2012 Tour of Turkey

2012 Tour of Turkey
Race details
Dates22–29 April 2012
Stages8
Distance1,174 km (729.5 mi)
Winning time28h 48' 10"
Results
Winner  Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ) (Astana)
  Second  Danail Petrov (BUL) (Caja Rural)
  Third  Adrián Palomares (ESP) (Andalucía)
Points  Matthew Goss (AUS) (GreenEDGE)
Mountains  Marco Bandiera (ITA) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)
Sprints  Maxim Belkov (RUS) (Team Katusha)
  Team Astana
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The 2012 Tour of Turkey was the 48th edition of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey cycling stage race. It was held from 22 April–29 April 2012, and was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. Bulgarian Ivailo Gabrovski originally won the race after dominating the third stage, but was later found to have used EPO and was disqualified.[1] It was officially announced in October 2012 that the winner of the Tour of Turkey is Alexsandr Dyachenko of Astana.[2]

  1. ^ Shane Stokes (14 September 2012). "Tour of Turkey winner Gabrovski faces disqualification with B sample also positive for EPO". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ^ Shane Stokes (7 October 2012). "Disqualified Tour of Turkey winner Ivaïlo Gabrovski gets a two-year suspension for EPO". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 7 October 2012.