Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
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 | |
|---|---|
| Date | April–May (until 2016, 2019-) October (2017-2018) |
| 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-present) |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Turkish Cycling Federation |
| Race director | Abdurrahman Açıkalın [1] |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1963 |
| Editions | 57 (as of 2019) |
| Most wins | Since 1963: (2 wins)  |
| Most recent |  |
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Riders in Stage 8 of 49th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey at Bağdat Avenue, Istanbul on April 28, 2013.
Riders in Stage 8 of 50th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey at Çetin Emeç Boulevard, Istanbul on May 4, 2014.
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Riders at the finish of the 55th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul on April 21, 2019.
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Winners of the General classification at the 55th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2019 at the award ceremony. From left to right: runner-up Valerio Conti of UAE Team Emirates, winner Felix Großschartner of Bora–Hansgrohe, 3rd place Merhawi Kudus pf Astana Pro Team.
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 will be relegated to the UCI ProSeries in 2020.[5]
Winners
General classification
Wins per country since 1963
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| 7 |  |
| 5 |  |
| 3 |   |
| 2 |    |
| 1 |          |
Points classification
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Mountains classification
| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Thimo Willems | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise |
Turkish Beauties classification
| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Classifications
As of the 2016 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
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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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