Mustafa Sayar (born 22 April 1989) is a Turkish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Sakarya BB Pro Team.^[2] 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".^[3] 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.^[4] He successfully defended the leader's jersey over the next two stages and won the race.^[5]

Doping suspension

On 15 July 2013 he was suspended, following his testing positive for EPO during the Tour d'Algérie in March.^[6] 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.^[7]

Major results