Brisaspor is a Turkish professional road bicycle racing team based in Kocaeli, and sponsored by the local Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı Lastik company of Turkish Sabancı Group, which produces and distributes Bridgestone tires from Japan. The cycling team is part of the Brisaspor Club.
| Team information | |
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| Registered | Turkey |
| Founded | 1982 (men) 2001 (women) 2005 (mountainbike) |
| Discipline(s) | Road, mountain |
| Bicycles | Colnago (road) Salcano (mountainbike) |
| Team name history | |
Lassaspor (1982-1999) | |
Preparations to form a cycling team goes back to 1978, when a summer camp was opened to build infrastructure. The team was officially established in 1982 with the twelve sportspeople from the summer camp as Lassaspor, which was sponsored by the Turkish Lassa company that is the main facility for the production of both tire brands.[1]
Already in 1983, the team became Turkish champion.[1] In 1999, Brisaspor began to participate at competitions of international level. It is the first champion of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. Between 2001 and 2007, Brisa became seven consecutive times champion of the Tour of Turkey. In 2001, women cycling team was formed. From 2005 on, the club took part in mountain biking (MTB) competitions.
Team member Bilal Akgül became the first ever Turkish Olympian cyclist participating at the mountain biking event of 2008 Summer Olympics. Kemal Küçükbay took part at the men's road race event of 2012 Summer Olympics.
Brisaspor consists of 28 sportspeople, five technical staff, twelve senior men, seven junior men and four women.
Team roster
As of July 2016.[2]
- G.Manager: Nadir Yavuz
- Coach: Mert Mutlu
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Major Results
- 1999
- 1st Overall Tour of Mevlana, Mert Mutlu
- 2000
- 1st Overall Tour of Mevlana, Mert Mutlu
- 2001
- 1st Overall Tour of Turkey, Mert Mutlu
- 2003
- 1st Overall Tour of Turkey, Mert Mutlu
- 1st Stage 5, Mert Mutlu
- 2005
- 1st Overall Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 3, Mert Mutlu
- 2010
- 1st Overall Tour of Marmara, Kemal Küçükbay
- 2nd Overall Tour of Marmara, Mert Mutlu
- 1st Stage 1, Mert Mutlu
- 2011
- 1st Overall Tour of Trakya, Kemal Küçükbay
- 1st Stage 3, Kemal Küçükbay
- 2nd Overall Tour of Turkey, Kemal Küçükbay
- 1st Overall Cappadocia, Mert Mutlu
- 1st Stage 1, Mert Mutlu
- 2015
- Tour of Ankara
- 1st Points Classification, Onur Balkan
- 1st Stages 2 & 3, Onur Balkan
- Tour of Aegean
- 1st Stage 2 , Onur Balkan
- Black Sea Cycling Tour
- 1st Points Classification, Onur Balkan
- 1st Stage 2, Onur Balkan
- Tour of Çanakkale
- 1st Points Classification, Onur Balkan
- 1st Stage 1, Onur Balkan
- Tour of Mersin
- 1st Stage 2, Onur Balkan
- International Tour of Torku Mevlana
- 1st Mountains Classification, Onur Balkan
- 2016
- Tour du Maroc
- 1st Stage 2, Onur Balkan
National Champions
- 2005
- 1st
Turkey Road Race Championships, Kemal Küçükbay
- 2006
- 1st Turkey Road Race Championships, Bilal Akgül
- 1st Turkey U23 Road Race Championships, Recep Ünalan
- 2007
- 1st Turkey Road Race Championships, Uğur Marmara
- 1st Turkey U23 Road Race Championships, Recep Ünalan
- 2008
- 1st Turkey Road Race Championships, Orhan Şahin
- 1st Turkey Time Trial Championships, Kemal Küçükbay
- 1st Turkey U23 Road Race Championships, Recep Ünalan
- 2010
- 1st Turkey Road Race Championships, Behçet Usta
- 1st Turkey Time Trial Championships, Kemal Küçükbay
- 2011
- 1st Turkey Road Race Championships, Kemal Küçükbay
- 1st Turkey Time Trial Championships, Mert Mutlu
- 2012
- 1st Turkey Time Trial Championships, Muhammet Eyüp Karagöbek
- 1st Turkey Women Road Race Championships, Semra Yetiş
- 1st Turkey Women Time Trial Championships, Merve Tayfun Marmara
- 1st Turkey U23 Road Race Championships, Lütfullah Tanrıverdi
- 2013
- 1st Turkey U23 Road Race Championships, Onur Balkan
- 1st Turkey U23 Time Trial Championships, Onur Balkan
- 2014
- 1st Turkey Women Time Trial Championships, Cansu Türkmenoğlu
- 1st Turkey U23 Road Race Championships, Onur Balkan
- 2016
- 1st Turkey Road Race Championships, Onur Balkan
References
- ^ a b "Brisa / Brisaspor". Brisa. Retrieved 2013-00-01.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Brisaspor 2016 Team". Brisaspor. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
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