Bursa, Friday, April 19th 2019 – Australian pocket sprinter Caleb Ewan of Lotto Soudal claimed his first ever stage win at the Presidential Tour of Turkey with an impressive effort in the uphill finale in Bursa where he outclassed Spain’s Juanjo Lobato of Nippo-Vini Fantini and Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett who retained the lead in the overall classification.

1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 5:21:38
2 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
4 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
5 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
6 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates
7 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
8 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
9 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
10 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

GC:
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 16:25:42
2 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:24
3 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:00:26
4 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:30
5 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
6 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
7 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
8 Edgar Pinto (Por) W52-FC Porto 0:00:33
9 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:34
10 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
11 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team