2015 Tour of Turkey

2015 Tour of Turkey

2015 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	26 April – 3 May 2015
Stages	8
Distance	1,252 km (778.0 mi)
Winning time	31h 06' 44"
Results
Winner   Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO) (Lampre–Merida)   Second   Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) (Bretagne–Séché Environnement)   Third   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) (Tinkoff–Saxo) Points   Mark Cavendish  (GBR) (Etixx–Quick-Step) Mountains   Juan Pablo Valencia  (COL) (Colombia) Sprints   Lluís Mas  (ESP) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA)   Team Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
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The 2015 Tour of Turkey was the 51st edition of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey cycling stage race. It started on 26 April in Alanya and finished on 3 May in Istanbul. ^[1]

Schedule

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner	Ref
1	26 April	Alanya to Alanya	145 km (90.1 mi)		Flat stage	Mark Cavendish  (GBR)	[2]
2	27 April	Alanya to Antalya	182 km (113.1 mi)		Flat stage	Mark Cavendish  (GBR)	[3]
3	28 April	Kemer to Elmalı	163 km (101.3 mi)		Mountain stage	Davide Rebellin  (ITA)	[4]
4	29 April	Fethiye to Marmaris	132 km (82.0 mi)		Hilly stage	André Greipel  (GER)	[5]
5	30 April	Muğla to Pamukkale	160 km (99.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Sacha Modolo  (ITA)	[6]
6	1 May	Denizli to Selçuk	184 km (114.3 mi)		Intermediate stage	Pello Bilbao  (ESP)	[7]
7	2 May	Selçuk to İzmir	165 km (102.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Mark Cavendish  (GBR)	[8]
8	3 May	Istanbul to Istanbul	121 km (75.2 mi)		Flat stage	Lluís Mas  (ESP)	[9]
Total		1,252 km (778.0 mi)

Teams

The start list included 21 teams (6 UCI WorldTeams, 14 Professional Continental Teams, and 1 Continental Team). ^[10]

World Teams

• Astana
• Etixx–Quick-Step
• Lampre–Merida
• Lotto–Soudal
• Orica–GreenEDGE
• Tinkoff–Saxo

Professional Continental teams

• Bardiani–CSF
• Bretagne–Séché Environnement
• CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Colombia
• Drapac Professional Cycling
• MTN–Qhubeka
• Nippo–Vini Fantini
• Southeast Pro Cycling
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• UnitedHealthcare
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert
• Androni Giocattoli

Continental teams

• Torku Şekerspor

Stages

Stage 1

26 April 2015 — Alanya to Alanya, 145 km (90.1 mi)

Stage 1 result and general classification after stage 1 ^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Mark Cavendish  (GBR)	Etixx–Quick-Step	3h 17' 58"
2	Caleb Ewan  (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	+ 0"
3	Nicola Ruffoni  (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	+ 0"
4	Sacha Modolo  (ITA)	Lampre–Merida	+ 0"
5	Theo Bos  (NED)	MTN–Qhubeka	+ 0"
6	Michael Kolář  (SVK)	Tinkoff–Saxo	+ 0"
7	Daniele Ratto  (ITA)	UnitedHealthcare	+ 0"
8	André Greipel  (GER)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 0"
9	Brenton Jones  (AUS)	Drapac Professional Cycling	+ 0"
10	Jakub Mareczko  (ITA)	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 0"

Stage 2

27 April 2015 — Alanya to Antalya, 182 km (113.1 mi)

Stage 2 result [3] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Mark Cavendish  (GBR) Etixx–Quick-Step 4h 21' 32" 2   Sacha Modolo  (ITA) Lampre–Merida + 0" 3   Nicola Ruffoni  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 4   Juan Sebastián Molano  (COL) Colombia + 0" 5   Daniele Colli  (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini + 0" 6   Ahmet Örken  (TUR) Torku Şekerspor + 0" 7   Michael Kolář  (SVK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 8   Manuel Belletti  (ITA) Southeast Pro Cycling + 0" 9   Eduard-Michael Grosu  (ROM) Nippo–Vini Fantini + 0" 10   Paolo Simion  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0"

General classification after stage 2 [3] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Mark Cavendish  (GBR) Etixx–Quick-Step 7h 39' 30" 2   Sacha Modolo  (ITA) Lampre–Merida + 0" 3   Nicola Ruffoni  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 4   Michael Kolář  (SVK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 5   Ahmet Örken  (TUR) Torku Şekerspor + 0" 6   Manuel Belletti  (ITA) Southeast Pro Cycling + 0" 7   Juan Sebastián Molano  (COL) Colombia + 0" 8   Marco Benfatto  (ITA) Androni Giocattoli + 0" 9   Brenton Jones  (AUS) Drapac Professional Cycling + 0" 10   André Greipel  (GER) Lotto–Soudal + 0"

Stage 3

28 April 2015 — Kemer to Elmalı, 163 km (101.3 mi)

Stage 3 result [12] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Davide Rebellin  (ITA) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice 4h 34' 11" 2   Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO) Lampre–Merida + 7" 3   Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 50" 4   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 1' 20" 5   Serge Pauwels  (BEL) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 23" 6   Enrico Barbin  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 29" 7   Heiner Parra  (COL) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 32" 8   Daniele Ratto  (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 1' 42" 9   Alex Cano  (COL) Colombia + 1' 46" 10   Adam Hansen  (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 1' 57"

General classification after stage 3 [12] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Davide Rebellin  (ITA) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice 12h 13' 41" 2   Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO) Lampre–Merida + 7" 3   Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 50" 4   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 1' 20" 5   Serge Pauwels  (BEL) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 23" 6   Enrico Barbin  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 29" 7   Heiner Parra  (COL) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 32" 8   Daniele Ratto  (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 1' 42" 9   Alex Cano  (COL) Colombia + 1' 46" 10   Adam Hansen  (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 1' 57"

Stage 4

29 April 2015 — Fethiye to Marmaris, 132 km (82.0 mi)

Stage 4 result [5] Rank Rider Team Time 1   André Greipel  (GER) Lotto–Soudal 3h 22' 08" 2   Daniele Colli  (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini + 0" 3   Daniele Ratto  (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 0" 4   Magnus Cort  (DEN) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0" 5   Manuel Belletti  (ITA) Southeast Pro Cycling + 0" 6   Roberto Ferrari  (ITA) Lampre–Merida + 0" 7   Carlos Barbero  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 8   Kristian Sbaragli  (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka + 0" 9   Daniele Bennati  (ITA) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 10   Ahmet Örken  (TUR) Torku Şekerspor + 0"

General classification after stage 4 [5] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Davide Rebellin  (ITA) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice 15h 35' 49" 2   Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO) Lampre–Merida + 7" 3   Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 50" 4   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 1' 20" 5   Serge Pauwels  (BEL) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 23" 6   Enrico Barbin  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 29" 7   Daniele Ratto  (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 1' 42" 8   Alex Cano  (COL) Colombia + 1' 46" 9   Adam Hansen  (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 1' 57" 10   Mirko Selvaggi  (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 2' 04"

Stage 5

30 April 2015 — Muğla to Pamukkale, 160 km (99.4 mi)

Stage 5 result [13] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Sacha Modolo  (ITA) Lampre–Merida 4h 06' 19" 2   Carlos Barbero  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 3   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 4   Michael Kolář  (SVK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 5   Manuel Belletti  (ITA) Southeast Pro Cycling + 0" 6   Jasper De Buyst  (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 7   Eduard Prades  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 8   Daniele Ratto  (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 0" 9   Davide Rebellin  (ITA) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 0" 10   Pello Bilbao  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0"

General classification after stage 5 [13] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Davide Rebellin  (ITA) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice 19h 42' 08" 2   Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO) Lampre–Merida + 22" 3   Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 54" 4   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 1' 20" 5   Serge Pauwels  (BEL) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 38" 6   Enrico Barbin  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 39" 7   Daniele Ratto  (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 1' 42" 8   Alex Cano  (COL) Colombia + 1' 56" 9   Mirko Selvaggi  (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 2' 11" 10   Adam Hansen  (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 2' 12"

Stage 6

1 May 2015 — Denizli to Selçuk, 184 km (114.3 mi)

Stage 6 result [7] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Pello Bilbao  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 4h 38' 46" 2   Miguel Ángel López  (COL) Astana + 3" 3   Heiner Parra  (COL) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 11" 4   Thomas De Gendt  (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 14" 5   Alex Cano  (COL) Colombia + 14" 6   Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO) Lampre–Merida + 18" 7   Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 18" 8   Lluís Mas  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 34" 9   Fabricio Ferrari  (URU) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 34" 10   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 34"

General classification after stage 6 [7] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO) Lampre–Merida 24h 21' 34" 2   Davide Rebellin  (ITA) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 21" 3   Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 32" 4   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 1' 14" 5   Alex Cano  (COL) Colombia + 1' 30" 6   Serge Pauwels  (BEL) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 32" 7   Mirko Selvaggi  (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 2' 05" 8   Enrico Barbin  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 2' 08" 9   Adam Hansen  (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 2' 18" 10   Tomasz Marczyński  (POL) Torku Şekerspor + 2' 20"

Stage 7

2 May 2015 — Selçuk to İzmir, 165 km (102.5 mi)

Stage 7 result [14] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Mark Cavendish  (GBR) Etixx–Quick-Step 3h 59' 49" 2   Andrea Piechele  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 3   Kristian Sbaragli  (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka + 0" 4   Manuel Belletti  (ITA) Southeast Pro Cycling + 0" 5   Magnus Cort  (DEN) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0" 6   Daniele Ratto  (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 0" 7   Armindo Fonseca  (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 0" 8   Jasper De Buyst  (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 9   Davide Appollonio  (ITA) Androni Giocattoli + 0" 10   Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev  (KAZ) Astana + 0"

General classification after stage 7 [14] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO) Lampre–Merida 28h 21' 23" 2   Davide Rebellin  (ITA) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 21" 3   Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 32" 4   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 1' 14" 5   Alex Cano  (COL) Colombia + 1' 30" 6   Serge Pauwels  (BEL) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 32" 7   Mirko Selvaggi  (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 2' 05" 8   Enrico Barbin  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 2' 08" 9   Adam Hansen  (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 2' 18" 10   Tomasz Marczyński  (POL) Torku Şekerspor + 2' 20"

Stage 8

3 May 2015 — Istanbul to Istanbul, 121 km (75.2 mi)

Stage 8 result [15] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Lluís Mas  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 2h 45' 03" 2   Mark Cavendish  (GBR) Etixx–Quick-Step + 0" 3   Carlos Barbero  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 4   Alessandro Petacchi  (ITA) Southeast Pro Cycling + 0" 5   Daniele Colli  (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini + 0" 6   Daniele Ratto  (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 0" 7   Davide Appollonio  (ITA) Androni Giocattoli + 0" 8   Eduard Prades  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 9   Roy Jans  (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 0" 10   Magnus Cort  (DEN) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0"

Final general classification [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO) Lampre–Merida 31h 06' 44" 2   Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 32" 3   Jay McCarthy  (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 56" 4   Alex Cano  (COL) Colombia + 1' 30" 5   Serge Pauwels  (BEL) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 32" 6   Mirko Selvaggi  (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 1' 58" 7   Enrico Barbin  (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 2' 01" 8   Tomasz Marczyński  (POL) Torku Şekerspor + 2' 02" 9   Adam Hansen  (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 2' 11" 10   Javier Mejías  (ESP) Team Novo Nordisk + 2' 15"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Turkish Beauties classification	Team classification
1	Mark Cavendish	Mark Cavendish	Mark Cavendish	Federico Zurlo	Federico Zurlo	Bardiani–CSF
2	Mark Cavendish				Lluís Mas
3	Davide Rebellin	Davide Rebellin		Juan Pablo Valencia		CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
4	André Greipel
5	Sacha Modolo		Sacha Modolo
6	Pello Bilbao	Kristijan Đurasek				Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
7	Mark Cavendish		Daniele Ratto
8	Lluís Mas		Mark Cavendish
Final		Kristijan Đurasek	Mark Cavendish	Juan Pablo Valencia	Lluís Mas	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the General classification		Denotes the leader of the Points classification
	Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification		Denotes the leader of the Beauties of Turkey classification

General classification

Result ^[9]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO)	Lampre–Merida	31h 06' 44"
2	Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG)	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	+ 32"
3	Jay McCarthy  (AUS)	Tinkoff–Saxo	+ 56"
4	Alex Cano  (COL)	Colombia	+ 1' 30"
5	Serge Pauwels  (BEL)	MTN–Qhubeka	+ 1' 32"
6	Mirko Selvaggi  (ITA)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	+ 1' 58"
7	Enrico Barbin  (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	+ 2' 01"
8	Tomasz Marczyński  (POL)	Torku Şekerspor	+ 2' 02"
9	Adam Hansen  (AUS)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 2' 11"
10	Javier Mejías  (ESP)	Team Novo Nordisk	+ 2' 15"

Points classification

Result ^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Mark Cavendish  (GBR)	Etixx–Quick-Step	60
2	Daniele Ratto  (ITA)	UnitedHealthcare	58
3	Manuel Belletti  (ITA)	Southeast Pro Cycling	44
4	Sacha Modolo  (ITA)	Lampre–Merida	41
5	Carlos Barbero  (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	40
6	Daniele Colli  (ITA)	Nippo–Vini Fantini	36
7	Jay McCarthy  (AUS)	Tinkoff–Saxo	34
8	Michael Kolář  (SVK)	Tinkoff–Saxo	31
9	Magnus Cort  (DEN)	Orica–GreenEDGE	29
10	Lluís Mas  (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	26

Mountains classification

Result ^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Juan Pablo Valencia  (COL)	Colombia	19
2	Thomas De Gendt  (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	13
3	Songezo Jim  (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	13
4	Alex Cano  (COL)	Colombia	10
5	Kristijan Đurasek  (CRO)	Lampre–Merida	7
6	Kenny De Ketele  (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	6
7	José Gonçalves  (POR)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	6
8	Pello Bilbao  (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	5
9	Sean De Bie  (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	5
10	Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG)	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	5

Turkish Beauties classification

Result ^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Lluís Mas  (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	13
2	Federico Zurlo  (ITA)	UnitedHealthcare	11
3	Mark Cavendish  (GBR)	Etixx–Quick-Step	5
4	José Gonçalves  (POR)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	5
5	Kenny De Ketele  (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	5
6	Muhammet Atalay  (TUR)	Torku Şekerspor	5
7	Roy Jans  (BEL)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	5
8	Mattia Pozzo  (ITA)	Nippo–Vini Fantini	5
9	Valerio Agnoli  (ITA)	Astana	3
10	Songezo Jim  (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	3

Team classification

Result

Rank	Team	Time
1	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	93h 28' 53"
2	Astana	+ 7' 06"
3	Colombia	+ 8' 13"
4	MTN–Qhubeka	+ 10' 46"
5	UnitedHealthcare	+ 11' 00"
6	Lampre–Merida	+ 12' 03"
7	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 13' 56"
8	Lotto–Soudal	+ 14' 22"
9	Bardiani–CSF	+ 16' 02"
10	Tinkoff–Saxo	+ 17' 01"

References

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External links

• Official website