Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
{{Short description|Turkish multi-day road cycling race}}
{{Infobox cycling race
| name = Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
| current_event = 2025 Presidential Tour of Turkey
| image = 230px
| date = April–May (until 2016, 2019–2022)
October (2017–2018, 2023)
| region = Turkey
| english = Tour of Turkey
| localnames = Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu {{in lang|tr}}
| nickname =
| 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 [http://www.tourofturkey.org/2012/about_tur About @ Tour of Turkey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828090301/http://www.tourofturkey.org/2012/about_tur |date=2012-08-28 }}
| first = {{start date|1963}}
| number = 59 (as of 2024)
| last =
| firstwinner =
| mostwins = Since 1963: (2 wins)
{{Flag athlete|Rifat Çalışkan|TUR}}
{{Flag athlete|Erdinç Doğan|TUR}}
{{Flag athlete|Ali Hüryılmaz|TUR}}
{{Flag athlete|Mert Mutlu|TUR}}
{{Flag athlete|Ghader Mizbani|IRI}}
| mostrecent = {{nowrap|{{Flag athlete|Wout Poels|NED}}}}
}}
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File:TourOfTurkey2019 (14).jpg at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul on April 21, 2019.]]
File:TourOfTurkey2019 (51).jpg. From left to right: runner-up Valerio Conti of {{UCI team code|UAD|2019}}, winner Felix Großschartner of {{UCI team code|BOH|2019}}, 3rd place Merhawi Kudus of {{UCI team code|AST|2019}}. ]]
The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ({{langx|tr|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,{{cite web | url=http://cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=63491 | title=International Presidency Turkey Tour 2006 | work=CyclingArchives | access-date=15 September 2011}} before being upgraded to 2.1 in 2008,{{cite web | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-turkey-boosted-by-five-protour-teams | title=Tour of Turkey boosted by five ProTour teams | work=Cycling News | publisher=Future Publishing Limited | date=20 April 2009 | access-date=15 September 2011}} and then to 2.HC for the 2010 edition.{{cite web | url=http://cyclingarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=10794 | title=International Presidency Turkey Tour 2010 | work=CyclingArchives | access-date=15 September 2011}} The race became part of the UCI World Tour in 2017, and was relegated to the newly formed UCI ProSeries in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.velonews.com/2019/06/news/tour-de-france-a-week-earlier-in-2020-turkey-out-of-worldtour_495413|title=Tour de France a week earlier in 2020, Turkey out of WorldTour|date=26 June 2019}} 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=
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1963|name=Rıfat Çalışkan|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1964|name=Hasan Kılıç|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1965|name=Rıfat Çalışkan|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1966|name=Ivan Bobekov|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1967|name=Dimitar Kotev|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1968|name={{ill|Alexandre Kulibin|de|Alexander Jakowlewitsch Kulibin|fr}}|nat=SUN|natvar=|team=USSR National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1969|name=Gainan Saidkhuzhin|nat=SUN|natvar=|team=USSR National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1970|name=Slavcho Nikolov|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1971|name=Constantin Ciocan|nat=ROM|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1972|name=Andrzej Karbowiak|nat=POL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1973|name={{ill|Ali Hüryılmaz|de||pt||tr}}|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=Turkish National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1974|name=Seyit Kirmizi|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=Turkish National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1975|name={{ill|Ali Hüryılmaz|de||pt||tr}}|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=Turkish National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1976|name=Vladimir Osokin|nat=SUN|natvar=|team=USSR National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1977|name={{ill|Vladimir Shapovalov|fr|Vladimir Chapovalov}}|nat=SUN|natvar=|team=USSR National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1978|name=Vlastibor Konečný|nat=CZS|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1979|name=Jiří Škoda|nat=CZS|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1980|name=Youri Kachirin|nat=SUN|natvar=|team=USSR National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1981|name=Grozyo Kalchev|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1982|name=Zbigniew Szczepkowski|nat=POL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1983|name=Mircea Romascanu|nat=ROM|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1984|name=Nentcho Staykov|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1985|name=Mieczyslaw Poreba|nat=POL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1986|name=Jerzy Swinoga|nat=POL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1987|name=Alexander Krasnov|nat=SUN|natvar=|team=USSR National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1988|name=Igor Nechayev|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1989|name=Kanellos Kanellopoulos|nat=GRE|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1990|name=Vitali Tolkatchev|nat=SUN|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1991|name={{ill|Róbert Glajza|de}}|nat=CZS|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1992|name=Stefan Steinweg|nat=GER|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1993|name=Ivan Stanchev|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1994|name=Krystian Zajdel|nat=POL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1995|name=Andrei Kivilev|nat=KAZ|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|FES|1995}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1996|name=Dimitar Dimitrov|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1997|name=Kholefy El Sayed|nat=EGY|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1998|name=Erdinç Doğan|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=Turkish National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1999|name=Erdinç Doğan|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=Turkish National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2000|name=Sergey Lavrenenko|nat=KAZ|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2001|name=Mert Mutlu|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=Brisaspor|}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2002|name=Ghader Mizbani|nat=IRI|natvar=|team=Telekom Malaysia Cycling Team|}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2003|name=Mert Mutlu|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=Turkish National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2004|name=Ahad Kazemi|nat=IRI|natvar=|team=Giant Asia Racing Team|}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2005|name=Svetoslav Tchanliev|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=Cycling Club Bourgas}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2006|name=Ghader Mizbani|nat=IRI|natvar=|team=Brisaspor|}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2007|name=Ivailo Gabrovski|nat=BUL|natvar=|team=Storez Ledecq Materiaux}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2008|name=David García Dapena|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|XAC|2008a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2009|name=Daryl Impey|nat=RSA|natvar=|team=Barloworld|}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name=Giovanni Visconti|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ISD|2010}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name=Alexander Efimkin|nat=RUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TT1|2011a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name=Alexsandr Dyachenko|nat=KAZ|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AST|2012}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name=Natnael Berhane|nat=ERI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|EUC|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name=Adam Yates|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|OGE|2014}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name=Kristijan Đurasek|nat=CRO|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LAM|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name=José Gonçalves (cyclist)|nat=POR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CJR|2016}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name=Diego Ulissi|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UAD|2017b}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name=Eduard Prades|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|EUS2|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name=Felix Großschartner|nat=AUT|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BOH|2019}}}}
{{Cycling pw no race|year=2020|reason=COVID-19 pandemic|}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2021|name=José Manuel Díaz|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DKO|2021}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name=Patrick Bevin|nat=NZL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|IPT|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name=Alexey Lutsenko|nat=KAZ|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AST|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name=Frank van den Broek|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DFP|2024}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|name=Wout Poels|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|XAT|2025}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}
==Wins per country since 1963==
| class="wikitable" | |
| align=center | 10 | {{flag|Bulgaria}}, {{flag|Turkey}} |
| align=center | 7 | {{flag|USSR}} |
| align=center | 5 | {{flag|Poland}} |
| align=center | 4 | {{flag|Kazakhstan}} |
| align=center | 3 | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}, {{flag|Iran}}, {{flag|Spain}} |
| align=center | 2 | {{flag|Italy}}, {{flag|Netherlands}}, {{flag|Romania}} |
| align=center | 1 | {{flag|Austria}}, {{flag|Croatia}}, {{flag|Egypt}}, {{flag|Eritrea}}, {{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|Great Britain}}, {{flag|Greece}}, {{flag|New Zealand}}, {{flag|Portugal}}, {{flag|Russia}}, {{flag|South Africa}} |
=Points classification=
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name={{sortname|André|Greipel}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|THR|2010}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Alessandro|Petacchi}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LAM|2011}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Matthew|Goss}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|OGE|2012a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|André|Greipel}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LTB|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Mark|Cavendish}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|OPQ|2014}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name={{sortname|Mark|Cavendish}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|EQS|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|Manuel|Belletti}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|STH|2016a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Edward|Theuns}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TFS|2017}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Sam|Bennett|Sam Bennett (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BOH|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Sam|Bennett|Sam Bennett (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BOH|2019}}}}
{{Cycling pw no race|year=2020|reason=COVID-19 pandemic}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2021|name={{sortname|Jasper|Philipsen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AFC|2021}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Jasper|Philipsen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AFC|2022a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Jasper|Philipsen}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AFC|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Tobias|Lund Andresen}}|nat=DEN|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DFP|2024}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|name={{sortname|Giovanni|Lonardi}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TPP men|2025}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}
==Wins per country since 2010==
| class="wikitable" | |
| align=center | 4 | {{flag|Belgium}} |
| align=center | 3 | {{flag|Italy}} |
| align=center | 2 | {{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|Great Britain}}, {{flag|Ireland}} |
| align=center | 1 | {{flag|Australia}}, {{flag|Denmark}} |
=Mountains classification=
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name={{sortname|Rémi|Pauriol}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|COF|2010}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Luis Felipe|Laverde}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CEP|2011}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Marco|Bandiera}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|OPQ|2012}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|Sergiy|Gretchyn}}|nat=UKR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|KTS|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Marc|de Maar}}|nat=CUW|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UHC|2014}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name={{sortname|Juan Pablo|Valencia}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|COL|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|Przemysław|Niemiec}}|nat=POL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LAM|2016}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Mirco|Maestri}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BRD|2017}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Grega|Bole}}|nat=SLO|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TBM|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Thimo|Willems}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SVB|2019}}}}
{{Cycling pw no race|year=2020|reason=COVID-19 pandemic}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2021|name={{sortname|Vitaliy|Buts}}|nat=UKR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SSA|2021}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Noah|Granigan}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|WGC|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Jay|Vine}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UAD|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Vinzent|Dorn}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BAI|2024}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|name={{sortname|Wout|Poels}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|XAT|2025}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}
==Wins per country since 2010==
| class="wikitable" | |
| align=center | 2 | {{flag|Colombia}}, {{flag|Italy}}, {{flag|Ukraine}} |
| align=center | 1 | {{flag|Australia}}, {{flag|Belgium}}, {{flag|Curaçao}}, {{flag|France}}, {{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|Netherlands}}, {{flag|Poland}}, {{flag|Slovenia}}, {{flag|United States}} |
=Turkish Beauties (Sprints) classification=
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name={{sortname|Christophe|Kern}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|COF|2010}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Arturo|Mora}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CJR|2011}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Maxim|Belkov}}|nat=RUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|KAT|2012}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|Mikhail|Ignatiev|Mikhail Ignatiev (cyclist)}}|nat=RUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|KAT|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Mattia|Pozzo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|NRI|2014b}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name={{sortname|Lluís|Mas}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CJR|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|Lluís|Mas}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CJR|2016}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Onur|Balkan}}|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=Turkey (national team)}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Onur|Balkan}}|nat=TUR|natvar=|team=Turkey (national team)}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Feritcan|Şamlı}}|nat=TUR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SSA|2019}}}}
{{Cycling pw no race|year=2020|reason=COVID-19 pandemic}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2021|name={{sortname|Ivar|Slik}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ABC|2021}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Batuhan|Özgür}}|nat=TUR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SSA|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Mauro|Verwilt}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TIS|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Vinzent|Dorn}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BAI|2024}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|name={{sortname|Willie|Smit}}|nat=RSA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CGC|2025}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}
==Wins per country since 2010==
| class="wikitable" | |
| align=center | 4 | {{flag|Turkey}} |
| align=center | 3 | {{flag|Spain}} |
| align=center | 2 | {{flag|Russia}} |
| align=center | 1 | {{flag|Belgium}}, {{flag|France}}, {{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|Italy}}, {{flag|Netherlands}}, {{flag|South Africa}} |
Classifications
As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
File:Jersey light blue.svg - Turquoise Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
File:Jersey green.svg - Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
File:Jersey red.svg - Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the mountains classification.
File:Jersey white.svg - White Jersey – Worn by the leader of the Turkish Beauties sprints classification.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.tourofturkey.org.tr/}}
{{Cycle races in Turkey}}
{{UCI World Tour}}
{{Tour of Turkey}}
{{Tour of Turkey Winners}}
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