Second success in two days for Solution Tech NIPPO Rali. After Tsarenko yesterday, today it was Dusan Rajovic's turn to overcome the competition in a stage perfectly suited to his characteristics as a pure sprinter.

With only one short third-category climb, today's stage starting and finishing in Kahramanmaraş was indeed ideal for riders with the profile of the Serbian speedster who, as the number one favorite, did not disappoint, crossing the finish line after the 114 kilometers on the program ahead of Lucas Carstensen (Kinan Racing Team) and Mehmet Çiçek (Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Spor).

In doing so, the twenty-eight-year-old from Kraljevo brought his seasonal victories to 14, raising his arms to the sky again after more than a month away, as it had been since June 26th (the day he became national time trial champion) that he had not finished a race ahead of everyone. It is unlikely that tomorrow, in the Eshab-ı Kehf Cave-Başkonuş Yaylası stage of 135.3 kilometers, he will be able to further increase his tally: the last 23 kilometers, except for some minor undulations, will always climb uphill and should again favor climbers like his teammate and overall leader Kyrylo Tsarenko, who today finished without problems in the main group.

FINISHING ORDER

1. Dusan Rajovic (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali) 2:34:50

2. Lucas Carstensen (Kinan Racing Team) s.t.

3. Mehmet Çiçek (Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Spor) s.t.

4. Kristiāns Belohovščiks (BIKE AID) s.t.

5. Wan Abdul Rahman Hamdan (Terengganu Cycling Team) s.t.

6. Mewael Girmay (Istanbul Team) s.t.

7. Lukáš Panáček (Dukla Banska Bystrica) s.t.

8. Tomáš Bárta (Istanbul Team) s.t.

9. Eyyüp Durgun (Konya Gelişim Spor Kulübü) s.t.

10. Oliver Johnston (Velofit Australia) s.t.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1. Kyrylo Tsarenko (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali)

2. Santiago Umba (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali) +0:10

3. Adne van Engelen (Terengganu Cycling Team) +0:12

4. Rein Taaramäe (Kinan Racing Team) +0:27

5. Awet Aman (Istanbul Team) +0:37

6. Mathias Bregnhøj (Terengganu Cycling Team) +0:53

7. Fergus Browning (Terengganu Cycling Team) +0:58

8. Jo Hashikawa (Kinan Racing Team) +1:01

9. Benjamín Prades (VC Fukuoka) +1:01

10. Gerard Ledesma (VC Fukuoka) +1:01

OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS

Points Classification: Kyrylo Tsarenko (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali)

Mountain Classification: Kyrylo Tsarenko (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali)

Best Young Rider Classification: Noah Shelton (Project Echelon Racing)

Team Classification: Terengganu Cycling Team