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.
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.
References
^About @ Tour of Turkey Archived 2012-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
^"International Presidency Turkey Tour 2006". CyclingArchives. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
^"Tour of Turkey boosted by five ProTour teams". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
^"International Presidency Turkey Tour 2010". CyclingArchives. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
^"Tour de France a week earlier in 2020, Turkey out of WorldTour". 26 June 2019.
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- 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.