Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
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 | |
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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)![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Most recent | ![]() |



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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.
Winners
General classification
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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1963 | ![]() |
Rifat Çalışkan | ||
1964 | ![]() |
Hasan Kılıç | ||
1965 | ![]() |
Rifat Çalışkan | ||
1966 | ![]() |
Ivan Bobekov | ||
1967 | ![]() |
Dimitar Kotev | ||
1968 | ![]() |
Alexandre Kulibin | USSR National Team | |
1969 | ![]() |
Gainan Saidkhuzhin | USSR National Team | |
1970 | ![]() |
Slavcho Nikolov | ||
1971 | ![]() |
Constantin Ciocan | ||
1972 | ![]() |
Andrzej Karbowiak | ||
1973 | ![]() |
Ali Hüryılmaz | Turkish National Team | |
1974 | ![]() |
Seyit Kirmizi | Turkish National Team | |
1975 | ![]() |
Ali Hüryılmaz | Turkish National Team | |
1976 | ![]() |
Vladimir Osokin | USSR National Team | |
1977 | ![]() |
Vladimir Shapovalov | USSR National Team | |
1978 | ![]() |
Vlastibor Konečný | ||
1979 | ![]() |
Jiří Škoda | ||
1980 | ![]() |
Youri Kachirin | USSR National Team | |
1981 | ![]() |
Grozyo Kalchev | ||
1982 | ![]() |
Zbigniew Szczepkowski | ||
1983 | ![]() |
Mircea Romascanu | ||
1984 | ![]() |
Nentcho Staykov | ||
1985 | ![]() |
Mieczyslaw Poreba | ||
1986 | ![]() |
Jerzy Swinoga | ||
1987 | ![]() |
Alexander Krasnov | USSR National Team | |
1988 | ![]() |
Igor Nechayev | ||
1989 | ![]() |
Kanellos Kanellopoulos | ||
1990 | ![]() |
Vitali Tolkatchev | ||
1991 | ![]() |
Róbert Glajza | ||
1992 | ![]() |
Stefan Steinweg | ||
1993 | ![]() |
Ivan Stanchev | ||
1994 | ![]() |
Krystian Zajdel | ||
1995 | ![]() |
Andrei Kivilev | Festina–Lotus | |
1996 | ![]() |
Dimitar Dimitrov | ||
1997 | ![]() |
Kholefy El Sayed | ||
1998 | ![]() |
Erdinç Doğan | Turkish National Team | |
1999 | ![]() |
Erdinç Doğan | Turkish National Team | |
2000 | ![]() |
Sergey Lavrenenko | ||
2001 | ![]() |
Mert Mutlu | Brisaspor | |
2002 | ![]() |
Ghader Mizbani | Telekom Malaysia Cycling Team | |
2003 | ![]() |
Mert Mutlu | Turkish National Team | |
2004 | ![]() |
Ahad Kazemi | Giant Asia Racing Team | |
2005 | ![]() |
Svetoslav Tchanliev | Cycling Club Bourgas | |
2006 | ![]() |
Ghader Mizbani | Brisaspor | |
2007 | ![]() |
Ivailo Gabrovski | Storez Ledecq Materiaux | |
2008 | ![]() |
David García Dapena | Karpin–Galicia | |
2009 | ![]() |
Daryl Impey | Barloworld | |
2010 | ![]() |
Giovanni Visconti | ISD–NERI | |
2011 | ![]() |
Alexander Efimkin | Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis | |
2012 | ![]() |
Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana | |
2013 | ![]() |
Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | |
2014 | ![]() |
Adam Yates | Orica–GreenEDGE | |
2015 | ![]() |
Kristijan Đurasek | Lampre–Merida | |
2016 | ![]() |
José Gonçalves | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |
2017 | ![]() |
Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | |
2018 | ![]() |
Eduard Prades | Euskadi–Murias | |
2019 | ![]() |
Felix Großschartner | Bora–Hansgrohe | |
2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | ![]() |
José Manuel Díaz | Delko | |
2022 | ![]() |
Patrick Bevin | Israel–Premier Tech | |
2023 | ![]() |
Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
2024 | ![]() |
Frank van den Broek | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL |
Wins per country since 1963
10 | ![]() ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Points classification
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | ![]() |
André Greipel | Team HTC–Columbia | |
2011 | ![]() |
Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre–ISD | |
2012 | ![]() |
Matthew Goss | GreenEDGE | |
2013 | ![]() |
André Greipel | Lotto–Belisol | |
2014 | ![]() |
Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | |
2015 | ![]() |
Mark Cavendish | Etixx–Quick-Step | |
2016 | ![]() |
Manuel Belletti | Southeast–Venezuela | |
2017 | ![]() |
Edward Theuns | Trek–Segafredo | |
2018 | ![]() |
Sam Bennett | Bora–Hansgrohe | |
2019 | ![]() |
Sam Bennett | Bora–Hansgrohe | |
2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | ![]() |
Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin–Fenix | |
2022 | ![]() |
Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin–Fenix | |
2023 | ![]() |
Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin–Deceuninck | |
2024 | ![]() |
Tobias Lund Andresen | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL |
Mountains classification
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | ![]() |
Rémi Pauriol | Cofidis | |
2011 | ![]() |
Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia es Pasión–Café de Colombia | |
2012 | ![]() |
Marco Bandiera | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | |
2013 | ![]() |
Sergiy Gretchyn | Torku Şekerspor | |
2014 | ![]() |
Marc de Maar | UnitedHealthcare | |
2015 | ![]() |
Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | |
2016 | ![]() |
Przemysław Niemiec | Lampre–Merida | |
2017 | ![]() |
Mirco Maestri | Bardiani–CSF | |
2018 | ![]() |
Grega Bole | Bahrain–Merida | |
2019 | ![]() |
Thimo Willems | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | ![]() |
Vitaliy Buts | Salcano–Sakarya BB Team | |
2022 | ![]() |
Noah Granigan | Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | |
2023 | ![]() |
Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | |
2024 | ![]() |
Vinzent Dorn | Bike Aid |
Wins per country since 2010
2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Turkish Beauties (Sprints) classification
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | ![]() |
Christophe Kern | Cofidis | |
2011 | ![]() |
Arturo Mora | Caja Rural | |
2012 | ![]() |
Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | |
2013 | ![]() |
Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | |
2014 | ![]() |
Mattia Pozzo | Neri Sottoli | |
2015 | ![]() |
Lluís Mas | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |
2016 | ![]() |
Lluís Mas | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |
2017 | ![]() |
Onur Balkan | Turkey (national team) | |
2018 | ![]() |
Onur Balkan | Turkey (national team) | |
2019 | ![]() |
Feritcan Şamlı | Salcano–Sakarya BB Team | |
2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | ![]() |
Ivar Slik | Abloc CT | |
2022 | ![]() |
Batuhan Özgür | Sakarya BB Pro Team | |
2023 | ![]() |
Mauro Verwilt | Tarteletto–Isorex | |
2024 | ![]() |
Vinzent Dorn | Bike Aid |
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.