2014 » 50th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (2.HC)

[Fight.The.Power]

Me too, they were my 2 bets for today, they must take the most possible time from the other favorites.

Durasek trying something now.

Nice Bets !!

 

[Afrank]

Cobo failing to deliver us another Torku winner. He better place at least 7th or better, otherwise he won't turn a profit.

 

[Opalius]

Stage almost better than Liege already.

God, I'm looking forward to GT's and MTFs...

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Get them Turkeys off the road !

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Yes! It's been a while.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Go Yates !!

 

[Afrank]

Rein goes away for the win. Nice win for him and a good result for Yates as well.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Brilliant

Well deserved victory for Taaramae - I'm sure it will mean a great deal for him!!

Chapeau

 

[Arredondo]

Torku finally shows they are human

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I do hope something becomes of these Yates bros.

Bravo Adam!

 

[Pricey_sky]

Nice win Rein, about time he showed something. What a great ride from Yates, a shame his bro broke his collarbone earlier but they really are very promising!

 

[manafana]

Well it's about time he showed something in a race. Been an anonymity for a few years now. Good to see him doing something.

he had some serious health issues was beyong just not being right, hes back now anyway what a ride and the yates what a talent those brothers are and Orica have them racing the right races too.

 

[Fzotrlool]

Taaramae definitely deserved this one. Strongest guy in the race.

Good job by Yates as well.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Nice showing by Gerdemann in his first real comeback race. He did some solid work

Maybe he can give his career a second wind like Ciolek?

 

[Hugo87]

Congratulations to Taaramäe, Adam was very good too.

The field isn't nothing special, but there was good racing today.

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Nice racing, not the craziest riders but I liked it a lot! Hadn't expected Seeldraeyers to be up here again, and this must have been the first time that I've seen a hilly road and a Novo Nordisk rider in one picture.

 

[Afrank]

Cobo 9th. Cobo you useless one hit wonder.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

A 4km from the top attack on a MTF, thats about the best fans can hope for these days.

Great win by Taarramae. The right mindset.

 

[gooner]

Great ride by Yates. Friday will suit him.

Love this climb. Good stage overall.

I would like to see this race eventually go WT.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

This win so soon after his operation could give Taaramae a massive boost to morale and therefore performance.

One to surprise in 2014 ??

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Love this climb. Good stage overall.

I would like to see this race eventually go WT.

While mountains like this could really suit a WT race, I like the unpredictability of this race and the fact that you see people on the front that you might never see in a GT (Cobo, CCC Polsat, ...)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Top 10 stage:
1 Rein Taaramäe (COF) 5:40:21
2 Adam Yates (OGE) +0:06
3 Romain Hardy (COF) +0:38
4 Merhawi Kudus (MTN) +0:38
5 Davide Rebellin (CCC) +0:38
6 Luis Leon Sanchez (CJR) +0:38
7 Adam Hansen (LTB) +0:43
8 Kristijan Durasek (LAM) +0:44
9 Juan José Cobo (TRK) +0:44
10 Enric Barbin (BAR) +0:44

Nice mix of riders here.

 

[Samson]

I'm so happy for Rein! After that Vuelta stage win everything has gone down the road for him. Almost 3 years wasted from his career cause of injuries and health problems. Hopefully he can stay fit now. So happy!

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Very nice for Taaramae! Hope this is the beginning of his return.

Also nice performance by Kudus!

 

[jens_attacks]

nice win by taaramae. torku and cobo disappointing, maybe they will do something on the other MTF although i doubt it