Bilal Akgül

Bilal Akgül (born 13 October 1982 in Adana) is a Turkish professional road cyclist and mountain biker riding for team Brisaspor. He is the first ever Turkish Olympian cyclist participating at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

He became 2005 Turkish mountain biking champion in cross-country at Ankara. The next year, he won the national champion title in marathon mountain bike race at Çanakkale and the road race. In the 2007 season, Akgül became national mountain biking champion in cross-country and in marathon. He took part at the cross-country event of 2008 Summer Olympics without having finished.

Major results
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 * 2005
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Kırıkkale MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kırıkkale
 * 2nd, Kos Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kos
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Bolu Festival MTB, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bolu
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli
 * 🇹🇷 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ankara
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Bursa MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bursa
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova


 * 2006
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana
 * 🇹🇷 3rd, Manavgat, Mountainbike-Marathon, Antalya
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Gallipoli MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Çanakkale
 * 🇹🇷 2nd, Istanbul Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul
 * 🇹🇷 1st, National Championship, Road, Elite
 * 🇹🇷 2nd, Konya MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Konya
 * 🇹🇷 3rd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (a), Göreme
 * 🇹🇷 2nd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (c), Ürgüp
 * 🇹🇷 3rd, Balkan Championship XC, Mountainbike, Kartepe, Kocaeli
 * 🇹🇷 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova
 * 🇹🇷 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale


 * 2007
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana
 * 🇹🇷 3rd, Büyükada Cup XCO, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Gaziantep
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Polonez Adampol Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Ankara MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Ankara
 * 🇹🇷 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ürgüp
 * 🇹🇷 3rd, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir
 * 🇹🇷 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova
 * 🇹🇷 2nd, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye
 * 🇹🇷 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale


 * 2008
 * 🇹🇷 3rd, Stage 1 Tacettin Özsavaş Cup TTT
 * 🇨🇳 35th, Olympic Games, Mountainbike, Beijing


 * 2010
 * 🇹🇷 5th, National Championship, Road, Elite, Bolu


 * 2011
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Salcano Turkish Mountainbike Championship, Istanbul/Arnavutköy


 * 2012
 * 🇹🇷 3rd, Finike/Antalya, Mountainbike
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike
 * 🇧🇦 1st, Tuzla, Mountainbike
 * 🇹🇷 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike (b)
 * 🇹🇷 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite