2023 Presidential Tour of Turkey

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.

2023 Presidential Tour of Turkey

2023 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	8 – 15 October 2023
Stages	8
Distance	1,235.1 km (767.5 mi)
Winning time	30h 10' 14"
Results
Winner  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (Astana Qazaqstan Team)   Second  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) (Bora–Hansgrohe)   Third  Harold Tejada (COL) (Astana Qazaqstan Team) Points  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) (Alpecin–Deceuninck) Mountains  Jay Vine (AUS) (UAE Team Emirates) Sprints  Mauro Verwilt (BEL) (Tarteletto–Isorex)   Team Bora–Hansgrohe
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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

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Bingoal WB
• Burgos BH
• Eolo–Kometa
• Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Corratec–Selle Italia
• Team Novo Nordisk

UCI Continental Teams

• ABLOC CT
• Bike Aid
• Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Kulübü
• Global 6 Cycling
• Konya Büyükşehir Belediyespor
• P&S Benotti
• Shimano Racing
• Sofer–Savini Due–OMZ
• Spor Toto Cycling Team
• Tarteletto–Isorex
• Team Medellín–EPM
• Voster ATS Team

National Teams

• Netherlands

Route

The 2023 edition includes eight stages covering 1,235.1 kilometres (767.5 mi) over eight days.

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	8 October	Alanya to Antalya	135 km (84 mi)		Flat stage	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
2	9 October	Kemer to Kalkan	166.5 km (103.5 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
3	10 October	Fethiye to Babadağ	104.1 km (64.7 mi)		Mountain stage	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)
4	11 October	Fethiye to Marmaris	165.3 km (102.7 mi)		Hilly stage	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
5	12 October	Marmaris to Bodrum	180.6 km (112.2 mi)		Mountain stage	Nico Denz (GER)
6	13 October	Bodrum to Selçuk	193.3 km (120.1 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Victor Langellotti (MON)
7	14 October	Selçuk to İzmir	159.8 km (99.3 mi)		Mountain stage	Jay Vine (AUS)
8	15 October	Istanbul to Istanbul (Sultanahmet)	130.5 km (81.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
Total			1,235.1 km (767.5 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

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

Stage 1 Result[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck 2h 44' 31" 2 Gleb Syritsa Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 3  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 0" 4  Luca Colnaghi (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0" 5  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 6  Matthew Walls (GBR) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 7  Alexander Salby (DEN) Bingoal WB + 0" 8  Giacomo Ballabio (ITA) Global 6 Cycling + 0" 9  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 10  Léo Bouvier (FRA) Bike Aid + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck 2h 44' 21" 2 Gleb Syritsa Astana Qazaqstan Team + 4" 3  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 6" 4  Tobias Nolde (GER) P&S Benotti + 7" 5  Mateusz Konstański (POL) Voster ATS Team + 8" 6  Róbigzon Oyola (COL) Team Medellín–EPM + 9" 7  Luca Colnaghi (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 10" 8  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) Bingoal WB + 10" 9  Matthew Walls (GBR) Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 10  Alexander Salby (DEN) Bingoal WB + 10"

Stage 2

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

Stage 2 Result[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck 4h 13' 54" 2  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 3  Luca Colnaghi (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1" 4  Antonio Angulo (ESP) Burgos BH + 1" 5  Clément Alleno (FRA) Burgos BH + 1" 6  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) Bingoal WB + 1" 7  Attilio Viviani (ITA) Team Corratec–Selle Italia + 1" 8  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 1" 9  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 1" 10  Andrea Peron (ITA) Team Novo Nordisk + 1"

General classification after Stage 2[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck 6h 58' 05" 2  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 14" 3  Luca Colnaghi (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 17" 4  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 20" 5  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) Bingoal WB + 21" 6  Clément Alleno (FRA) Burgos BH + 21" 7  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21" 8  Attilio Viviani (ITA) Team Corratec–Selle Italia + 21" 9  Antonio Angulo (ESP) Burgos BH + 21" 10  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 21"

Stage 3

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

Stage 3 Result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team 3h 34' 17" 2  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 12" 3  Harold Tejada (COL) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 27" 4  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 48" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 55" 6  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1' 24" 7  Ander Okamika (ESP) Burgos BH + 3' 00" 8  Alexis Guérin (FRA) Bingoal WB + 3' 28" 9  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 3' 41" 10  Domen Novak (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 3' 44"

General classification after Stage 3[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team 10h 32' 36" 2  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 16" 3  Harold Tejada (COL) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 33" 4  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 58" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 1' 05" 6  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1' 34" 7  Ander Okamika (ESP) Burgos BH + 3' 10" 8  Alexis Guérin (FRA) Bingoal WB + 3' 38" 9  Anton Palzer (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4' 14" 10  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 4' 36"

Stage 4

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

Stage 4 Result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck 3h 50' 17" 2  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 0" 3  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 4  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 5  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 6  Attilio Viviani (ITA) Team Corratec–Selle Italia + 0" 7  Luca Colnaghi (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0" 8  Matyáš Kopecký (CZE) Team Novo Nordisk + 0" 9  Kenneth van Rooy (BEL) Bingoal WB + 0" 10  Giacomo Ballabio (ITA) Global 6 Cycling + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team 14h 22' 53" 2  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 16" 3  Harold Tejada (COL) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 33" 4  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 58" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 1' 05" 6  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1' 34" 7  Ander Okamika (ESP) Burgos BH + 3' 10" 8  Alexis Guérin (FRA) Bingoal WB + 3' 38" 9  Anton Palzer (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4' 14" 10  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 4' 36"

Stage 5

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

Stage 5 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Nico Denz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 26' 27" 2  Matthew Walls (GBR) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 4  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 5  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 6  Luca Colnaghi (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0" 7  Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 8  Alexander Konychev (ITA) Team Corratec–Selle Italia + 0" 9  Fabio Christen (SUI) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 10  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team 18h 49' 20" 2  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 16" 3  Harold Tejada (COL) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 33" 4  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 58" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 1' 05" 6  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1' 34" 7  Ander Okamika (ESP) Burgos BH + 3' 10" 8  Alexis Guérin (FRA) Bingoal WB + 3' 38" 9  Anton Palzer (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4' 14" 10  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 4' 36"

Stage 6

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

Stage 6 Result[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Victor Langellotti (MON) Burgos BH 4h 46' 34" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 3  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1" 4  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 5  Alexis Guérin (FRA) Bingoal WB + 8" 6  Harold Tejada (COL) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 12" 7  Domen Novak (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 18" 8  Aldemar Reyes (COL) Team Medellín–EPM + 20" 9  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 20" 10  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 20"

General classification after Stage 6[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team 23h 35' 48" 2  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 26" 3  Harold Tejada (COL) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 51" 4  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 24" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 1' 31" 6  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1' 37" 7  Ander Okamika (ESP) Burgos BH + 3' 41" 8  Alexis Guérin (FRA) Bingoal WB + 3' 52" 9  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 5' 02" 10  Anton Palzer (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 5' 16"

Stage 7

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

Stage 7 Result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates 3h 36' 51" 2  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 7" 3  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 7" 4  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 7" 5  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 7" 6  Kenneth Van Rooy (BEL) Bingoal WB + 7" 7  Andrea Peron (ITA) Team Novo Nordisk + 7" 8  Attilio Viviani (ITA) Team Corratec–Selle Italia + 7" 9  Mirco Maestri (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 7" 10  Clément Alleno (FRA) Burgos BH + 7"

General classification after Stage 7[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team 27h 12' 46" 2  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 26" 3  Harold Tejada (COL) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 51" 4  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 24" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 1' 31" 6  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1' 37" 7  Ander Okamika (ESP) Burgos BH + 3' 41" 8  Alexis Guérin (FRA) Bingoal WB + 3' 52" 9  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 5' 02" 10  Anton Palzer (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 5' 16"

Stage 8

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

Stage 8 Result[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck 2h 57' 28" 2  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 3  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 4  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 5  Nico Denz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 6  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 7  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 8  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 0" 9  Luca Colnaghi (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0" 10  Nikiforos Arvanitou (GRE) Sofer–Savini Due–OMZ + 0"

General classification after Stage 8[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team 30h 10' 14" 2  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 26" 3  Harold Tejada (COL) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 51" 4  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 24" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 1' 31" 6  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1' 37" 7  Ander Okamika (ESP) Burgos BH + 3' 41" 8  Alexis Guérin (FRA) Bingoal WB + 3' 52" 9  Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 5' 02" 10  Anton Palzer (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 5' 16"

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	Bingoal WB
2	Jasper Philipsen			Lennert Teugels	Wesley Mol	Burgos BH
3	Alexey Lutsenko	Alexey Lutsenko		Alexey Lutsenko	Róbigzon Oyola	Bora–Hansgrohe
4	Jasper Philipsen
5	Nico Denz		Luca Colnaghi		Dawit Yemane
6	Victor Langellotti				Róbigzon Oyola
7	Jay Vine		Jasper Philipsen	Jay Vine
8	Jasper Philipsen				Mauro Verwilt
Final		Alexey Lutsenko	Jasper Philipsen	Jay Vine	Mauro Verwilt	Bora–Hansgrohe

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)^[10]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	30h 10' 14"
2	Ben Zwiehoff (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 26"
3	Harold Tejada (COL)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 51"
4	Florian Lipowitz (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1' 24"
5	Matteo Badilatti (SUI)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 31"
6	Giulio Pellizzari (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	+ 1' 37"
7	Ander Okamika (ESP)	Burgos BH	+ 3' 41"
8	Alexis Guérin (FRA)	Bingoal WB	+ 3' 52"
9	Xandro Meurisse (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 5' 02"
10	Anton Palzer (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 5' 16"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[10]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	77
2	Cees Bol (NED)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	71
3	Giovanni Lonardi (ITA)	Eolo–Kometa	55
4	Luca Colnaghi (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	55
5	Timothy Dupont (BEL)	Tarteletto–Isorex	53
6	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	47
7	Matteo Malucelli (ITA)	Bingoal WB	45
8	Matthew Walls (GBR)	Bora–Hansgrohe	34
9	Attilio Viviani (ITA)	Team Corratec–Selle Italia	32
10	Nico Denz (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	27

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[10]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jay Vine (AUS)	UAE Team Emirates	29
2	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	23
3	Róbigzon Oyola (COL)	Team Medellín–EPM	16
4	Ben Zwiehoff (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	16
5	Victor Langellotti (MON)	Burgos BH	10
6	Dawit Yemane (ERI)	Bike Aid	10
7	Harold Tejada (COL)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	9
8	Giulio Pellizzari (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	7
9	Alessio Martinelli (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	7
10	Oliver Mattheis (GER)	Bike Aid	7

Turkish Beauties Sprints classification

Turkish Beauties Sprints classification after stage 8 (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Mauro Verwilt (BEL)	Tarteletto–Isorex	10
2	Róbigzon Oyola (COL)	Team Medellín–EPM	8
3	Nico Denz (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	8
4	Tobias Nolde (GER)	P&S Benotti	6
5	Dawit Yemane (ERI)	Bike Aid	5
6	Wesley Mol (NED)	Bike Aid	5
7	Feritcan Şamlı (TUR)	Spor Toto Cycling Team	5
8	Bram Dissel (NED)	Netherlands	5
9	Lennert Teugels (BEL)	Bingoal WB	3
10	Gianni Marchand (BEL)	Tarteletto–Isorex	3

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[10]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Bora–Hansgrohe	90h 37' 54"
2	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	+ 14' 15"
3	Burgos BH	+ 15' 02"
4	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 15' 16"
5	Eolo–Kometa	+ 19' 36"
6	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 35' 11"
7	Bingoal WB	+ 39' 39"
8	Team Medellín–EPM	+ 55' 25"
9	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1h 01' 27"
10	Bike Aid	+ 1h 01' 30"