Felix Grossschartner soloed to victory on a wet stage five of the Tour of Turkey in Kartepe today.
Bora-Hansgrohe’s Felix Grossschartner won stage five of the Tour of Turkey in Kartepe today. Pictured were riders during yesterday’s stage. Photo: Velo Images/Brian Hodes
The Austrian finished the 164.1km race from Bursa in 4:17:13 to beat Italian Valerio Conti and Eritrean Merhawi Kudus.
Grossschartner of Bora-Hansgrohe took the overall lead (20:43:09) ahead of UAE-Team Emirates’ Conti (+0:00:19) and Astana Pro’s Kudus (+0:00:25).
View the provisional results below.
Stage five results
1. Felix Grossschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) 4:17:13
2. Valerio Conti (UAE-Team Emirates) +0:00:09
3. Merhawi Kudus (Astana Pro Team)
4. Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step) +0:00:16
5. Edgar Pinto (W52/FC Porto) +0:0:40
6. Jan Polanc (UAE-Team Emirates) +0:00:51
7. Kyle Murphy (Rally UHC Cycling) +0:00:58
8. Mauro Finetto (Delko Marseille Provence) +0:01:03
9. Etienne Van Empel (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM) +0:01:08
10. Rob Britton (Rally UHC Cycling)
*Selected
25. Stefan De Bod (Dimension Data) +0:02:44
53. Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data) +0:07:50
93. Jaco Venter (Dimension Data) +0:18:30
General classification
1. Felix Grossschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) 20:43:09
2. Valerio Conti (UAE-Team Emirates) +0:00:19
3. Merhawi Kudus (Astana Pro Team) +0:00:25
4. Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step) +0:00:41
5. Edgar Pinto (W52/FC Porto) +0:00:59
6. Jan Polanc (UAE-Team Emirates) +0:01:07
7. Mauro Finetto (Delko Marseille Provence) +0:01:19
8. Jhonatan Restrepo (Manzana Postobon) +0:01:26
9. Gonzalo Serrano (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) +0:01:29
10. Kyle Murphy (Rally UHC Cycling) +0:01:30
*Selected
30. Stefan De Bod (Dimension Data) +0:05:34
44. Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data) +0:08:31
111. Jaco Venter (Dimension Data) +0:31:21
