21-letni Brytyjczyk Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge) wygrał 50. edycję Tour of Turkey. Ostatni etap zwycięstwem domknął jego rodak Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
Przez wiele kilometrów akcje zaczepne kończyły się fiaskiem, w końcu jednak na rundach w Instanbule znaczniejszą przewagę zyskali Tomasz Kiendyś (CCC Polsat). Pablo Colonna (Bardiani), Nazim Bakirci (Torku), Javier Megias (Novo), Valerio Conti (Lampre), Javier Aramendia (Caja Rural) i Youcef Reguigui (MTN).
Najdłużej przed pościgiem bronili się Colonna, Aramendia i Kiendyś, ale 10 km przed metą peleton pozamiatał sprawę.
Na finiszu po raz szósty kolarze Omega Pharma-Quick Step znakomicie rozprowadzili Cavendisha, po raz czwarty Manxman wykończył robotę kolegów, tym razem wychodząc zwycięsko z naciskającym go Elia Vivianim (Cannondale).
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Wyniki 8. etapu Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2014 (2.HC), Istanbuł (1218 km):
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 2:35:00 2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 3 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol Team 6 Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin Pro 7 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Professional 8 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 9 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 10 Ken Hanson (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional 11 Frederique Robert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 12 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 13 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 14 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Cycling 15 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF 16 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEDGE 17 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team 18 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Torku Sekerspor 19 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEDGE 20 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale 21 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 22 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 23 Ahmet Akdylek (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 24 Mirac Kal (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 25 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 26 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 27 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 28 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Professional 29 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Torku Sekerspor 00:04 30 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 31 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 32 Yuriy Metlushenko (Ukr) Torku Sekerspor 33 Tomasz Kiendyś (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 34 Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 35 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 36 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 37 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 38 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 39 Tomasz Marczyński (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 40 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 41 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 42 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 43 Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Torku Sekerspor 44 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 45 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 46 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 47 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 48 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 49 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 50 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Cycling 51 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Cycling 52 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 53 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Team 54 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 55 Luca Dodi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 56 Alexander Rybakov (Rus) Katusha Team 57 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Drapac Cycling 58 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Cycling 59 Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 60 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Cycling 61 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 62 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:12 63 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:17 64 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 00:18 65 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro 00:24 66 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional 67 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:27 68 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin Pro 69 Moreno De Pauw (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 70 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 00:45 71 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 72 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 00:54 73 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 74 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Cycling 00:58 75 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 00:59 76 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 77 Andrea Manfredi (Ita) Bardiani CSF 78 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 01:01 79 Marc Demaar (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional 01:02 80 Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 81 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 01:05 82 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Polsat Polkowice 83 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 01:19 84 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 85 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 01:23 86 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 87 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale 88 Martin Wesemann (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 89 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 90 Jérémy Bescond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 91 Paweł Charucki (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 92 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli 93 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 94 Mattia Pozzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli 95 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 96 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Neri Sottoli 97 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro 98 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 99 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 100 Ferekalsi Debesay Abrha (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 101 Nicolas Lefrancois (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 102 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 103 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Cycling 104 Piotr Gawroński (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 105 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 106 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 107 Karol Domagalski (Pol) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 108 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 109 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team 110 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli 111 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 112 Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli 113 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 114 Grzegorz Stępniak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 115 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 116 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional 117 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol Team 118 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 119 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 120 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 121 Davide Frattini (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional 122 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka 01:37 123 Vegard Breen (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Team 01:44 124 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro 01:52 125 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin Pro 02:01 126 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE 02:16 127 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE 128 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 02:43 129 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE 130 Andrea Fedi (Ita) Neri Sottoli 131 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 03:05 132 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 03:20 133 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 05:06 134 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka DNF Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente (Col) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA DNF Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka DNF Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert DNS Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro DNS Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin Pro DNS Francesco Lasca (Ita) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Klasyfikacja końcowa 1 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEDGE 30:26:22 2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 00:05 3 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 00:39 4 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale 00:40 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Polsat Polkowice 00:44 6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Torku Sekerspor 00:45 7 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 00:51 9 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Team 00:58 10 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 01:04 11 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 01:18 12 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:35 13 Tomasz Marczyński (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 14 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 02:10 15 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 02:32 16 Alexander Rybakov (Rus) Katusha Team 02:59 17 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 03:27 18 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Torku Sekerspor 03:56 19 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Cycling 05:47 20 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 06:11 21 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 06:43 22 Mirac Kal (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 07:01 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 07:24 24 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 08:03 25 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 08:55 26 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 09:12 27 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 09:20 28 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Cycling 09:46 29 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 09:47 30 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol Team 10:01 31 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Cycling 10:48 32 Tomasz Kiendyś (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 10:57 33 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 11:02 34 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 11:34 35 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team 11:37 36 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 12:01 37 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF 12:49 38 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 12:59 39 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 15:25 40 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 16:04 41 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Cycling 16:09 42 Marc Demaar (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional 16:12 43 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 16:20 44 Karol Domagalski (Pol) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 16:34 45 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 16:40 46 Vegard Breen (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Team 18:31 47 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 19:45 48 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycli 19:46 49 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 19:53 50 Luca Dodi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 20:15 51 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE 20:56 52 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 23:07 53 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 23:17 54 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 23:27 55 Jérémy Bescond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 23:39 56 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 24:28 57 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale 24:32 58 Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Torku Sekerspor 24:52 59 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 25:00 60 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 25:37 61 Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 27:02 62 Andrea Manfredi (Ita) Bardiani CSF 27:05 63 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team 27:29 64 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 28:07 65 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Cycling 28:45 66 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 29:33 67 Davide Frattini (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling 30:02 68 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 30:25 69 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE 30:47 70 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Neri Sottoli 31:13 71 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 31:22 72 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 32:00 73 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli 32:04 74 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol Team 32:41 75 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 32:44 76 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro 33:04 77 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka 33:12 78 Paweł Charucki (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 33:44 79 Ahmet Akdylek (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 33:46 80 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 35:05 81 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 35:45 82 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguro 35:48 83 Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 36:01 84 Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli 36:48 85 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 36:54 86 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 87 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 37:05 88 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling T 38:06 89 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 38:21 90 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 39:02 91 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 39:13 92 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 39:35 93 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 39:41 94 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 39:48 95 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Cycling 40:40 96 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 41:23 97 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 42:06 98 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 42:35 99 Ferekalsi Debesay Abrha (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 42:44 100 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 42:57 101 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro 43:05 102 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 43:59 103 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEDGE 44:05 104 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional 44:42 105 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 44:43 106 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 44:45 107 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling 45:00 108 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 45:37 109 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro 46:42 110 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin Pro 46:55 111 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 47:24 112 Martin Wesemann (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 47:38 113 Grzegorz Stępniak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 48:03 114 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin Pro 48:11 115 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 48:39 116 Mattia Pozzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli 49:00 117 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 49:06 118 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Drapac Cycling 49:08 119 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 49:22 120 Frederique Robert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 50:23 121 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 51:07 122 Piotr Gawroński (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 51:17 123 Yuriy Metlushenko (Ukr) Torku Sekerspor 51:32 124 Andrea Fedi (Ita) Neri Sottoli 51:36 125 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 52:58 126 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE 54:12 127 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli 54:35 128 Nicolas Lefrancois (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 56:31 129 Moreno De Pauw (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 56:48 130 Ken Hanson (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional 57:07 131 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Cycling 57:47 132 Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 59:20 133 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 01:01:20 134 Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin Pro 01:02:05