In another fast finish, Max Kanter (Astana Qazaqstan Team) emerged victorious in the second stage of the Tour of Turkey, after riding 190.6 kilometers between the Turkish towns of Kemer and Kaş.
The German sprinter, who achieved his first victory of the season, won the duel with his compatriot Henri Uhlig (Alpecin – Deceuninck) and the Danish Tobias Lund Andresen (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), who finished second and third, respectively.
The breakaway of the day was led by Antoine Berlin (Bike AID), David Lozano (Novo Nordisk), Gianni Marchand (Tarteletto-Isorex), Vinzent Dorn (Bike Aid), Samet Bulut (Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Türkiye), Jakub Kaczmarek (Mazowsze Serce Polski) and Jonathan Malte Rottmann (Rembe Sauerland), but they were caught by the peloton in the final kilometers.
As most of the dropped riders managed to get back in touch on the descent, Jakobsen and Cavendish were the big absentees. However, with 20 km to go, nothing seemed to prevent another bunch sprint finish. There, Astana Qazaqstan Team’s Max Kanter took the win ahead of Henri Uhlig and Tobias Lund Andresen.
The Turkish round will continue on Tuesday with the third stage, an undulating day that will take the riders from Fethiye to Marmaris over 147 kilometers, on a route that includes two categorized third-category mountain passes.
Presidential Cycling Tour of Türkiye 2024 (2.Pro)
Results Stage 2 | Kemer – Kaş (190,6 km)
| 1 | Max Kanter | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 4:43:16 |
| 2 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin – Deceuninck | ,, |
| 3 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | ,, |
| 4 | Davide Ballerini | Astana Qazaqstan Team | ,, |
| 5 | Giovanni Lonardi | Team Polti Kometa | ,, |
| 6 | David González | Caja Rural – Seguros RGA | ,, |
| 7 | Xianjing Lyu | China Glory – Mentech Continental Cycling Team | ,, |
| 8 | Danny van Poppel | BORA – hansgrohe | ,, |
| 9 | Rory Townsend | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | ,, |
| 10 | Marcin Budziński | Mazowsze Serce Polski | ,, |
Ranking General
| 1 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin – Deceuninck | 7:39:24 |
| 2 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 0:02 |
| 3 | David Lozano | Team Novo Nordisk | 0:03 |
| 4 | Tomasz Budziński | Mazowsze Serce Polski | 0:04 |
| 5 | Giovanni Lonardi | Team Polti Kometa | 0:06 |
| 6 | Davide Ballerini | Astana Qazaqstan Team | ,, |
| 7 | Rory Townsend | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | ,, |
| 8 | Merhawi Kudus | Terengganu Cycling Team | ,, |
| 9 | Matyáš Kopecký | Team Novo Nordisk | ,, |
| 10 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Bingoal WB | ,, |