After h💞e took stage 1 of the 57th Presidential Tour of Turkey, Caleb Ewan had to wait for stage 6 to do it again but it was worth it as this happened on the battlefields of World War 1 that set the beginning of Australia as a nation. And it was a bit of an uphill sprint where his preparation for Milan-San Remo became fruitful whereas his current 𒀰state of form prevents him from winning all the standard bunch sprint on a flat terrain.

“Stage 1 and stage 6 were two different finishes, which I’m happy about, it proves my versatility as a rider," 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Caleb Ewan told Cyclingnews at Eceabat on the Gallopoli peninsula. “The first one was quite a fast sprint and this one 💧was obviously a much harder finish. I’m happy to get the two. To be honest, I prefer a stage finale a bit hilly like today, especially with the actual sprinting uphill. A climb like this one is almost on the verge of being too long for me. I was suffering a little bit but obviously I still had enough for a good sprint at the end. As I prefer the harder stages, I think the last one in Istanbul should suit me with the rise of the finish as well. Tomorrow is also going to be q🐬uite hard.”

The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lotto Soudal sprinter is still on his way to recovery after he missedꦓ out on riding Milan-San Remo, which was his big goal for the early part of 2022. “A few weeks ago I was quite sick," he recalled. 

“I missed a few important races. I had to have almost te🌌n days off the bike and I started training again only two weeks before the Tour of Turkey. So I knew my form wasn’t gonna be really at its best but it was very important that I came to this race and progress through the race but it’s true I’m not sprinting as well as I’d hoped.”

“My team’s doing a really good job, so it’s disappointing for me that I can’t finish it off. Today I felt good again. It was a long stage, quite hard with quite stressful moments during the stage as well but like I said this finale suits me better now than the super fast finishes. Usually if I’💮m in really good shape, the fast finishes can suit me also.”

“The super fast bunch sprint don’t suit me as well as I’m kinda small sprinter. Philipsen as well is a world clas💦s sprinter, which means he has to be quite strong. He wins in Grand Tours where there are always hard stages. I think it’s the same with me. I’ve won hard stages in Grand Tours before and hard races in general but in a sprint like yesterday, you have to be quick as well but if you find yourself in the right position, you can win but a day like today, there’s no hiding, it’s the strongest guys that’s gonna get to the front. It’s pure strength.”

Ewan had bookmarked stage 6 at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Turkey because of the symbol Gallipoli represents back home. “For us, it’s a big important place in the history of Australia," he said. “I had that on the back of my mind today, that it would be a big win for me and a special one for me. That also helped me to go thro൲ugh the difficulties before the actual sprint. If I could pick to win out of the eight stages of the Tour of Turkey, it would be this one.

“Gallipoli is a name that you really rꦑemember, growing as a kid in Australia. It’s a really big part in Australian history. But when we learnt about it in school and everything, it’s hard to imagine the place, you don’t even know that it’s in Turkey. I probably got to know that Gallipoli was in Turkey the last time I was here [for stage 2 won by Sam Bennett in 2019]. I was not that strong back then. It wasn’t a sprint I could contest. Definitely now, with the rider I’m turning in to, that’s a finish that really suits me well.”

Therefore, he can set his sights on the maglia rosa that will be awarded at the e♊nd of stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia in Visegrád, Hungary, on May 6.