Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

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Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
Race details

Date	Mid April
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
History
First edition	1968
Editions	44 (as of 2008)
Most recent	David García Dapena

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (Turkish: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey. Since 2008, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, after being upgraded from 2.2 to 2.1 by the UCI in 2008. Total prize for 2008 is €160,000.

[edit] Winners

Year	Winner	Nationality	Team
2008	David García Dapena	Spain	Karpin-Galicia
2007	Ivailo Gabrovski	Bulgaria
2006	Ghader Mizbani	Iran	Giant Asia Racing Team
2005	Svetoslav Tchanliev	Bulgaria	Cycling Club Bourgas
2004	Ahad Kazemi Surai	Iran
2003	Mert Mutlu	Turkey	Turkish National Cycling Team
2002	Ghader Mizbani	Iran	Telekom Malaysia Cycling Team