# Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (Turkish: 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, 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

| 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–Murias |
| 2019 | Austria | Felix Großschartner | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Spain | José Manuel Díaz | Delko |
| 2022 | New Zealand | Patrick Bevin | Israel–Premier Tech |
| 2023 | Kazakhstan | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan Team |
| 2024 | Netherlands | Frank van den Broek | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL |

#### Wins per country since 1963

| 10 | Bulgaria, Turkey |
| 7 | Soviet Union |
| 5 | Poland |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia, Iran, Spain |
| 2 | Italy, Romania |
| 1 | Austria, Croatia, Egypt, Eritrea, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, South Africa |

### 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 |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Belgium | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin–Fenix |
| 2022 | Belgium | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin–Fenix |
| 2023 | Belgium | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
| 2024 | Denmark | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL |

#### Wins per country since 2010

| 4 | Belgium |
| 2 | Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy |
| 1 | Australia, Denmark |

### 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 |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Ukraine | Vitaliy Buts | Salcano–Sakarya BB Team |
| 2022 | United States | Noah Granigan | Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling |
| 2023 | Australia | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates |
| 2024 | Germany | Vinzent Dorn | Bike Aid |

#### Wins per country since 2010

| 2 | Colombia, Italy, Ukraine |
| 1 | Australia, Belgium, Curaçao, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, United States |

### Turkish Beauties (Sprints) 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 |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Netherlands | Ivar Slik | Abloc CT |
| 2022 | Turkey | Batuhan Özgür | Sakarya BB Pro Team |
| 2023 | Belgium | Mauro Verwilt | Tarteletto–Isorex |
| 2024 | Germany | Vinzent Dorn | Bike Aid |

#### Wins per country since 2010

| 4 | Turkey |
| 3 | Spain |
| 2 | Russia |
| 1 | Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands |

## Classifications

As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are: - Turquoise Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
- Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
- Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the mountains classification.
- White Jersey – Worn by the leader of the Turkish Beauties sprints classification.