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April 27, 2026
61st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkiye 2026 🇹🇷 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 2 – Aydın – Marmaris : 152,8 km
The Presidential Tour of Turkey is a UCI 2.1 classification that unfolds as a late-season journey through a landscape of dramatic contrasts,
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April 27, 2026
61st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkiye 2026 🇹🇷 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 2 – Aydın – Marmaris : 152,8 km
The Presidential Tour of Turkey is a UCI 2.1 classification that unfolds as a late-season journey through a landscape of dramatic contrasts, where the roads weave between turquoise coastlines, sunbaked plateaus, and timeworn valleys, their surfaces telling stories of endurance. The terrain is a relentless blend of long, undulating climbs and deceptive false flats, with ascents that stretch for kilometers, their gradients steady and unforgiving, designed to sap strength rather than shatter resolve. Along the Aegean coast, the route flattens but never eases, as the wind roars in from the sea, turning the roads into a battleground of crosswinds and echelons, the peloton strung out in a fragile, ever-shifting line. The roads vary from pristine highways to rougher, weathered stretches where the tarmac cracks under the weight of the bikes, the vibrations echoing through the frames. The race typically begins with a measured tempo, the peloton conserving energy for the challenges ahead, but as the days progress, the attacks grow more audacious, the climbs serving as crucibles that whittle the group down to the strongest. The finish often arrives after a sweeping descent or a final, fast drag to the line, where a reduced bunch sprints for victory, or a lone rider who has timed their escape perfectly holds off the chasing pack by a sliver of daylight, the golden light of dusk settling over the road.
Stage 1 winner and race leader Tom Crabbe (Flanders-Baloise) doubled up to win stage 2 of the Tour of Turkey, navigating a hectic sprint in Marmaris to grab the victory.
Crabbe briefly found himself dropped on a late climb on the second stage, but made it to the bunch to contest for the stage win.
The fraught sprint saw a number of riders crash in the final kilometre, and the Belgian had to come from a few wheels down in a small group that had survived the crashes. However, he had enough road left to come past all his rivals in the final few metres and come to the line first.
Sente Sentjens (Alpecin-Premier Tech) took a close second after a good lead-out, whilst César Macías (Burgos Burpellet BH) was third.
With 10 bonus seconds on the line, Crabbe extended his lead to top the GC for another day after his opening stage win.
“I had so many thoughts during the final five kilometres, because I got dropped right before the top on the final climb, and I just tried and tried. The team helped me so much, they were incredible,” he said at the finish.
“At three kilometres to go I was able to get back to the peloton, then I didn’t wait, I went immediately to the front. I was just so exhausted, I didn’t realise how many kilometres it was, and then I suddenly saw the finish line.
Sente Sentjens (Alpecin-Premier Tech) took a close second after a good lead-out, whilst César Macías (Burgos Burpellet BH) was third.
With 10 bonus seconds on the line, Crabbe extended his lead to top the GC for another day after his opening stage win.
“I had so many thoughts during the final five kilometres, because I got dropped right before the top on the final climb, and I just tried and tried. The team helped me so much, they were incredible,” he said at the finish.
“At three kilometres to go I was able to get back to the peloton, then I didn’t wait, I went immediately to the front. I was just so exhausted, I didn’t realise how many kilometres it was, and then I suddenly saw the finish line.
Results :
 ME - Stage 2 </strong> - Aydın - Marmaris : 152,8 km
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The Presidential Tour of Turkey is a UCI 2.1 classification that unfolds as a late-season journey through a landscape of dramatic contrasts, where the roads weave between turquoise coastlines, sunbaked plateaus, and timeworn valleys, their surfaces telling stories of endurance. The terrain is a relentless blend of long, undulating climbs and deceptive false flats, with ascents that stretch for kilometers, their gradients steady and unforgiving, designed to sap strength rather than shatter resolve. Along the Aegean coast, the route flattens but never eases, as the wind roars in from the sea, turning the roads into a battleground of crosswinds and echelons, the peloton strung out in a fragile, ever-shifting line. The roads vary from pristine highways to rougher, weathered stretches where the tarmac cracks under the weight of the bikes, the vibrations echoing through the frames. The race typically begins with a measured tempo, the peloton conserving energy for the challenges ahead, but as the days progress, the attacks grow more audacious, the climbs serving as crucibles that whittle the group down to the strongest. The finish often arrives after a sweeping descent or a final, fast drag to the line, where a reduced bunch sprints for victory, or a lone rider who has timed their escape perfectly holds off the chasing pack by a sliver of daylight, the golden light of dusk settling over the road.
Stage 1 winner and race leader Tom Crabbe (Flanders-Baloise) doubled up to win stage 2 of the Tour of Turkey, navigating a hectic sprint in Marmaris to grab the victory.
Crabbe briefly found himself dropped on a late climb on the second stage, but made it to the bunch to contest for the stage win.
The fraught sprint saw a number of riders crash in the final kilometre, and the Belgian had to come from a few wheels down in a small group that had survived the crashes. However, he had enough road left to come past all his rivals in the final few metres and come to the line first.
Sente Sentjens (Alpecin-Premier Tech) took a close second after a good lead-out, whilst César Macías (Burgos Burpellet BH) was third.
With 10 bonus seconds on the line, Crabbe extended his lead to top the GC for another day after his opening stage win.
"I had so many thoughts during the final five kilometres, because I got dropped right before the top on the final climb, and I just tried and tried. The team helped me so much, they were incredible," he said at the finish.
"At three kilometres to go I was able to get back to the peloton, then I didn't wait, I went immediately to the front. I was just so exhausted, I didn't realise how many kilometres it was, and then I suddenly saw the finish line.
Sente Sentjens (Alpecin-Premier Tech) took a close second after a good lead-out, whilst César Macías (Burgos Burpellet BH) was third.
With 10 bonus seconds on the line, Crabbe extended his lead to top the GC for another day after his opening stage win.
"I had so many thoughts during the final five kilometres, because I got dropped right before the top on the final climb, and I just tried and tried. The team helped me so much, they were incredible," he said at the finish.
"At three kilometres to go I was able to get back to the peloton, then I didn't wait, I went immediately to the front. I was just so exhausted, I didn't realise how many kilometres it was, and then I suddenly saw the finish line.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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