Mustafa Sayar

Mustafa Sayar (born 22 April 1989) is a Turkish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team. In 2013 he was suspended following his testing positive for EPO.

Career
In 2013, he won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey by powering away on the climb to Selçuk in an improbably large gear, leading to disbelief and insinuations from the live TV commentary team and other riders in the race, including Marcel Kittel, who tweeted that he was "not often in my life so angry about a result of someone else". Sayar was the first Turkish rider to provisionally win a stage in the Tour since 2008. With that result, he took the lead in the overall classification. He successfully defended the leader's jersey over the next two stages and won the race.

Doping suspension
On 15 July 2013 he was suspended, following his testing positive for EPO during the Tour d'Algérie in March. As a result, he lost his overall victory in the Tour of Turkey, which went to Natnael Berhane. Sayar retired from the sport in November 2013, but returned to competition after completion of the ban.

Major results

 * 2009
 * 1st Maillot Turkey.png Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2010
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Victory
 * 6th Overall Tour of Trakya


 * 2011
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Isparta
 * 1st Prologue
 * 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 4th Overall Tour of Alanya
 * 4th Overall Tour of Trakya
 * 5th Overall Tour of Cappadocia
 * 5th Overall Tour of Marmara


 * 2012
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2013
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Tour of Turkey
 * 1st Stage 6
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Blida
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
 * 1st jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 2nd Overall Tour d'Algérie
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
 * 5th Circuit d'Alger
 * 9th Grand Prix of Donetsk


 * 2016
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Ankara
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 4th Overall Tour of Mersin


 * 2018
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Cappadocia
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Black Sea
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 7th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia


 * 2019
 * 1st Bursa Yıldırım Bayezıt Race
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Tour of Mersin
 * National Road Championships
 * 3rd Time trial
 * 5th Road race
 * 3rd Bursa Orhangazi Race
 * 4th Overall Tour of Mesopotamia


 * 2020
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st Maillot Turkey.png Time trial
 * 7th Road race


 * 2021
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 10th Grand Prix Kayseri


 * 2022
 * 1st Maillot Turkey.png Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Grand Prix Mediterranean
 * 4th Grand Prix Gündoğmuş
 * 9th Overall Tour of Turkey