Bilal Akgül
# Bilal Akgül

Bilal Akgül (born 13 October 1982 in Adana) is a Turkish professional road cyclist and mountain biker riding for team Brisaspor. He is the first ever Turkish Olympian cyclist participating at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

He became 2005 Turkish mountain biking champion in cross-country at Ankara. The next year, he won the national champion title in marathon mountain bike race at Çanakkale and the road race. In the 2007 season, Akgül became national mountain biking champion in cross-country and in marathon. He took part at the cross-country event of 2008 Summer Olympics without having finished.

## Major results

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### 2005

    Turkey 1st, Kırıkkale MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kırıkkale
    Greece 2nd, Kos Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kos
    Turkey 1st, Bolu Festival MTB, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bolu
    Turkey 1st, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli
    Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ankara
    Turkey 1st, Bursa MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bursa
    Turkey 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir
    Turkey 1st, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye
    Turkey 1st, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova

### 2006

    Turkey 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana
    Turkey 3rd, Manavgat, Mountainbike-Marathon, Antalya
    Turkey 1st, Gallipoli MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Çanakkale
    Turkey 2nd, Istanbul Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul
    Turkey 1st, National Championship, Road, Elite
    Turkey 2nd, Konya MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Konya
    Turkey 3rd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (a), Göreme
    Turkey 2nd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (c), Ürgüp
    Turkey 3rd, Balkan Championship XC, Mountainbike, Kartepe, Kocaeli
    Turkey 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova
    Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale

### 2007

    Turkey 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana
    Turkey 3rd, Büyükada Cup XCO, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul
    Turkey 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Gaziantep
    Turkey 1st, Polonez Adampol Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul
    Turkey 1st, Ankara MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Ankara
    Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ürgüp
    Turkey 3rd, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli
    Turkey 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir
    Turkey 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova
    Turkey 2nd, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye
    Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale

### 2008

    Turkey 3rd, Stage 1 Tacettin Özsavaş Cup TTT
    China 35th, Olympic Games, Mountainbike, Beijing

### 2010

    Turkey 5th, National Championship, Road, Elite, Bolu

### 2011

    Turkey 1st, Salcano Turkish Mountainbike Championship, Istanbul/Arnavutköy

### 2012

    Turkey 3rd, Finike/Antalya, Mountainbike
    Turkey 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 1st, Tuzla, Mountainbike
    Turkey 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike (b)
    Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite
