A Tour of Turkey in which Team Polti Kometa shone with its own light in the last edition is back on the calendar. Giovanni Lonardi’s speed allowed the team to take two podiums and several top-10 finishes against great sprinters, an objective that he will try to repeat and improve, with the hope of winning a stage victory.
And with the same attitude, the focus will be on the chances of a mass finish, which could be as many as six, depending on how the race develops. Demanding routes for a Tour of Turkey that will start in Antalya and finish in Istanbul. Undoubtedly, the queen stage will be the sixth day with 160 kilometres and the high finish in Spil Dagi (Manisa), for which the team is also prepared.
The line-up will look for those opportunities for sprinters with the reference of Giovanni Lonardi and also the support of Manuel Peñalver. Alongside them, some luxury guides for protection during the stage, positioning in the final part and the launch in order to look for their…