Torku Şekerspor () was a Turkish professional cycling team, based in Konya, Central Anatolia.They folded after the 2018 season. The team was sponsored by the local sugar and chocolate industries. It is part of the Konya Anadolu Selçukspor organisation, a Turkish TFF Second League football team.
In 2011, the team became Turkey's first ever professional bicycle racing team. It has UCI Continental team status.
Team member Miraç Kal qualified for participation in the road race event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Team member Ahmet Örken qualified for participation in the time trial event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Doping In April 2012 Ivailo Gabrovski tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) on Stage 3 of the 2012 Tour of Turkey, winning the stage and the overall title. Gabrovski was banned for two years and had his victory stripped. In May 2012 Volodymyr Bileka tested positive for Norpseudoephedrine on Stage 1 of the 2012 Tour of Trakya receiving a four-year suspension for his second doping offence.
In March 2013, Mustafa Sayar tested positive for EPO after Stage 1 of the 2013 Tour d'Algérie.
Final roster
Major wins
2010 Overall, Romania Tour of Szeklerland, Evgeniy Gerganov Stage 7 Tour of Bulgaria, Evgeniy Gerganov Overall The Paths of King Nikola, Vladimir Koev Stage 1, Vladimir Koev
2011 Stage 5 Tour du Maroc, Eyüp Karagöbek Stage 4 Tour of Trakya, Muhammet Atalay Overall Tour of Isparta, Mustafa Sayar Stage 1, Mustafa Sayar Stage 3, Danail Petrov Stage 5 Tour of Romania, Vladimir Koev Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia, Miraç Kal Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour, Vladimir Koev Stage 3, Vladimir Koev Stage 4 Tour of Marmara, Eyüp Karagöbek Stage 4 Tour of Alanya, Hüseyin Özcan
2012 Stage 4 Azerbaijan Tour, Yuriy Metlushenko Overall Tour of Trakya, Yuriy Metlushenko Stages 1, 2 & 4, Yuriy Metlushenko Stage 3 Baltic Chain Tour, Yuriy Metlushenko Stage 4 Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
2013 Stage 2 Tour d'Algérie, Sergiy Grechyn Stage 1 Tour de Blida, Mustafa Sayar Stage 6 Tour du Maroc, Ahmet Örken Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Sergiy Grechyn Stage 2, Sergiy Grechyn Stages 4 & 6 Tour de Serbie, Ahmet Örken Stage 2 Tour of Qinghai Lake, David de la Fuente Overall Tour of Taihu Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 9, Yuriy Metlushenko
2014 Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ahmet Örken
2015 Overall Tour of Çanakkale, Ahmet Akdilek Prologue, Ahmet Akdilek Stage 3, İsmail Akşoy Overall Tour du Maroc, Tomasz Marczyński Stages 1, 4 & 7, Tomasz Marczyński Stage 2, Ahmet Örken Overall Tour of Black Sea, Tomasz Marczyński Stage 1, Tomasz Marczyński Stage 3, Ahmet Örken Stage 3 Tour of Iran, İsmail Akşoy Overall Tour of Ankara, Nazim Bakırcı Stage 1, Nazim Bakırcı Stage 4, Feritcan Şamlı Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana, Ahmet Örken Prologue, Stages 2 & 3, Ahmet Örken Overall Tour of Aegean, Ahmet Örken Prologue & Stage 1, Ahmet Örken Stage 3, Rasim Reis
2016 Overall Tour of Mersin, Nazim Bakırcı Stage 1 Tour of Ankara, Feritcan Şamlı Stage 2 Tour of Ankara, Mustafa Sayar Stage 3 Tour of Ankara, Fatih Keleş
2017 Les Challenges de la Marche Verte GP Oued Eddahab, Ivan Balykin Les Challenges de la Marche Verte GP Al Massira, Ahmet Örken Stage 2 Tour of Ankara, Ivan Balykin Stage 2b (ITT) Tour of Bihor, Ivan Balykin Stage 2 Tour de Serbie, Luca Chirico Stage 3 Tour de Serbie, Ahmet Örken Stages 4 & 10 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ahmet Örken
2018 Overall Tour of Mediterrennean, Onur Balkan Stages 2 & 3, Onur Balkan Overall Tour of Cartier, Cristian Raileanu Stage 2, Cristian Raileanu Stage 2 Tour of Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Batuhan Ozgur Overall Tour of Mesopotamia, Nazim Bakırcı Stage 1, Ivan Balykin Stage 2, Nazim Bakırcı Stage 4, Onur Balkan Overall Tour of Mevlana, Ivan Balykin Stage 2, Ivan Balykin Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Onur Balkan Stage 3 Tour of Cappadocia, Onur Balkan Stage 5 Tour of Romania, Onur Balkan Stage 3 Tour of Black Sea, Batuhan Ozgur
National champions
2009 Turkey Road Race, Miraç Kal
2011 Bulgaria Road Race, Danail Petrov
2012 Turkey Road Race, Miraç Kal Turkey Under-23 Time Trial, Feritcan Şamlı
2013 Turkey Road Race, Nazim Bakırcı Turkey Time Trial, Bekir Baki Akırşan Kazakhstan Time Trial, Andrey Mizurov
2014 Turkey Road Race, Feritcan Şamlı Turkey Time Trial, Ahmet Örken Turkey Under-23 Time Trial, Alihan Demirbağ
2015 Turkey Road Race, Ahmet Akdilek Turkey Time Trial, Ahmet Örken Poland Road Race, Tomasz Marczyński Turkey Under-23 Road Race, Batuhan Özgür Turkey Under-23 Time Trial, Halil İbrahim Dilek
2016 Turkey Time Trial, Ahmet Örken
2018 Turkey Road Race, Onur Balkan
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