Presidential Tour Of Turkey 16 - 21 April 2019

[MatParker117]

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Someone on twitter just pointed out that Bennett has now won at least one stage of every stage race he has started for a full year!

True, the last one he didn't was last year's Catalunya.

He is having a great year. He needs to find a team that will treat him like a proper leader and give him the best calendar and good support for 2020.

Options aren't great all I can think of is Ineos, maybe Katusha or Dimension Data.

 

[SafeBet]

Dimension Data and Bahrein desperately need someone who can win races consistently.
The question is if they can pay Bennett.

 

[Salvarani]

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Dimension Data and Bahrein desperately need someone who can win races consistently.
The question is if they can pay Bennett.

If Nibali is gone, they gonna have some room to fill if they dont spend it on somebody else. Like a GC guy.

They already have Colbrelli and Bauhaus though as far as sprinters go, but Bennett is better than those guys of course. At least right now.

 

[Robert5091]

Stage 2 Weds Tekirdağ to Eceabat 183.3km
start 10.00 CET TV from 11.50
A stage of two halves - first half up and down, second half flat until last few km with a nasty kick up to the line.

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Last 3 km

 

[Salvarani]

Should be too hard for the sprinters or could Ewan and Bennett challenge for the win anyway? Maybe Ryan Gibbons too?

 

[Robert5091]

Ewan won on Hatta Dam this year (see http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uae-tour-2019/stage-4/results/ ) so he's a good bet. Otherwise I would not be surprised if QS come up with a win.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Bennett is not in top condition so I doubt he will be competitive on a finish that hard. Ewan is a better bet if a sprinter manages it.

 

[jaylew]

I guess Kudus, since Astana is almost a given to win?

 

[search]

would be about time for Kudus to take his first win outside of Africa indeed, but tomorrow's finish looks more like a 50+ men sprint to me.

 

[tobydawq]

Ewan versus Gibbons.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

That finish could suit Riabushenko

 

[Akuryo]

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Another race where DCQ are fielding both young sprinters at the same time. I just don’t understand why.

Because Hodeg has rarely won even when put in decent position as of late. He is clearly only number 3. Viviani is still the leader who gets the biggest races but I honestly think Jakobsen is already faster. He just lacks experience.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Another race where DCQ are fielding both young sprinters at the same time. I just don’t understand why.

Because Hodeg has rarely won even when put in decent position as of late. He is clearly only number 3. Viviani is still the leader who gets the biggest races but I honestly think Jakobsen is already faster. He just lacks experience.

I do not dispute that Jakobsen has so far in their careers been better than Hodeg by a margin. That’s quite obvious. What I’m surprised by is Hodeg and Jakobsen being sent to the same races rather than having entirely distinct programmes, with Jakobsen’s featuring bigger races. There are enough races for three, particularly when there is a clear hierarchy (Bora’s problem is not that they have too few races but that they have no natural hierarchy). Hodeg seems a bit young to be relegated to be given up on and relegated to support duties, but also not fast enough to alternate with Jakobsen.

As for whether Jakobsen is already faster than Viviani, I don’t think it’s clear. He might be faster, and if he isn’t, he is at least already close. What he certainly isn’t is better than Viviani. Viviani is not the fastest in raw physical terms of the top tier, but he wins the most. Jakobsen at this point gets by on raw speed and the DQS train. In two years, when he knows what he is doing, he will be terrifying.

 

[Robert5091]

We're off to Gallipoli today so expect lots of TV pics of war memorials.
Last 3 km -

 

[Robert5091]

Start was 10.00 Turkish time not CET so they're under way on stage 2.

 

[Robert5091]

7 man break has 4 minutes over the peloton after 46 km -
Mauricio Moreira (Caja Rural), Lucas De Rossi (Delko), Liam Bertazzo (Neri), Emerson Oronte (Rally), Thimo Willems (Vlaanderen), Ricardo Mestre (W52) and Halil Doğan (Turkey) are today's breakaway.

 

[Simurgh]

18 year old Halil Dogan met his limit

 

[tobydawq]

Ewan down. He is many minutes behind the peloton now.

 

[RedheadDane]

They got some efficient bandages in Turkey. Ewan's hand healed already.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

After his win in UAE Tour, i was wondering if he could contend today...

 

[Simurgh]

Cavendish done for the day with 2,5k to go

 

[Simurgh]

Evenepoel goes!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Evenepoel goes!

che ragazzo!

 

[Simurgh]

Pöstlberger is taking it..or not! Bennett yet again!

 

[tobydawq]

Evenepoel did not play that finale intelligently...