Tour of Turkey 2014 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 Tour of Turkey is a pre Giro d'Italia stage race amidst the gorgeous scenery of a historic country. 2014 race details posted below. Big Photos from 2014 (all stages) — veloimages Big Photos from 2013 — veloimages Big Photos from all 8 Stages in 2012 — veloimages Big Photos from all 8 Stages in 2011 — veloimages |
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| 1 | Sunday, April 27 | 145 km | ||||||||||
| Alanya → Alanya | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | Monday, April 28 | 174 km | ||||||||||
| Alanya → Kemer | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | Tuesday, April 29 | 185 km | ||||||||||
 Finike → Elmali | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | Wednesday, April 30 | 124 km | ||||||||||
| Fethiye → Marmaris | ||||||||||||
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| 5 | Thursday, May 1 | 177 km | ||||||||||
| Marmaris → Turgutreis | ||||||||||||
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| 6 | Friday, May 2 | 183 km | ||||||||||
| Bodrum → Selcuk | ||||||||||||
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| 7 | Saturday, May 3 | 145 km | ||||||||||
| Kusadasi → Izmir | ||||||||||||
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| 8 | Sunday, May 4 | 121 km | ||||||||||
| Istanbul → Istanbul | ||||||||||||
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| Total Distance | 1254 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Tour of Turkey 2014
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Stage 8 Post-Race Coverage 
32 Big Photos from Stage 8 — veloimages
Stage 8 Results GBR 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) 2:35:00 ITA 2 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) ITA 3 GUARDINI, Andrea (ASTANA) BEL 4 BOECKMANS, Kris (LOTTO BELISOL) NZL 5 HENDERSON, Greg (LOTTO BELISOL) NED 6 BOS, Theo (BELKIN) SLO 7 ILESIC, Aldo Ino (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) BEL 8 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) ITA 9 SBARAGLI, Kristian (MTN - QHUBEKA) USA 10 HANSON, Ken (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) Final General Classification GBR 1 YATES, Adam (ORICA GreenEDGE) 30:26:22 EST 2 TAARAMAE, Rein (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 5 FRA 3 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 39 ITA 4 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE) + 40 ITA 5 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 44 ESP 6 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose (TORKU SEKERSPOR) + 45 CRO 7 DURASEK, Kristijan (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ESP 8 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) + 51 AUS 9 HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL) + 58 BRA 10 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI) + 1:04Full Official Stage 8 Results and Final General Classification — tourofturkey.org
Yates secures overall success in Istanbul, Caendish wins final stage — cyclingnews
Tour of Turkey win won't change Yates' approach — cyclingnews
Last 5 Km of Stage 8 (05:21 English) — eurosport
Stage 8 One-Minute Highlights (01:01 Turkish) — trtspor
Adam Hansen Pre-Stage 8 interview (5:26 English) — cyclingtips
32 Big Photos from Stage 8 — veloimages
Extended Stage 8 Highlights (27:36 English) — sbs
Full On-Demand Stage 8 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
Adam Yates stage eight conference (5:31 English) — cyclingtips
Stage 8 preview: Istanbul → Istanbul, 121 km (rolling)
May 3 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 8 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 8 start time: Sunday 11:35 EEST (8:35:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Istanbul, Turkey
Earliest live video: 11:30 EEST (8:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Estimated finish: 14:15 EEST (11:15:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Istanbul, Turkey
Stage 7 Post-Race Coverage
37 Big Photos from Stage 7 — veloimages
Stage 7 Results ITA 1 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) 3:04:25 ITA 2 GUARDINI, Andrea (ASTANA) GBR 3 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) BEL 4 BOECKMANS, Kris (LOTTO BELISOL) NED 5 BOS, Theo (BELKIN) ITA 6 SBARAGLI, Kristian (MTN - QHUBEKA) TUR 7 ORKEN, Ahmet (TORKU SEKERSPOR) BEL 8 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) USA 9 HANSON, Ken (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) NED 10 WIPPERT, Wouter (DRAPAC) ITA 11 PETACCHI, Alessandro (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) ESP 12 MAS BONET, Luis (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) GER 13 FÖRSTER, Robert (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) NZL 14 HENDERSON, Greg (LOTTO BELISOL) BRA 15 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI) POL 16 KIENDYS, Tomasz (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) BEL 17 VERHELST, Louis (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) ARG 18 RICHEZE, Maximiliano Ariel (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ITA 19 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE) TUR 20 KAL, Mirac (TORKU SEKERSPOR) General Classification after Stage 7 GBR 1 YATES, Adam (ORICA GreenEDGE) 27:51:22 EST 2 TAARAMAE, Rein (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 1 FRA 3 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 39 ITA 4 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE) + 40 ITA 5 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 44 ESP 6 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose (TORKU SEKERSPOR) + 45 CRO 7 DURASEK, Kristijan (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ESP 8 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) + 47 AUS 9 HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL) + 54 BRA 10 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI) + 1:04 BEL 11 SEELDRAEYERS, Kevin (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) + 1:14 KAZ 12 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr (ASTANA) + 1:31 POL 13 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) ERI 14 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN, Merhawi (MTN - QHUBEKA) + 1:35 ESP 15 MEGIAS LEAL, Javier (NOVO NORDISK) + 2:06 ESP 16 BILBAO, Peio (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) + 2:28 RUS 17 RYBAKOV, Alexander (KATUSHA) + 2:55 URU 18 FERRARI BARCELO, Fabricio (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) + 3:23 ESP 19 DE LA FUENTE RASILLA, David (TORKU SEKERSPOR) + 3:52 RSA 20 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis (MTN - QHUBEKA) + 4:48Full Official Stage 7 Results and General Classification — tourofturkey.org
Viviani beats Cavendish again at the Tour of Turkey — cyclingnews
Last 6 Km of Stage 7 (06:16 English) — eurosport
Full On-Demand Stage 7 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
Dog having fun pacing the peloton on Stage 7 (00:50 English) — eurosport
37 Big Photos from Stage 7 — veloimages
Final Kms of Stage 7 (04:20 Turkish) — trtspor
Extended Stage 7 Highlights (24:49 English) — sbs
Winner's Stage 7 Press Conference (5:59 English) — cyclingtips
Stage 7 preview: Kusadasi → Izmir, 145 km (rolling)
May 2 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 7 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 7 start time: Saturday 10:45 EEST (7:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Kusadasi, Turkey
Earliest live video: 12:00 EEST (9:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Estimated finish: 13:48 EEST (10:48:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Izmir, Turkey
Stage 6 Post-Race Coverage
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26 Big Photos from Stage 6 — veloimages
Stage 6 Results GBR 1 YATES, Adam (ORICA GreenEDGE) 4:11:46 ITA 2 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE) + 2 ITA 3 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) EST 4 TAARAMAE, Rein (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 7 CRO 5 DURASEK, Kristijan (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ESP 6 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose (TORKU SEKERSPOR) FRA 7 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) ESP 8 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) + 15 AUS 9 HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL) + 17 ESP 10 MEGIAS LEAL, Javier (NOVO NORDISK) + 26 BRA 11 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI) ITA 12 CONTI, Valerio (LAMPRE - MERIDA) POL 13 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 36 BEL 14 SEELDRAEYERS, Kevin (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) NED 15 DEMAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) + 50 ESP 16 BILBAO, Peio (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) KAZ 17 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr (ASTANA) + 53 AUS 18 NORRIS, Lachlan (DRAPAC) COL 19 PARRA BUSTAMENTE, Heiner Rodrigo (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) + 55 BEL 20 BACKAERT, Frederik (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) + 1:02 General Classification after Stage 6 GBR 1 YATES, Adam (ORICA GreenEDGE) 24:46:57 EST 2 TAARAMAE, Rein (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 1 FRA 3 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 39 ITA 4 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE) + 40 ITA 5 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 44 ESP 6 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose (TORKU SEKERSPOR) + 45 CRO 7 DURASEK, Kristijan (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ESP 8 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) + 47 AUS 9 HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL) + 54 BRA 10 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI) + 1:04Full Official Stage 6 Results and General Classification — tourofturkey.org
Yates wins stage 6 — cyclingnews
Last 3 Km of Stage 6 (09:35 English) — eurosport
Extended Stage 6 Highlights (15:15 French) — eurosport
Full On-Demand Stage 6 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
26 Big Photos from Stage 6 — veloimages
Stage 6 Winner's Press Conference (5:02 English) — cyclingtips
Rein Taaramae Post-Stage 6 Interview (03:52 English) — cyclingtips
Stage 6 One-Minute Highlights (01:15 Turkish) — trtspor
Merhawi Kudus Interview (2:28 English) — cyclingtips
Stage 6 preview: Bodrum → Selcuk, 183 km (Mountain)
May 1 update:See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 6 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 6 start time: Friday 11:40 EEST (8:40:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Bodrum, Turkey
Earliest live video: 14:30 EEST (11:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Estimated finish: 16:00 EEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Selcuk, Turkey
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage
33 Big Photos from Stage 5 — veloimages
Stage 5 Results ITA 1 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) 4:34:11 GBR 2 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) ITA 3 SBARAGLI, Kristian (MTN - QHUBEKA) ITA 4 FEDI, Andrea (NERI SOTTOLI) BEL 5 BACKAERT, Frederik (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) BRA 6 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI) NED 7 MARKUS, Barry (BELKIN) ITA 8 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo (LAMPRE - MERIDA) BEL 9 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) AUS 10 PHELAN, Adam (DRAPAC) General Classification after Stage 5 EST 1 TAARAMAE, Rein (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) 20:35:05 GBR 2 YATES, Adam (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 6 FRA 3 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 38 ESP 4 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) ERI 5 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN, Merhawi (MTN - QHUBEKA) + 43 AUS 6 HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL) + 44 ESP 7 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose (TORKU SEKERSPOR) ITA 8 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE) BRA 9 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI) KAZ 10 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr (ASTANA)Full Official Stage 5 Results and General Classification — tourofturkey.org
Viviani beats Cavendish on stage 5 — cyclingnews
Last 7 Km of Stage 5 (08:58 English) — eurosport
Full On-Demand Stage 5 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
33 Big Photos from Stage 5 — veloimages
Extended Stage 5 Highlights (25:37 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Stage 5 winner's press conference (07:18 English) — cyclingtips
Back-Stage 5 (3:16 Music/Turkish) — TourofTurkey
Stage 5 preview: Marmaris → Turgutreis, 177 km (hilly)
April 30 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 5 start time: Thursday 11:20 EEST (8:20:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Marmaris, Turkey
Earliest live video: 14:00 EEST (11:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Estimated finish: 15:48 EEST (12:48:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Turgutreis, Turkey
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage
36 Big Photos from Stage 4 — veloimages
Stage 4 Results GBR 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) 3:21:24 ARG 2 RICHEZE, Maximiliano Ariel (LAMPRE - MERIDA) AUS 3 RENSHAW, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) ITA 4 SBARAGLI, Kristian (MTN - QHUBEKA) ITA 5 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) NED 6 BOL, Jetse (BELKIN) SLO 7 ILESIC, Aldo Ino (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) AUT 8 HALLER, Marco (KATUSHA) TUR 9 ORKEN, Ahmet (TORKU SEKERSPOR) BEL 10 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) General Classification after Stage 4 EST 1 TAARAMAE, Rein (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) 16:00:54 GBR 2 YATES, Adam (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 6 FRA 3 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 38 ESP 4 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) ERI 5 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN, Merhawi (MTN - QHUBEKA) AUS 6 HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL) + 43 ESP 7 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose (TORKU SEKERSPOR) + 44 ITA 8 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE) BRA 9 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI) KAZ 10 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr (ASTANA)Full Official Stage 4 Results and General Classification — tourofturkey.org
Tour of Turkey: Cavendish wins stage — cyclingnews
Last 10 Km of Stage 4 (10:10 English) — eurosport
36 Big Photos from Stage 4 — veloimages
Extended Stage 4 Highlights (24:52 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Full On-Demand Stage 4 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
Mark Cavendish Post-Stage 4 Press Conference (04:52 English) — cyclingtips
Back-Stage 4 (02:10 Music/Turkish) — TourofTurkey
One-Minute Highlights (01:00 Turkish) — trtspor
Stage 4 preview: Fethiye → Marmaris, 124 km (hilly)
April 29 update:See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 4 start time: Wednesday 13:00 EEST (10:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Fethiye, Turkey
Earliest live video: 14:30 EEST (11:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Estimated finish: 17:10 EEST (2:10:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Marmaris, Turkey
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage
30 Big Photos from Stage 3 — veloimages
Stage 3 Results EST 1 TAARAMAE, Rein (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) 5:40:31 GBR 2 YATES, Adam (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 6 FRA 3 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 38 ERI 4 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN, Merhawi (MTN - QHUBEKA) ITA 5 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) ESP 6 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) AUS 7 HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL) + 43 CRO 8 DURASEK, Kristijan (LAMPRE - MERIDA) + 44 ESP 9 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose (TORKU SEKERSPOR) BRA 10 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI) ITA 11 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE) KAZ 12 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr (ASTANA) BEL 13 SEELDRAEYERS, Kevin (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) POL 14 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 1:01 ESP 15 DE LA FUENTE RASILLA, David (TORKU SEKERSPOR) + 1:34 ESP 16 BILBAO, Peio (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) ESP 17 MEGIAS LEAL, Javier (NOVO NORDISK) + 1:46 RUS 18 RYBAKOV, Alexander (KATUSHA) FRA 19 BAGOT, Yohan (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 2:14 URU 20 FERRARI BARCELO, Fabricio (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) + 2:26 RUS 21 IGNATENKO, Petr (KATUSHA) + 3:00 FRA 22 EDET, Nicolas (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 3:10 RSA 23 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis (MTN - QHUBEKA) + 3:22 ITA 24 FEDI, Andrea (NERI SOTTOLI) + 3:33 AUS 25 PHELAN, Adam (DRAPAC) + 4:02 BEL 26 HABEAUX, Gregory (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) + 4:10 FRA 27 BESCOND, Jérémy (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 5:04 KAZ 28 IGLINSKIY, Valentin (ASTANA) + 5:37 GER 29 GERDEMANN, Linus (MTN - QHUBEKA) + 5:46 POL 30 DOMAGALSKI, Karol (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) + 5:48 TUR 31 BAKIRCI, Nazim (TORKU SEKERSPOR) + 5:50 TUR 32 KAL, Mirac (TORKU SEKERSPOR) AUS 33 WURF, Cameron (CANNONDALE) FRA 34 LE MEVEL, Christophe (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 6:15 AUT 35 KRIZEK, Matthias (CANNONDALE) + 6:50 NZL 36 HENDERSON, Greg (LOTTO BELISOL) + 7:39 BEL 37 SALOMEIN, Jarl (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) NED 38 DEMAAR, Marc (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) KAZ 39 FOMINYKH, Daniil (ASTANA) + 7:41 POL 40 KIENDYS, Tomasz (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 7:43 General Classification after Stage 3 EST 1 TAARAMAE, Rein (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) 12:46:31 GBR 2 YATES, Adam (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 6 FRA 3 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 38 ESP 4 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) ERI 5 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN, Merhawi (MTN - QHUBEKA) ITA 6 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) AUS 7 HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL) + 43 ESP 8 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose (TORKU SEKERSPOR) + 44 ITA 9 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE) BRA 10 ANDRIATO, Rafael (NERI SOTTOLI)Full Official Stage 3 Results and General Classification — tourofturkey.org
Taaramae wins stage 3 at the Tour of Turkey — cyclingnews
Adam Yates climbs to second behind Rein Taaramae in Tour of Turkey — cyclingweekly.co.uk
Rein Taaramae forgets health woes with queen stage victory — tourofturkey.org
Last 3 Km of Stage 3 (11:06 English) — eurosport
Full On-Demand Stage 3 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
Back-Stage 3 (03:10 Music/Turkish) — TourofTurkey
One-Minute Highlights (00:54 Turkish) — trtspor
30 Big Photos from Stage 3 — veloimages
Full On-Demand Stage 3 Broadcast (1:21:33 English) — eurosport
Stage 3 preview: Finike → Elmali, 185 km (Mountain)
April 28 update: Mountain stage with an ascent to Elmali (1850m el) for the third year in a row. Compared by race director Abdurrahman Açikalin to Alpe d’Huez back in 2012. The final climb gains 700m in 12 km for an average gain of 5.8% with some very steep sections including the finish (see photo above) which is 16%. — SteveElmali stage photos 2012 — veloimages
Elmali stage photos 2013 — veloimages
Interactive Finishing Climb Profile — veloviewer
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3 start time: Tuesday 10:55 EEST (7:55:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Finike, Turkey
Earliest live video: 13:30 EEST (10:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Estimated finish: 16:40 EEST (1:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Elmali, Turkey
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage
28 Big Photos from Stage 2 — veloimages
Stage 2 Results GBR 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) 3:50:17 ITA 2 CHICCHI, Francesco (NERI SOTTOLI) ITA 3 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo (LAMPRE - MERIDA) BEL 4 BOECKMANS, Kris (LOTTO BELISOL) ITA 5 LASCA, Francesco (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) USA 6 HANSON, Ken (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) ITA 7 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) NED 8 BOS, Theo (BELKIN) ARG 9 RICHEZE, Maximiliano Ariel (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ITA 10 COLLI, Daniele (NERI SOTTOLI) NED 11 WIPPERT, Wouter (DRAPAC) BEL 12 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) BEL 13 ROBERT, Frederique (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) GER 14 FÖRSTER, Robert (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) UKR 15 METLUSHENKO, Yuriy (TORKU SEKERSPOR) BEL 16 VERHELST, Louis (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) ITA 17 NAPOLITANO, Danilo (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) ITA 18 SBARAGLI, Kristian (MTN - QHUBEKA) BEL 19 VANSPEYBROUCK, Pieter (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) AUT 20 HALLER, Marco (KATUSHA) General Classification after Stage 2 GBR 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) 7:06:00 ITA 2 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ITA 3 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) NED 4 BOS, Theo (BELKIN) BEL 5 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) USA 6 HANSON, Ken (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) NED 7 WIPPERT, Wouter (DRAPAC) ITA 8 CHICCHI, Francesco (NERI SOTTOLI) ITA 9 NAPOLITANO, Danilo (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) ITA 10 LASCA, Francesco (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA)Full Official Stage 2 Results and General Classification — tourofturkey.org
Cavendish strikes again — cyclingnews
Last 5 Km of Stage 2 (04:53 English) — eurosport
On-Demand Full Stage 2 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
One-Minute Highlights (00:57 Turkish) — trtspor
Back-Stage 2 (02:51 Music/Turkish) — TourofTurkey
28 Big Photos from Stage 2 — veloimages
Mark Cavendish speaks to the press after winning stage 2 (03:46 English) — cyclingtips
Stage 2 preview: Alanya → Kemer, 174 km (rolling)
April 27 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 2 start time: Monday 10:50 EEST (7:50:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Alanya, Turkey
Earliest live video: 13:00 EEST (10:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Estimated finish: 14:54 EEST (11:54:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Kemer, Turkey
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage
21 Big Photos from Stage 1 — veloimages
Stage 1 Results GBR 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) 3:15:43 ITA 2 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) NED 3 BOS, Theo (BELKIN) ITA 4 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo (LAMPRE - MERIDA) BEL 5 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) ITA 6 PALINI, Andrea (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ITA 7 NAPOLITANO, Danilo (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) BEL 8 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas (LOTTO BELISOL) ITA 9 GUARDINI, Andrea (ASTANA) ITA 10 SBARAGLI, Kristian (MTN - QHUBEKA) NED 11 WIPPERT, Wouter (DRAPAC) BEL 12 SALOMEIN, Jarl (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) ITA 13 PERON, Andrea (NOVO NORDISK) USA 14 HANSON, Ken (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) BEL 15 VERHELST, Louis (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) USA 16 MURPHY, John (UNITEDHEALTHCARE) ALG 17 REGUIGUI, Youcef (MTN - QHUBEKA) TUR 18 ORKEN, Ahmet (TORKU SEKERSPOR) NED 19 VERSCHOOR, Martijn (NOVO NORDISK) FRA 20 LEFRANCOIS, Nicolas (NOVO NORDISK) General Classification after Stage 1 GBR 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) 3:15:43 ITA 2 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) NED 3 BOS, Theo (BELKIN) ITA 4 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo (LAMPRE - MERIDA) BEL 5 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE) ITA 6 PALINI, Andrea (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ITA 7 NAPOLITANO, Danilo (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT) BEL 8 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas (LOTTO BELISOL) ITA 9 GUARDINI, Andrea (ASTANA) ITA 10 SBARAGLI, Kristian (MTN - QHUBEKA)Full Official Stage 1 Results and General Classification — tourofturkey.org
Cavendish wins stage 1 — cyclingnews
Last 9 Km of Stage 1 (08:57 English) — eurosport
21 Big Photos from Stage 1 — veloimages
Brief Stage 1 Highlights (00:39 English) — eurosport
On-Demand Full Stage 1 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
Highlights: İlk etaba Cavendish damgası (01:06 Turkish) — trtspor
Mark Cavendish speaks to the press after winning stage one (05:20 English) — cyclingtips
Back-Stage 1 (02:48 Music/Turkish) — TourofTurkey
Stage 1 preview: Alanya → Alanya, 145 km (rolling)
April 25 update: As in past years, the race kicks off with the traditional out and back sprint stage along the coast based in Alanya. Cavendish, Greipel, Bos or Guardini ... take your pick for the stage 1 winner. — SteveSee the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 1 start time: Sunday 11:40 EEST (8:40:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Alanya, Turkey
Earliest live video: 13:00 EEST (10:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Estimated finish: 14:54 EEST (11:54:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Alanya, Turkey
2014 Tour of Turkey Preview
April 27 update:
A day before the start; Teams Presentation (01:42 Music) — TourofTurkey
Cavendish ready for Tour of Turkey — cyclingtips
April 26 update:
Official Startlist w/ bib numbers — steephill.tv
Team Colombia withdraws from Tour of Turkey due to missing passports — road.cc
April 25 update:
Tour of Turkey starts ‘Silver Jubilee’ with stage in Alanya — hurriyetdailynews
Andre Greipel to make injury comeback at the Tour of Turkey — cyclingweekly.co.uk
Team Colombia may miss Tour of Turkey, claims UK Embassy in Rome has riders' passports — road.cc
 
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Drapac looking forward to Presidential Tour of Turkey debut — cyclingnews
April 14 update:
Provisional Startlist — steephill.tv
April 1 update:
Greipel to return to racing at Tour of Turkey — cyclingnews
March 21 update:
Race Promo for 50th Edition (00:33 Music) — tourofturkey
Extended Race Promo for 50th Edition (02:41 Turkish/English) — tourofturkey
February 20 update:
Third climbing stage to feature on Presidential Tour of Turkey route, GC battle will be more intense — velonation
All stage maps and profiles are posted in the race summary table (right)
Race History with Past Winners — wikipedia
Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage
April 25 update: The tv and online options to view the 2014 Tour of Turkey are now listed below. Unrestricted live links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for updates to the online links and tv schedules. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video or tv coverage as they become known. — Steve| media source | tv or internet | comments/restrictions | |
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USA; Live each day with Marty Macdonald & Brian Smith; subscription required. Subscribers will also get access to the As-Live Repeat Broadcast. | |
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Eurosport English Stage 1 live coverage starts at 12:00 CET on Eurosport 2. Eurosport Tour of Turkey TV Schedule |
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live videom (turkish) live video (german) tv schedule |
Daily live coverage by Turkey's national broadcaster; the earliest live coverage | |
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short text updates from any and everyone | |
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2014 Tour of Turkey Route Map
Stage maps and profiles are posted in the race summary table.