Baltic Chain Tour
Baltic Chain Tour is a stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. Baltic Chain Tour was established to commemorate Baltic Way. Tour is conducted mainly in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, however in 2013 it started in Lahti, Finland. Baltic Chain Tour is a UCI category 2.2 cycling tour.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | August |
| Region | Northern Europe |
| English name | Baltic Chain Tour |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Stage race |
| Web site | balticchaintour |
| History | |
| First edition | 1955 |
| Editions | 33 (as of 2023) |
| First winner | Harijs Japiņš (LAT) |
| Most wins | Ants Väravas (EST) (3 wins) |
| Most recent | Rait Ärm (EST) |
The joint Baltic cycling tour has a long history. The tradition began in the 1950s and was broken in 1987. On November 4, 2010 in Riga, the presidents of three national cycling unions signed a cooperation agreement to restore the tradition of the Baltic cycling tour.
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