Presidential Tour of Turkey (2.Pro)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Presidential Tour of Turkey is a professional stage race that has been run since 1963.
In 2012 winner Ivailo Gabrovski was declassified for an EPO positive. In 2013 the same thing happened to winner Mustafa Sayar.
UCI race ranking history:
- 2002: made 2.5 race
- 2005: reclassed as 2.2
- 2008: made 2.1
- 2010: upgraded to HC
- 2017: Upgraded to World Tour
- 2020: reclassed as 2.Pro
The GC leader wears a Turquoise-colored jersey.
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Podium history since the Tour of Turkey was classified 2.5:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 2002 | Ghader Mizbani | Daniel Petrov | Michael Haas | ||
| 2003 | Mert Mutlu | Ghader Mizbani | Muhammad El Aziz | ||
| 2004 | Ahad Kazemi Sarai | Hossein Askari | Svetoslav Tchanliev | ||
| 2005 | Svetoslav Tchanliev | Martin Prazdnovsky | Evgeni Gerganov | ||
| 2006 | Ghader Mizbani | Hossein Askari | Igor Pugaci | ||
| 2007 | Ivailo Gabrovski | Jan Sipeky | Hossein Askari | ||
| 2008 | David Garcia 25hr 40min 41sec |
José Benitez @ 18sec |
Pieter Jacobs @ s.t. |
1,031 km |
40.151 |
| 2009 | Daryl Impey 29hr 19min 32sec |
Davide Malacarne @ 1sec |
David Garcia @ 3sec |
1,212 km |
41.329 |
| 2010 | Giovanni Visconti 32hr 42min 28sec |
Tejay van Gardeen @ 29sec |
David Moncoutie @ 33sec |
1,231.9 km | 37.664 |
| 2011 | Alexander Efimkin 33hr 45min 48sec |
Andrey Zeits @ 1min 13sec |
Thibaut Pinot @ 1min 33sec |
1,363.5 km | 40.381 |
| 2012 | Alexsandr Dyachenko @ 1min 33sec |
Danail Andonov Petrov @ 1min 38sec |
1,173 km |
40.725 | |
| 2013 | Natnael Berhande @ 41sec |
Yoann Bagot @ 44sec |
1,203.5 km | 41.187 | |
| 2014 | Adam Yates 30hr 26min 22sec |
Rein Taaramae @ 5sec |
Romain Hardy @ 39sec |
1,243.6 km | 40.855 |
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| 2015 | Kristijan Durasek 31hr 6min 44sec |
Eduardo Sepulveda @ 32sec |
Jay McCarthy @ 56sec |
1,237 km |
39.759 |
| 2016 | José Gonçalves 32hr 31min 35sec |
David Arroyo @ 18sec |
Nikita Stalnov @ 56sec |
1,266.5 km |
38.94 |
| 2017 | Diego Ulissi 26hr 32min 13sec |
Jesper Hansen @ 12sec |
Fausto Masnada @ 24sec |
1,025.1 km |
38.63 km/hr |
| 2018 | Eduard Prades 22hr 26min 16sec |
Alexey Lutsenko @ s.t. |
Nathan Haas @ 4sec |
948.6 km |
42.275 km/hr |
| 2019 | Felix Großschartner 24hr 53min 58sec |
Valerio Conti @ 19sec |
Merhawi Kudus @ 25sec |
993.4 km |
39.897 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race cancelled because of Coronavirus pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | José Diaz 29hr 19min 40sec |
Jay Vine @ 1sec |
Eduardo Sepulveda @ 6sec |
1,244.0 km |
42.417 km/hr |
| 2022 | Patrick Bevin 27hr 33min 10sec |
Jay Vine @ 20sec |
Eduardo Sepulveda @ 40sec |
1,167.5 km |
42.373 km/hr |
| 2023 | Alexey Lutsenko 30hr 10min 14sec |
Ben Zweihoff @ 26sec |
Harold Tejada @ 51sec |
1,235.1 km |
40.937 km/hr |
| 2024 | Frank Van Den Broek 25hr 53min 9sec |
Merhawi Kudus @ 4sec |
Paul Double @ 9sec |
1,074.9 km | 41.525 km/hr |
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