Cycling Federation has organized the Tour of Romania.
The route of first edition was 1,026 km (638 mi) long and included six stages.

## Statistics

* The longest route was the 3rd edition in 1936 at 2,242 km (1,393 mi).
* The shortest route was 430 km (270 mi), in the 29th edition of 1991.
* At the 19th edition of 1973, Cluj, a stage was held nocturnal on the 27.3 km (17.0 mi) distance.
* Rider Traian Chicomban of Brașov participated in the January edition (1934) until the 9th edition (1954), as the Tour's longest-running participation of Romania.
* 45th edition (2008) was the first edition which was featured in the calendar Union Cycliste Internationale.

## Winners

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 1934 | Bulgaria | Marin Nikolov | Bulgaria (national team) |
| 1935 | Poland | Daniel Zigmund | Poland (national team) |
| 1936 | France | Pierre Gallien | France (national team) |
| 1937 1945 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1946 | Yugoslavia | August Prosenik | Yugoslavia (national team) |
| 1947 1949 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1950 | Romania | Constantin Sandu | C.C.A. |
| 1951 | Romania | Marin Niculescu | Flamura Roșie București |
| 1952 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1953 | Romania | Nicolae Vasilescu | CS Dinamo București |
| 1954 | Romania | Constantin Dumitrescu | CS Progresul București |
| 1955 | Romania | Constantin Dumitrescu | C.C.A. |
| 1956 | Romania | Constantin Dumitrescu | C.C.A. |
| 1957 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1958 | Romania | Gabriel Moiceanu | CS Dinamo București |
| 1959 | Romania | Ion Cosma | CS Dinamo București |
| 1960 | Romania | Walter Ziegler | Romania (youth team) |
| 1961 | Romania | Ion Cosma | Romania (national team) |
| 1962 1965 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1966 | Romania | Georghe Suciu | Romania (national team) |
| 1967 | Romania | Emil Rusu | Romania (national team) |
| 1968 | Romania | Walter Ziegler | CS Dinamo București |
| 1969 | East Germany | Jurgen Wanzlik | East Germany (national team) |
| 1970 1972 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1973 | Romania | Vasile Teodor | Romania (national team) |
| 1974 | Romania | Mircea Romașcanu | Romania (youth team) |
| 1975 1982 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1983 | Romania | Mircea Romașcanu | CS Dinamo București |
| 1984 | Romania | Constantin Căruțașu | Romania (national team) |
| 1985 | Romania | Mircea Romașcanu | Romania (national team) |
| 1986 | East Germany | Frank Schonherr | Vorw |
| 1987 | Romania | Valentin Constantinescu | Romania (national team) |
| 1988 | Romania | Vasile Mitrache | Romania (national team) |
| 1989 | Romania | Dănuț Cătană | Romania (national team) |
| 1990 | Romania | Vasie Apostol | CS Dinamo București |
| 1991 | Moldova | Svetoslav Riabuchenko | Viitorul Chișinău |
| 1992 | Ukraine | Vladimir Perelalsny | Bulgaria (national team) |
| 1993 | Germany | Jurgen Koberschinski | Germany (national team) |
| 1994 | Romania | Anton Stelian | Romania (national team) |
| 1995 | Ukraine | Igor Mitianin | Ukraine (national team) |
| 1996 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1997 | Romania | Florin Privache | Romania (national team) |
| 1998 | Moldova | Igor Bonciucov | Moldova (national team) |
| 1999 | Kazakhstan | Sergey Tretyakov | Brisaspor |
| 2000 | Kazakhstan | Vadim Kravchenko | Brisaspor |
| 2001 | Ukraine | Leonid Timchenko | Ukraine (national team) |
| 2002 | Moldova | Alexandru Sabalin | Moldova (national team) |
| 2003 | Netherlands | Jelle Groezen | Netherlands (national team) |
| 2004 | Bulgaria | Vladimir Koev | Bulgaria (national team) |
| 2005 | Bulgaria | Ivaïlo Gabrovski | Hemus 1896-Aurora 2000 Berchi |
| 2006 | Bulgaria | Pavel Shumanov | Cycling Club Bourgas |
| 2007 | Romania | Daniel Anghelache | CS Dinamo București |
| 2008 | Hungary | Rida Cador | P-Nívó-Betonexpressz 2000-Corratec |
| 2009 | Russia | Alexey Shchebelin | SP Tableware-Gatsoulis Bikes |
| 2010 | Bulgaria | Vladimir Koev | Hemus 1896-Vivelo |
| 2011 | Romania | Andrei Nechita | Romania (national team) |
| 2012 | Croatia | Matija Kvasina | Ukraine (national team) |
| 2013 | Ukraine | Vitaliy Buts | Kolss Cycling Team |
| 2014 2017 | No race | No race | No race |
| 2018 | Romania | Serghei Țvetcov | UnitedHealthcare |
| 2019 | Netherlands | Alex Molenaar | Parkhotel Valkenburg |
| 2020 | Romania | Eduard Grosu | Romania (national team) |
| 2021 | Poland | Jakub Kaczmarek | HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski |
| 2022 | Great Britain | Mark Stewart | Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling |
| 2023 | No race | No race | No race |
| 2024 | Kazakhstan | Ilkhan Dostiyev | Astana Qazaqstan Development Team |
By nationality :
| Nationality | No. of wins |
| Romania | 28 |
| Bulgaria | 5 |
| Ukraine | 4 |
| Moldova | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| East Germany | 2 |
| Poland | 2 |
| France | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 |
| Russia | 1 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 |

## Classifications

The jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
* Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
* Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
* Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climber classification.
* White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
* Blue Jersey – Worn by the best Romanian rider of the overall classification.