Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2017 (2.UWT)

[TourOfSardinia]

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2017 (2.UWT)

Stage: 1 - 10 October : Alanya - Kemer, 176.70 km
Stage: 2 - 11 October : Kumluca - Fethiye, 206.00 km
Stage: 3 - 12 October : Fethiye - Marmaris, 128.60 km
Stage: 4 - 13 October : Marmaris - Selçuk, 205.30 km
Stage: 5 - 14 October : Selçuk - Izmir, 166.00 km
Stage: 6 - 15 October : Istanbul, 143.70 km

This is going to be televised live on
TRTSpor http://www.trt.net.tr/anasayfa/canli.aspx?y=tv&k=trtspor at 14:15 CET
Eurosport at 15:00 CET
hence this thread.

Official web site:
http://www.tourofturkey.org.tr/EN

WT Teams:
ASTANA PRO TEAM
BORA-HANSGROHE
TREK-SEGAFREDO
UAE - TEAMEMIRATES

Startlist here http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=Mjc4Njg=
No Rebellin

Nice big map with profiles here:
http://www.tourofturkey.org.tr/Upload/resimler/Etaplar/stage_maps/all_stages_2017_tr_eng_v6_lzw.jpg

 

[Alexandre B.]

This race has WT-status with less than ten WorldTeams in.

Therefore it shouldn't be WT (in fact it shouldn't be WT at all).

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Ulissi seems like the guy to beat for the overall here. Chernetckii, Pantano, Atapuma, Martinez are other names. jens might throw in Celano, but the guy had tons of DNFs.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Re:

This race has WT-status with less than ten WorldTeams in.

Therefore it shouldn't be WT (in fact it shouldn't be WT at all).

If it stays like this next year, it will lose WT status.

 

[Pricey_sky]

I've liked this race over recent years, plenty of action and unpredictability. Hoping this year can also live up to that but I'm not very hopeful.

 

[jsem94]

Wait, this is an autumn race now? I'm so out of touch..

 

[TourOfSardinia]

now live in turkish http://www.trt.net.tr/anasayfa/canli.aspx?y=tv&k=trtspor

-50km Break of 5 men at ~1,15min
nice day

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Trek trying something??

 

[WheelofGear]

Very wide roads. It makes me think of Tour of California.

 

[Der Effe]

Oh yeah, this is WorldTour. Crookson is such a joke.

 

[WheelofGear]

Sam got it

 

[WheelofGear]

To be fair, it looked like a CT race. Why on earth is this and the smoggy race in China on the WT Calendar but not historic autumn races like Giro dell'Emilia and Paris-Tours?

 

[SKSemtex]

I do not want to mix politics with sport but I really hate THAT MONSTRUM.
I hoped none WT team have gone there.

 

[can3478]

I do not want to mix politics with sport but I really hate THAT MONSTRUM.
I hoped none WT team have gone there.

Only 4 WT teams there.

Looking ahead to the inaugural Tour of Guangxi, it has 16 WT teams, with some pretty big names.
Sprinters: Garviria, Matthews, Ewan, Groenewegan ...
GC : Kelderman, Landa, Fugsang, Mollema ...

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

They might as well just award all the flat stages to Bennett in advance. He went way too early and still won comfortably. Why are all the other actually fast sprinters doing Guangxi instead of Turkey? The field here looks like one of the hundred little French races where one sprinter clubs a peloton of non-sprinters.

 

[Anderis]

Re:

To be fair, it looked like a CT race. Why on earth is this and the smoggy race in China on the WT Calendar but not historic autumn races like Giro dell'Emilia and Paris-Tours?

I kind of agree that moving Tour of Turkey to WT is a questionable move anyway, but this is actually WORLD Tour, not Western Europe Tour so we need a couple of races outside of historical cycling countries to be included and we can't accomodate all historic races in WT because there are so many of them. So I agree that Tour of Turkey might have not deserved a WT status but disagree with sentiment that every historic race should get a WT spot over every race held in "exotic" country.

 

[Frankschleck]

Come on. Turkey has been a good race for years. If any race iin Asia should be WT its that one. Cycling is not about politics. Weak field this year. Dissapointing

 

[Forever The Best]

For more accurate profiles:
https://www.la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/races/view/2017/59

The GC will come down to the HTF in Selçuk as there is no Göğübeli MTF this year.

 

[TomLPC]

Is my boy mustafa sayer racing?

 

[Leinster]

They might as well just award all the flat stages to Bennett in advance. He went way too early and still won comfortably. Why are all the other actually fast sprinters doing Guangxi instead of Turkey? The field here looks like one of the hundred little French races where one sprinter clubs a peloton of non-sprinters.

Part of me wishes Bora had sent Bennett to P-T instead. He's in excellent form, his leadout train is strong. They could've really made Quickstep work harder for that win on Sunday.

I do get that the "World" Tour can't just stay in the 3 Grand Tour countries and their neighbours, though. Maybe it's something that can be addressed in the calendar.

 

[search]

They might as well just award all the flat stages to Bennett in advance. He went way too early and still won comfortably. Why are all the other actually fast sprinters doing Guangxi instead of Turkey? The field here looks like one of the hundred little French races where one sprinter clubs a peloton of non-sprinters.

Part of me wishes Bora had sent Bennett to P-T instead. He's in excellent form, his leadout train is strong. They could've really made Quickstep work harder for that win on Sunday.

I do get that the "World" Tour can't just stay in the 3 Grand Tour countries and their neighbours, though. Maybe it's something that can be addressed in the calendar.

on the "new" finish there has been only one sprint in 6 years in Paris-Tours.

...not to mention the fact that Bora didn't even take part in that race

 

[RedheadDane]

They might as well just award all the flat stages to Bennett in advance. He went way too early and still won comfortably. Why are all the other actually fast sprinters doing Guangxi instead of Turkey? The field here looks like one of the hundred little French races where one sprinter clubs a peloton of non-sprinters.

Part of me wishes Bora had sent Bennett to P-T instead. He's in excellent form, his leadout train is strong. They could've really made Quickstep work harder for that win on Sunday.

I do get that the "World" Tour can't just stay in the 3 Grand Tour countries and their neighbours, though. Maybe it's something that can be addressed in the calendar.

on the "new" finish there has been only one sprint in 6 years in Paris-Tours.

...not to mention the fact that Bora didn't even take part in that race

Details...

 

[del1962]

Konig nearly 6 minutes down at this stage, I doubt he will finish this race.

 

[Leinster]

They might as well just award all the flat stages to Bennett in advance. He went way too early and still won comfortably. Why are all the other actually fast sprinters doing Guangxi instead of Turkey? The field here looks like one of the hundred little French races where one sprinter clubs a peloton of non-sprinters.

Part of me wishes Bora had sent Bennett to P-T instead. He's in excellent form, his leadout train is strong. They could've really made Quickstep work harder for that win on Sunday.

I do get that the "World" Tour can't just stay in the 3 Grand Tour countries and their neighbours, though. Maybe it's something that can be addressed in the calendar.

on the "new" finish there has been only one sprint in 6 years in Paris-Tours.

...not to mention the fact that Bora didn't even take part in that race

I did point out Bora's absence on the P-T race thread.

I guess they made the calculation that 2-3 WT stage wins are worth more than a valiant effort in an old, non-WT classic.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

How many Ks to go?