Tour of Turkey 2019 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE]

April 21, 2019

Tour of Turkey 2019 – Stage 6 – Sakarya – Istanbul : 172,4 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.

Felix Großschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) won the Tour of Turkey, completing the final stage safely to seal overall victory, as Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) took the stage win in Istanbul ahead of Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) and Merhawi Kudus (Astana Pro Team) rounded out the final podium, with the top of the GC unchanged from stage 5.

After the first four stages ended with sprinters triumphing, stage 6 was expected to be more of the same, even with the final kilometre heading uphill.

Much of the stage did indeed follow the usual sprint stage formula, with a break going away early on, kept on a tight leash by the peloton, and eventually caught before the finish.

Lorenzo Fortunato (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM), Hayato Yoshida (Nippo Vini Fantini Faizanè), Emerson Oronte (Rally UHC Cycling), Thimo Willems (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Mauricio Moreira (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Ahmet Akdilek (Turkey) formed the day’s break, with Willems taking the only climb of the day to overhaul Großschartner and seal the mountain classification.

The break’s advantage maxed out at five minutes, with Quick Step, Bora and Lotto all working at the head of the peloton. They were caught five kilometres from the line, when the sprinter’s teams went to work.

But rather than wait for a sprint battle royale, double stage winner Bennett attacked from the peloton just over a kilometre from the line. He held off the baying pack on the technical run-in, at least until Ewan launched with around 700 metres to go.

The Australian quickly passed Bennett, who had gone a bit too early, and duly held on to take his second stage win of the race. However, Bennett held on to win the points jersey, his first since last year’s race back in October.

Results :
1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 4:10:41
2 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:04
4 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
5 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:08
6 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
7 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
8 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
10 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
11 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep
12 Bryan Steve Gomez Peñaloza (Col) Manzana Postobon
13 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
14 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
15 Edgar Pinto (Por) W52-FC Porto
16 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Manzana Postobon
17 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
18 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
19 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
20 Luis Carlos Chia Bermudez (Col) Manzana Postobon
21 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:13
22 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
23 Daniel Lopez Parada (Spa) Burgos-BH
24 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Burgos-BH
25 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
26 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:00:16
27 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
28 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
29 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
30 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Turkey
31 Etienne van Empel (Ned) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
32 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
33 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:20
34 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
35 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
36 Samuel Caldeira (Por) W52-FC Porto
37 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
38 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
39 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
40 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
41 Rafael Reis (Por) W52-FC Porto
42 Jaume Sureda Morey (Spa) Burgos-BH
43 Ricardo Mestre (Por) W52-FC Porto
44 Diego Antonio Ochoa Camargo (Col) Manzana Postobon
45 Halil Dogan (Tur) Turkey
46 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
47 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
48 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
49 Rob Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
50 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
51 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
52 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Dimension Data
53 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkey
54 Yecid Arturo Sierra Sanchez (Col) Manzana Postobon
55 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:27
56 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:00:28
57 Nuno Matos (Por) Burgos-BH
58 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:30
59 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
60 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
61 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
62 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
63 Onur Balkan (Tur) Turkey
64 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
65 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
66 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) W52-FC Porto
67 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) W52-FC Porto
68 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
69 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
70 Alvaro Robredo Crespo (Spa) Burgos-BH
71 Jordan Arley Parra Arias (Col) Manzana Postobon
72 Omar Alberto Mendoza Cardona (Col) Manzana Postobon
73 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
74 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
75 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:51
76 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:01:03
77 Muhammed Atalay (Tur) Turkey 0:01:04
78 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:01:08
79 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Turkey
80 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:22
81 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH
82 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:23
83 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:01:25
84 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:08
85 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:33
86 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
87 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:01:38
88 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:01:40
89 Moreno De Pauw (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
90 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:55
91 José Ferreira (Por) W52-FC Porto 0:02:06
92 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
93 John Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
94 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
95 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
96 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
97 Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:08
98 Mauricio Moreira (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:11
99 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:31
100 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
101 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Turkey
102 Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:51
103 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:01
104 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:16
105 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
106 Jose Daniel Viejo Redondo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
107 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:02
108 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:04:37
109 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
110 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:51
DNS Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNS Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data

Final General Classification:
1 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 24:53:58
2 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:19
3 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team 0:00:25
4 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:53
5 Edgar Pinto (Por) W52-FC Porto 0:00:59
6 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:12
7 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:01:26
8 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:29
9 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:31
10 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:01:42
11 Etienne van Empel (Ned) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:01:48
12 Rob Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:01:52
13 Yecid Arturo Sierra Sanchez (Col) Manzana Postobon
14 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:54
15 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:02:05
16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:02:08
17 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) W52-FC Porto 0:02:38
18 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:41
19 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 0:02:46
20 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:10
21 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:43
22 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:04:09
23 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:04:21
24 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:04:41
25 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:04:44
26 Jaume Sureda Morey (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:05:01
27 Ricardo Mestre (Por) W52-FC Porto 0:05:06
28 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
29 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkey
30 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Dimension Data 0:05:46
31 Rafael Reis (Por) W52-FC Porto 0:06:06
32 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:06:13
33 Omar Alberto Mendoza Cardona (Col) Manzana Postobon
34 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:06:17
35 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:06:35
36 Diego Antonio Ochoa Camargo (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:06:46
37 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:07:14
38 Halil Dogan (Tur) Turkey 0:07:30
39 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Turkey 0:08:06
40 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:08:18
41 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:08:43
42 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:09:51
43 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:10:06
44 Onur Balkan (Tur) Turkey 0:10:08
45 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:10:14
46 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:10:19
47 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:11:27
48 Samuel Caldeira (Por) W52-FC Porto 0:11:54
49 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:12:28
50 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:12:50
51 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:13:01
52 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:13:02
53 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:13:49
54 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:47
55 Daniel Lopez Parada (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:15:55
56 Nuno Matos (Por) Burgos-BH 0:16:00
57 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:16:27
58 Luis Carlos Chia Bermudez (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:16:34
59 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:16:47
60 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:17:11
61 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:17:16
62 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:37
63 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:17:59
64 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:18:16
65 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Turkey 0:18:23
66 Bryan Steve Gomez Peñaloza (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:18:48
67 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:51
68 José Ferreira (Por) W52-FC Porto 0:19:28
69 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:19:29
70 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:19:38
71 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH 0:19:46
72 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:19:54
73 Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:20:05
74 Jordan Arley Parra Arias (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:20:11
75 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:20:49
76 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:21:10
77 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Turkey 0:21:26
78 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:21:32
79 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:21:59
80 Alvaro Robredo Crespo (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:22:11
81 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:22:15
82 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Burgos-BH 0:22:24
83 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:22:29
84 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:22:53
85 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:22:57
86 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:22:58
87 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:23:09
88 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:23:13
89 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:23:21
90 Muhammed Atalay (Tur) Turkey 0:23:22
91 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:23:41
92 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:24:14
93 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) W52-FC Porto 0:24:19
94 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:24:23
95 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:24:35
96 Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:24:48
97 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:24:51
98 John Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:24:58
99 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:25:26
100 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:25:58
101 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:26:58
102 Moreno De Pauw (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:27:17
103 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:28:27
104 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:28:39
105 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:28:46
106 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:29:22
107 Mauricio Moreira (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:29:28
108 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:29:32
109 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:32:35
110 Jose Daniel Viejo Redondo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:34:31