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July 29th, 2019
Tour de France Report
The overall general classification of Tour de France is won by Egan Bernal who became the third youngest winner of all time.
Bernal, at the age of 22, rode into history by becoming first ever Colombian to win the Tour, and the youngest ever winner of the yellow jersey since its inception 100 years ago. The newly crowned champion is the eighth cycler in Tour de France who topped the podium without winning any stage. The Team Ineos rider is followed by his British teammate Graint Thomas, and Steven Kruijswijk of the Netherlands representing Team Jumbo-Visma, in the overall general classification.
In the Tour starting on the 6th of July and finishing on the 28th, Movistar won the team classification, with Trek-Segafredo second and Team Ineos in the third position.
The stage winners of Tour de France 2019 are as follows:
6 July (194.5km): Mike Teunissen, Netherlands
7 July (27.6km - Team Time Trial): Jumbo-Visma, Netherlands
8 July (215km): Julian Alaphilippe, France
9 July (213.5km): Elia Viviani, Italy
10 July (175.5km): Peter Sagan, Slovakia
11 July (160.5 km): Dylan Teuns, Belgium
12 July (230km): Dylan Groenewegen, Netherlands
13 July (200km): Thomas De Gendt, Belgium
14 July (170.5km): Daryl Impey, South Africa
15 July (217.5km): Wout van Aert, Belgium
16 July: Rest day
17 July (167km): Caleb Ewan, Australia
18 July (209.5km): Simon Yates, Great Britain
19 July (27.2km - Individual Time Trial): Julian Alaphilippe, France
20 July (117.5km): Thibaut Pinot, France
21 July (185km): Simon Yates, Great Britain
22 July: Rest day
23 July (177km): Caleb Ewan, Australia
24 July (200km): Matteo Trentin, Italy
25 July (208km): Nairo Quintana, Colombia
26 July (126.5km): No stage winner; stopped at 89th km due to weather conditions
27 July (130km - Shortened to 59.5km’ye due to weather): Vincenzo Nibali, Italy
28 July (128km): Caleb Ewan, Australia -
July 28th, 2019
Swimmers Strike Out in Black Sea
Nearly 300 swimmers aged from 14 to 77 competed at the 2nd edition of Karadeniz Ereğli International Open Water Swimming Race.
The event, organized by Karadeniz Ereğli Municipality in cooperation with İstanbul Yıldızlar Sports Club, included a 1500m and 3000m race. The results were provided in a total of 49 categories by Depar Timing, the official timer of the event.
First swimmer to come out of the water in the 1500m was Evren Durak at 26:08 while Duygu Özdemir was the first female finisher with 27:31. Nilay Erkal, who delivered a fast time of 37:09, was the overall winner of the 3000m, Muhammet Çelik being victorious on the men's side. -
July 23th, 2019
100th Anniversary of National Struggle
The city of Erzurum will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Turkish National Struggle with a 10km race on Saturday, 27 July.
Erzurum, where an important step was taken for building up the civilian resistance against the occupation of the country following the World War I that ultimately led to the creation of the Republic of Turkey, is remembered in the city with various activities including the 10km road race. One hundred years after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk took the leadership to convene a national congress on 23 July 1919, the city is now set to welcome runners from all over the country. Entries for the Erzurum 100th Anniversary of National Struggle is processed online at www.erzurumyolkosusu.com. Timing services in the event will be provided by Depar Timing.
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July 18th, 2019
Time To Swim Between Continents
Swimmers are set again to stroke from Asia to Europe at the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race on 21st of July.
Being annually staged by the Turkish Olympic Committee since 1989, the 31st edition of the race gathers 2400 swimmers from 59 countries this year. The participants will enter the water in Kanlıca on the Asian side of Istanbul on Sunday morning and attempt to crossing to the European side where the finish area is located in Kuruçeşme Cemil Topuzlu Park. This year’s event will host Marcos Diaz, the Dominican ultra-distance swimmer, the first person who has united all five continents of the world by swimming. Diaz will make a special appearance at the Show Swim on Saturday, 20 July.
Depar Timing will provide the timing services for the 6.5km event as well as transmitting the results to the LED screens. Depar Timing’s system will produce a certificate for each finisher immediately with the time of the swimmer.
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July 15th, 2019
Toyota Family Meets At Ekiden
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey celebrated the 17th edition of the traditional Ekiden Cup at the company premises in Sakarya.
The relay competition, open to Toyota staff, employees of its subsidiary industry partners, and their families, is staged on the 950-meter running course at the Sakarya Facilities of the company. Timing services for the event where 135 teams competed is once again provided by Depar Timing.
The word ekiden comes from the combination of the Japanese characters for “station” and “transmit”. Team members pass the “tasuki”, which is the sash that each runner wears over one shoulder and under the other arm, to each other at a transition zone. Although ekiden races are not very popular outside of Japan, Toyota carries on the tradition in Turkey since 2003.
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