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Presidential Cycling Tour - 2.1

Turkey, April 13-20, 2008

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Stage 6 - April 19: Finike - Antalya, 115.8km

On the path of Alessandro the Great

A sick Petacchi wins in Antalya, Garcia Dapena stays in yellow

By Jean-François Quénet in Antalya

Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) gets win number two
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Alessandro Petacchi took another stage win in Turkey when he fought down Maximiliano Richeze Ariel of CSF Group Navigare and Benfica's Javier Benitez Pomares in Antalya. The stage offered the riders an unforgettable journey with a permanent scenic view on the coast of the gulf of Antalya, where Alexander the Great, the most famous emperor of the Antique world, used to install his winter headquarters, precisely in Phaselis. That was at the half way into the route leading the riders to the town of Antalya, where Alessandro "Il Grande" Petacchi was able to repeat his stage one victory.

The top sprinter from Milram received the honours in his usual cool demeanour, seemingly never expressing any joy when he scores. His apparent sadness wasn't because of his Milram train having derailed once again en route to the finishing line. "The two times I've won a stage in this race and also yesterday, there has been a breakaway and my guys have been bravely riding behind," Petacchi said in defence to his team-mates who disappeared in the crucial last five kilometers.

"At the end I did my own thing and I profited from the train of CSF-Navigare," he continued. "[Alberto] Ongarato closed the gap to [Matteo] Priamo. It's not fair what the Navigare team did today. They've been winning for three days in a row and they stayed on our wheels all day today. They let us do all the work without lending a hand."

As he described the stage, Petacchi was coughing, sometimes badly. Apparently he hasn't fully recovered from the flu he sustained at Milano-Sanremo and the warm weather in Turkey wasn't enough to get rid of the asthma that obliged him to take ventolin last year at the Tour of Italy. That's how he went positive for salbutamol. He still awaits a final decision from the prosecutor of CONI before the end of April regarding a possible sanction, due to the high dose of the substance found in his analysis.

Petacchi after winning...
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"I hope I'll be able to breathe better tomorrow for the last stage of the Tour of Turkey," he commented. "Tomorrow is another day. I'm happy with two stage wins already. I got the first one after consultation of the photo-finish and I wanted to win in a better way. I've succeeded to do that."

Race leader David Garcia Dapena was happy with Petacchi's stage win. "It will motivate him for doing it again tomorrow," the smiling Spaniard said. "Therefore, his team will probably do most of the work again. We put some riders [to the front] to help them as much as we could today. That's one more day, or, let's say it's one day less before the conclusion."

The Karpin-Galicia rider looks like having the situation under full control, with only one stage left in the Tour of Turkey.

How it unfolded

A break of nine men
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Nine men took off after just 12 kilometers: Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval), Aitor Perez (Extremadura), Dominique Cornu (Silence-Lotto), Andrey Zeits (Astana), Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni), Martin Mares (PSK Whirlpool), Sander Oostlander (Dutch national team), Mindaugas Striska (Mitsubishi-Jartazi), Der Zolt (Centri della Calzatura-Partizan).

They got a maximum lead of three minutes, but the teams Lampre and Milram didn't repeat the same mistake as the day before. They rode hard early enough to bring them back, which they did with 28 kilometers to go.

Benoît Joachim (Astana), Manuel Belletti (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni), Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre) and Paul Van Schalen (Dutch National Team) tried to escape from the bunch with no success. Ruslan Ivanov (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni), Enrique Salgueiro (Extremadura) and Nebojsa Jovanovic (Cosmote) had more luck. They created a gap of eight seconds with 20 kilometres to go. They reached an advantage of 13 seconds but they got brought back with 10 kilometres to go.

A bunch sprint was inevitable. Milram looked to control the situation until Astana and later CSF-Navigare took the first positions of the bunch. Matteo Priamo (CSF) tried to surprise the sprinters but Alberto Ongarato was prompt to take Alessandro Petacchi back onto Priamo's wheel. Petacchi easily won the sprint by two bike lengths.

David Garcia Dapena (Karpin-Galicia) maintained the yellow jersey.

Photography

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Results

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                         2.43.35 (41.95 km/h)
2 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                   
3 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                         
4 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni                   
5 Ciaran Power (Irl) Irish National Team                               
6 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                           
7 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                           0.03
8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           
9 Sante Di Nizio (Ita) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica                 
10 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                      
11 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni               
12 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                       
13 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni                     
14 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                   
15 Jose Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        
16 Donato Cannone (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC                          0.05
17 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC                         
18 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Dutch National Team                          
19 Christopher Schmieg (Ger) Team Ista                                 
20 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura                               
21 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                           
22 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                       
23 Kirilov Chanliev (Bul) Brisa                                        
24 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team                             
25 David Mc Cann (Irl) Irish National Team                             
26 Alonso Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura                                  
27 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan              
28 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                      
29 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro                             
30 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) AC Sparta Praha                                  
31 Martin Hebik (Cze) AC Sparta Praha                                  
32 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                         
33 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni            0.10
34 Ivan Hernandez Henao (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan          
35 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                      
36 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            
37 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                          
38 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan                  
39 Artur Krol (Pol) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan                    
40 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      
41 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica             
42 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                           
43 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                           
44 Josu Mondelo Diaz (Spa) Extremadura                                 
45 José De Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                       
46 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           
47 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Srb) Cosmote Kastro                              
48 Danail Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                         
49 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Brisa                                     
50 Hans Bloks (Ned) Dutch National Team                                
51 Zolt Der (Srb) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan                      
52 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                        
53 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         
54 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
55 Janusch Laule (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                     
56 Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                          
57 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       
58 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Brisa                                           
59 Miguel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan         
60 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica                                           
61 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        
62 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Irish National Team                             
63 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) AC Sparta Praha                              
64 Josef Soukup (Cze) AC Sparta Praha                                  
65 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                           
66 Petr Behzik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                            
67 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
68 Fabian Schaar (Ger) Team Ista                                       
69 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Ista                                      
70 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                
71 Mert Mutlu (Tur) Brisa                                              
72 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Extremadura                             
73 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica                  
74 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                 
75 Mindaugas Striska (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                        
76 Igor Leonovich (Tkm) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei                     
77 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott                        
78 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) AC Sparta Praha                            
79 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                           
80 Egon Van Kessel (Jr) (Ned) Dutch National Team                      
81 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista                              
82 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  
83 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Dutch National Team                         
84 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni                    
85 Francesco Reda (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC                              
86 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                          
87 José Mendes (Por) Benfica                                           
88 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                     0.34
89 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                 0.54
90 Dominguez Herrero (Spa) Extremadura                             0.57
91 Cornelius Van Ooijen (Ned) Dutch National Team                  0.59
92 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                             
93 Delio Ferandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            
94 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                     1.01
95 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                 11.12
96 Mosquera Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            14.23
97 Usta Behcet (Tur) Turkish National Team                             
98 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team                            
99 Alessio Signego (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC                             
100 Marco Weilenmann (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                 
101 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                         
102 Jaime Garcia Latorre (Spa) Extremadura                             
103 Frank Dressler (Ger) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                          
104 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Turkish National Team                     18.20
105 Peter Jörg (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                       
106 Sean Lacey (Irl) Irish National Team                               
107 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                         
108 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team                            
109 Benjamin Baumgartner (Swi) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei              
110 Lubos Pelanek (Cze) Lampre                                         
111 Tiago Claro (Por) Benfica                                          
112 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni                  
113 Robin Schmuda (Ger) Team Ista                                      
114 Orhan Sahin (Tur) Turkish National Team                       18.25
115 Ismail Aksoy (Tur) Turkish National Team                           
116 Matthias Ladner (Aut) Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol                   
117 Florian Salzinger (Ger) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica            
HD Michal Kesl (Cze) AC Sparta Praha                                   
HD Panadero Castano (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
HD Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                  
HD Nico Graf (Ger) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei                          
HD Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC                          
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     21.43.57
2 Jose Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     0.18
3 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                    
4 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        0.21
5 Danail Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                      1.38
6 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni             7.20
7 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni            8.56
8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                       8.58
9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               9.11
10 Josu Mondelo Diaz (Spa) Extremadura                             9.23
11 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                   9.38
12 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                  10.12
13 Alonso Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura                             10.15
14 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni                10.22
15 José De Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                  10.26
16 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                      10.49
17 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                         10.56
18 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan             11.26
19 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC                    11.42
20 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                      12.12
21 Miguel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan    12.19
22 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni               12.51
23 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                  14.03
24 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                     14.32
25 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan         14.49
26 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura                          21.32
27 Francesco Reda (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC                         21.36
28 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                        21.38
29 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                    21.55
30 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                          22.07
31 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                   22.10
32 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Ista                                 22.25
33 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott                        
34 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team                        22.26
35 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                 22.28
36 Petr Behzik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                       22.31
37 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                   22.33
38 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
39 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                 22.37
40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                    22.38
41 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista                              
42 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                     22.40
43 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                   22.42
44 Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                     22.43
45 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                 22.48
46 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                      22.56
47 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                      23.09
48 David Mc Cann (Irl) Irish National Team                        23.33
49 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica        23.34
50 Zolt Der (Srb) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan                 23.38
51 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto                           23.44
52 Ciaran Power (Irl) Irish National Team                         23.46
53 Hans Bloks (Ned) Dutch National Team                           24.00
54 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Brisa                                24.13
55 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Brisa                                      24.21
56 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Dutch National Team                    24.22
57 Mert Mutlu (Tur) Brisa                                         24.25
58 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro                        25.10
59 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                      25.15
60 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  
61 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare             25.17
62 Christopher Schmieg (Ger) Team Ista                            25.18
63 Kirilov Chanliev (Bul) Brisa                                   25.28
64 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Srb) Cosmote Kastro                              
65 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) AC Sparta Praha                       25.32
66 Dominguez Herrero (Spa) Extremadura                            25.33
67 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni             25.37
68 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                    26.11
69 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Dutch National Team                     26.13
70 José Mendes (Por) Benfica                                      26.26
71 Fabian Schaar (Ger) Team Ista                                  26.31
72 Alessio Signego (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC                        27.25
73 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                28.33
74 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                    28.43
75 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence-Lotto                            32.51
76 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica                                      35.35
77 Usta Behcet (Tur) Turkish National Team                        40.40
78 Donato Cannone (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC                         41.40
79 Delio Ferandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       42.33
80 Artur Krol (Pol) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan               43.37
81 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni              43.39
82 Ivan Hernandez Henao (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan     45.02
83 Egon Van Kessel (Jr) (Ned) Dutch National Team                 46.42
84 Florian Salzinger (Ger) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica        46.47
85 Janusch Laule (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                47.22
86 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica             47.40
87 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Extremadura                        48.52
88 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                 53.55
89 Tiago Claro (Por) Benfica                                      54.10
90 Martin Hebik (Cze) AC Sparta Praha                           1.00.23
91 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) AC Sparta Praha                           1.00.52
92 Cornelius Van Ooijen (Ned) Dutch National Team               1.00.59
93 Sante Di Nizio (Ita) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica         1.03.54
94 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) AC Sparta Praha                       1.05.07
95 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi               1.05.34
96 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Irish National Team                      1.10.37
97 Mindaugas Striska (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                        
98 Marco Weilenmann (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas           1.13.38
99 Mosquera Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          1.14.41
100 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                  1.15.17
101 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                  1.15.29
102 Frank Dressler (Ger) Mitsubishi - Jartazi                   1.16.40
103 Igor Leonovich (Tkm) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei             1.16.41
104 Robin Schmuda (Ger) Team Ista                               1.17.28
105 Orhan Sahin (Tur) Turkish National Team                     1.19.10
106 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team                    1.19.24
107 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Turkish National Team                   1.19.45
108 Lubos Pelanek (Cze) Lampre                                  1.20.44
109 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                  1.25.00
110 Jaime Garcia Latorre (Spa) Extremadura                      1.33.05
112 Peter Jörg (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                1.36.57
113 Ismail Aksoy (Tur) Turkish National Team                    1.36.59
114 Josef Soukup (Cze) AC Sparta Praha                          1.38.01
116 Benjamin Baumgartner (Swi) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei       1.40.02
117 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team                     1.50.36
119 Matthias Ladner (Aut) Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol            2.06.13
121 Sean Lacey (Irl) Irish National Team                        2.13.23