Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey



The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (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

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.