Andre Greipel Discovers Tour Of Turkey

The German sprinter, 40 wins in 3 years, the chances of defending his team's HTC-Columbia April 11 to 18.

For the first time the U.S. team HTC-Columbia, ranking third in the World in 2009 and with over 150 wins the last two years, will compete in the 2010 Presidential Tour of Turkey (11-18 April) with great ambitions.

"Whenever we participate in a competition, says his team manager Alan Peiper, we desire to win. We have never competed in the Tour of Turkey but I know from all my colleagues, it is a very well organized and ideal for preparing the Ardennes classics and the Tour of Italy. We're really excited to discover this stage race".

Alan Peiper consider the tradition of the Tour of Turkey since 2008 to favor sprinters and he has asked Germany's Andre Greipel to defend the chances of the team HTC-Columbia. The Rostock's finisher in this figure: 45 wins including 40 since early 2008. "Andrew has done an excellent start to the season by dominating the first race of the UCI-Pro Tour, the Tour Down Under, then won two more victories in Spain and Portugal. After Paris-Nice, we left him a break but he will travel to Turkey to win again".

Peiper trust Australian Mark Renshaw, whose early season has been hampered by a virus and whose goal is to return before the Tour de France, her legs which made it possible 'be in 2009's teammate Mark Cavendish most effective. The expertise of the former world champion Bert Grabsch on timing and robustness of the Latvian Aleksejs Saramotins have accelerated the pace leading the pack in the final kilometers.

"There will be Andre Greipel for the sprints," says Peiper, but since this year's Tour of Turkey the new course offer a prologue and new mountain stages, Czech Frantisek Rabon will be our leader. It's a complete rider who continues to grow . He won the Tour of Murcia early in March and as a candidate for the Tour de France, it will be very interesting to trust him for such responsibilities in Turkey".

Consistent with its role as a talent developer, the team HTC-Columbia complete the team with the Belgians Gert Dockx, Jan Ghyselinck and American Tejay Van Garderen who rode the Presidential Tour of Turkey with the formation Rabobank in 2009. The Team with riders who are eager to toughen is an ideal for the Tour from Istanbul to Alanya.

The HTC team-Columbia participate in the Presidential Tour of Turkey: Andre Greipel (Germany), Frantisek Rabon (Czech Republic), Gert Dockx (Belgium), Jan Ghyselinck (Belgium), Bert Grabsch (Germany), Mark Renshaw (Australia) , Aleksejs Saramotins (Latvia), Tejay Van Garderen (USA)

2010-04-18

Fifth stage win for Greipel, first stage race overall win for Visconti

Giovanni Visconti will bring back the first “Turquoise maillot” to Italy as the colour of the leader’s jersey has changed from yellow to the mythical colour of Turkish birthstone this year. This is the first stage race overall win for the 27 year old but the 46th Presidential Tour of Turkey will also be remembered for the five stage wins of the great German sprinter Andre Greipel from the world’s best team HTC-Columbia who scored again in the town of Alanya at the end of the eight days “Tur”.

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2010-04-15

Team soul

We are hosting important names, managers, hundreds of employees of cycling world in the organization of the 46th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey which we gave start with the prologue stage in İstanbul on April 11. While we are witnessing the struggle of popular atheletes of the world from one stage to another everyday, we are beginning to the day with security forces, employees of highways, race course supplies teams who prepares the roads that the convoy will pass and advance groups that are welcoming them by preparing racing areas at finish zones.

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