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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 |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1963 (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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The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (Turkish: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963.
In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 event, before being upgraded to 2.1 in 2008, and then to 2.HC for the 2010 edition. The race became part of the UCI World Tour in 2017, and was relegated to the newly formed UCI ProSeries in 2020. In 2023, it was again relegated to a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Names
1963-2015: Tour of Turkey
2016-Ongoing: Presidential Tour of Turkey
Winners
General classification
Wins per country since 1963
| 10 |  Bulgaria, Turkey
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| 7 |  Soviet Union
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| 5 |  Poland
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| 4 |  Kazakhstan
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| 3 |  Czechoslovakia, Iran,  Spain
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| 2 |  Italy,  Romania
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| 1 |  Austria,  Croatia,  Egypt,  Eritrea,  Germany,  Great Britain,  Greece, Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Portugal,  Russia,  South Africa
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Points classification
Wins per country since 2010
| 4 |  Belgium
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| 2 | Germany, Great Britain,  Ireland, Italy
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| 1 |  Australia,  Denmark
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Mountains classification
Wins per country since 2010
| 2 |  Colombia, Italy,  Ukraine
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| 1 | Australia, Belgium,  Curaçao,  France, Germany, Poland,  Slovenia,  United States
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Turkish Beauties (Sprints) classification
Wins per country since 2010
| 4 | Turkey
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| 3 | Spain
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| 2 | Russia
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| 1 | Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands
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Classifications
As 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
- 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.
External links
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| UCI ProSeries 2.Pro | |
| UCI Europe Tour 2.1 | |
| UCI Europe Tour 1.2 & 2.2 | |
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