Tour of Turkey 2018 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

October 09, 2018

Tour of Turkey 2018 – Stage 1 – Konya – Konya : 150 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.

Maximiliano Richeze (Quick-Step Floors) plucked a surprise victory on stage 1 of the Presidential Tour of Turkey after catching the opposition napping and opening his sprint with over 600 metres to go.

The win for the Belgian team came after their pre-race hope Fernando Gaviria crashed in the closing kilometres. The Colombian finished the stage but was seen nursing his right shoulder as he came over the line several minutes later.

Richeze, who will lead the race on stage 2, held off a late charge from Samuel Bennnet (Bora-Hansgrohe), with Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing) taking third place.

In the penultimate WorldTour stage race of the season, a number of the best sprinters were on show. Bennett and Gaviria were billed as the hottest tickets in town but when the Colombian crashed with 3.6km to go after a clash of wheels, the race looked open for Bennett.

However, the Irishman was caught with minimum support in the final portion of the race, while Quick-Step quickly rallied when it became clear that Gaviria was out of contention. The Belgian team, who recently announced a new title sponsor for 2019, hit the front of the peloton and when the road switched to the right with 600m to go Richeze cut through the corner and quickly opened up a gap.

This left Bennett on the front and a moment of hesitation from the Irishman was all that Richeze needed as he opened up his sprint. The Bora sprinter was unwilling to close the gap on his own and waited for Drucker to kick for the line. By the time Drucker and Bennett had hit top speed Richeze had already started his celebration.

Richeze leads the race from Bennett by four seconds, with Drucker a further two seconds adrift.

The early break of Nicolas Sessler (Burgos BH), Ander Barrenetxea (Euskadi Basque Country Murias), Benat Txoperena (Euskadi Basque Country Murias), Kenneth Van Rooy (WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic), Feritcan Şamlı (Turkey National Team) built up a lead of over two minutes but was caught inside the final 15 kilometres.

Results :
1 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 3:29:14
2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
4 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors
5 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
6 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
7 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
8 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
9 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb
10 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
11 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
12 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
13 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida
14 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
15 Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
16 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
17 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
18 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Manzana Postobon
19 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
20 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
21 Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
22 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
23 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos BH
24 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
25 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
26 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
27 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
28 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
29 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
30 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
31 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo
32 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
33 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
34 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
35 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
36 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
37 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
38 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
39 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
40 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
41 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Turkish National Team
42 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
43 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
44 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team
45 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
46 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
47 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
48 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
49 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
50 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
51 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
52 Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
53 Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
54 Julien Mortier (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
55 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
56 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
57 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
58 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon
59 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
60 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
61 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
62 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
63 Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
64 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
65 José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH
66 Aldemar Reyes Ortega (Col) Manzana Postobon
67 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
68 Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
69 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
70 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
71 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH
72 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
73 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
74 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
75 Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Manzana Postobon
76 Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
77 Fernando Orjuela Gutierrez (Col) Manzana Postobon
78 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
79 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo
80 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
81 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
82 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
83 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
84 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida
85 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
86 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos BH
87 James Mitri (NZL) Burgos BH
88 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
89 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
90 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
91 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Manzana Postoban 0:00:26
92 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Turkish National Team
93 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team
94 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors
95 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
96 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
97 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
98 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
99 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
100 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
101 Joaquim Silva (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
102 Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
103 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
104 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
105 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Turkish National Team
106 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
107 Yecid Arturo Sierra Sanchez (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:00:38
108 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:42
109 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:49
110 Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
111 Muhammed Atalay (Tur) Turkish National Team
112 Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Burgos BH
113 Massimo Rosa (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:02
114 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:06
115 Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
116 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
117 Mads Schmidt Wurtz (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:16
118 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:20
119 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:30
120 Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro Team
121 Onur Balkan (Tur) Turkish National Team
122 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
123 Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
124 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
125 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
126 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
127 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe
128 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
129 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Turkish National Team 0:01:36
130 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:02:05
131 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
132 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
133 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
134 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
135 Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:02:40
136 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:05
137 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:03:44
138 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 0:04:55

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 3:29:04
2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:04
3 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:00:06
4 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:07
5 Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:09
6 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:10
7 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
8 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
9 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
10 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb
11 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
12 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
13 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
14 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida
15 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
16 Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
17 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
18 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
19 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Manzana Postobon
20 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
21 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
22 Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
23 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
24 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos BH
25 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
26 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
27 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
28 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
29 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
30 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
31 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
32 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo
33 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
34 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
35 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
36 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
37 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
38 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
39 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
40 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
41 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Turkish National Team
42 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
43 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
44 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team
45 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
46 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
47 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
48 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
49 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
50 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
51 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
52 Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
53 Julien Mortier (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
54 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
55 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
56 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
57 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon
58 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
59 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
60 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
61 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
62 Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
63 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
64 José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH
65 Aldemar Reyes Ortega (Col) Manzana Postobon
66 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
67 Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
68 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
69 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
70 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH
71 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
72 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
73 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
74 Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Manzana Postobon
75 Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
76 Fernando Orjuela Gutierrez (Col) Manzana Postobon
77 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
78 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo
79 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
80 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
81 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
82 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
83 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida
84 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
85 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos BH
86 James Mitri (NZL) Burgos BH
87 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
88 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
89 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
90 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:20
91 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Manzana Postoban 0:00:36
92 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Turkish National Team
93 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team
94 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors
95 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
96 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
97 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
98 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
99 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
100 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
101 Joaquim Silva (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
102 Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
103 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
104 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
105 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Turkish National Team
106 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
107 Yecid Arturo Sierra Sanchez (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:00:48
108 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:52
109 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:59
110 Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
111 Muhammed Atalay (Tur) Turkish National Team
112 Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Burgos BH
113 Massimo Rosa (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:12
114 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:16
115 Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
116 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
117 Mads Schmidt Wurtz (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:26
118 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:30
119 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:40
120 Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro Team
121 Onur Balkan (Tur) Turkish National Team
122 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
123 Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
124 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
125 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
126 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
127 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe
128 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
129 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Turkish National Team 0:01:44
130 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:02:15
131 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
132 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
133 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
134 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
135 Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:02:50
136 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:15
137 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:03:54
138 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 0:05:05