Presidential Tour Of Turkey 16 - 21 April 2019

[tobydawq]

It makes sense to cancel that part.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I can imagine Brian Holm just shaking his head at these weaklings

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

I can imagine Brian Holm just shaking his head at these weaklings

Well, I don't think he made a strong argument for riding Galibier back in 1996...

 

[Keram]

Cancelation in Turkey in late april due to snow? Weather can be completely crazy sometimes

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

That's actually much better news than i feared.

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

Cancelation in Turkey in late april due to snow? Weather can be completely crazy sometimes

Let's just hope climate change doesn't **** the gulf stream too much, cause that's the sole reason much of Europe has a bearable climate.

 

[Robert5091]

Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe), Mark Renshaw (Dimension Data), Oscar Cabedo (Burgos-BH) and Jasper De Buyst of Lotto-Soudal - DNS.

Expect Samli and Willems to be in the break.

Update - after 23 km there is no break! Willems did manage to get 2nd spot on the KOM though.

 

[Robert5091]

We have a breakaway! Roger Kluge (Lotto-Soudal), Jose Viejo (Euskadi) and Robbe Ghys (Vlaanderen-Baloise) have 4 mins on the peloton after 39 km.

Update - the official Twitter account gives us this gem -

The Turkish national team has big hopes today with Onur Balkan, 12th on GC, and Mustapha Sayar who knows Kartepe better than any other #TUR2019 contender. "I live 30km away and I never finish a training session without climbing Kartepe", Sayar said.

(see https://www.velonews.com/2013/07/ne...r-mustafa-sayar-tests-positive-for-epo_295298 for Sayar's troubled past)

 

[Robert5091]

According to the TV today's stage is now 158.6 km

 

[Salvarani]

And the climb starts!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Still 8k to go and the peloton only +/- 30 riders left

 

[Laplaz]

Alarcon still there

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

6k and a group of 25 left

 

[Robert5091]

Go big Raul!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Evenepoel bridged the small gap

 

[fauniera]

Remco looking good.

 

[Salvarani]

Remco looking strong

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Evenepoel goes

 

[Laplaz]

Evenepoel on the attack

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Evenepoel, Conti, Kudus, Grossschartner...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Evenepoel Solo

 

[Laplaz]

Kudus doing his best Gerrans impression

 

[fauniera]

Gap is growing.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Conti chasing, gap 8 seconds

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

They caught him

Conti, Evenepoel, Kudus, Grossschartner.