Tour of Turkey 2021 – Stage 5 Preview
By David Hunter Kemer > Elmali 160km The Queen stage.
By David Hunter Kemer > Elmali 160km The Queen stage.
By David Hunter Alicante > Alicante 177km On paper this is an easy sprint stage, but the weather Gods might not agree. Weather There’s going to be a lot of rain throughout the stage, and quite a strong wind coming from the north-east. We’re talking about speeds of 30km/h and above, which is certainly strong enough…
By David Hunter Alanya > Kemer 185km You guessed it, another sprint. At least the stages start to get a little more interesting after this one.
By David Hunter Leuven > Overijse 202km The race that provides an excellent transition from Flanders to the Ardennes. Due to roadworks we have a slight change to the lap circuit.
By David Hunter Elche > Ondara 168.5km The opening stage has 2721m of climbing, which could be too hard for some of the sprinters, but it really does depend on the attitude of the peloton.
By David Hunter Usually one of the opening races in the European season, the race now finds itself a new spot in the calendar due to COVID. The race finishes on Sunday, which means riders who are doing Amstel can’t come here, and as it comes straight after the Basque Country it means we line up…
By David Hunter Beysehir > Alanya 213km The longest stage of the race.
By David Hunter Konya > Konya 145km The same as today, just a little bit longer.