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Mustafa Sayar (Torku Sekerspor) won stage six to Selçuk and set up overall success by going clear alone on the testing climb to the finish.
The Turkish rider powered clear in the big ring, finishing ahead of Cofidis duo Yohann Bagot and Nicolas Edet.
Eritrea's Natnael Berhane (Team Europcar) finished 43 seconds down and so lost he overall race lead to Sayar. Berhane is now 41 seconds down overall, with Bagot third at 44 seconds.
The Tour of Turkey continues with a hilly, 124 km stage to Izmir on Saturday and a concluding circuit stage in the centre of Istanbul on Sunday.
| Full Results Stage 6 | ||
| 1 | Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Torku Sekerspor | 4:40:09 |
| 2 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:18 |
| 3 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:23 |
| 4 | Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural | 0:00:28 |
| 5 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia | 0:00:30 |
| 6 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 7 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 8 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 9 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:00:33 |
| 10 | Marc De Maar (AHo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 11 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 12 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar | 0:00:43 |
| 13 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 14 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | |
| 15 | José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:49 |
| 16 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:00:51 |
| 17 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Torku Sekerspor | 0:00:54 |
| 18 | Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Torku Sekerspor | 0:00:57 |
| 19 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:01:16 |
| 20 | Angelo Pagani (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | |
| 21 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 22 | Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | |
| 23 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural | 0:01:21 |
| 24 | Mirac Kal (Tur) Torku Sekerspor | |
| 25 | Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:27 |
| 26 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 27 | Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Torku Sekerspor | 0:01:38 |
| 28 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 29 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:01:43 |
| 30 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:01:47 |
| 31 | Erick Rowsell (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | |
| 32 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha | 0:01:53 |
| 33 | Jacobus Venter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | |
| 34 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:01:56 |
| 35 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | |
| 36 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha | 0:02:13 |
| 37 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 38 | Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 39 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 0:02:25 |
| 40 | Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Polsat Polkowice | 0:02:31 |