Adam Yates wins Tour of Turkey as Mark Cavendish takes final stage

All-British day at Tour of Turkey as Adam Yates and Mark Cavendish triumph in Istanbul

Race Winner, Adam Yates on the podium after the final stage of the 2014 Tour of Turkey

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

In a successful day for British cycling, Mark Cavendish (Omega-Pharma Quick-Step) won the final stage of the 2014 Tour of Turkey, while Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge) sealed the overall win.

Yates finished safely in the bunch it what was another regulation sprint stage, which never saw his lead put under serious pressure. In fact, it was his closest contender Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) who lost time to Yates, caught the wrong side of a small split in the bunch which saw him fall a further four seconds behind Yates.

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Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly, who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles.