Events in Serbia (Top 10): 6. TOUR DE SERBIE

Tour de Serbie - International cycling race is an event with the longest tradition in our country. It dates back to 1939, since 2005 it has been ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour. The race takes place under a slogan “Cycling and tourism together”. The goal of the race, is also the affirmation of Serbian tourism, its natural beauty, cultural heritage, and hospitality of Serbian people.

International cycling race through Serbia is a sports organization registered with the Ministry of Education and Sport of the Republic of Serbia .

History

The first race was started on May 22, 1939, in front of Hotel Moskva in Belgrade and lasted six days. The total length of the race was 1010 km . The sponsor of the first race and a race in 1940, was Peter II Karadjordjevic. It is interesting that the first cup was made of pure gold. Race 1941 did not start due to the onset of World War 2 in Yugoslavia. The first post-war race was held in 1963 and since then is maintained without interruption.

Race is so far gone through more than 60 towns in Serbia and several cities in Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since the introduction of the European tour by the International Cycling Union in the season of 2005, this race has been included as part of EUROPETOUR and classified as a category 2.2 race.

First stage - Pozarevac

In 2014, tour was being held from the 17th to the 22nd of June on the route 850 km long, divided into 6 stages from Pozarevac, over Krusevac, Priboj, Pale (BiH), Ruma to Belgrade, where the finish line was being in front of Unknown hero monument on Avala mountain.

Second stage - Roma

There were three main stages housed in Serbia with separated road routes organized in three days. First route took 123,2 km distance from Pozarevac to Pozarevac. Second, 223, 9km from Pozarevac to Roma, and last took 81, 9km distance from Roma to Belgrade.