2013 Tour of Turkey explained

2013 Tour of Turkey
Date:	21–28 April 2013
Stages:	8
Distance:	1205
Unit:	km
Time:	29h 13' 13"
First:	Natnael Berhane
First Nat:	ERI
First Color:	blue
Second:	Yoann Bagot
Second Nat:	FRA
Third:	Maxime Méderel
Third Nat:	FRA
Sprints:	Mikhail Ignatiev
Sprints Nat:	RUS
Sprints Color:	white
Mountains:	Sergiy Grechyn
Mountains Nat:	UKR
Mountains Color:	red
Points:	André Greipel
Points Nat:	GER
Points Color:	green
Previous:	2012
Next:	2014

The 2013 Tour of Turkey was the 49th edition of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey cycling stage race. It was held from 21 April to 28 April 2013, and was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In early 2014 Turkish Cycling Federation disqualified the original winner Mustafa Sayar and announced Natnael Berhane's victory.^[1]

Teams

There were 25 teams participating in the 2013 Tour of Turkey. Among them were 9 UCI ProTeams, 15 UCI Professional Continental teams, and 1 UCI Continental team. Each team were allowed a maximum of eight riders on their squad, giving the event a peloton of 193 cyclists at its outset.^[2] ^[3]

UCI ProTour Teams

UCI Professional Continental Teams

UCI Continental Teams

Stages

Stage 1

21 April 2013 – Alanya to Alanya, 143km (89miles)

Stage 1 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 08' 37"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 08' 37"
2			+ 4"
3			+ 6"
4			+ 10"
5			+ 10"
6			+ 10"
7			+ 10"
8			+ 10"
9			+ 10"
10			+ 10"

Stage 2

22 April 2013 – Alanya to Antalya, 150km (90miles)

Stage 2 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 23' 54"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			6h 32' 21"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 0"
4			+ 4"
5			+ 6"
6			+ 10"
7			+ 10"
8			+ 10"
9			+ 10"
10			+ 10"

Stage 3

23 April 2013 – Antalya to Elmalı, 153.5km (95.4miles)

Stage 3 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 16' 06"
2			+ 6"
3			+ 6"
4			+ 16"
5			+ 24"
6			+ 24"
7			+ 24"
8			+ 28"
9			+ 30"
10			+ 33"

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			10h 48' 27"
2			+ 10"
3			+ 12"
4			+ 26"
5			+ 34"
6			+ 34"
7			+ 34"
8			+ 38"
9			+ 40"
10			+ 43"

Stage 4

24 April 2013 – Göcek to Marmaris, 147km (91miles)

Stage 4 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 38' 47"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			14h 27' 14"
2			+ 10"
3			+ 12"
4			+ 26"
5			+ 34"
6			+ 34"
7			+ 34"
8			+ 38"
9			+ 40"
10			+ 43"

Stage 5

25 April 2013 – Marmaris to Bodrum, 183km (114miles)

Stage 5 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 41' 59"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			19h 09' 13"
2			+ 10"
3			+ 12"
4			+ 26"
5			+ 34"
6			+ 34"
7			+ 34"
8			+ 38"
9			+ 40"
10			+ 43"

Stage 6

26 April 2013 – Bodrum to Selçuk, 183km (114miles)

Stage 6 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
DSQ			DSQ (4h 40' 09")
1			+ 18"
2			+ 23"
3			+ 28"
4			+ 30"
5			+ 30"
6			+ 30"
7			+ 30"
8			+ 33"
9			+ 33"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			23h 49' 24"
2			+ 41"
3			+ 44"
4			+ 57"
5			+ 1' 00"
6			+ 1' 02"
7			+ 1' 08"
8			+ 1' 09"
9			+ 1' 13"
10			+ 1' 15"

Stage 7

27 April 2013 – Kuşadası to Izmir, 124km (77miles)

Stage 7 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			2h 40' 04"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 7

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			26h 29' 28"
2			+ 41"
3			+ 44"
4			+ 57"
5			+ 1' 00"
6			+ 1' 02"
7			+ 1' 08"
8			+ 1' 09"
9			+ 1' 13"
10			+ 1' 15"

Stage 8

28 April 2013 – Istanbul, 121km (75miles)

Stage 8 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			2h 43' 45"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 8

	Cyclist	Team	Time
DSQ			DSQ (29h 13' 13")
1			+ 41"
2			+ 44"
3			+ 57"
4			+ 1' 00"
5			+ 1' 02"
6			+ 1' 08"
7			+ 1' 09"
8			+ 1' 13"
9			+ 1' 15"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General Classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Turkish Beauties Classification
1	Marcel Kittel	Marcel Kittel	Marcel Kittel	Mustafa Sayar	Mikhail Ignatiev
2	Aidis Kruopis	André Greipel	André Greipel	Mustafa Sayar	Ahmet Örken
3	Natnael Berhane	Natnael Berhane		Mauro Finetto	Ahmet Örken
4	André Greipel			Sergiy Grechyn	Mikhail Ignatiev
5	André Greipel
6	~~Mustafa Sayar~~ Yoann Bagot	Mustafa Sayar
7	Marcel Kittel
8	Marcel Kittel
Final		~~Mustafa Sayar~~ Natnael Berhane	André Greipel	Sergiy Grechyn	Mikhail Ignatiev

Notes and References

News: Tour of Turkey Victory Passed to Eritrean Natnael Berhane.
Web site: List of the participating teams on the official website . 2013-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130420173419/http://www.tourofturkey.org/2013/teams . 2013-04-20 . dead .
Web site: Official start list. Tour of Turkey. Turkish Cycling Federation. 22 April 2013. 20 April 2013. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20130512112923/http://tourofturkey.org/2013/media/stages/results/stage1_STA.pdf. 2013-05-12. dead.