History
The tour established on 1986 by Asghar Khodayari and Akbar Goharkhani with the name of Tour de Urmia Lake. The stages of the tour is modified several times. In 2010 one stage of the tour held in Nakhichevan, an autonomous republic of Azerbaijan republic. In 2013 the tour renamed as Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan).
Read more about this topic: Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour
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