2013 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (2.HC) 21st - 28th April

[Swarley]

Who is this Mustafa Sayar? He was incredible today! I just hope he's not the new Gabrovski

 

[Pricey_sky]

I really enjoyed that final climb. Looked very tough indeed.

Super win from Berhane!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I really enjoyed that final climb. Looked very tough indeed.

Super win from Berhane!

yea, love these 2nd tier GC battles. Great fun.

Berhane seems to have a great finish, it will be needed later on one of the stages.

 

[jens_attacks]

again turkey delivers!
berhane a true beast _O_ great sprint on the top of a mountain

sayar, seker spor legend goes on, nothing to worry. i hope we will see a fight until the end. it was such a great race

colombians absolutely nowhere even at this low level ....

berhane went fast but with the elite of pro cycling, he would have lost around 3 minutes

http://climbing-records.blogspot.ro/2013/04/berhane-beats-gabrovskis-time-on.html

good rider for the future!congrats berhane!

 

[Ferminal]

berhane went fast but with the elite of pro cycling, he would have lost around 3 minutes

http://climbing-records.blogspot.ro/2013/04/berhane-beats-gabrovskis-time-on.html

good rider for the future!congrats berhane!

I couldn't see them being much lower than 30 mins. The road isn't great and inconsistent gradient probably slows them down on average.

Well maybe if we had a proper organised Sky train. The final 6km it was just everyone fighting each other.

 

[Escarabajo]

I like this, he should be in the Giro. Can Corti plz swap Berhane for one of his Colombians?

Or maybe we should just change Corti!

 

[movingtarget]

The road was a shocker. So rough. Nice win.

 

[Jakob747]

Natnael Berhane = Underrated talent. His performance on Planche des Belles Filles, really shows he is improving as a climber.

Great win. Really coming along nice!

 

[Samson]

Bagot 5th. Not bad.

 

[HiCadence]

I wonder what happened to Atapuma if i could pick anyone for the stage win it would have been him.

 

[Flamin]

Turkey, always a nice place to win for someone coming out of no man's land.

Anyway, an entertaining race as usual.

 

[will10]

All I've seen is the result, but it's so cool to see Berhane win here

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Kash building his form up slowly, doing the work for Seeldrayers and getting a nice 16th place a little over a minute behind. He will destroy everything come May.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 4:

Last year it ended in a bunch sprint on a route where the last 100km or so were the same as this year. However about half the field lost more than a minute as they were dropped on the last hill I think.

So its rumble in the jungle time: Gorilla ftw.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Or maybe we should just change Corti!

that's too late now

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I wonder what happened to Atapuma if i could pick anyone for the stage win it would have been him.

he's got the dreaded curse of corti coldeportes over him.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

he's got the dreaded curse of corti coldeportes over him.

Yea, what are they doing with their riders? They seem to only reach real form after July.
I've heard about some training camps in Europe that has been awful, but that can't be everything can it

 

[greenedge]

Congrats to Berhane- an amazing story and feat.

 

[jens_attacks]

right there in the book of the best quotes of pro cycling

Jetse Bol ‏@JetseBol 14h
Quote of the day; last years qstage winner (who got busted on epo) said the night before the stage "IF I WAKE UP, i gonna win tomorrow."

 

[Dazed and Confused]

snipped a bit..

Jetse Bol ‏@JetseBol 14h
Quote of the day; last years qstage winner (who got busted on epo) said the night before the stage "IF I WAKE UP, i gonna win tomorrow."

lol, yea ain't many things these guys won't do to win races.

 

[Ferminal]

Not a bad group, think it might get reeled in though:

Hepburn (OGE), Ignatiev and Kristkiy (KAT), Maes and Rabon (OPQS), Kurek and Mihaylov (CCC), Sijmens (COF), Arango (COL), Delaplace (SOJ)...De Negri (VIN), Grechyn (TRK) and Dion (BSE) are the 13 riders at the front.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 4 is on now.

15km in, gap about 35s

13 riders in break:

Hepburn (OGE), Ignatiev and Kristkiy (KAT), Maes and Rabon (OPQS), Kurek and Mihaylov (CCC), Sijmens (COF), Arango (COL), Delaplace (SOJ)

De Negri (VIN), Grechyn (TRK) and Dion (BSE)

Best placed rider: Arango @ +6:31 (quick scan, so....)

Could be a tough day for Lotto and Europcar.

edit: mostly redundant by Ferminal's post

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Crash.

Cardoso (CJR), Kaisen (LTB), McCarthy (TST) and Beppu (OGE)

50km or so, gap around 1:35

edit: Kaisen and Koretzky DNF

 

[HiCadence]

he's got the dreaded curse of corti coldeportes over him.

That's a shame i really enjoy watching the Columbians race.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Sayar attacking.