A number of 17 strong teams with a total of 107 riders participated in the 5th edition of the Cycling Tour of Sibiu (UCI 2.1). The race consisting of 5 competition days ended with the victory of Mauro Finetto (Team Southeast) ahead of Davide Rebellin and Serghei Tvetcov. Cycling has become very popular among the inhabitants of the Transylvanian city of Sibiu, many of them had the ambition to climb the mountains to follow the stage finals just a step away from the finish line. It is an honor to me to present this magnificent event and I hope that cycling will improve continuously in Romania in order to have many world-class events on the roads.