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.

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
Race details
DateApril–May (until 2016, 2019–2022)
October (2017–2018, 2023)
RegionTurkey
English nameTour of Turkey
Local name(s)Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu (in Turkish)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour (2005–2016)
UCI World Tour (2017–2019)
UCI Europe Tour (2021, 2023–)
UCI ProSeries (2021–2022)
TypeStage race
OrganiserTurkish Cycling Federation
Race directorAbdurrahman Açıkalın
Web sitewww.tourofturkey.org.tr
History
First edition1963 (1963)
Editions58 (as of 2023)
Most winsSince 1963: (2 wins)
 Rifat Çalışkan (TUR)
 Erdinç Doğan (TUR)
 Ali Hüryılmaz (TUR)
 Mert Mutlu (TUR)
 Ghader Mizbani (IRI)
Most recent Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)

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.

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