Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) took his second straight win of this year’s Tour of Turkey powering more than two bike lengths’ ahead of Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) and Riccardo Minali (Astana).
With 40km remaining the escapees had an advantage of more than one minute, only 12 km before the finish, the peloton closed the gap and the expected bunch sprint was set up.
The sprinters’ teams ramped up the pace in the finale, chipping away at the leader’s advantage and hauling them back. Bennett marked the Trek team and, buoyed by his confidence boost on stage one, had little problem in taking the sprint.
“It was another amazing team effort today. We worked well together and it paid off. Really happy with the performance and to be wearing the turquoise jersey. It’s always nice to be ending the season on a high”, said Bennett.
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Tour of Turkey 2017 – stage 2 results (Kumlica – Fethiye):
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) | 6:02:06 |
| 2 | Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 3 | Riccardo Minali (Astana) | ,, |
| 4 | Marco Benfatto (Androni-Sidermec) | ,, |
| 5 | Simone Consonni (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 6 | Manuel Belletti (Wilier Triestina) | ,, |
| 7 | Davide Ballerini (Androni-Sidermec) | ,, |
| 8 | Ahmet Orken (Turkey) | ,, |
| 9 | Paolo Simion (Bardiani CSF) | ,, |
| 10 | Frantisek Sisr (CCC Sprandi Polkowice) | +02” |
General classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) | 9:59:12 |
| 2 | Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) | +10” |
| 3 | Marco Benfatto (Androni-Sidermec) | +14” |
| 4 | Riccardo Minali (Astana) | +16” |
| 5 | Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) | +19” |
| 6 | Vincenzo Albanese (Bardiani CSF) | ,, |
| 7 | Mirco Maestri (Bardiani CSF) | ,, |
| 8 | Francesco Gavazzi (Androni-Sidermec) | ,, |
| 9 | Simone Consonni (UAE Team Emirates) | +20” |
| 10 | Manuel Belletti (Wilier Triestina) | ,, |
