Cycling news - Fernando Gaviria suffers bad fall as Maximiliano Richeze wins first stage

ByEurosport

Updated 09/10/2018 at 14:36 GMT

Fernando Gaviria suffered a nasty fall with 4km left of the first stage of the Tour of Turkey that places doubts over his fitness for the rest of the race.

Ariel Maximiliano Richeze of Argentina and Team Quick Step Floors / Celebration / Sam Bennett of Ireland and Team Bora-Hansgrohe / Jean Pierre Drucker of Luxembourg and BMC Racing Team / during the 54th Presidential Cycling Tour Of Turkey, Stage 1 a 148,4

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The Quick-Step floors rider was left clutching his collarbone in some pain after going to the deck among a packed bunch after a clash of wheels.

The Colombian sprinter managed to get back on his bike to finish the stage riding with one hand on the bike, but must be rated a doubt for the rest of the six-day event which finishes in Istanbul on Sunday.

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Gaviria's team-mate Maximiliano Richeze went on to win the stage with a brilliant sprint from around 600 metres out.

“The plan was to go for the sprint with Fernando, but unfortunately he crashed and we had to quickly change our tactics so Alvaro would be the last man of our sprint train," said Richeze after with the race.

"In the last corner, Alvaro lost my wheel as he had to straighten his line in order not to crash, which meant I took a gap of 30 meters and went with all I had without looking back.”

Ireland's Sam Bennnett (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished second with Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing) in third.

Richeze powers to victory on stage one

STAGE RESULT

1.	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)	Quick-Step Floors	3:29:14
2.	Sam Bennett (IRL)	BORA - hansgrohe	ST
3.	Jempy Drücker (LUX)	BMC Racing Team	ST
4.	Álvaro Hodeg (COL)	Quick-Step Floors	ST
5.	Brenton Jones (AUS)	Delko - Marseille - Provence - KTM	ST
6.	Simone Consonni (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	ST
7.	Enrique Sanz (ESP)	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	ST
8.	Christophe Noppe (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	ST
9.	Edward Theuns (BEL)	Team Sunweb	ST
10.	Luca Pacioni (ITA)	Wilier Triestina - Selle - Italia	ST

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