The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (Turkish: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963.
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| Race details | |
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| Date | April–May (until 2016, 2019–2022) October (2017–2018, 2023) |
| Region | Turkey |
| English name | Tour of Turkey |
| Local name(s) | Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu (in Turkish) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour (2005–2016) UCI World Tour (2017–2019) UCI Europe Tour (2021, 2023–) UCI ProSeries (2021–2022) |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Turkish Cycling Federation |
| Race director | Abdurrahman Açıkalın [1] |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1963 |
| Editions | 59 (as of 2024) |
| Most wins | Since 1963: (2 wins) Rifat Çalışkan (TUR) Erdinç Doğan (TUR) Ali Hüryılmaz (TUR) Mert Mutlu (TUR) Ghader Mizbani (IRI) |
| Most recent |  Frank van den Broek (NED) |
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In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 event,[2] before being upgraded to 2.1 in 2008,[3] and then to 2.HC for the 2010 edition.[4] The race became part of the UCI World Tour in 2017, and was relegated to the newly formed UCI ProSeries in 2020.[5] In 2023, it was again relegated to a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Names
edit1963-2015: Tour of Turkey
2016-Ongoing: Presidential Tour of Turkey
Winners
editGeneral classification
editWins per country since 1963
edit| 10 |  Bulgaria, Turkey |
| 7 |  Soviet Union |
| 5 |  Poland |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia, Iran,  Spain |
| 2 |  Italy,  Romania |
| 1 |  Austria,  Croatia,  Egypt,  Eritrea,  Germany,  Great Britain,  Greece, Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Portugal,  Russia,  South Africa |
Points classification
editWins per country since 2010
edit| 4 |  Belgium |
| 2 | Germany, Great Britain,  Ireland, Italy |
| 1 |  Australia,  Denmark |
Mountains classification
editWins per country since 2010
edit| 2 |  Colombia, Italy,  Ukraine |
| 1 | Australia, Belgium,  Curaçao,  France, Germany, Poland,  Slovenia,  United States |
Turkish Beauties (Sprints) classification
editWins per country since 2010
edit| 4 | Turkey |
| 3 | Spain |
| 2 | Russia |
| 1 | Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands |
Classifications
editAs of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
- Turquoise Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification. 
- Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification. 
- Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the mountains classification. 
- White Jersey – Worn by the leader of the Turkish Beauties sprints classification.
References
edit- ^ About @ Tour of Turkey Archived 2012-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "International Presidency Turkey Tour 2006". CyclingArchives. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "Tour of Turkey boosted by five ProTour teams". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "International Presidency Turkey Tour 2010". CyclingArchives. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "Tour de France a week earlier in 2020, Turkey out of WorldTour". 26 June 2019.