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 Toros Kir - this record stands to this day.

Attila Árvai, the only Hungarian stage winner in 1998

The race started with Toros Kir winning the team time trial in Budapest. Oleg Ruban, Nanaenko 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): Toros Kir (Ukrainian)
Stage 1 (Budapest - Győr, 152 km): Volodymyr Nanaenko (Ukrainian, Toros Kir)
Stage 2 (Győr - Siófok, 164 km): Alexander Rotar (Ukrainian, MVSC - Energiotechnik-Wilker)
Stage 3 (Siófok - Kiskunhalas, 166 km): Alexander Rotar (Ukrainian, MVSC - Energiotechnik-Wilker)
Stage 4 (Kiskunhalas - Szeged, 68 km): Róbert Nagy (Slovakia)
Stage 5 (Szeged - Debrecen, 218 km): Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukrainian, Toros Kir)
Stage 6 (Debrecen - Gyöngyös, 194 km): Oleg Ruban (Ukrainian, Toros Kir)
Stage 7 (Gyöngyös - Budapest, 112 km): Attila Árvai (Hungarian, Stollwerck-FTC)

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

Winner of the Teams Classification: Toros Kir (Ukrainian)

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

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