As planned in view of the starting list of this 60th Turkey Tourthe team Ds Astana Combined UCI points all over this week on Turkish roads! The Kazakhe training led by Alexandre Vinokourov leaves with a double in the general classification of Wout Poels et Harold Martin Lopezand four stages of stages reported by four different runners. The last of them is called Matteo Malucelliwhich brilliantly imposed itself on the sprint this Sunday on the occasion of the 8th and last stage, in The streets ofIzmir. Italian confided after this 2nd victory of the season.
Video – His teammate Nicolas Vinokourov on Cyclism’Actu
“Many UCI points … Everyone knows that this is the goal of XDS Astana this year”
“I knew before this race that there would not be many victory possibilities for sprinters. When we took the leader’s jersey, I had to help my teammates, but I tried to save a lot of energy during the week, because I knew it was important to be fresh for stages 7 and 8. Yesterday, I made an error by launching my sprint too far. Today, I did everything perfectly.
Last year, I won ten races, but I am no longer very young, I am 31 years old. I spent ten years in second category teams before reaching the WorldTour. Now I want to show that it is my place. I am really happy, we had an extraordinary week with the team, first and second in the general classification, which means a lot of UCI points and everyone knows that this is the objective of XDS Astana this year. Earning steps is always a good thing. I am delighted to win my first stage in the Tour de Türkiye. I played this race four times in the past and she was not on my program this year, but I asked to do it again. The management clearly told me that I could come, but that I should work for the runners in the general classification and that I would not have a train to take the sprints. With this victory at the end, it is a perfect race for us“, the conclusion Matteo Malucelli.
