The Azerbaïjan Tour, officially the Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Iran since 1986, named after Azerbaijan, Iran. The race is categorized by International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race as part of the Asia Tours.
The tour commence from Tabriz city, the largest city of Iranian Azerbaijan. After passing through Lake Urmia, Urmia, Jolfa and Kaleybar it finish at Tabriz.
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