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Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

Turkish multi-day road cycling race

Summary

Turkish multi-day road cycling race

Field	Value
name	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
current_event	2025 Presidential Tour of Turkey
image	[[File:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey logo.svg	230px]]
date	April–May (until 2016, 2019–2022)
October (2017–2018, 2023)
region	Turkey
english	Tour of Turkey
localnames	Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu
discipline	Road
competition	UCI Europe Tour (2005–2016)
UCI World Tour (2017–2019)
UCI Europe Tour (2021, 2023)
UCI ProSeries (2021–2023, 2024–)
type	Stage race
organiser	Turkish Cycling Federation
director	Abdurrahman Açıkalın
first
number	59 (as of 2024)
mostwins	Since 1963: (2 wins)
Rifat Çalışkan
Erdinç Doğan
Ali Hüryılmaz
Mert Mutlu
Ghader Mizbani
mostrecent	Wout Poels

October (2017–2018, 2023) UCI World Tour (2017–2019) UCI Europe Tour (2021, 2023) UCI ProSeries (2021–2023, 2024–) Rifat Çalışkan Erdinç Doğan Ali Hüryılmaz Mert Mutlu Ghader Mizbani

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.

Sultanahmet Square]] in Istanbul on April 21, 2019.

The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey () 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, before being upgraded to 2.1 in 2008, and then to 2.HC for the 2010 edition. The race became part of the UCI World Tour in 2017, and was relegated to the newly formed UCI ProSeries in 2020. 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

1	Austria, Croatia, Egypt, Eritrea, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, South Africa

Points classification

Wins per country since 2010

1	Australia, Denmark

Mountains classification

Wins per country since 2010

1	Australia, Belgium, Curaçao, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, United States

Turkish Beauties (Sprints) classification

Wins per country since 2010

1	Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa

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. <br />

Green Jersey]] - '''Green Jersey''' – Worn by the leader of the points classification. <br />

Red Jersey]] - '''Red Jersey''' – Worn by the leader of the mountains classification. <br />

White jersey]] - '''White Jersey''' – Worn by the leader of the Turkish Beauties sprints classification. <br />

References

[http://www.tourofturkey.org/2012/about_tur About @ Tour of Turkey] {{webarchive. link. (2012-08-28)
"International Presidency Turkey Tour 2006". CyclingArchives.
(20 April 2009). "Tour of Turkey boosted by five ProTour teams". Future Publishing Limited.
"International Presidency Turkey Tour 2010". CyclingArchives.
(26 June 2019). "Tour de France a week earlier in 2020, Turkey out of WorldTour".

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