The next-to-last stage event of the 2018 UCI World Tour began Tuesday in the Presidential Tour of Turkey, with Argentina’s Maximiliano Richeze claiming his first World Tour race win in two years.
The hilly, 148.4 km course in and around Konya featured one major climb with three peaks, but the last 26 km almost all downhill, resulting in a mass finish with 90 rides awarded the same time. Richeze, 35, managed to elude Ireland’s Sam Bennett on the final sprint and earned his second career World Tour win and sixth in a major stage event, with two stage wins in the 2007 Giro d’Italia. He’s now won three stages in the Presidential Tour of Turkey, having won twice in the 2008 race.
The Tour finishes Sunday. Look for results here. Summaries and stage notes:
UCI World Tour/Presidential Tour of Turkey
Turkey ~ 9-14 October 2018
(Full results here)
Stage 1 (148.4 km): 1. Maximiliano Richeze (ARG), 3:29:14; 2. Sam Bennett (IRL), 3:29:14; 3. Jempy Drucker (LUX), 3:29:14; 4. Alvaro Jose Hodeg (COL), 3:29:14; 5. Brenton Jones (AUS), 3:29:14.
Stage 2: 10 September: 149.6 km ~ Alanya-Antalya (flat)
Stage 3: 11 September: 132.7 km ~ Fethiye-Marmaris (hilly)
Stage 4: 12 September: 205.5 km ~ Marmaris-Selcuk (mountains)
Stage 5: 13 September: 135.7 km ~ Selcuk-Manisa (hilly)
Stage 6: 14 September: 164.0 km ~ Bursa-Istanbul (hilly)
