Tour of Turkey 2016 – Stage 3 [LAST 2 KM]

April 26, 2016

Tour of Turkey 2016 – Aksaray – Konya – 158,9 km

The 2016 Presidential Tour of Turkey is a road cycling stage race that will take place in Turkey between 24 April and 1 May 2016. It is the 52nd edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour. The race includes eight stages; seven of these are moderately hilly, while Stage 6 ends with a summit finish at Elmalı. The defending champion is Lampre–Merida’s Kristijan Đurasek.

Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) secured his 11th stage win at the Tour of Turkey after a breakaway sprint to the line in Konya on Tuesday. Lotto Soudal had strength in numbers with six riders involved in an eight-man breakaway that split off the front after several echelons were created due to strong crosswinds. The group gained more than two minutes on their chasers and Greipel won the sprint to the line ahead of Alberto Cecchin (Team Roth), while his teammate Kris Boeckmans finished third.

Results :

1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 5:45:54
2 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Team Roth
3 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal
4 Nicola Toffali (Ita) Team Roth 0:00:02
5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 0:00:09
6 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
7 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
8 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
9 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:02:13
10 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini

General classification after stage 3 :

1 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA