Tour of Turkey 2019 – Stage 1 [LAST 20 KM]

April 16, 2019

Tour of Turkey 2019 – Stage 1 – Istanbul – Tekirdağ : 156,7 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.

Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) claimed stage 1 at the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey in a close sprint finish ahead of Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep). Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) finished third while Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) sat up inside the final kilometre in his first race since abandoning Paris-Nice in March.

Bennett made use of a strong lead-out from QuickStep, coming around Jakobsen inside the final 100 metres to take the fifth win of his already successful season.

Only QuickStep were able to provide a prominent lead-out in the finale, with two riders supporting Jakobsen inside the final 500m. Bennett, who won twice in Paris-Nice and once at the UAE Tour had too much for the Dutch rider and eased through to take not just the win but also the first leader’s jersey in this year’s race.

Bennett has now won eight stages in the Tour of Turkey in the last three years.

“We were looking for QuickStep’s wheel but then it all came together at a good moment, before the last right-hander and the boys did a super job, I have to give them a lot of credit for today,” Bennett said.

“After my break I don’t really have the same condition but I know that, as a sprinter, you still have to get the results. I learnt a lot last year and matured a lot as a rider, and I hope to get better and better. As a sprinter you have to win if you’re good or bad. I dipped the form a little bit too much but it was enough for today.

“We’ll take each day as it comes. There’s a bit of pressure off now but we still want more wins.”

The early part of the stage was marked by a six-rider break, consisting of Zhandos Bizhigitov (Astana), Alvaro Robredo (Burgos-BH), Lorenzo Fortunato (Neri), Emerson Oronte (Rally), Lindsay De Vylder (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) and Feritcan Samli (Turkey). The leaders established an advantage of over five minutes through the relatively flat parcours before the sprinters teams of QuickStep, Lotto Soudal and Dimension Data began to lead a chase.

There was a crash for Yousif Mirza (UAE Team Emirates) and Sebastian Mora (Caja Rural) inside the final 50 kilometres just as the pace began to rise. With less than 35km to go, only Samli and Oronte remained from the break, their advantage just over a minute.

The sprinters’ teams took complete control inside the final 10km, even with a few rolling hills thrown in, as Bora, QuickStep and Dimension Data set the pace.

Leading into the sprint, only Jakobsen’s team had a batch of riders on the front but even they were unable to stop Bennett from taking the win, with the Irishman once more delivering an important win to highlight his questionable non-selection ahead of this year’s Giro d’Italia.

Results :
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:32:34
2 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
3 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
4 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
5 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
6 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
7 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
8 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
9 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
10 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep
11 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates
12 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
13 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
14 Jordan Arley Parra Arias (Col) Manzana Postobon
15 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
16 Bryan Steve Gomez Peñaloza (Col) Manzana Postobon
17 Jose Daniel Viejo Redondo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
18 Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
19 Jaume Sureda Morey (Spa) Burgos-BH
20 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
21 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Turkey
22 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
23 Luis Carlos Chia Bermudez (Col) Manzana Postobon
24 John Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
25 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
26 Daniel Lopez Parada (Spa) Burgos-BH
27 Samuel Caldeira (Por) W52-FC Porto
28 Edgar Pinto (Por) W52-FC Porto
29 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
30 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
31 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe
32 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
33 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Burgos-BH
34 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
35 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
36 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
37 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
38 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
39 Onur Balkan (Tur) Turkey
40 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
41 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
43 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Dimension Data
44 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
45 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
46 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
47 Ricardo Mestre (Por) W52-FC Porto
48 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
49 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
50 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
51 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep
52 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
53 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
54 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
55 Rafael Reis (Por) W52-FC Porto
56 Nuno Matos (Por) Burgos-BH
57 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) W52-FC Porto
58 Halil Dogan (Tur) Turkey
59 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
60 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
61 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
62 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
63 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
64 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
65 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
66 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
67 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
68 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
69 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
70 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
71 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) W52-FC Porto
72 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data
73 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
74 Moreno De Pauw (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
75 Yecid Arturo Sierra Sanchez (Col) Manzana Postobon
76 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkey
77 Omar Alberto Mendoza Cardona (Col) Manzana Postobon
78 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
79 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
80 Etienne van Empel (Ned) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
81 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH
82 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates
83 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
84 Rob Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
85 Mauricio Moreira (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
86 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
87 Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
88 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
89 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
90 Diego Antonio Ochoa Camargo (Col) Manzana Postobon
91 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
92 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
93 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
94 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
95 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
96 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
97 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
98 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Manzana Postobon
99 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Turkey
100 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
101 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
102 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
103 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
104 Alvaro Robredo Crespo (Spa) Burgos-BH
105 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
106 Muhammed Atalay (Tur) Turkey
107 José Ferreira (Por) W52-FC Porto
108 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
109 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
110 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
111 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:15
112 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Turkey 0:00:19
113 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:00:21
114 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:38
115 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:16
116 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:41
117 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:03:19
DNF Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:32:24
2 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:04
3 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:00:06
4 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:00:07
5 Alvaro Robredo Crespo (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:00:08
6 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:09
7 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:10
8 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
9 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
10 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
11 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
12 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
13 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep
14 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates
15 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
16 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
17 Jordan Arley Parra Arias (Col) Manzana Postobon
18 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
19 Bryan Steve Gomez Peñaloza (Col) Manzana Postobon
20 Jose Daniel Viejo Redondo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
21 Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
22 Jaume Sureda Morey (Spa) Burgos-BH
23 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
24 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Turkey
25 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
26 Luis Carlos Chia Bermudez (Col) Manzana Postobon
27 John Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
28 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
29 Daniel Lopez Parada (Spa) Burgos-BH
30 Samuel Caldeira (Por) W52-FC Porto
31 Edgar Pinto (Por) W52-FC Porto
32 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
33 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
34 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe
35 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Burgos-BH
36 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
37 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
38 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
39 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
40 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
41 Onur Balkan (Tur) Turkey
42 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
43 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
44 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
45 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Dimension Data
46 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
47 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
48 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
49 Ricardo Mestre (Por) W52-FC Porto
50 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
51 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
52 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
53 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep
54 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
55 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
56 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
57 Rafael Reis (Por) W52-FC Porto
58 Nuno Matos (Por) Burgos-BH
59 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) W52-FC Porto
60 Halil Dogan (Tur) Turkey
61 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
62 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
63 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
64 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
65 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
66 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
67 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
68 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
69 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
70 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
71 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
72 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
73 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) W52-FC Porto
74 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data
75 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
76 Moreno De Pauw (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
77 Yecid Arturo Sierra Sanchez (Col) Manzana Postobon
78 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkey
79 Omar Alberto Mendoza Cardona (Col) Manzana Postobon
80 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
81 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
82 Etienne van Empel (Ned) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
83 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH
84 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates
85 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
86 Rob Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
87 Mauricio Moreira (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
88 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
89 Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
90 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
91 Diego Antonio Ochoa Camargo (Col) Manzana Postobon
92 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
93 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
94 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
95 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
96 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
97 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
98 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
99 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Manzana Postobon
100 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Turkey
101 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
102 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
103 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
104 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
105 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
106 Muhammed Atalay (Tur) Turkey
107 José Ferreira (Por) W52-FC Porto
108 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
109 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
110 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
111 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:25
112 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Turkey 0:00:29
113 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:00:31
114 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:48
115 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:26
116 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:51
117 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:03:29