Dietsch wins in Turkey
Stevkova tops women's field
Thomas Dietsch sprinted to victory at the end of the Manavgat marathon. The Frenchman was invited to the race on Easter Sunday on the Turkish Riviera just one week after finishing the Cape Epic.
Situated at the foot of the Taurus Mountains, Manavgat hosted a round of the UCI marathon World Cup in 2008. This year's 92km race featured 2153m of climbing, spread over two major mountains.
"I have very fond memories of Manavgat," said Dietsch, thinking of winning in 2008. "How it will work out for me today, I can't say yet," he said before the race. "I was quite tired after the Cape Epic, but I want to pick up where Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm left off in South Africa, with a victory for Team Bulls."
The Frenchman went on to win the race, but it wasn't easy for him. Dietsch was the member of a five-racer lead group from early in the race. All the other members of the group were Vaude-Simplon teammates, leaving Dietsch outnumbered.
With a fast pace up the mountain, Dietsch worked against odds in an attempt to escape, but the group stayed together. He wasn't looking forward to a sprint finish against teammates on a long straight. Martin Kiechle und Markus Kaufmann started the sprint, but Dietsch shot around the two to get his first win of 2010.
"It was a tough race. Four against one was, in particular, a heavy challenge," said Dietsch. "I always tried to make the group smaller, but I didn't have the legs to do so. I did not expect victory. I thought that at the end, in a sprint, it would never work out.
"The first win is in the season is always something special!" said a happy Dietsch.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Dietsch (Fra) | 3:44:20 |
2 | Martin Kiechle (Ger) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Markus Kaufmann (Ger) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Frans Claes (Bel) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Andreas Strobel (Ger) | 0:06:20 |
6 | Rupert Palmberger (Ger) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Daniel Eiermann (Ger) | 0:10:26 |
8 | Ramses Bekkenk (Ned) | 0:14:10 |
9 | Bilal Akgul (Tur) | 0:20:20 |
10 | Jochen Coconcelli (Ger) | 0:20:29 |
11 | Abdulkadir Kelleci (Tur) | 0:20:38 |
12 | Sonke Wegner (Ger) | 0:23:08 |
13 | Marcel Braun (Ger) | 0:28:45 |
14 | Tomas Legnavsky (Svk) | 0:30:31 |
15 | Hamza Kansiz (Tur) | 0:33:08 |
16 | Halil Korkmaz (Tur) | 0:39:50 |
17 | Gokhan Uzuntas (Tur) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Kamil Akalp (Tur) | 0:40:28 |
19 | Isak Unal (Tur) | 0:47:43 |
20 | Zulfu Karabulut (Tur) | 0:51:07 |
21 | Mehmet Kurt (Tur) | 0:54:52 |
22 | Muammer Yildiz (Tur) | 0:58:17 |
23 | Yavuz Kilim (Tur) | 1:02:25 |
24 | Ali Gulcan (Tur) | 1:07:56 |
25 | Mahmut Karabiber (Tur) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Yasin Yaman (Tur) | 1:12:02 |
27 | Mahmut Bayram (Tur) | 1:15:40 |
28 | Esengin Huseyin (Tur) | 1:16:00 |
29 | Fatih Ozbudak (Tur) | 1:21:02 |
OTL | Ahmet Adali (Tur) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Öner Akdik (Tur) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Huseyin Balli (Tur) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Mahmut Bayram (Tur) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Safa Berkil (Tur) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ozan Ali Bulunmaz (Tur) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Fatih Büyükbalçaci (Tur) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Demirkan Ismail (Tur) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ilker Duver (Tur) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ugur Goksu (Tur) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Guner Burak (Tur) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Kemal Isiktas (Tur) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Kes Serkan (Tur) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Selcuk Keskin (Tur) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Kilic Can (Tur) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Kilic Deniz (Tur) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Kunuk Gokay (Tur) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Kurt Deniz (Tur) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ismail Odabasioglu (Tur) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Onen M. Emin (Tur) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ozbek Iskender (Tur) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ozgenlik Fatih (Tur) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ozkan Bugra (Tur) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ozsayan Mustafa (Tur) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Mustafa Ozyilmaz (Tur) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Hüseyin Peker (Tur) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Sahin Yusuf (Tur) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Sari Emin (Tur) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Silbir Mehmet Selim (Tur) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Mustafa Sirin (Tur) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Besim Tel (Tur) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Uysaler Samet (Tur) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Demir Berkay Yavrucuk (Tur) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Yigit Erkut (Tur) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Yilmaz Tuncay (Tur) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Duraloglu Kadir (Tur) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Xavier Charles (Swi) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Claus Crone (Den) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Senturk Serif (Tur) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kasif Garzan (Tur) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ulger Mustafa (Tur) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Veut Mathias (Ger) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hannes Genze (Ger) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ortakli Mustafa (Tur) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DSQ | Benjamin Jörges (Ger) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Aktas Adem (Tur) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Gokhan Cigdem (Tur) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Cemal Dilben (Tur) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mercan Cihan (Tur) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Yunus Terkin (Tur) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Janka Stevkova (Svk) | 3:37:25 |
2 | Fabienne Heinzmann (Swi) | 0:02:55 |
3 | Esra Kurkcu (Tur) | 0:48:48 |
OTL | Gul Celebi (Tur) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ayris Isik (Tur) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Pelin Bayram (Tur) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Serda Cicek (Tur) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Elif Murat (Tur) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Erica Fendley (USA) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
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