CAV GETS HIS FOURTH — TOUR OF TURKEY 2021 STAGE 8 RESULTS

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2021 - 56th Edition - 8th stage Boldrun - Kusadasi - Mark Cavendish (GBR - Deceuninck - Quick-Step) - Jasper Philipsen (BEL - Alpecin-Fenix)

Mark Cavendish finished off the Tour of Turkey on Sunday with a fourth victory in eight stages while Jose Manuel Diaz hung on to overall victory by one second. British veteran Cavendish, who rides for Deceuninck-Quick-Step, landed the final blow in his week-long sprint duel with Jasper Philipsen, bursting past the young Belgian in the closing 100 meters of a 98-mile final stage from Bodrum to Kusadasi.

The 35-year-old Cavendish, who before this race had not won since February 2018, grabbed the second, third and fourth stages in Turkey with Philipsen second each time. The Belgian hit back to take stage six, when Cavendish missed the podium, and stage seven, with Cavendish third. Spaniard Jose Manuel Diaz, who rides for Delko, edged Australian Jay Vine to win the fifth stage and collect precious bonus seconds. Despite the efforts of Vine’s depleted Alpecin team, including Philipsen, on Sunday, he could not collect the bonus he needed to overhaul Diaz’s tiny lead.

The B&B Hotels team withdrew from the race before the final stage after a positive Covid-19 test following the American Rally team doing the same on Friday morning.

RESULTS

1	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck – Quick Step	3:24:38
2	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Alpecin-Fenix	0:00
3	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	0:00
4	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:00
5	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:00
6	ALBANESE Vincenzo	EOLO-Kometa	0:00
7	ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław	Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB	0:00
8	CIMA Damiano	Gazprom – RusVelo	0:00
9	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:00
10	ÖRKEN Ahmet	Team Sapura Cycling	0:00

Jose Manuel Diaz (ESP – Team Delko) – Jay Vine (AUS – Alpecin-Fenix) – Eduardo Sepulveda (ARG – Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec)

OVERALL STANDINGS

1	DÍAZ José Manuel	DELKO	29:19:40
2	VINE Jay	Alpecin-Fenix	0:01
3	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec	0:06
4	GARCÍA Jhojan	Caja Rural – Seguros RGA	0:25
5	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana – Premier Tech	0:28
6	CHARMIG Anthon	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	0:30
7	FERNÁNDEZ Delio	DELKO	0:33
8	NYCH Artem	Gazprom – RusVelo	0:52
9	JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	0:55
10	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskaltel – Euskadi	1:01

RBA/AFP Photos: Bettini/VeloImages