Andrea Di Corrado wins the fifth stage of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012
Andrea Di Corrado of Team Colnago-CSF Inox succeeded during the fifth stage of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey and helped his team with the much-needed victory.
He crossed the finish-line in the fastest time of 4 hours, 50 minutes and 25 seconds to receive the honours.
Jonas Jorgensen of Team Saxo Bank finished 40 seconds behind and achieved the second position, with Jerome Cousin of Team Europcar achieving the third spot.
Alfredo Balloni of Team Farnese Vini-Selle Italia and Sebastien Duret of Team Bretagne-Schuller occupied the fourth and the fifth positions in the respective order.
Corrado also achieved 15 points after his tremendous performance during the race. He finished second during the first sprint of the race and first during Mountain 1 of the race.
Ivaïlo Gabrovski of Team Konya Torku Seker Spor has now jumped up to the first overall position after his 36th place finish during the stage 5 of the race.
Alexandr Dyachenko of Team Astana is 1 minute, 33 seconds behind at the second position, with Danail Andonov Petrov, Adrian Palomares Villaplana and Romain Bardet currently holding the third, fourth and fifth positions in the respective order.
Ivailo was overwhelmed after the stage win and thanked his team-mates for their endless support during the race.
Ivailo cited, "It was a long but also very hot stage. It went according to plans except for the gap with the break, which reached 15 minutes after 50km".
“But the peloton reacted and I was never worried. My team worked well, other teams worked well too”.
"The attack by AG2R riders on the last hill did not worry me either. I’m getting closer to final victory. There is one day less to defend the jersey".
The Bulgarian is now eyeing the remaining stages of the race to continue his dominance in the overall classifications.
Ivailo is also leading the mountains classifications of the race with Marco Bandiera of Team Omega Pharma-Quickstep and Alexandr Dyachenko at the second and the third positions in the respective order.
Team Astana is leading the Team’s classifications with Team Caja Rural and Team Bretagne-Schuller holding the second and the third positions in the respective order.
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