Grabovski wins the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey stage 3

Ivaïlo Gabrovski was strongest in the gruelling final climb at stage 3 of the the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012 and took an historic win on home soil for the Turkish Continental Team Konya Torku Seker Spor.

The Bulgarian rider triumped at Elmali, in what was the first mountain finish in the race's history. Gabrovski crossed the finish line 1 minute and 26 seconds ahead of Alexsandr Dyachenko (Astana).

Profile of stage 3

Stage results

1	Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor	4:21:09
2	Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:01:29
3	Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural	0:01:32
4	Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia	0:01:34
5	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:51
6	Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi	0:02:13
7	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller	0:02:19
8	Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	0:02:38
9	Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:02:52

General classification after stage 3

1	Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor	10:43:04
2	Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:01:33
3	Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural	0:01:38
4	Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia	0:01:44
5	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:01
6	Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi	0:02:23
7	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller	0:02:29
8	Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	0:02:48
9	Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:03:02
10	William Routley (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10	0:03:05

Mountain classification after stage 3

1	Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor	13	pts
2	Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	10
3	Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	7
4	Karol Domagalski (Pol) Caja Rural	7
5	Volodymir Bileka (Ukr) Konya Torku Seker Spor	5
6	Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural	5
7	Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	5
8	Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia	3
9	Juan Pablo Suarez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes	3
10	Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team	2