Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
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-) October (2017-2018) |
| 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-present) |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Turkish Cycling Federation |
| Race director | Abdurrahman Açıkalın [1] |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1963 |
| Editions | 57 (as of 2019) |
| Most wins | Since 1963: (2 wins) Rifat Çalışkan (TUR) Erdinç Doğan (TUR) Ali Hüryılmaz (TUR) Mert Mutlu (TUR) Ghader Mizbani (IRI) |
| Most recent |  Felix Großschartner (AUT) |
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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 will be relegated to the UCI ProSeries in 2020.[5]
Winners
General classification
Wins per country since 1963
| 10 |  Bulgaria, Turkey |
| 7 |  USSR |
| 5 |  Poland |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia, Iran,  Kazakhstan |
| 2 |  Italy,  Roumania,  Spain |
| 1 | Austria,  Croatia,  Egypt,  Eritrea,  Germany,  Greece,  Portugal,  Russia,  South Africa,  United Kingdom |
Points classification
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Mountains classification
Turkish Beauties classification
| 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 |
Classifications
As of the 2016 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
- Turquoise Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
- Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climbing classification.
- White Jersey – Worn by the leader of overral ranking of Beauty of Turkey.
- Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the 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.
