{"id":552378,"date":"2026-04-26T23:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552378\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:09:10","slug":"tour-of-turkey-tom-crabbe-storms-to-third-win-of-the-season-in-messy-stage-1-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552378\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Turkey: Tom Crabbe storms to third win of the season in messy stage 1 sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Crabbe (Team Flanders-Baloise) stormed to his third victory of the season on the opening stage at the Presidential Tour of Turkey<\/a> on Sunday, timing his sprint to perfection in Sel\u00e7uk.<\/p>\n

WorldTour team Picnic PostNL seemed to have control heading into the final 2km, but they quickly ran out of firepower and steam as they went under the flamme rouge and were overhauled by Alpecin-Premier Tech for the front position.<\/p>\n

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Simon Dehairs hit out for glory for Alpecin in the final 200 metres, but Crabbe started his sprint behind and slingshotted out of the wheel to overtake his compatriot before the line arrived. Davide Persico (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort) was third on the day.<\/p>\n

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20-year-old Crabbe, who burst onto the scene fully this season with pro wins at the Etoile de Bess\u00e8ges and Ruta del Solo<\/a>, moves into the first leader’s jersey of the race, with several more sprint opportunities to come across the seven remaining days of racing in Turkey.<\/p>\n

Stage 1 was a very straightforward day of racing starting in \u00c7e\u015fme, with a five-rider break getting up the road: Mewael Girmay (Istanbul Team), Micha\u0142 Pomorski (ATT Investments), Ahmet Can Akp\u0131nar (Konya B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediye Spor), Halil \u0130brahim Do\u011fan (Mu\u011fla B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyesi Spor Kul\u00fcb\u00fc), and Kaan Soylu Ozkalbim (Spor Toto Cycling Team).<\/p>\n

They got more than three minutes up the road over the only categorised climb of the day, but with the remaining 120km of the stage being largely flat, a bunch sprint was expected and did materialise, with Pomorski the last man standing to be caught in the final 10km.<\/p>\n

Racing continues for stage 2 tomorrow with an undulating 152.8km route from Ayd\u0131n to Marmaris.<\/p>\n

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