The 60th Presidential Cycling Tour of the Presidency of the 156 -kilometer Selçuk (İsabey) – Selçuk (Maryemana) Stage Harold Lopez Granizo from the XDS Astana Team won 3 hours 32 minutes and 55 seconds. Wout Poels, the leader of the Ecuadorian athlete, preserved his position in leadership and was entitled to wear turquoise swimsuits in tomorrow’s stage.
Ahmet Öken lost the red swimsuit
Ahmet Örken, who started the day leader in the climb and wearing the red swimsuit in the stage, remained away from what was expected in the stage. However, Örken will carry the red swimsuit tomorrow because of the fact that Poels, who is the leader in this class, is also the leader in the overall classification and that he will wear turquoise swimsuits in the Seljuk-Çeşme stage tomorrow, he will carry the red swimsuit.
White swimsuit has not changed, green swimsuits of Kulset
Willem Smit, who has been wearing the white swimsuç since the end of the first stage, will compete with this swimsuit tomorrow. Green swimsuit passed from Giovanni Lonardi to the Uno-X’s Norwegian cyclist Johannes Kulset. 21 -year -old young athlete who finished the third place of Mary, took a point in front of Poels.
The situation after the canceled stage
Wout Poels, winner of the General Classification before the Marmaris-Aydın stage, which was canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions, was 23 seconds ahead of his closest rival and teammate Harold Lopez. Poels was the second with 14 hours 26 minutes 30 seconds, Lopez 14 hours 26 minutes 53 seconds, and Team Picnic Postnl athlete Juan Martinez was third with 14 hours 26 minutes and 58 seconds. Although Poels completed the stage behind Lopez, he managed to maintain the general classification leadership.
Start neutralized first
Selcuk District Governor Oguz Alp Caglar, Izmir Youth and Sports Branch Manager Enver Yilmaz, Cycling Federation President Emin Müftüoğlu, Vice President Fikret Hayali, Vice President Metin Cengiz, Secretary General Mehmet Sedat Fırat and Selçuk Youth and Sports District Director Hüseyin Kılınç was present at the start point. For the neutralized start, the shaped flag swing and 144 cyclists began the stage with three climbing premiums, a sprint premium and a Turkish beauties Sprint premium.
Türkiye beauties premium gate results
The 42nd kilometer of the stage of the Turkish beauties premium gate was passed. The results are as follows:
1-Mustafa Tarakçı (Konya Metropolitan Municipality), 2-TURR DENS (Team Flanders-Baloise), 3-Jens Reynders (Wagner Bazin WB)
The first climbing premium results in the stage
In the 81st kilometer of the stage, the first category of climbing gate was passed. The results are as follows:
1-Oliver Mattheis (Bike Aid), 2-Jose Luis Fauua Asensio (Burgos-Burpellet-B), 3-Baptiste veistroffer (Lotto), 4-Tommaso Nencini (Solution Tech Vini Fantini)
SPRINT Premium Gate Results
In the 124th kilometer, the sprint premium gate of the stage was passed. Points were shared among the escape group athletes in front:
1-Tommaso Nencini (Solution Tech Vini Fantini), 2-Jose Luis Faura Asensio (Burgos-Burpellet-B), 3-Oliver Mattheis ((Bike Aid)
Climbing premium results
At the 140.7th kilometer, the second climbing gate of the stage after the climbing of Şirin was left behind: 1- Johannes Kulset (Caja Rural-Seguros-Rga), 2-Giovanni Carboni Unibet Tietema Rockets), 3-Wout Polals (Astana), 4-Huertas Martines (Team Picnic Postnl)
They came to the finish one by one
Peloton was torn apart in the climbing of Mary. XDS Astana athletes took one and second place with a significant difference. Lopez won Poels second. In other words, they have changed their place at the climbing summit. XDS Astana thus won the third stage in TUR, while the second stage pontoon in a row and maintained its first two positions in the overall classification.
Swimwear owners found their
Under the sponsorship of Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA), Mehmet Sedat Fırat, Secretary General of the Turkish Cycling Federation, was given to Willem Smit, the white swimsuit wearing by the leader of the Turkish beauties.
Yalçın Tabak presented the Turkish Cycling Federation Wout Poels, the red swimsuit wore of the climbing leader’s leader of the mountains, under the sponsorship of Turkish Airlines.
Under the sponsorship of Broster Cycling, the green swimsuit wearing the score class leader, Johannes Kulset, gave the Turkish Cycling Federation Vice President Metin Cengiz.
Fikret, Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Cycling Federation, gave a dream to the turquoise swimsuit Wout Poels, which was wore by the general leader under the sponsorship of Sports Toto.
On the seventh day, the 144.2 km between Selçuk and Çeşme will be covered
The seventh day on the 60th Cycling Tour of the Presidency was reached. Athletes will compete in the Seljuk-Çeşme stage of 144.2 kilometers tomorrow. The race will end on Sunday with the eighth stage that will end at the Bostanlı pier in Karşıyaka, İzmir.