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] |
| Web site | www.tourofturkey.org.tr |
| History | |
| First edition | 1963 |
| Editions | 58 (as of 2023) |
| Most wins | Since 1963: (2 wins) Rifat Çalışkan (TUR) Erdinç Doğan (TUR) Ali Hüryılmaz (TUR) Mert Mutlu (TUR) Ghader Mizbani (IRI) |
| Most recent |  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) |
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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.
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,  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
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Mountains classification
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  France
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Rémi Pauriol | Cofidis | |
| 2011 |  Colombia
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Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia es Pasión–Café de Colombia | |
| 2012 | Italy
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Marco Bandiera | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | |
| 2013 |  Ukraine
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Sergiy Gretchyn | Torku Şekerspor | |
| 2014 |  Curaçao
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Marc de Maar | UnitedHealthcare | |
| 2015 | Colombia
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Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | |
| 2016 | Poland
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Przemysław Niemiec | Lampre–Merida | |
| 2017 | Italy
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Mirco Maestri | Bardiani–CSF | |
| 2018 |  Slovenia
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Grega Bole | Bahrain–Merida | |
| 2019 | Belgium
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Thimo Willems | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Ukraine
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Vitaliy Buts | Salcano–Sakarya BB Team | |
| 2022 |  United States
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Noah Granigan | Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | |
| 2023 | Australia
|
Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | |
Wins per country since 2010
| 2 | Colombia, Italy, Ukraine
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| 1 | Australia, Belgium, Curaçao, France, Poland, Slovenia, United States
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Turkish Beauties (Sprints) classification
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | France
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Christophe Kern | Cofidis | |
| 2011 | Spain
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Arturo Mora | Caja Rural | |
| 2012 | Russia
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Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | |
| 2013 | Russia
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Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | |
| 2014 | Italy
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Mattia Pozzo | Neri Sottoli | |
| 2015 | Spain
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Lluís Mas | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |
| 2016 | Spain
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Lluís Mas | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |
| 2017 | Turkey
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Onur Balkan | Turkey (national team) | |
| 2018 | Turkey
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Onur Balkan | Turkey (national team) | |
| 2019 | Turkey
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Feritcan Şamlı | Salcano–Sakarya BB Team | |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 |  Netherlands
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Ivar Slik | Abloc CT | |
| 2022 | Turkey
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Batuhan Özgür | Sakarya BB Pro Team | |
Wins per country since 2010
| 4 | Turkey
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| 3 | Spain
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| 2 | Russia
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| 1 | France, 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
- Official website