April–May (until 2016, 2019–2022) October (2017–2018, 2023)
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 (2017–2019) UCI Europe Tour (2021, 2023–) UCI ProSeries (2021–2022)
Type
Stage race
Organiser
Turkish Cycling Federation
Race director
Abdurrahman Açıkalın [1]
Web site
www.tourofturkey.org.tr
History
First edition
1963 (1963)
Editions
59 (as of 2024)
Most wins
Since 1963: (2 wins) Rifat Çalışkan (TUR) Erdinç Doğan (TUR) Ali Hüryılmaz (TUR) Mert Mutlu (TUR) Ghader Mizbani (IRI)
Most recent
Frank van den Broek (NED)
Mascot Pardus.Riders in Stage 8 of the 49th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey at Bağdat Avenue, Istanbul on April 28, 2013.Riders in Stage 8 of the 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.General classification podium award ceremony of the 55th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. From left to right: runner-up Valerio Conti of UAE Team Emirates, winner Felix Großschartner of Bora–Hansgrohe, 3rd place Merhawi Kudus of Astana.
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,[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 was relegated to the newly formed UCI ProSeries in 2020.[5] In 2023, it was again relegated to a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
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^"International Presidency Turkey Tour 2010". CyclingArchives. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
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Global Information
Rifat Çalışkan (TUR)
Ghader Mizbani (IRI)
Frank van den Broek (NED)
