Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
| History | |
| First edition | 1963 |
| Editions | 59 (as of 2024) |
| Most wins | Since 1963: (2 wins) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Rifat Çalışkan (TUR) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Erdinç Doğan (TUR) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ali Hüryılmaz (TUR) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Mert Mutlu (TUR) File:Flag of Iran.svg Ghader Mizbani (IRI) |
| Most recent | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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,[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
1963-2015: Tour of Turkey 2016-Ongoing: Presidential Tour of Turkey
Winners
General classification
Wins per country since 1963
Points classification
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Wins per country since 2010
Mountains classification
Wins per country since 2010
Turkish Beauties (Sprints) classification
Wins per country since 2010
Classifications
As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
Turquoise jersey - Turquoise Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
Green Jersey - Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
Red Jersey - Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the mountains classification.
White jersey - 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.