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

[BeagRigh]

If this stage ended at 125km or even 130km it would be much better IMHO.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Last year the same stage ended in a sprint from 50 odd riders and Greipel took the win.

We shall see about this year.

 

[ozgur.nevres]

The view from atop today's 1st climb (Sakar pass)

 

[webbie146]

Cav to take his 4th stage in the tour the Cavendish

 

[HoinkDoink]

5km to go.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

The view from atop today's 1st climb (Sakar pass)

Very Nice !

 

[BeagRigh]

Viviani!

...

 

[jsem94]

Cavendish not so invincible.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Nice win Viviani, he finally stays on the right wheel!

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Wow, nice win by Viviani and actually a fun stage to watch. Also funny that Wurf was doing Mohoric-style pedalling at the end

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Cav will be pssd with that.

Congrats to Viviani

 

[SKSemtex]

Bravo Viviani !

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Looking at the replay Cav wasn't fast at all, Sbaragli even was faster but stuck behind him

 

[jaylew]

I haven't been able to watch much of this one this year. I've only seen one of the sprint finishes and I noticed Greipel was working for someone else and in the results for the other stages he was nowhere to be found. I assume he's just not participating in the sprints? Trying to regain form after his injury?

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Wow, nice win by Viviani and actually a fun stage to watch. Also funny that Wurf was doing Mohoric-style pedalling at the end

Totally lost track of things when I saw that !!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nice action on a flat stage.

Cav's train was depleted at business end leaving Viviani in pole position. Solid win for the Italian.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Cannondale forcing the pace up that last little hill worked well as it seemed to blunt Cav's finishing speed.

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Totally lost track of things when I saw that !!

He wasn't even on a big descent, it was just some downhill false-flat

 

[classicomano]

Belkin needs to stop putting faith in Bos and pass him off to Orange Cycling after this season. Time for Hofland and Markus to take over.

 

[whittashau]

Wurf in his blog has spoken of the fact that Mohoric taught him that over the summer. Funny to see it in action.

 

[SKSemtex]

Viviani definitly might steal some stage from Kittel in Giro

 

[SafeBet]

Viviani definitly might steal some stage from Kittel in Giro

On paper, yes.
But he always finds creative ways to **** it up.

 

[willbick]

Wurf's blog will be funny, he'll be so chuffed will be even more spelling mistakes than usual

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage result:

1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 4:34:11
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
3 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka
4 Andrea Fedi (Ita) Neri Sottoli
5 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
6 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli
7 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
8 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida
9 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
10 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Cycling

 

[JJGracia]

Bonifazio looks quite promising, when will he get his first win? Bets opened.