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.

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
Race details
DateApril–May (until 2016, 2019-)
October (2017-2018)
RegionTurkey
English nameTour of Turkey
Local name(s)Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu (in Turkish)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour (2005-2016)
UCI World Tour (2017-present)
TypeStage race
OrganiserTurkish Cycling Federation
Race directorAbdurrahman Açıkalın [1]
Web sitewww.tourofturkey.org.tr
History
First edition1963 (1963)
Editions57 (as of 2019)
Most winsSince 1963: (2 wins)
 Rifat Çalışkan (TUR)
 Erdinç Doğan (TUR)
 Ali Hüryılmaz (TUR)
 Mert Mutlu (TUR)
 Ghader Mizbani (IRI)
Most recent Felix Großschartner (AUT)
Mascot Pardus.
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.
Riders at the finish of the 55th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul on April 21, 2019.
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

Year Country Rider Team
1963  Turkey Rifat Çalışkan
1964  Turkey Hasan Kılıç
1965  Turkey Rifat Çalışkan
1966  Bulgaria Ivan Bobekov
1967  Bulgaria Dimitar Kotev
1968  Soviet Union Alexandre Kulibin USSR National Team
1969  Soviet Union Gainan Saidkhuzhin USSR National Team
1970  Bulgaria Slavcho Nikolov
1971  Romania Constantin Ciocan
1972  Poland Andrzej Karbowiak
1973  Turkey Ali Hüryılmaz Turkish National Team
1974  Turkey Seyit Kirmizi Turkish National Team
1975  Turkey Ali Hüryılmaz Turkish National Team
1976  Soviet Union Vladimir Osokin USSR National Team
1977  Soviet Union Vladimir Shapovalov USSR National Team
1978  Czechoslovakia Vlastibor Konečný
1979  Czechoslovakia Jiří Škoda
1980  Soviet Union Youri Kachirin USSR National Team
1981  Bulgaria Grozyo Kalchev
1982  Poland Zbigniew Szczepkowski
1983  Romania Mircea Romascanu
1984  Bulgaria Nentcho Staykov
1985  Poland Mieczyslaw Poreba
1986  Poland Jerzy Swinoga
1987  Soviet Union Alexander Krasnov USSR National Team
1988  Bulgaria Igor Nechayev
1989  Greece Kanellos Kanellopoulos
1990  Soviet Union Vitali Tolkatchev
1991  Czechoslovakia Róbert Glajza
1992  Germany Stefan Steinweg
1993  Bulgaria Ivan Stanchev
1994  Poland Krystian Zajdel
1995  Kazakhstan Andrei Kivilev Festina–Lotus
1996  Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov
1997  Egypt Kholefy El Sayed
1998  Turkey Erdinç Doğan Turkish National Team
1999  Turkey Erdinç Doğan Turkish National Team
2000  Kazakhstan Sergey Lavrenenko
2001  Turkey Mert Mutlu Brisaspor
2002  Iran Ghader Mizbani Telekom Malaysia Cycling Team
2003  Turkey Mert Mutlu Turkish National Team
2004  Iran Ahad Kazemi Giant Asia Racing Team
2005  Bulgaria Svetoslav Tchanliev Cycling Club Bourgas
2006  Iran Ghader Mizbani Brisaspor
2007  Bulgaria Ivailo Gabrovski Storez Ledecq Materiaux
2008  Spain David García Dapena Karpin–Galicia
2009  South Africa Daryl Impey Barloworld
2010  Italy Giovanni Visconti ISD–NERI
2011  Russia Alexander Efimkin Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis
2012  Kazakhstan Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana
2013  Eritrea Natnael Berhane Team Europcar
2014  Great Britain Adam Yates Orica–GreenEDGE
2015  Croatia Kristijan Đurasek Lampre–Merida
2016  Portugal José Gonçalves Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
2017  Italy Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates
2018  Spain Eduard Prades Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
2019  Austria Felix Großschartner Bora–Hansgrohe

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

Year Country Rider Team
2010  Germany André Greipel Team HTC–Columbia
2011  Italy Alessandro Petacchi Lampre–ISD
2012  Australia Matthew Goss GreenEDGE
2013  Germany André Greipel Lotto–Belisol
2014  Great Britain Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015  Great Britain Mark Cavendish Etixx–Quick-Step
2016  Italy Manuel Belletti Southeast–Venezuela
2017  Belgium Edward Theuns Trek–Segafredo
2018  Ireland Sam Bennett Bora–Hansgrohe
2019  Ireland Sam Bennett Bora–Hansgrohe

Wins per country since 2010

2 Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy
1 Australia, Belgium

Mountains classification

Year Country Rider Team
2010  France Rémi Pauriol Cofidis
2011  Colombia Luis Felipe Laverde Colombia es Pasión–Café de Colombia
2012  Italy Marco Bandiera Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2013  Ukraine Sergiy Gretchyn Torku Şekerspor
2014  Curaçao Marc de Maar UnitedHealthcare
2015  Colombia Juan Pablo Valencia Colombia
2016  Poland Przemysław Niemiec Lampre–Merida
2017  Italy Mirco Maestri Bardiani–CSF
2018  Slovenia Grega Bole Bahrain–Merida
2019  Belgium Thimo Willems Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise

Wins per country since 2010

2 Colombia, Italy
1 Belgium, Curaçao, France, Ukraine, Poland, Slovenia

Turkish Beauties classification

Year Country Rider Team
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

Wins per country since 2010

3 Spain, Turkey
2 Russia
1 France, Italy

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

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