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
| 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.
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