Tour of Turkey 2017 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

October 13, 2017

Tour of Turkey 2017 – Stage 4 – Marmaris – Selçuk : 204 km

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (Turkish: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey. From 2006 it was rated as a 2.2 event, before being upgraded to 2.1 in 2008, and then to 2.HC for the 2010 edition.

Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) seized control of the Presidential Tour of Turkey with a powerful surge to the top of the finishing climb in Selçuk. The Italian topped Jesper Hansen (Astana) to win the stage and take the race lead, with Daniel Martinez (Wilier Triestina) in third.

Ulissi leads the general classification by five seconds over Hansen, with Androni Giocattoli’s Fausto Masnada in third at 24 seconds.

Ulissi has had a strong run of form in the late season, winning the GP de Montreal and landing on the podium in the Memorial Marco Pantani last month, and his team showed full confidence in his chances on the 204.1km stage from Marmaris.

After reeling in the remnants of the day’s early breakaway of Ferit Can Samli (Turkey), Davide Ballerini (Androni Giocattoli), and Ludovic Robeet (WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect), UAE Team Emirates took control with CCC Polsat Polkowice, staging a full-on lead-out into the final climb.

Astana and Androni-Giocattoli moved to the fore and set a brisk tempo, but as the climb began to really bite, Androni’s Andrea Vendrame put in a stinging attack with 4km to go. The 23-year-old did not get far, and Bora-Hansgrohe sent Leopold Konig across to foil the move. The Czech rider soon dropped Vandrame, but UAE Team Emirates still had multiple cards to play.

Darwin Atapuma set a furious pace, whittling down the chase group and reeling Konig back in. Then Przemyslaw Niemiec took over, and set such a pace that with 1.2km to go, there were less than a dozen riders left in front.

Martinez, who clearly bounced back from his dramatic Il Lombardia crash on the Sormano descent, launched an attack that reduced the group even further to just five, with only his teammate Yonder Godoy, Ulissi, Hansen and Masnada able to follow.

The Androni rider put in a counter-attack, but it was an ill-advised move in light of Ulissi’s form. The Italian waited for Masnada to fade, let Martinez set the pace into the final few hundred metres, then as the finish line came into view, put in a vicious attack to take out the stage victory.

How it unfolded

With 204.1km and three mountains on tap in the journey from Marmaris to Selçuk, overnight leader Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) was fully prepared to give up the blue jersey of race leader to those more adept at dashing up hills.

A short climb came immediately after the start in Marmaris, and the first two attackers shot out of the peloton almost immediately: Davide Ballerini (Androni Giocattoli) and Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani CSF) were joined by Danilo Celano (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) at the front.
Soon, three riders came together in pursuit: Alberto Cecchin (Wilier Triestina), Ludovic Robeet (WB Veranclassic) and Ferit Can Samli (Turkey).

The opening salvos were focused on the category 1 ascent 35.5km into the stage. With 10 points on the line at the top, and red jersey holder Mirco Maestri left behind, the mountains jersey was up for grabs from the breakaway.

Celano won the dash to the top, becoming the virtual leader of the mountains classification by one point. The breakaway would need to stay clear for the second climb – a full 150km away – if he wanted to take that jersey.

Bora-Hansgrohe and UAE Team Emirates kept the attackers from gaining too much time, the gap’s maximum never got much above three minutes, before the Pro Continental teams took over in the closing 50km.

Bardiani, keen to bring Maestri back into the fray, worked with Wilier Triestina to reel in the attack before the final climb, then delivered Maestri to the lead at the second climb, a category 3 kicker with 14.5km to go. Celano wisely slotted in, taking second in the sprint to remain equal on points with Maestri and take the jersey with the tiebreaker.

The racing then shifted to the riders keen to take over the general classification with Ulissi, Hansen and Bora’s Gregor Mühlberger getting the full benefit of their teams’ support.

UAE Team Emirates and Astana had strength in numbers, with Niemiec and Atapuma supporting Ulissi and Andrey Zeits and Zhandos Bizhigitov setting the pace for Hansen.

Mühlberger was well positioned on the final climb, but when the gradients kicked up in the final kilometer, he was unable to match the accelerations of his rivals.

Ulissi calmly sat back as Martinez, Masnada and Godoy made their moves, marking Hansen, before bursting to the front with 300m to go to take out the victory.

Results :
1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 5:36:03
2 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:05
3 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:00:09
4 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:00:11
5 Yonder Godoy (Ven) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:00:17
6 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:00:32
8 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora – Hansgrohe
9 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:34
10 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:37
11 Leopold Konig (Cze) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:00:39
12 Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Trek – Segafredo 0:00:50
13 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
14 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:01:01
15 Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:03
16 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team
17 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
18 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:01:12
19 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:17
20 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:22
21 Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
22 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:01:24
23 Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
24 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:01:32
25 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek – Segafredo
26 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek – Segafredo
27 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:44
28 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:47
29 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:53
30 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Turkish national team 0:02:13
31 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:02:15
32 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
33 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:26
34 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora – Hansgrohe
35 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek – Segafredo
36 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek – Segafredo 0:02:29
37 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Turkish national team 0:02:34
38 Serkan Balkan (Tur) Turkish national team 0:02:35
39 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:02:46
40 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:52
41 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:03:18
42 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:03:33
43 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
44 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:03:59
45 Thomas Deruette (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:04:08
46 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:04:15
47 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:04:19
48 Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:04:51
49 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Turkish national team 0:05:01
50 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:05:12
51 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
52 Flavio Cardoso Santos (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:05:45
53 Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
54 Murilo Ferraz Affonso (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team
55 Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:06:23
56 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia
57 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:06:56
58 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:59
59 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:08:04
60 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
61 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
62 Muhammet Atalay (Tur) Turkish national team
63 Onur Balkan (Tur) Turkish national team
64 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:09:03
65 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:09:18
66 Franti_Ek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
67 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
68 Kamil Malecki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
69 Pedro Autran Dourado Dutra Nicacio (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:11:45
70 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:11:55
71 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
72 Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect
73 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
74 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
75 Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
76 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek – Segafredo
77 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
78 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
79 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
80 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:12:15
81 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:12:24
82 Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:14:02
83 Victor Ranghetti (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:14:25
84 Roberto Pinheiro Da Silva (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team
85 Raphael Pires (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:14:26
86 Lincoln Silva (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team
87 Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:14:31
88 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
89 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Turkish national team
90 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora – Hansgrohe
91 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
92 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe
93 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia
94 Batuhan Özgür (Tur) Turkish national team
95 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:14:56
96 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora – Hansgrohe
97 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
98 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:14:59
99 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:15:37

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 19:00:50
2 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:12
3 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:00:24
4 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:00:29
5 Yonder Godoy (Ven) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:00:30
6 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:00:42
8 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:00:45
9 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:47
10 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:50
11 Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Trek – Segafredo 0:01:03
12 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:01:14
13 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
14 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:01:16
15 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
16 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:01:25
17 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek – Segafredo 0:01:27
18 Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) UAE Team Emirates
19 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:30
20 Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:01:35
21 Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:37
22 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:01:45
23 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:46
24 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:01:48
25 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek – Segafredo 0:02:07
26 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:02:11
27 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Turkish national team 0:02:24
28 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:28
29 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
30 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:39
31 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
32 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:02:59
33 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:05
34 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek – Segafredo 0:03:15
35 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:03:31
36 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Turkish national team 0:03:35
37 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:03:57
38 Serkan Balkan (Tur) Turkish national team 0:04:13
39 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:04:23
40 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:04:28
41 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:04:29
42 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:04:34
43 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:04:41
44 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:05:22
45 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:05:25
46 Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:05:58
47 Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:06:11
48 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Turkish national team 0:06:39
49 Flavio Cardoso Santos (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:06:53
50 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:07:06
51 Murilo Ferraz Affonso (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:07:42
52 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek – Segafredo 0:08:59
53 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:09:27
54 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:09:42
55 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:09:45
56 Franti_Ek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:10:19
57 Onur Balkan (Tur) Turkish national team 0:11:02
58 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:12:00
59 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:12:02
60 Thomas Deruette (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect
61 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:12:05
62 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:12:06
63 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek – Segafredo 0:12:08
64 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:12:29
65 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:12:36
66 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:12:50
67 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:13:05
68 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:13:31
69 Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:13:59
70 Leopold Konig (Cze) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:14:16
71 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:14:40
72 Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:14:44
73 Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:15:01
74 Kamil Malecki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:15:09
75 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:15:20
76 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:15:28
77 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:15:44
78 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
79 Muhammet Atalay (Tur) Turkish national team 0:15:48
80 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:16:09
81 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:17:03
82 Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:17:58
83 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:19:40
84 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:20:03
85 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:21:05
86 Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:21:38
87 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:22:08
88 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aquality Protect 0:22:14
89 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:22:16
90 Batuhan Özgür (Tur) Turkish national team
91 Roberto Pinheiro Da Silva (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:22:21
92 Lincoln Silva (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:22:22
93 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Turkish national team 0:22:34
94 Pedro Autran Dourado Dutra Nicacio (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:23:05
95 Raphael Pires (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:24:07
96 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:25:45
97 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:27:30
98 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:27:37
99 Victor Ranghetti (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 0:32:02