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Turkish multi-day road cycling race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
|---|---|
| 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.
1963-2015: Tour of Turkey
2016-Ongoing: Presidential Tour of Turkey
| 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 |
| 4 |  Belgium |
| 2 | Germany, Great Britain,  Ireland, Italy |
| 1 |  Australia,  Denmark |
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  France |
Rémi Pauriol | Cofidis | |
| 2011 |  Colombia |
Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia es Pasión–Café de Colombia | |
| 2012 | Italy |
Marco Bandiera | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | |
| 2013 |  Ukraine |
Sergiy Gretchyn | Torku Şekerspor | |
| 2014 |  Curaçao |
Marc de Maar | UnitedHealthcare | |
| 2015 | Colombia |
Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | |
| 2016 | Poland |
Przemysław Niemiec | Lampre–Merida | |
| 2017 | Italy |
Mirco Maestri | Bardiani–CSF | |
| 2018 |  Slovenia |
Grega Bole | Bahrain–Merida | |
| 2019 | Belgium |
Thimo Willems | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Ukraine |
Vitaliy Buts | Salcano–Sakarya BB Team | |
| 2022 |  United States |
Noah Granigan | Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | |
| 2023 | Australia |
Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | |
| 2024 | Germany |
Vinzent Dorn | Bike Aid | |
| 2 | Colombia, Italy, Ukraine |
| 1 | Australia, Belgium, Curaçao, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, United States |
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | France |
Christophe Kern | Cofidis | |
| 2011 | Spain |
Arturo Mora | Caja Rural | |
| 2012 | Russia |
Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | |
| 2013 | Russia |
Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | |
| 2014 | Italy |
Mattia Pozzo | Neri Sottoli | |
| 2015 | Spain |
Lluís Mas | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |
| 2016 | Spain |
Lluís Mas | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |
| 2017 | Turkey |
Onur Balkan | Turkey (national team) | |
| 2018 | Turkey |
Onur Balkan | Turkey (national team) | |
| 2019 | Turkey |
Feritcan Şamlı | Salcano–Sakarya BB Team | |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Netherlands |
Ivar Slik | Abloc CT | |
| 2022 | Turkey |
Batuhan Özgür | Sakarya BB Pro Team | |
| 2023 | Belgium |
Mauro Verwilt | Tarteletto–Isorex | |
| 2024 | Germany |
Vinzent Dorn | Bike Aid | |
| 4 | Turkey |
| 3 | Spain |
| 2 | Russia |
| 1 | Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands |
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.
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