Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

Race details
Date	April–May
Region	Turkey
English name	Tour of Turkey
Local name(s)	Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu (Turkish)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Turkish Cycling Federation
Race director	Abdurrahman Açıkalın [1]
History
First edition	1964 (1964)
Editions	52 (as of 2016)
Most wins	Since 1966: (2 wins)  Erdinç Doğan (TUR)  Mert Mutlu (TUR)  Ghader Mizbani (IRI)
Most recent	José Gonçalves (POR)

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.

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (Turkish: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey. From 2006 it was 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]

Winners

General classification

		Rider	Team
1966	BUL !	Bobekov, IvanIvan Bobekov (BUL)
1967	BUL !	Kotev, DimitarDimitar Kotev (BUL)
1968	SUN !	Kulibin, AlexandreAlexandre Kulibin (SUN)	USSR National Team
1969	SUN !	Saidkhuzhin, GainanGainan Saidkhuzhin (SUN)	USSR National Team
1975	TUR !	Hüryılmaz, AliAli Hüryılmaz (TUR)	Turkish National Team
1979	CZS !	Škoda, JiříJiří Škoda (CZS)
1981	BUL !	Kalchev, GrozyoGrozyo Kalchev (BUL)
1982	POL !	Szczepkowski, ZbigniewZbigniew Szczepkowski (POL)
1983	DDR !	Barth, ThomasThomas Barth (DDR)	SG Wismut Gera
1990	SUN !	Tolkatchev, VitaliVitali Tolkatchev (SUN)
1991	POL !	Glajza, RóbertRóbert Glajza (POL)
1995	KAZ !	Kivilev, AndreiAndrei Kivilev (KAZ)	Festina–Lotus
1996	BUL !	Dimitrov, DimitarDimitar Dimitrov (BUL)
1998	TUR !	Doğan, ErdinçErdinç Doğan (TUR)	Turkish National Team
1999	TUR !	Doğan, ErdinçErdinç Doğan (TUR)	Turkish National Team
2000	KAZ !	Lavrinenko, SergeySergey Lavrinenko (KAZ)
2001	TUR !	Mutlu, MertMert Mutlu (TUR)	Brisaspor
2002	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Telekom Malaysia Cycling Team
2003	TUR !	Mutlu, MertMert Mutlu (TUR)	Turkish National Team
2004	IRI !	Kazemi, AhadAhad Kazemi (IRI)	Giant Asia Racing Team
2005	BUL !	Tchanliev, SvetoslavSvetoslav Tchanliev (BUL)	Cycling Club Bourgas
2006	IRI !	Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI)	Brisaspor
2007	BUL !	Gabrovski, IvailoIvailo Gabrovski (BUL)	Storez Ledecq Materiaux
2008	ESP !	García Dapena, DavidDavid García Dapena (ESP)	Karpin–Galicia
2009	RSA !	Impey, DarylDaryl Impey (RSA)	Barloworld
2010	ITA !	Visconti, GiovanniGiovanni Visconti (ITA)	ISD–NERI
2011	RUS !	Efimkin, AlexanderAlexander Efimkin (RUS)	Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis
2012	KAZ !	Dyachenko, AlexsandrAlexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ)	Astana
2013	ERI !	Berhane, NatnaelNatnael Berhane (ERI)	Team Europcar
2014	GBR !	Yates, AdamAdam Yates (GBR)	Orica–GreenEDGE
2015	CRO !	Đurasek, KristijanKristijan Đurasek (CRO)	Lampre–Merida
2016	POR !	Gonçalves, JoséJosé Gonçalves (POR)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA

Wins per country since 1966

6	Bulgaria
5	Turkey
3	Iran, Kazakhstan, USSR
2	Poland
1	Croatia, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Eritrea, Italy, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom

Points classification

		Rider	Team
2010	GER !	Greipel, AndréAndré Greipel (GER)	Team HTC–Columbia
2011	ITA !	Petacchi, AlessandroAlessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Lampre–ISD
2012	AUS !	Goss, MatthewMatthew Goss (AUS)	GreenEDGE
2013	GER !	Greipel, AndréAndré Greipel (GER)	Lotto–Belisol
2014	GBR !	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015	GBR !	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Etixx–Quick-Step
2016	ITA !	Belletti, ManuelManuel Belletti (ITA)	Southeast–Venezuela

Wins per country since 2010

2	Germany, United Kingdom, Italy
1	Australia

Mountains classification

		Rider	Team
2010	FRA !	Pauriol, RémiRémi Pauriol (FRA)	Cofidis
2011	COL !	Laverde, Luis FelipeLuis Felipe Laverde (COL)	Colombia es Pasión–Café de Colombia
2012	ITA !	Bandiera, MarcoMarco Bandiera (ITA)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2013	UKR !	Gretchyn, SergiySergiy Gretchyn (UKR)	Torku Şekerspor
2014	CUW !	de Maar, MarcMarc de Maar (CUW)	UnitedHealthcare
2015	COL !	Valencia, Juan PabloJuan Pablo Valencia (COL)	Colombia
2016	POL !	Niemiec, PrzemysławPrzemysław Niemiec (POL)	Lampre–Merida

Wins per country since 2010

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

Turkish Beauties classification

		Rider	Team
2010	FRA !	Kern, ChristopheChristophe Kern (FRA)	Cofidis
2011	ESP !	Mora, ArturoArturo Mora (ESP)	Caja Rural
2012	RUS !	Belkov, MaximMaxim Belkov (RUS)	Team Katusha
2013	RUS !	Ignatiev, MikhailMikhail Ignatiev (RUS)	Team Katusha
2014	ITA !	Pozzo, MattiaMattia Pozzo (ITA)	Neri Sottoli
2015	ESP !	Mas, LluísLluís Mas (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
2016	ESP !	Mas, LluísLluís Mas (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA

Wins per country since 2010

3	Spain
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

External links

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