2023 Presidential Tour of Turkey explained

The 2023 Presidential Tour of Turkey was a road cycling stage race that was held between 8th and 15 October 2023 in Turkey. It was the 58th edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey.

Teams

Four UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, twelve UCI Continental teams, and one national team made up the 24 teams that participate in the race.^[1]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

National Teams

• Netherlands

Route

The 2023 edition includes eight stages covering over eight days.

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	8 October	Alanya to Antalya	135km (84miles)		Flat stage
2	9 October	Kemer to Kalkan	166.5km (103.5miles)		Medium-mountain stage
3	10 October	Fethiye to Babadağ	104.1km (64.7miles)		Mountain stage
4	11 October	Fethiye to Marmaris	165.3km (102.7miles)		Hilly stage
5	12 October	Marmaris to Bodrum	180.6km (112.2miles)		Mountain stage
6	13 October	Bodrum to Selçuk	193.3km (120.1miles)		Medium-mountain stage
7	14 October	Selçuk to İzmir	159.8km (99.3miles)		Mountain stage
8	15 October	Istanbul to Istanbul (Sultanahmet)	130.5km (81.1miles)		Hilly stage
Total			1235.1km (767.5miles)

Stages

Stage 1

8 October 2023 — Alanya to Antalya, 135km (84miles)

Stage 2

9 October 2023 — Kemer to Kalkan, 166.5km (103.5miles)

Stage 3

10 October 2023 — Fethiye to Babadağ, 104.1km (64.7miles)

Stage 4

11 October 2023 — Fethiye to Marmaris, 165.3km (102.7miles)

Stage 5

12 October 2023 — Marmaris to Bodrum, 180.6km (112.2miles)

Stage 6

13 October 2023 — Bodrum to Selçuk, 193.3km (120.1miles)

Stage 7

14 October 2023 — Selçuk to İzmir, 159.8km (99.3miles)

Stage 8

15 October 2023 — Istanbul to Istanbul (Sultanahmet), 130.5km (81.1miles)

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Turkish Beauties Sprints classification	Team classification
1	Jasper Philipsen	Jasper Philipsen	Jasper Philipsen	Tobias Nolde	Bram Dissel
2	Jasper Philipsen	Lennert Teugels	Wesley Mol
3	Alexey Lutsenko		Alexey Lutsenko	Róbigzon Oyola
4
5	Nico Denz	Luca Colnaghi	Dawit Yemane
6
7	Jay Vine	Jasper Philipsen	Jay Vine
8	Jasper Philipsen	Mauro Verwilt
Final			Jasper Philipsen		Mauro Verwilt

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the Turkish Beauties Sprints classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1			30h 10' 14"
2			+ 26"
3			+ 51"
4			+ 1' 24"
5			+ 1' 31"
6			+ 1' 37"
7			+ 3' 41"
8			+ 3' 52"
9			+ 5' 02"
10			+ 5' 16"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1			77
2			71
3			55
4			55
5			53
6			47
7			45
8			34
9			32
10			27

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1			29
2			23
3			16
4			16
5			10
6			10
7			9
8			7
9			7
10			7

Turkish Beauties Sprints classification

Turkish Beauties Sprints classification after stage 8 (1–10)^[3]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1			10
2			8
3			8
4			6
5			5
6			5
7			5
8		Netherlands	5
9			3
10			3

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Time
1		90h 37' 54"
2		+ 14' 15"
3		+ 15' 02"
4		+ 15' 16"
5		+ 19' 36"
6		+ 35' 11"
7		+ 39' 39"
8		+ 55' 25"
9		+ 1h 01' 27"
10		+ 1h 01' 30"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Startlist for Presidential Cycling Tour of Türkiye 2023. www.procyclingstats.com . 8 October 2023.
2. Web site: Keep your eyes open . tourofturkiye.org.tr . 11 April 2022 . tr . 10 April 2022.
3. https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-of-turkiye/2023/live-istanbul-sultanahmet_mtc1482536/live-table.shtml