New Zealander Patrick Bevin (Israel Premier Tech) became the new head of the Tour of Turkey on Saturday at the expense of Argentine Eduardo Sepúlvedaby winning the seventh and penultimate stage as part of a trio with his compatriot Jay Vine and Frenchman Nicolas Edet, who came next, 2 and 4 seconds away, respectively.
Sepúlveda entered the chasing group of escapees, 41 seconds behind the winner, and is now third overall, 40 seconds behind Bevin and 20 seconds behind Vine, second classified.
This was the second professional victory for Bevin, who only won one stage on the Santos Tour Down Under. (Australia) in 2019, more than three years ago.
The seventh stage featured the 131.3km course between Gelibolu and Tekirdag. With only two second climbs in the category, the second 20 kilometers from the finish line, the day seemed not dangerous for the leader, Sepúlveda, who was strongly supported by his team (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli) to defend his 11-second advantage against Bevin, but the aggressiveness of the leader of the Israel-Premier Tech ranks paid off hard.
Due to the New Zealander attack at the foot of the last port, the Argentine was cut offcaught in a group of twenty losing time, second to second, with respect to the trio of escapees.
Four runners started the day’s breakaway at km 15: Canadian Nickolas Zukowsky (Human Health), Norwegian Syver Waersted (Uno-X), Turkish Feritcam Samli (Spor Toto) and Belgian Abram Stockman (Saris Rouby). They were all sucked into the platoon on the walk to the last pass, when Bevin attacked, along with Jay Vine and Nicolas Edet.
The leading trio had a 35-second advantage over the leader group with 25 km left and despite the efforts of the Androni team and Sepúlveda himself, the Argentine could not save the leader’s jersey, with only one day left. left.
In the battle for the stage, Edet jumped the last kilometer banner, but did not surprise his teammates. The decisive step was taken by Bevin, who won with partial victory and took the lead. Vine and Edet then crossed the finish line.
The 57th edition of the Tour of Turkey will end this Sunday with a 137.8 km stage that will start and end in Istanbul. The first half will run on the Gotzepe circuit and from there to the finish line is a single third category mountain pass, 20 kilometers from the end.
Source: La Verdad
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