:: Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ::

Soon after the start in Antalya, many attacks created a lot of action in the race. Mitsubishi-Jartazi was very active with Grégory Habeaux and Mathieu Criquiélion breaking clear but none of the sprinters’ teams agreed for the skirmishes to turn into a threatening breakaway. A crash occurred after 60 kilometers. It forced Alessandro Petacchi to stop for a while. The sprinter from Milram was already riding at the back because he felt sick. He made it back to the bunch a few kilometers further. ...»»

1. (ARG) RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano CSF 3:56:44
2. (GER) SCHULZE André PSK
3. (KAZ) BAZAYEV Assan AST

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Stage 7: Antalya-Alanya

After marvelous 6 stages, we finally reach the last stage. The 7th stage Antalya-Alanya is waiting for the riders. The distance teams will ride is 169.3km.There is only one Sprint Prime(81km). Estimated arrival time is around 17:30.

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Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) won
Stage 6: Finike-Antalya

9 men took off after 12 kilometers: Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval), Aitor Perez (Extremadura), Dominique Cornu (Silence-Lotto), Andrey Zeits (Astana), Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni), Martin Mares (PSK Whirlpool), Sander Oostlander (Dutch national team), Mindaugas Striska (Mitsubishi-Jartazi), Der Zolt (Centri della Calzatura-Partizan). They got a maximum lead of three minutes but the teams Lampre and Milram didn’t repeat the same mistake as the day before. They rode hard early enough for bringing them back, which they did with 28 kilometers to go. ...»»

1. (ITA) Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram
2. (ARG) Maximiliano Richeze Ariel CSF Group Navigare
3. (SPA) Javier Benitez Pomares Benfica

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PRIAMO Matteo (CSF) won
Stage 5: Kalkan-Finike

Most of the 125 riders who started stage 5 in Kalkan were highly motivated for the early skirmishes but the head wind on the magnificent Mediterranean coast prevented them from going clear. An acceleration by Jakub Danacik (PSK-Whirlpool) and Nazareno Rossi (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni) split the bunch in two parts. Sixty riders formed the first group. The first king of the mountains price at km 36.7 was dominated by the Saunier Duval of José Alberto Benitez who consolidated his lead in this classification as he passed in first position ahead of his team-mates David Cañada and Rubens Bertogliati. Very quickly after that, four riders formed a breakaway: Dries Devenyns (Silence-Lotto), Assan Bazayev (Astana), Gabriele Missaglia (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni) and Matteo Priamo (CSF-Navigare). Ten kilometers further, they were reinforced by Gregory Rast (Astana), Josu Mondelo (Extremadura) and Francesco Reda (NGC Medical). ...»»

1. (ITA) Matteo Priamo CSF 2:33:13
2. (ITA) Gabriele Missaglia Serramenti PVC D.-Androni Giocattoli "
3. (KAZ) Assan Bazayev Astana "

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SAVINI Filippo (CSF) won Stage 4: Marmaris-Ölüdeniz

The peloton of the Presidential Tour of Turkey took some time to admire the fabulous vue on the bay of Marmaris but they quickly went for serious racing. After 15 kilometers, an escapee of eight riders took shape, comprising: Click here to read full story.

PRIAMO Matteo (CSF Group Navigare) won Stage 3: Bodrum-Marmaris

With many riders still bitter to have missed the winning breakaway the day before, stage 3 started on a very high tempo but nobody managed to go clear before the km 22. That’s where 14 riders created the escapee of the day: Click here to read full story.

LORENZETTO Mirco (LAMPRE) won Stage 2: Kuşadası-Bodrum

With 27km to go, the advantage of the leaders even increased again to 6.30. In the finale, there were many attacks in the front. Hondo launched one of them. He was marked by Lorenzetto who also went away solo. Click here to read full story.

PETACCHI (Milram) won Stage 1: İzmir-Kuşadası

From the 148 starters, the Irish riders proved to be some of the most motivated for stage 1 in the Presidential Tour of Turkey. Peter Hawkins was the first man in action. The significant breakaway took shape with another member of the Irish national team Sean Lacey together with Josef Soukup (Sparta Praha) and Christoph Meschenmoser (Team Ista). Click here to read full story.

13.04.2008 - Grand Prix Istanbul, Race Log

The race started on a very high speed with the winner of Le Tour de Langkawi Ruslan Ivanov (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni) being the first man in action during the first of the 30 laps of 2.54 kilometers each.Click here to read full story.

İstanbul GP

44th. Presidential Tour of Turkey is ready to run. All the preparations have completed. Click here to see İstanbul GP Results.

10.04.2008 - Beginning to Presidential Cycling Tour...

Presidential Cycling Tour, which is the prestige race of Turkish Cycling, is going to be realized 44th time. Presidential Cycling Tour, since the first time organized internationally in the name of Marmara Cycling Tour, have become an organization that all the federations wanted to successfully effectuate. Not only the participation of qualified athletes but also the success in the management of the organization are seen as a reflection of the progression of cycling as a sport country-wide... Click here to read full story.