Felix Grossschartner wins Tour of Turkey

Updated 21/04/2019 at 21:23 GMT

Felix Grossschartner of Bora-Hansgrohe won the Tour of Tourkey following the final stage on Sunday.

Turquoise jersey winner Felix Grossschartner of Bora-Hansgrohe celebrates on the podium during Stage 5 of the 55th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2019, Bursa to Kartepe (164.1 km) on April 20, 2019 in Bursa, Turkey.

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Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) won the day's stage in Istanbul, with Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and teammate Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) in second and third place respectively.

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The next two riders to finish were Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) and Merhawi Kudus (Astana Pro Team).

Stage 6 was billed as a course for the sprinters, with the days break formed of Lorenzo Fortunato (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM), Hayato Yoshida (Nippo Vini Fantini Faizanè), Emerson Oronte (Rally UHC Cycling), Thimo Willems (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Mauricio Moreira (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Ahmet Akdilek (Turkey).

Willems won the mountain classification in the final stage.

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