1998

27th Tour de Hongrie

Ukrainians dominated the 27th Tour de Hongrie: they won six stages, every distinctive jerseys and even the Teams Classification by Torov Kir - this record stands to this day.

Attila Árvai, the only Hungarian stage winner in 1998

The race started with Torov Kir winning the team time trial in Budapest. Their riders, Rotar, Nazarenko and Khalilov won 4 stages together, while Oleg Ruban from the National Team of Ukraine also took victory once. The only non-Ukrainian stage winners were Róbert Nagy and Attila Árvai. Hungarian Károly Eisenkrammer finished 3rd in his last Tour de Hongrie - three years later, he became the main organiser of the event.

27th Tour de Hongrie (23-30 August 1998, 1078.5 km)

Stage winners:
Prologue (Budapest, Margitsziget, 4,5 km team time trial): Torov Kir (Ukrainian)
Stage 1 (Budapest - Győr, 152 km): Volodimir Nazarenko (Ukrainian, Torov Kir)
Stage 2 (Győr - Siófok, 164 km): Alexander Rotar (Ukrainian, Torov Kir)
Stage 3 (Siófok - Kiskunhalas, 166 km): Alexander Rotar (Ukrainian, Torov Kir)
Stage 4 (Kiskunhalas - Szeged, 68 km): Róbert Nagy (Slovakia)
Stage 5 (Szeged - Debrecen, 218 km): Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukrainian, Torov Kir)
Stage 6 (Debrecen - Gyöngyös, 194 km): Oleg Ruban (Ukraine)
Stage 7 (Gyöngyös - Budapest, 112 km): Attila Árvai (Hungarian, Stollwerck-FTC)

General Classification:
1. Alexander Rotar (Ukrainian, Torov Kir) 27:16:24
2. Volodimir Nazarenko (Ukrainian, Torov Kir) 27:17:15 (+0:51)
3. Károly Eisenkrammer (Hungarian, Postás–Matáv) 27:17:49 (+1:25)

Winner of the Teams Classification: Torov Kir (Ukrainian)

Winner of the Points Classification: Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukrainian, Torov Kir)

Winner of the Mountains Classification: Alexander Rotar (Ukrainian, Torov Kir)