2023 Presidential Tour of Turkey (2.Pro)
58th edition: October 8 - 15, 2023
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Winner Alexey Lutsenko. Third-place Harold Tejada is on the right. Second-place Ben Zwiehoff is obscured in the smoke.
Here's the final race report from winner Alexey Lutsenko's Team Astana Qazaqstan:
Astana Qazaqstan Team has successfully accomplished its mission at the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, taking the victory in the final General Classification of the race. After taking the leader jersey on Stage 3 atop Babadag, the Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko was able to protect it during the next five days, getting a nice triumph in historical city center of Istanbul.
“I am super happy with this win! It was not easy to protect the jersey during almost the whole week, but I had a great team next to me and with these guys everything became possible. The Babadag stage was a brutal one, and I am happy and proud I could win it. Then, during the next days together with the team we did all possible to defend our lead and to take this win. This is the nicest end of the season for the team but also for me. It is cool to finish a tough season with this success. Some years ago, I was close to a win here in Turkey, but finished second. Coming here this year I was super motivated to do it better, I was focusing on the result, I got a top form for and after the Asian Games and together with my teammates we finally won it”, – said Alexey Lutsenko.
“I think this is a very beautiful end of the season for our team. The calendar we have prepared for Alexey worked quite perfectly. He couldn’t reach the goals we set for him in the start of the season due to sickness and other things, while now he was able to find his best form and to perform on the highest level at the Asian Games and here at the Tour of Turkey. Also, with this win Kazakhstan got important points in the Olympic ranking, taking two out of four licenses for the Olympic Games in Paris. This is a very important point for us, and we are happy with it. Of course, it wouldn’t be possible without support of all our partners, especially Samruk-Kazyna and the foundation SportQory”, – said Alexandr Vinokurov, General Manager of Astana Qazaqstan Team.
Also, Harold Tejada, who was third atop Babadag, kept his third place to the end, taking his first ever podium as a pro rider.
In the last stage in Istanbul Astana’s sprinter Cees Bol once again took a podium place, finishing second in a bunch sprint. This is his fourth podium place in this edition of the Tour of Turkey.
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2023 Presidential Tour of Turkey Final GC:
1,235.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.937 km/hr
| 1 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 30hr 10min 14sec |
| 2 | Ben Zwiehoff | BORA-hansgrohe | @ 26sec |
| 3 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:51 |
| 4 | Florian Lipowitz | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:24 |
| 5 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:31 |
| 6 | Giulio Pellizzari | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 1:37 |
| 7 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | 3:41 |
| 8 | Alexis Guérin | Bingoal-WB | 3:52 |
| 9 | Xandro Meurisse | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 5:02 |
| 10 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:16 |
| 11 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates | 5:38 |
| 12 | Dawit Yemane | BIKE AID | 6:15 |
| 13 | Alex Martin | EOLO-Kometa Cycling Team | 6:42 |
| 14 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | 7:09 |
| 15 | Fernando Tercero | EOLO-Kometa Cycling Team | 8:36 |
| 16 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 8:40 |
| 17 | Yeison Reyes | Team Medellin-EPM | 9:56 |
| 18 | Alessandro Santaromita | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 10:04 |
| 19 | Max Stedman | Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Kulübü | 10:27 |
| 20 | Andrea Pietrobon | EOLO-Kometa Cycling Team | 11:33 |
| 21 | Sinuhé Fernandez | Burgos-BH | 12:13 |
| 22 | Jannis Peter | P&S Benotti | 13:50 |
| 23 | Pavel Novak | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 14:00 |
| 24 | Valentin Darbellay | Corratec Selle Italia | 16:22 |
| 25 | Aaron Van Der Beken | Bingoal-WB | 17:51 |
| 26 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | 19:19 |
| 27 | Serdar Depe | Spor Toto Cycling Team | 19:32 |
| 28 | Edgar Cadena | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 19:37 |
| 29 | Lennert Teugels | Bingoal-WB | 25:10 |
| 30 | Mario Aparicio | Burgos-BH | 28:10 |
| 31 | Alessio Martinelli | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 30:26 |
| 32 | Anton Schiffer | BIKE AID | 30:42 |
| 33 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | 31:26 |
| 34 | Vicente Rojas | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 31:27 |
| 35 | Robigzon Oyola | Team Medellin-EPM | 32:23 |
| 36 | Artur Sowinski | Voster ATS Team | 34:27 |
| 37 | Shoma Kazama | Shimano Racing | 35:13 |
| 38 | Aldemar Reyes | Team Medellin-EPM | 35:43 |
| 39 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Bingoal-WB | 36:00 |
| 40 | Alex Vandenbulcke | Tarteletto-Isorex | 36:33 |
| 41 | Giacomo Ballabio | Global 6 Cycling | 37:42 |
| 42 | Jan Stöckli | Corratec Selle Italia | 37:51 |
| 43 | Clément Alleno | Burgos-BH | 39:07 |
| 44 | Oliver Mattheis | BIKE AID | 39:43 |
| 45 | Attilio Viviani | Corratec Selle Italia | 40:58 |
| 46 | Alejandro Franco | Burgos-BH | 42:49 |
| 47 | Antonio Angulo | Burgos-BH | 43:37 |
| 48 | Natnael Berhane | Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Kulübü | 44:17 |
| 49 | Fabio Christen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 44:54 |
| 50 | Cyrus Monk | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 44:59 |
| 51 | Matteo Amella | Corratec Selle Italia | 45:59 |
| 52 | David Martin | EOLO-Kometa Cycling Team | 49:16 |
| 53 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | 49:41 |
| 54 | Giovanni Lonardi | EOLO-Kometa Cycling Team | 49:59 |
| 55 | Cees Bol | Astana Qazaqstan | 50:01 |
| 56 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa Cycling Team | 50:06 |
| 57 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 50:46 |
| 58 | Nico Denz | BORA-hansgrohe | 51:06 |
| 59 | Louis Blouwe | Bingoal-WB | 51:35 |
| 60 | Lucas Daugé | Team Novo Nordisk | 52:10 |
| 61 | Conor Schunk | Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ | 52:43 |
| 62 | Luca Colnaghi | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 53:42 |
| 63 | Stijn Appel | ABLOC CT | 53:43 |
| 64 | Victor Ocampo | Team Medellin-EPM | 54:55 |
| 65 | Burak Abay | Konya Buyuksehir Belediye SK | 56:10 |
| 66 | Otto Van Zanden | ABLOC CT | 56:26 |
| 67 | Andrea Peron | Team Novo Nordisk | 58:01 |
| 68 | Timothy Dupont | Tarteletto-Isorex | 58:29 |
| 69 | Mike Schuch | ABLOC CT | 59:30 |
| 70 | Travis Stedman | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 59:52 |
| 71 | Jakub Murias | Voster ATS Team | 1:01:42 |
| 72 | Tobias Nolde | P&S Benotti | 1:02:46 |
| 73 | Simone Bevilacqua | EOLO-Kometa Cycling Team | 1:05:37 |
| 74 | Catalin Buta | Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ | 1:06:07 |
| 75 | Umberto Poli | Team Novo Nordisk | 1:07:57 |
| 76 | Jacob Relaes | Tarteletto-Isorex | 1:09:42 |
| 77 | Alvaro Hodeg | UAE Team Emirates | 1:09:48 |
| 78 | Matyas Kopecky | Team Novo Nordisk | 1:10:01 |
| 79 | Michele Gazzoli | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:14:21 |
| 80 | Albert Gathemann | P&S Benotti | 1:14:46 |
| 81 | Petros Mengse | Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Kulübü | 1:15:56 |
| 82 | Jarno Grixa | P&S Benotti | 1:17:58 |
| 83 | Yanne Dorenbos | Netherlands | 1:19:15 |
| 84 | Léo Bouvier | BIKE AID | 1:22:14 |
| 85 | Alexander Salby | Bingoal-WB | 1:22:58 |
| 86 | Mustafa Tekin | Spor Toto Cycling Team | 1:23:28 |
| 87 | Oscar Riesebeek | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:24:22 |
| 88 | Filippo Ridolfo | Team Novo Nordisk | 1:25:12 |
| 89 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:28:13 |
| 90 | Mateusz Kostanski | Voster ATS Team | 1:28:14 |
| 91 | Mauro Verwilt | Tarteletto-Isorex | 1:29:02 |
| 92 | Max Briese | P&S Benotti | 1:29:52 |
| 93 | Matthew Walls | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:30:39 |
| 94 | Emil Dima | Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ | 1:31:28 |
| 95 | Alejandro Galeano Diego | Team Medellin-EPM | 1:32:00 |
| 96 | Maxime De Poorter | Tarteletto-Isorex | 1:32:55 |
| 97 | Nikiforos Arvanitou | Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ | 1:33:39 |
| 98 | Gabriel Muller | Global 6 Cycling | 1:34:24 |
| 99 | Siebe Roesems | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:34:47 |
| 100 | Matteo Malucelli | Bingoal-WB | 1:37:29 |
| 101 | Gleb Syritsa | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:38:15 |
| 102 | Yoeri Havik | Netherlands | 1:39:48 |
| 103 | Mihnea-Alexandru Harasim | Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ | 1:41:28 |
| 104 | Yuki Ishihara | Shimano Racing | 1:41:46 |
| 105 | Lorenzo Di Camillo | Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ | 1:42:09 |
| 106 | Kota Yokoyama | Shimano Racing | 1:42:22 |
| 107 | Wesley Mol | BIKE AID | 1:43:11 |
| 108 | Kaan Ozkalbim | Spor Toto Cycling Team | 1:43:44 |
| 109 | Feritcan Samli | Spor Toto Cycling Team | 1:45:01 |
| 110 | Antonio Barac | Corratec Selle Italia | 1:45:45 |
| 111 | Joonas Henttala | Team Novo Nordisk | 1:46:20 |
| 112 | Patryk Stosz | Voster ATS Team | 1:48:48 |
| 113 | Yunus Yilmaz | Konya Buyuksehir Belediye SK | 1:49:20 |
| 114 | David Van Der Poel | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:50:24 |
| 115 | Dogukan Arikan | Spor Toto Cycling Team | 1:54:08 |
| 116 | Samet Bulut | Konya Buyuksehir Belediye SK | 1:55:16 |
| 117 | Shotaro Iribe | Shimano Racing | 1:55:21 |
| 118 | Elmar Abma | Netherlands | 1:58:15 |
| 119 | Sergei Rostovcev | Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Kulübü | 1:58:24 |
| 120 | Vincent Hoppezak | Netherlands | 1:58:36 |
| 121 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | 2:04:16 |
| 122 | Bram Dissel | Netherlands | 2:07:25 |
| 123 | Tahir Yigit | Spor Toto Cycling Team | 2:07:52 |
| 124 | Hiryu Kayama | Shimano Racing | 2:11:48 |
| 125 | Soh Narumi | Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ | 2:14:41 |
| 126 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:15:07 |
| 127 | Batuhan Özgür | Konya Buyuksehir Belediye SK | 2:16:14 |
| 128 | Philip Heijnen | ABLOC CT | 2:18:07 |
| 129 | Krzysztof Parma | Voster ATS Team | 2:26:34 |
| 130 | Mark Cavendish | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:28:15 |
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