title: Bilal Akgül
text: # 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
  
  Source
  
  ### 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
  