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.
Race details | |
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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) Rifat Çalışkan (TUR) Erdinç Doğan (TUR) Ali Hüryılmaz (TUR) Mert Mutlu (TUR) Ghader Mizbani (IRI) |
Most recent | Felix Großschartner (AUT) |
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
10 | Bulgaria, Turkey |
7 | USSR |
5 | Poland |
3 | Czechoslovakia, Iran, Kazakhstan |
2 | Italy, Roumania, Spain |
1 | Austria, Croatia, Egypt, Eritrea, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, United Kingdom |
Points classification
Mountains classification
Turkish Beauties classification
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2010 | France | Christophe Kern | Cofidis |
2011 | Spain | Arturo Mora | Caja Rural |
2012 | Russia | Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha |
2013 | Russia | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha |
2014 | Italy | Mattia Pozzo | Neri Sottoli |
2015 | Spain | Lluís Mas | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA |
2016 | Spain | Lluís Mas | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA |
2017 | Turkey | Onur Balkan | Turkey (national team) |
2018 | Turkey | Onur Balkan | Turkey (national team) |
2019 | Turkey | Feritcan Şamlı | Salcano–Sakarya BB Team |
Classifications
As of the 2016 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
- Turquoise Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
- Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climbing classification.
- White Jersey – Worn by the leader of overral ranking of Beauty of Turkey.
- Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the 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.