2016 Presidential Tour of Turkey

The 2016 Presidential Tour of Turkey was a road cycling stage race that took place in Turkey between 24 April and 1 May 2016. It was the 52nd edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour. The race included eight stages; seven of these were moderately hilly, while Stage 6 ended with a summit finish at Elmalı. The defending champion was Lampre–Merida's Kristijan Đurasek.^[1]

2016 Tour of Turkey

2016 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	24 April–1 May
Stages	8
Results
Winner  José Gonçalves (POR) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA)   Second  David Arroyo (ESP) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA)   Third  Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) (Astana) Points  Manuel Belletti (ITA) (Southeast–Venezuela) Mountains  Przemysław Niemiec (POL) (Lampre–Merida) Combination  Lluís Mas (ESP) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA)   Team Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
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Schedule

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	24 April	Istanbul to Istanbul	129.2 km (80.3 mi)		Hilly stage	Przemysław Niemiec (POL)
2	25 April	Cappadocia to Cappadocia	154.1 km (95.8 mi)		Intermediate stage	Pello Bilbao (ESP)
3	26 April	Aksaray to Konya	158.9 km (98.7 mi)		Hilly stage	André Greipel (GER)
4	27 April	Seydişehir to Alanya	187 km (116.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Sacha Modolo (ITA)
5	28 April	Alanya to Kemer	189.3 km (117.6 mi)		Flat stage	Jakub Mareczko (ITA)
6	29 April	Kumluca to Elmalı	116.9 km (72.6 mi)		Mountain stage	Jaime Rosón (ESP)
7	30 April	Fethiye to Marmaris	128.6 km (79.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Sacha Modolo (ITA)
8	1 May	Marmaris to Selçuk	201.7 km (125.3 mi)		Hilly stage	Jakub Mareczko (ITA)
Total		1,265.7 km (786.5 mi)

Participating teams

Fifteen (15) team participated in the 2016 edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams (18/2)

• Lampre–Merida
• Lotto–Soudal

UCI Professional Continental teams

• CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
• Nippo–Vini Fantini
• Team Roth
• Funvic Soul Cycles–Carrefour
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Verva ActiveJet
• Delko–Marseille Provence KTM
• Southeast–Venezuela

UCI Continental teams

• Astana City
• Hrinkow Advarics Cycleangteam
• Unieuro–Wilier
• Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
• Torku Şekerspor

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification turkuaz mayo	Mountains classification kırmızı mayo	Turkish Beauties classification beyaz mayo	Points classification yeşil mayo	Team classification
1	Przemysław Niemiec	Przemysław Niemiec	Rémy Di Gregorio	Lluís Mas	Przemysław Niemiec	Lampre–Merida
2	Pello Bilbao				José Gonçalves	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
3	André Greipel	Pello Bilbao
4	Sacha Modolo
5	Jakub Mareczko				Alberto Cecchin
6	Jaime Rosón	José Gonçalves	Przemysław Niemiec
7	Sacha Modolo				Manuel Belletti
8	Jakub Mareczko
Final		José Gonçalves (cyclist)	Przemysław Niemiec	Lluís Mas	Manuel Belletti	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA

Final standings

Legend

	Denotes the leader of the General classification		Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the Turkish Beauties classification		Denotes the leader of the Best Sprinter classification

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	José Gonçalves (POR)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	32h 31' 35"
2	David Arroyo (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 18"
3	Nikita Stalnov (KAZ)	Astana City	+ 56"
4	Lluís Mas (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 2' 13"
5	Adam Hansen (AUS)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 4' 46"
6	Greg Henderson (NZL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 6' 46"
7	Stig Broeckx (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 9' 22"
8	Gert Dockx (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 12' 46"
9	Jaime Rosón (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 12' 58"
10	Mauro Finetto (ITA)	Unieuro–Wilier	+ 13' 08"

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Przemysław Niemiec (POL)	Lampre–Merida	21
2	Ilia Koshevoy (BLR)	Lampre–Merida	16
3	Jaime Rosón (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	15
4	Peter Schulting (NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	14
5	Paweł Cieślik (POL)	Verva ActiveJet	13
6	Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA)	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	12
7	Nazim Bakırcı (TUR)	Torku Şekerspor	11
8	Muhammet Atalay (TUR)	Torku Şekerspor	10
9	Jan Hirt (CZE)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	10
10	Nicolas Baldo (FRA)	Team Roth	7

Turkish Beauties classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Lluís Mas (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	10
2	Paweł Cieślik (POL)	Verva ActiveJet	8
3	Peter Schulting (NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	6
4	Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU)	Nippo–Vini Fantini	5
5	Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA)	Nippo–Vini Fantini	5
6	Muhammet Atalay (TUR)	Torku Şekerspor	5
7	Alessandro Malaguti (ITA)	Unieuro–Wilier	4
8	Stig Broeckx (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	3
9	Sven van Luijk (NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	3
10	Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA)	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	3

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Manuel Belletti (ITA)	Southeast–Venezuela	62
2	Daniele Colli (ITA)	Nippo–Vini Fantini	56
3	Sacha Modolo (ITA)	Lampre–Merida	54
4	Grzegorz Stępniak (POL)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	47
5	Marco Zanotti (ITA)	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	46
6	Alberto Cecchin (ITA)	Team Roth	45
7	José Gonçalves (POR)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	44
8	Jakub Mareczko (ITA)	Southeast–Venezuela	41
9	Przemysław Niemiec (POL)	Lampre–Merida	41
10	Mauro Finetto (ITA)	Unieuro–Wilier	36

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	97h 37' 28"
2	Lotto–Soudal	+ 15' 47"
3	Lampre–Merida	+ 37' 22"
4	Astana City	+ 44' 54"
5	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	+ 45' 29"
6	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	+ 1h 00' 45"
7	Unieuro–Wilier	+ 1h 01' 08"
8	Team Roth	+ 1h 10' 36"
9	Verva ActiveJet	+ 1h 14' 14"
10	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	+ 1h 18' 29"