Presidential_Cycling_Tour_of_Turkey

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

Turkish multi-day road cycling race

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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Mascot Pardus.
Riders in Stage 8 of the 49th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey at Bağdat Avenue, Istanbul on April 28, 2013.
Riders in Stage 8 of the 50th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey at Çetin Emeç Boulevard, Istanbul on May 4, 2014.
Riders at the finish of the 55th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul on April 21, 2019.
General classification podium award ceremony of the 55th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. From left to right: runner-up Valerio Conti of UAE Team Emirates, winner Felix Großschartner of Bora–Hansgrohe, 3rd place Merhawi Kudus of Astana.

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

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Wins per country since 1963

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

Points classification

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Wins per country since 2010

4 Belgium
2 Germany,  Great Britain,  Ireland,  Italy
1 Australia,  Denmark

Mountains classification

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Wins per country since 2010

2 Colombia,  Italy,  Ukraine
1 Australia,  Belgium,  Curaçao,  France,  Germany,  Poland,  Slovenia,  United States

Turkish Beauties (Sprints) classification

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Wins per country since 2010

4 Turkey
3 Spain
2 Russia
1 Belgium,  France,  Germany,  Italy,  Netherlands

Classifications

As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
Turquoise jersey - Turquoise Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
Green Jersey - Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
Red Jersey - Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the mountains classification.
White jersey - White Jersey – Worn by the leader of the Turkish Beauties sprints classification.

References

  1. [1]
    About @ Tour of Turkey Archived 2012-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "International Presidency Turkey Tour 2006". CyclingArchives. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Tour of Turkey boosted by five ProTour teams". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  4. [4]
    "International Presidency Turkey Tour 2010". CyclingArchives. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Tour de France a week earlier in 2020, Turkey out of WorldTour". 26 June 2019.
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