2019 Presidential Tour of Turkey (World Tour)
55th edition: April 16 - 21, 2019
Presidential Tour of Turkey podium history | 2018 edition | 2021 edition (race not held in 2020)
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6
Overall map of the 2019 Tour of Turkey
Sunday, April 21: 6th & Final Stage, Sakarya - Istanbul, 172.4 km
Caleb Ewan takes the final stage.
The race: Here's the report from GC winner Felix Großschartner's Bora-hansgrohe team:
The final stage of the 55th edition of the Tour of Turkey had its big showdown like every year in the city center of Istanbul. Before the riders headed into the tricky finale, which was earmarked with many corners, they had to cover 172km starting from Sakarya.
After yesterday’s impressive solo stage win, Felix Großschartner and his BORA – hansgrohe teammates went more than motivated into today’s finale to defend the leader jersey, with the goal to claim the team’s first ever WorldTour stage race. Like the whole week, a group of several riders went into the day’s break and enjoyed a gap of two minutes, until they got caught by the peloton, led by the BORA – hansgrohe riders, shortly before the finale.
As the race headed into the city of Istanbul, the BORA – hansgrohe guys worked for their two leaders Sam Bennett and Felix Großschartner. They brought Sam into a good position and tried to protect Felix as best as possible to secure the leader’s jersey. Like last year, Sam tried to surprise the other sprinters with an attack just before the Flamme Rouge. But this year Caleb Ewan was able to close on Bennett just before the final turn.
Ewan took his second stage win, while Sam Bennett with a third place today took the overall sprint classification. Felix Großschartner crossed the line in eighth to secure the overall victory at the Tour of Turkey. This overall win is the team’s first ever WorldTour stage race victory and a perfect end to a epic week of racing.
From the Finish Line:
“It is my first overall victory, like it is for the team BORA – hansgrohe. I am so happy to have secured the overall win today. We were close to a stage win again but I think we did a great job today and the whole week. I knew that I am in a good shape and to take my first WorldTour stage win followed by the overall win is just a really big thing for me. I want to thank everyone, who was involved, helping me to achieve this.” – Felix Großschartner
“We have won our first WorldTour stage race, and I am really proud to be part of it. The whole team did an amazing job this week. Of course, I am delighted to have won again the sprint jersey here in Istanbul. I took this year two stage wins and three times podium, I think it was a great week, now it is time to head home, focusing on the upcoming goals.” – Sam Bennett
“Well, of course we wanted to win today again but I think a third place is really good too. However, we won the overall classification, which is our first WorldTour stage race victory since we are a WorldTour team. I am really proud of the whole team, we have achieved that together. Felix showed an incredible shape and deserves that overall win, same for Sam. He took two stage wins and several podium spots and finished it off with the sprint jersey. All in all, it was a fantastic week for us here in Turkey." – André Schulze, Sports Director
Complete results:
172.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.263 km/hr
1 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 4hr 10min 41sec |
2 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
3 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 4sec |
4 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
5 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:08 |
6 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
7 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
8 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
9 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
10 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
11 | HODEG Álvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
12 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
13 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
14 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
15 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
16 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
17 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
18 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
19 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
20 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
21 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:13 |
22 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
23 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
24 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
25 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
26 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 0:16 |
27 | SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
28 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
29 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
30 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
31 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
32 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
33 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | 0:20 |
34 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
35 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
36 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
37 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
38 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
39 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
40 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
41 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
42 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
43 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
44 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
45 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | s.t. |
46 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | s.t. |
47 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | s.t. |
48 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
49 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
50 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
51 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
52 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
53 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
54 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
55 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | 0:27 |
56 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 0:28 |
57 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
58 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:30 |
59 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
60 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
61 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
62 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
63 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | s.t. |
64 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | s.t. |
65 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
66 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
67 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
68 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
69 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | s.t. |
70 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
71 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
72 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
73 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
74 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
75 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | 0:51 |
76 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 1:03 |
77 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | 1:04 |
78 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 1:08 |
79 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | s.t. |
80 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 1:22 |
81 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
82 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:23 |
83 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | 1:25 |
84 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:08 |
85 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 1:33 |
86 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
87 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | 1:38 |
88 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | 1:40 |
89 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
90 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:55 |
91 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | 2:06 |
92 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
93 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | s.t. |
94 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
95 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
96 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
97 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:08 |
98 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:11 |
99 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:31 |
100 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
101 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
102 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2:51 |
103 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | 3:01 |
104 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | 3:16 |
105 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
106 | VIEJO José Daniel | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
107 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | 4:02 |
108 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | 4:37 |
109 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
110 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | 5:51 |
Final GC after stage 6:
993.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.897 km/hr
1 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | 24hr 53min 58sec |
2 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | @ 19sec |
3 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | 0:25 |
4 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:53 |
5 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | 0:59 |
6 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:12 |
7 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | 1:26 |
8 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:29 |
9 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:31 |
10 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | 1:42 |
11 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 1:48 |
12 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | 1:52 |
13 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
14 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:54 |
15 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 2:05 |
16 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:08 |
17 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | 2:38 |
18 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:41 |
19 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | 2:46 |
20 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | 3:10 |
21 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | 3:43 |
22 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 4:09 |
23 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 4:21 |
24 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | 4:41 |
25 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | 4:44 |
26 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | 5:01 |
27 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | 5:06 |
28 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
29 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
30 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | 5:46 |
31 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | 6:06 |
32 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 6:13 |
33 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
34 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 6:17 |
35 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 6:35 |
36 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | 6:46 |
37 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | 7:14 |
38 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | 7:30 |
39 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | 8:06 |
40 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | 8:18 |
41 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | 8:43 |
42 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | 9:51 |
43 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | 10:06 |
44 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | 10:08 |
45 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 10:14 |
46 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 10:19 |
47 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 11:27 |
48 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | 11:54 |
49 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | 12:28 |
50 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 12:50 |
51 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 13:01 |
52 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | 13:02 |
53 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | 13:49 |
54 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | 15:47 |
55 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | 15:55 |
56 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | 16:00 |
57 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 16:27 |
58 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | 16:34 |
59 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | 16:47 |
60 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 17:11 |
61 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | 17:16 |
62 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | 17:37 |
63 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 17:59 |
64 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 18:16 |
65 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | 18:23 |
66 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | 18:48 |
67 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | 18:51 |
68 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | 19:28 |
69 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | 19:29 |
70 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 19:38 |
71 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | 19:46 |
72 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 19:54 |
73 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 20:05 |
74 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | 20:11 |
75 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 20:49 |
76 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | 21:10 |
77 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 21:26 |
78 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | 21:32 |
79 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 21:59 |
80 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | 22:11 |
81 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | 22:15 |
82 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | 22:24 |
83 | HODEG Álvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 22:29 |
84 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | 22:53 |
85 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | 22:57 |
86 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | 22:58 |
87 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | 23:09 |
88 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 23:13 |
89 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | 23:21 |
90 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | 23:22 |
91 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 23:41 |
92 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | 24:14 |
93 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | 24:19 |
94 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | 24:23 |
95 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 24:35 |
96 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 24:48 |
97 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 24:51 |
98 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | 24:58 |
99 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 25:26 |
100 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 25:58 |
101 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | 26:58 |
102 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 27:17 |
103 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | 28:27 |
104 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 28:39 |
105 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 28:46 |
106 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | 29:22 |
107 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 29:28 |
108 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 29:32 |
109 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 32:35 |
110 | VIEJO José | Euskadi Basque Country | 34:31 |
Saturday, April 20: Stage 5, Bursa - Kartepe 170 km 164.1 km
Felix Großschartner wins stage five.
Weather: The stage was shortened because of heavy snow on the final climb to Kartepe
The race: Here's the report from winner and news GC leader Felix Großschartner's Bora-hansgrohe team.
The penultimate stage of the Tour of Turkey was this year’s queen stage and ended with a mountain top finish on Kartepe after 160 tough kilometers. The organization decided, following the extreme weather protocol, to shorten the stage by four kilometers as snow covered today’s climb near Istanbul.
Right from the start, the riders rode under pouring rain and cold temperatures but nevertheless, three riders built today’s breakaway and kept their lead until the final climb. BORA – hansgrohe switched tactics today, working for Felix Großschartner who was one of the favorites for the stage. Like in the previous days, the German team worked perfectly together and protected their leader, with Michael Schwarzmann and Sam Bennett bringing Felix into the day’s decisive part. Right from the first uphill kilometers several riders lost contact and only a selected group went into the final five kilometers. V. Conti was the first rider to make a serious move, followed by an attack from R. Evenepoel.
But Großschartner kept his focus, following all the moves to remain in control of the race. When Felix attacked with two kilometers to go only M. Kudus was able to follow the Austrian, starting a counter attack straight away. But also this time Großschartner kept his head together, trailing Kudus by just a few seconds. Just under the one-kilometer mark he closed the gap, before making the decisive move with 300 meters to go. Kudus had nothing left to counter and Großschartner took a supreme stage win on the Kartepe.
With this impressive performance Felix Großschartner took over the overall lead of the race from Sam Bennett, who still leads the points classification. With Felix also leading the mountains classification means that BORA – hansgrohe dominates all classifications of the race before the final stage tomorrow.
From the Finish Line:
“I am speechless, this is the first WorldTour victory in my career and my first leader’s jersey as well. I want to say thank you to the whole team for their amazing job today and during the whole week. In the finale, Michael Schwarzmann was so strong and helped position me for the final ascent. When we were just four riders at the front, I knew I could go for a stage win. Of course, I was careful as Kudus attacked, but then I went all in and was so focused, even if I couldn’t feel my hands I just kept going. I am more than happy with today’s win, to wear the leader’s jersey means a lot to me and of course I want to bring it home tomorrow, for me but also for BORA – hansgrohe.” – Felix Großschartner
“Well, what should we say, it is the penultimate day and we are first in every classification, GC, sprint and KOM. I think there is nothing more to say than just what a strong and class team we have here. Everyone is working for each other, even if it is staff or riders. It makes me happy and proud to go into tomorrow’s last stage, defending the leader’s jersey and to maybe win the team’s first WorldTour stage race in history.” – André Schulze, Sports Director
Complete results:
164.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.279 km/hr
1 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | 4hr 17min 13sec |
2 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | @ 9sec |
3 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
4 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:16 |
5 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | 0:40 |
6 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:51 |
7 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | 0:58 |
8 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:03 |
9 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 1:08 |
10 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
11 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
12 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:13 |
13 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:14 |
14 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
15 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
16 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 1:37 |
17 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | 1:44 |
18 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | 1:54 |
19 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | 2:05 |
20 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:11 |
21 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
22 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | 2:19 |
23 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | 2:33 |
24 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | s.t. |
25 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | 2:44 |
26 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | 3:07 |
27 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 3:15 |
28 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | 3:23 |
29 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 3:25 |
30 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | 4:00 |
31 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | 4:02 |
32 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | 4:13 |
33 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | 4:17 |
34 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | 4:21 |
35 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 4:24 |
36 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
37 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | 5:22 |
38 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
39 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | s.t. |
40 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 5:27 |
41 | LOBATO Juan José | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 5:30 |
42 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 5:51 |
43 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | 6:10 |
44 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | 6:14 |
45 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
46 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | 6:25 |
47 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | 6:56 |
48 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 7:00 |
49 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 7:02 |
50 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
51 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 7:41 |
52 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 7:47 |
53 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | 7:50 |
54 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | 9:26 |
55 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | 9:31 |
56 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | 9:48 |
57 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | 10:04 |
58 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 10:51 |
59 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | 11:07 |
60 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 11:13 |
61 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | 11:16 |
62 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | 11:46 |
63 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | 12:41 |
64 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
65 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
66 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
67 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
68 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | 12:55 |
69 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
70 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
71 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | 15:40 |
72 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | 15:50 |
73 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
74 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | s.t. |
75 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
76 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
77 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
78 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
79 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
80 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
81 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
82 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
83 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
84 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
85 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
86 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | 16:09 |
87 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
88 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 16:46 |
89 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 17:16 |
90 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 18:09 |
91 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | 18:30 |
92 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
93 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | s.t. |
94 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
95 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
96 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
97 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
98 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
99 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
100 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
101 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
102 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
103 | HODEG Álvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
104 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
105 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
106 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
107 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
108 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 21:00 |
109 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
110 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | 21:02 |
111 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
112 | VIEJO José | Euskadi Basque Country | 24:38 |
GC after stage 5:
821 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.625 km/hr
1 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | 20hr 43min 9sec |
2 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | @ 19sec |
3 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | 0:25 |
4 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:41 |
5 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | 0:59 |
6 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:07 |
7 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:19 |
8 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | 1:26 |
9 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:29 |
10 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | 1:30 |
11 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 1:40 |
12 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
13 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
14 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:46 |
15 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
16 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 1:57 |
17 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | 2:16 |
18 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | 2:34 |
19 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:36 |
20 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | 2:51 |
21 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | 3:21 |
22 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 3:57 |
23 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 4:04 |
24 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | 4:22 |
25 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | 4:41 |
26 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | 4:49 |
27 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | 4:54 |
28 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
29 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
30 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | 5:34 |
31 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | 5:51 |
32 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | 5:54 |
33 | LOBATO Juan José | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 6:05 |
34 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 6:08 |
35 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | 6:11 |
36 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 6:23 |
37 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | 6:34 |
38 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | 6:45 |
39 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | 6:52 |
40 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | 7:18 |
41 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | 7:56 |
42 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | 7:58 |
43 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | 8:21 |
44 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | 8:31 |
45 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | 8:41 |
46 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 9:20 |
47 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | 9:46 |
48 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 9:57 |
49 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | 11:15 |
50 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 11:19 |
51 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | 11:42 |
52 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | 11:51 |
53 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 12:28 |
54 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | 12:40 |
55 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 13:01 |
56 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 15:36 |
57 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | 15:40 |
58 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | 15:44 |
59 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | 15:50 |
60 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | 15:55 |
61 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | 16:02 |
62 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | 16:22 |
63 | CHIA Luis | Manzana Postobon | 16:34 |
64 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | 16:36 |
65 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 16:45 |
66 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | 16:47 |
67 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 17:03 |
68 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | 17:30 |
69 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 18:16 |
70 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | 18:29 |
71 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | 18:32 |
72 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | 18:47 |
73 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | 18:48 |
74 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | 18:55 |
75 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 19:30 |
76 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | 19:49 |
77 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 19:54 |
78 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 20:05 |
79 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 20:26 |
80 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 20:49 |
81 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | 21:06 |
82 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 21:15 |
83 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 21:27 |
84 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 21:29 |
85 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | 21:32 |
86 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | 21:40 |
87 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | 21:49 |
88 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | 21:53 |
89 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 21:54 |
90 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 22:05 |
91 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 22:13 |
92 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | 22:19 |
93 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | 22:26 |
94 | HODEG Álvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 22:29 |
95 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | 22:41 |
96 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | 23:00 |
97 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | 23:09 |
98 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
99 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | 23:40 |
100 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 23:51 |
101 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | 23:57 |
102 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 24:01 |
103 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | 25:00 |
104 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | 25:28 |
105 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 25:45 |
106 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 26:48 |
107 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 27:25 |
108 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | 28:15 |
109 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 28:17 |
110 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 29:10 |
111 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 31:21 |
112 | VIEJO José | Euskadi Basque Country | 31:23 |
Friday, April 19: Stage 4, Balikesir - Bursa, 194.3 km
Caleb Ewan takes the fourth stage.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Caleb Ewan's Lotto-Soudal team:
Caleb Ewan emerged victorious in the fourth stage of the Tour of Turkey today. At the end of the over 190 kilometres long stage, the Australian beat Juan José Lobato and Sam Bennett in a thrilling uphill sprint. Lobato tried to surprise by launching his sprint early, but Caleb Ewan was able to answer that acceleration, passed the Spaniard during the final metres, and took the victory!
The longest stage of the Tour of Turkey unfolded quite traditionally. From the gun, five riders went on the attack, but soon two riders let go and returned to the bunch. That way, it became an almost impossible task for the early break, also due to the headwind, to stay ahead. Eventually, the remaining escapees were caught at around ten kilometres from the finish, which was the sign for Lotto Soudal to get to the front of the peloton. In the run-up to the final climb, Caleb Ewan was kept in a perfect position by his teammates. Moments later, the Australian rewarded those efforts with a stage victory! In an exciting sprint finish, it was the Spaniard Lobato who tried to beat his rivals by starting his sprint quite early, but Caleb Ewan timed his sprint to perfection and passed the Spaniard in the ultimate metres. That way, Ewan took his second official victory for Lotto Soudal.
Caleb Ewan: “Already after the first stages, although not having the best legs, I knew that a stage win would be possible, so I got more confidence as the race progressed and also my legs were feeling better as well. Actually, the last three to four kilometres uphill were harder than I first thought. I did some research online beforehand, but you can never really see the gradients that way. The team always kept me in a perfect position during the run-up to the finishing climb, so I didn’t have to fight too much before the roads started to rise. That way, I could save some valuable energy before the final kick-up to the line, which clearly helped me at the end. Sam Bennett would have been hard to beat, but when he was supposed to start his sprint, I noticed that he was pretty tired. That is when I made my move. I was lucky that I still had a good acceleration left in the end, with Lobato starting his sprint quite early. I did not produce my best sprint power ever but it seemed like I still had the most energy left.”
“I took my two victories so far this year both in uphill sprints, but I am confident that I can still win during the flat finishes as well. I have been missing my lead-out man Jasper De Buyst. During the hectic finishes, I was maybe lacking that last guy to get me in the perfect position. The uphill finishes are therefore a little easier to position myself. It is a relief to take the victory here with the team constantly supporting me, and now I get to reward them with a win. There’s a little less pressure now going into the final days. I hope this victory gets the ball rolling for the Giro d’Italia, which will be my next race in a few weeks. I hope, once the Giro arrives, to be in the best possible shape.”
Complete results:
194.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.246 km/hr
1 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 5hr 21min 38sec |
2 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
3 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
4 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
5 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
6 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
7 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
8 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
9 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
10 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
11 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
12 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
13 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
14 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
15 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
16 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
17 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
18 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
19 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
20 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
21 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | s.t. |
22 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
23 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
24 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
25 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
26 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
27 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | s.t. |
28 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | s.t. |
29 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
30 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
31 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
32 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | s.t. |
33 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | s.t. |
34 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
35 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
36 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
37 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
38 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
39 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
40 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
41 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
42 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
43 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
44 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
45 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
46 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
47 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
48 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
49 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | s.t. |
50 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
51 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
52 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
53 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
54 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | @ 17sec |
55 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | 0:24 |
56 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
57 | CABEDO Óscar | Burgos-BH | 0:30 |
58 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:40 |
59 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 0:43 |
60 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | 0:48 |
61 | HODEG Álvaro José | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
62 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
63 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
64 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:51 |
65 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:00 |
66 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 1:07 |
67 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
68 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
69 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | 1:27 |
70 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:33 |
71 | CHIA Luis | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
72 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | 1:39 |
73 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
74 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | 1:41 |
75 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | 1:53 |
76 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | 1:59 |
77 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | 2:09 |
78 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
79 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
80 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
81 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
82 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
83 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
84 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
85 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
86 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
87 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
88 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
89 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
90 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | 0:00 |
91 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 2:24 |
92 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:33 |
93 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:38 |
94 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | 2:40 |
95 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
96 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3:16 |
97 | VIEJO José Daniel | Euskadi Basque Country | 3:30 |
98 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 3:39 |
99 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
100 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | 3:40 |
101 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
102 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
103 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
104 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | s.t. |
105 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | 3:45 |
106 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
107 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
108 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
109 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:15 |
110 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
111 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | s.t. |
112 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | s.t. |
113 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 5:13 |
114 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
115 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
116 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
GC after stage 4:
656.9 kilometers raced so far an an average speed of 39.986 km/hr
1 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | 16hr 25min 42sec |
2 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 24sec |
3 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | 0:26 |
4 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:30 |
5 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
6 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
7 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
8 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | 0:33 |
9 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:34 |
10 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
11 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
12 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | s.t. |
13 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
14 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
15 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:39 |
16 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
17 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
18 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:42 |
19 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | 0:43 |
20 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | 0:44 |
21 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
22 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
23 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | 0:46 |
24 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
25 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
26 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
27 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
28 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
29 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
30 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
31 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
32 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
33 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | s.t. |
34 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
35 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
36 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:49 |
37 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 0:50 |
38 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:55 |
39 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
40 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
41 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | 1:02 |
42 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | 1:03 |
43 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
44 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | 1:11 |
45 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:14 |
46 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
47 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
48 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 1:27 |
49 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:29 |
50 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:38 |
51 | CABEDO Óscar | Burgos-BH | 1:44 |
52 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | 1:53 |
53 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
54 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | 1:58 |
55 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | 2:08 |
56 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | 2:21 |
57 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 2:33 |
58 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | 2:50 |
59 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | 3:04 |
60 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
61 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:11 |
62 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
63 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | 3:13 |
64 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
65 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | 3:23 |
66 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
67 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | 3:53 |
68 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | 3:54 |
69 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:57 |
70 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | 4:09 |
71 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
72 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | 4:13 |
73 | HODEG Álvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
74 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
75 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | 4:19 |
76 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | 4:26 |
77 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:29 |
78 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 4:34 |
79 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:37 |
80 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | 4:53 |
81 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 4:57 |
82 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 5:35 |
83 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 5:39 |
84 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 5:40 |
85 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
86 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 5:46 |
87 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | 5:58 |
88 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | 6:05 |
89 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | 6:07 |
90 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | 6:12 |
91 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | 6:13 |
92 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | 6:17 |
93 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 6:18 |
94 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 6:39 |
95 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | 6:43 |
96 | VIEJO José Daniel | Euskadi Basque Country | 7:01 |
97 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | 7:05 |
98 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | 7:12 |
99 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | 7:29 |
100 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
101 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | 7:34 |
102 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | 7:54 |
103 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | 8:04 |
104 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | 8:21 |
105 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 8:24 |
106 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 8:32 |
107 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | 9:24 |
108 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | 9:45 |
109 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | 9:59 |
110 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 10:01 |
111 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | 10:38 |
112 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | 10:49 |
113 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | 12:33 |
114 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 12:53 |
115 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 13:05 |
116 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | 14:04 |
Thursday, April 18: Stage 3, Canakkale - Edremit, 122.6 km
Fabio Jakobsen takes the third stage. Photo: Justin Setterfield/GettyImages
The race: Here's the report from winner Fabio Jakobsen's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.
Fabio Jakobsen made it twenty-four Deceuninck – Quick-Step wins this season at the end of the 122.6km-long stage 3 of the Tour of Turkey, where after being put in a perfect position by Max Richeze, he outsprinted overall leader (Sam Bennett) and Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data), despite a small incident which occurred with 100 meters to go.
“I was a bit far back going into the final kilometer, but I remained calm and confident. Max started his lead-out 400 meters from home and I left it late, because of the headwind. I got a little bit close to the barrier, as the wind was coming from the left, and a flag got caught in my shifter, but fortunately without any consequences, and I could finish off my team’s amazing work”, said the first Dutch rider in seven years to claim a stage win at the Tour of Turkey.
The stage between Çanakkale and Edremit followed its usual pattern: Eros Capecchi took up pace setting duties once again at the start of the day and made sure the advantage of the six leaders didn’t escalate, keeping it at three minutes before beginning to chew into it and reduce it to mere seconds with 15 kilometers left. His hard work paid dividends inside the last ten kilometers of the stage, where the remnants of the breakaway were easily pegged back by a bunch inside which tension was mounting with every kilometer.
The power lead-out machine that Deceuninck – Quick-Step is, comprising Remco Evenepoel, Davide Martinelli, Michael Mørkøv and Alvaro Hodeg, stomped its authority on the final and rode a huge tempo, which put in difficulty many riders, before Richeze dropped off Fabio Jakobsen at the front, from where the 22-year-old sailed to his third victory of the season.
“Without my team it would have been impossible to win, that’s why this is their victory. Of course, I was the one who sprinted to the line, but only after benefiting from their exceptional job. The last meters were slightly uphill, which played a bit into my favour, as I like this kind of finishes. It gives me great pleasure to rack up another victory and be on the top step of the podium in a World Tour race ahead of guys like Bennett and Cavendish. We came here for at least a success, we got it and now we’ll see what else we can do on the remaining stages”, a delighted Fabio concluded after picking up his tenth win in the pro ranks.
Complete results:
122.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.220 km/hr
1 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2hr 50min 12sec |
2 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
3 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
4 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
5 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
6 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
7 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
8 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
9 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
10 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
11 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
12 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
13 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
14 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
15 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
16 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
17 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
18 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
19 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
20 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | s.t. |
21 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | s.t. |
22 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
23 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
24 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
25 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
26 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
27 | VIEJO José | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
28 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
29 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
30 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
31 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
32 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
33 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
34 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | s.t. |
35 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
36 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
37 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
38 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
39 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
40 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | s.t. |
41 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
42 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
43 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
44 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
45 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
46 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
47 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
48 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
49 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
50 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
51 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
52 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
53 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | s.t. |
54 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
55 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
56 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
57 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
58 | HODEG Álvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
59 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
60 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
61 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
62 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
63 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
64 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
65 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
66 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
67 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
68 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | s.t. |
69 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
70 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | s.t. |
71 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
72 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
73 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
74 | CABEDO Óscar | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
75 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
76 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
77 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
78 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
79 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
80 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
81 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
82 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
83 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
84 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
85 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
86 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
87 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
88 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
89 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
90 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
91 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
92 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
93 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
94 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
95 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
96 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | s.t. |
97 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
98 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
99 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
100 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
101 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
102 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | s.t. |
103 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
104 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
105 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | @ 16sec |
106 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
107 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
108 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | s.t. |
109 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 0:21 |
110 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 0:29 |
111 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:38 |
112 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 0:48 |
113 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | 0:58 |
114 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | s.t. |
115 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 1:06 |
116 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | 1:37 |
117 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | @ 0sec |
GC after stage 3:
462.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.793 km/hr
1 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | 11hr 4min 8sec |
2 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 20sec |
3 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | 0:22 |
4 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:26 |
5 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
6 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
7 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
8 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | 0:29 |
9 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:30 |
10 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
11 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
12 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | s.t. |
13 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
14 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
15 | OCHOA Diego Antonio | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
16 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:35 |
17 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
18 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
19 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:38 |
20 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | 0:39 |
21 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
22 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | 0:40 |
23 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
24 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
25 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
26 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | 0:42 |
27 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
28 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
29 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
30 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
31 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | s.t. |
32 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
33 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
34 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
35 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
36 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
37 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
38 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
39 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
40 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
41 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | s.t. |
42 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:51 |
43 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
44 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
45 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
46 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:54 |
47 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 0:56 |
48 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | 0:58 |
49 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | 1:00 |
50 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | 1:07 |
51 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 1:10 |
52 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
53 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
54 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
55 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
56 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
57 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
58 | CABEDO Óscar | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
59 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | 1:19 |
60 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 1:23 |
61 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:25 |
62 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
63 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
64 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | 1:30 |
65 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
66 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:55 |
67 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | 2:00 |
68 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
69 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
70 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 2:02 |
71 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | 2:04 |
72 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | 2:12 |
73 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
74 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | 2:16 |
75 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
76 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:19 |
77 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 2:29 |
78 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | 2:46 |
79 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 3:07 |
80 | HODEG Álvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:21 |
81 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | 3:23 |
82 | VIEJO José Daniel | Euskadi Basque Country | 3:27 |
83 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
84 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
85 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 3:47 |
86 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:53 |
87 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | 4:00 |
88 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | 4:01 |
89 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 4:02 |
90 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
91 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
92 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:05 |
93 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
94 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | s.t. |
95 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
96 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
97 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
98 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | 4:08 |
99 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | 4:09 |
100 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
101 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
102 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | 4:15 |
103 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | 4:20 |
104 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | 4:30 |
105 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | 4:42 |
106 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 4:43 |
107 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | 6:01 |
108 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | 6:03 |
109 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | s.t. |
110 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | 6:19 |
111 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | 7:01 |
112 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | 7:06 |
113 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 7:48 |
114 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | s.t. |
115 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | 8:14 |
116 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 9:10 |
117 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | 10:20 |
Wednesday, April 17: Stage 2, Tekirdag - Eceabat, 183.3 km
Sam Bennett wins two in a row. Photo: Bora-hansgrohe/Bettiniphoto
The race: Here's the report from stage winner and GC leader Sam Bennett's Bora-hansgrohe team.
Stage two at the Tour of Turkey took the riders from yesterday’s finish in Tekirdag over 183km up to the National Park in Eceabat. BORA – hansgrohe with its overall race leader Sam Bennett, went into today’s stage aiming to defend at least the sprint jersey.
Like yesterday, a group of seven riders went up the road to open up a gap of four minutes, while BORA – hansgrohe taking once again control over the peloton. Approaching the final 30km of the race, the bunch started to increase the tempo, and with the gap now dropping steadily, the race was all back together with 20 km to go. Heading into the last 5 km it was Shane Archbold, who increased the pace significantly in order to position his teammates for the final uphill stretch of the day.
Just a selected group was left at the front when Lukas Pöstlberger launched an attack, two kilometres before the line, while this move allowed Sam Bennett to sit on his rivals’ wheels. Lukas was about to be caught with just 200 meters to go, at that moment Bennett took off irresistible to win yet another stage at the Tour of Turkey. Right behind him Felix Großschartner came in second to make it a one and two for BORA – hansgrohe. With this result Bennett also retains the leaders’ and points’ jersey of the race.
From the Finish Line:
“It was an amazing day. We had different cards to play in today’s stage and I think our tactic worked out quite well. While Shane and Schwarzi were pulling a lot, Lukas launched an attack at the end. With Sam and myself finishing on the podium, I think we can be more than satisfied with today’s result and I want to say thank you to the whole team for their work. I feel good and I am looking forward to the upcoming days.” – Felix Großschartner
“I am delighted to take yet another stage win here, my ninth now. Big thanks to the BORA – hansgrohe crew for all their efforts, yesterday and today. I said to my guys, that they should go and I will tell them on the climb if I feel strong enough or not cause the stage wasn’t so easy with the finale. Well, I pushed hard and with Felix finishing in second place I think we showed another amazing team effort.” – Sam Bennett
“Second day, second stage win and a strong second place. They guys did again a great job today. Sam defended and expanded his lead in the overall and sprint classification, but also Felix showed a strong performance to gain some seconds for the GC. The guys worked together from the start to the finish and everyone is fighting for each other. It is great to see such a strong teamwork. We are happy, but we will still give our best also in the upcoming stages.” – André Schulze, Sports Director
Complete results:
183.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.028 km/hr
1 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | 4hr 41min 48sec |
2 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
3 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
4 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
5 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
6 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
7 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
8 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | @ 3sec |
9 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 0:04 |
10 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
11 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
12 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
13 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
14 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | s.t. |
15 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
16 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
17 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:09 |
18 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
19 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
20 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | 0:13 |
21 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:14 |
22 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
23 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 0:16 |
24 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
25 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
26 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
27 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
28 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | s.t. |
29 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
30 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
31 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | s.t. |
32 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
33 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
34 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
35 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
36 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
37 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
38 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
39 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:25 |
40 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
41 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
42 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:28 |
43 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | 0:32 |
44 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 0:34 |
45 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
46 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | 0:41 |
47 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | 0:44 |
48 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
49 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:16 |
50 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 0:44 |
51 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
52 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
53 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
54 | CABEDO Óscar | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
55 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
56 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | 0:53 |
57 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:57 |
58 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | 0:59 |
59 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
60 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
61 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | 1:04 |
62 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
63 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:15 |
64 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:29 |
65 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 1:34 |
66 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
67 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
68 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 1:36 |
69 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | 1:38 |
70 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | 1:46 |
71 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
72 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | 1:50 |
73 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
74 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | 0:16 |
75 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 2:03 |
76 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 2:20 |
77 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
78 | HODEG Álvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:55 |
79 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:57 |
80 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | 3:01 |
81 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
82 | VIEJO José Daniel | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
83 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 3:05 |
84 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:36 |
85 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
86 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
87 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | 0:16 |
88 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
89 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | 3:39 |
90 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
91 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
92 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
93 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
94 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
95 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
96 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
97 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | s.t. |
98 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
99 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | 3:43 |
100 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
101 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
102 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
103 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
104 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
105 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | 3:49 |
106 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | 4:00 |
107 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | 4:04 |
108 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | 5:35 |
109 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | 5:37 |
110 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
111 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | s.t. |
112 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | s.t. |
113 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | s.t. |
114 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | s.t. |
115 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | 6:11 |
116 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 6:17 |
117 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 7:37 |
GC after stage 2:
340 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.293 km/hr
1 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | 8hr 14min 2sec |
2 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 14sec |
3 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | 0:16 |
4 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:20 |
5 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
6 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
7 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
8 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | 0:23 |
9 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:24 |
10 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
11 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
12 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
13 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | s.t. |
14 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
15 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
16 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:29 |
17 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
18 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
19 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | 0:33 |
20 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
21 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | 0:34 |
22 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
23 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
24 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:35 |
25 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | 0:36 |
26 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
27 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | s.t. |
28 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
29 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
30 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
31 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
32 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
33 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
34 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
35 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
36 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
37 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
38 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | s.t. |
39 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
40 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
41 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
42 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:45 |
43 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
44 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
45 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
46 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:48 |
47 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 0:50 |
48 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | 0:52 |
49 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | 0:54 |
50 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | 1:01 |
51 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 1:04 |
52 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
53 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
54 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
55 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
56 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
57 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
58 | CABEDO Óscar | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
59 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | 1:13 |
60 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 1:17 |
61 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:19 |
62 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
63 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
64 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | 1:24 |
65 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
66 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:35 |
67 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:49 |
68 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | 1:54 |
69 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
70 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
71 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 1:56 |
72 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | 1:58 |
73 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | 2:06 |
74 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
75 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:10 |
76 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
77 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 2:23 |
78 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | 2:40 |
79 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
80 | HODEG Álvaro José | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:15 |
81 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | 3:17 |
82 | VIEJO José Daniel | Euskadi Basque Country | 3:21 |
83 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
84 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
85 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 3:25 |
86 | ROBREDO Álvaro | Burgos-BH | 3:54 |
87 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3:56 |
88 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
89 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
90 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:57 |
91 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:59 |
92 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
93 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
94 | DOGAN Halil İbrahim | Turkey | s.t. |
95 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
96 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
97 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
98 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 4:03 |
99 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
100 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
101 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
102 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | 4:09 |
103 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | 4:14 |
104 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | 4:20 |
105 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | 4:24 |
106 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 4:37 |
107 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | 5:55 |
108 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | 5:57 |
109 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | s.t. |
110 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | s.t. |
111 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | s.t. |
112 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | 6:31 |
113 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 6:36 |
114 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | 6:44 |
115 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 7:13 |
116 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 8:16 |
117 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | 9:16 |
Tuesday, April 16: Stage 1, Istanbul - Tekirdag, 156.7 km
Sam Bennett wins the first stage.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Sam Bennett's Bora-hansgrohe team.
The 55th edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey kicked off today with a 156km flat stage from Istanbul to Tekirdag. BORA – hansgrohe arrived with a strong team in Turkey around Sam Bennett, who won three stages in last year’s edition. But also the lead-out was particularly strong with the team’s latest signing Shane Archbold next to Baska, Pfingsten, Pöstlberger and Schwarzmann. For the GC the German team brought Austrian Felix Großschartner, who showed already a strong performance in this year’s Paris-Nice.
After some kilometres of racing, a group of six riders built today’s breakaway. The escapees enjoyed a gap of more than two minutes, while BORA – hansgrohe stayed in the peloton and took control over the pace in the bunch. As expected, the peloton closed the gap shortly before the finale, and the sprinter teams started their lead-outs.
BORA – hansgrohe did a stellar job to deliver Sam Bennett into a perfect position for the last kilometre. On the final stretch on a wide-open road along the coast, the Irish sprinter remained calm when sitting on the wheel of his opponents, before kicking off his sprint on the final metres. With no doubt the fastest today, BORA – hansgrohe’s sprinter flew to glory and took his eighth stage win in Turkey. By taking the Tour of Turkey opener, Bennett now also leads in the overall ranking and in the points classification.
From the Finish Line:
"I am so happy taking the opener here in Turkey again. I really like this country and I think the country likes me as well. The guys did an amazing job today, they pulled the whole day and delivered me perfectly. They take, as always, a huge part in today’s result. In the finale, I stayed on the wheel of the Deceuninck- Quick Step guys and first I thought it might be difficult today, but then I kicked off my sprint and had the highest speed. It always feels good finishing off a great teamwork.” – Sam Bennett
“We pulled right after the start together with other teams to give the escapees not too much space. Especially Michael Schwarzmann did a great job and pulled hard to close the gap. In the finale, our plan worked out perfectly, the guys brought Sam into position and he finished the great teamwork with a win off. Therefore, of course we are more than happy.” – André Schulze, Sports Director
Complete Results:
156.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.231 km/hr
1 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | 3hr 32min 34sec |
2 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
3 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
4 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
5 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
6 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
7 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
8 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
9 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
10 | HODEG Alvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
11 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
12 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
13 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
14 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
15 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
16 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
17 | VIEJO José Daniel | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
18 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
19 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
20 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
21 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
22 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
23 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
24 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | s.t. |
25 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
26 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
27 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
28 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
29 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
30 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
31 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
32 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
33 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
34 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
35 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
36 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
37 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
38 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | s.t. |
39 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | s.t. |
40 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
41 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
42 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
43 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
44 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
45 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
46 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
47 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
48 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
49 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
50 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | s.t. |
51 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
52 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | s.t. |
53 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | s.t. |
54 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
55 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
56 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
57 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
58 | DOGAN Halil İbrahim | Turkey | s.t. |
59 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
60 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
61 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | s.t. |
62 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
63 | FERNANDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
64 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
65 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
66 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
67 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
68 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
69 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
70 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
71 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
72 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
73 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
74 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
75 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
76 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
77 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
78 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | s.t. |
79 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
80 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
81 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
82 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
83 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
84 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
85 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
86 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
87 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
88 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
89 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
90 | OCHOA Diego Antonio | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
91 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
92 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
93 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
94 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | s.t. |
95 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
96 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
97 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
98 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
99 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
100 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
101 | CABEDO Óscar | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
102 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
103 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
104 | ROBREDO Alvaro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
105 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
106 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | s.t. |
107 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
108 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
109 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | s.t. |
110 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
111 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | @ 15sec |
112 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 0:19 |
113 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:21 |
114 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:38 |
115 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 1:16 |
116 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | 2:41 |
117 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | 3:19 |
GC after stage 1:
1 | BENNETT Sam | Bora-hansgrohe | 3hr 32min 24sec |
2 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | @ 4sec |
3 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 0:06 |
4 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 0:07 |
5 | ROBREDO Alvaro | Burgos-BH | 0:08 |
6 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:09 |
7 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | 0:10 |
8 | CONSONNI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
9 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
10 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
11 | NOPPE Christophe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
12 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
13 | HODEG Alvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
14 | MOLANO Juan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
15 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
16 | MALUCELLI Matteo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
17 | PARRA Jordan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
18 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
19 | GÓMEZ Bryan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
20 | VIEJO José | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
21 | SOTO Nelson | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
22 | SUREDA Jaume | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
23 | BARTHE Cyril | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
24 | ORKEN Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
25 | CAVENDISH Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
26 | CHIA Luis Carlos | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
27 | MURPHY John | Rally UHC | s.t. |
28 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
29 | LÓPEZ Daniel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
30 | CALDEIRA Samuel | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
31 | PINTO Edgar | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
32 | CAÑELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
33 | KUDUS Merhawi | Astana | s.t. |
34 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
35 | GIBSON Matthew | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
36 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
37 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
38 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
39 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
40 | COTÉ Pier-André | Rally UHC | s.t. |
41 | BALKAN Onur | Turkey | s.t. |
42 | NAKANE Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
43 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
44 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
45 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
46 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
47 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
48 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
49 | MESTRE Ricardo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
50 | MARTINELLI Davide | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
51 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
52 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | s.t. |
53 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
54 | NATAROV Yuriy | Astana | s.t. |
55 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | s.t. |
56 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
57 | REIS Rafael | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
58 | BICO Nuno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
59 | ALARCÓN Raúl | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
60 | DOGAN Halil | Turkey | s.t. |
61 | ROCHAS Rémy | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
62 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
63 | MAGNER Ty | Rally UHC | s.t. |
64 | WILLEMS Thimo | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
65 | FERNANDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
66 | FINETTO Mauro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
67 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
68 | DE ROSSI Lucas | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
69 | SANZ Enrique | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
70 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
71 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
72 | IRIZAR Julen | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
73 | CÉSAR Gustavo | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
74 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
75 | BERRADE Urko | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
76 | DE PAUW Moreno | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
77 | SIERRA Yecid | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
78 | SAYAR Mustafa | Turkey | s.t. |
79 | MENDOZA Omar | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
80 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | s.t. |
81 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
82 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
83 | LANGELLOTTI Victor | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
84 | MUÑOZ Cristian | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
85 | CAPECCHI Eros | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
86 | BRITTON Rob | Rally UHC | s.t. |
87 | MOREIRA Mauricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
88 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
89 | GHYS Robbe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
90 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
91 | OCHOA Diego | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
92 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
93 | BEVILACQUA Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
94 | BERTAZZO Liam | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
95 | MURPHY Kyle | Rally UHC | s.t. |
96 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
97 | MORA Sebastián | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
98 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
99 | RESTREPO Jhonatan | Manzana Postobon | s.t. |
100 | AKDILEK Ahmet | Turkey | s.t. |
101 | ITO Masakazu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
102 | CABEDO Óscar | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
103 | YOSHIDA Hayato | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
104 | NISHIMURA Hiroki | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
105 | BARRENETXEA Ander | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
106 | ATALAY Muhammed | Turkey | s.t. |
107 | FERREIRA José | W52-FC Porto | s.t. |
108 | INTXAUSTI Beñat | Euskadi Basque Country | s.t. |
109 | ORONTE Emerson | Rally UHC | s.t. |
110 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
111 | WOUTERS Enzo | Lotto-Soudal | 0:25 |
112 | SAMLI Ferit | Turkey | 0:29 |
113 | LOBATO Juan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:31 |
114 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:48 |
115 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 1:26 |
116 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | 2:51 |
117 | HUFFMAN Evan | Rally UHC | 3:29 |