Mustafa Sayar (Torku Sekerspor) took stage six to Selçuk at the Tour of Turkey and also claimed first on GC by going clear alone on the testing climb to the finish.

The Turkish rider powered clear in the big ring, soloing to victory by finishing ahead of Cofidis duo Yohann Bagot and Nicolas Edet.

"It was a very long and hot stage," said Sayar after assuming the overall lead. "The road conditions were not very comfortable. I don't really like this kind of conditions. Until the last climb, the peloton rode at a really hard pace. There were lots of attacks and the pace kept increasing. My team-mates really helped me stay in the front positions. Then Grechyn launched me in the last 20 kms. I decided to attack earlier because I knew the others had probably more terminal speed. And then in the last 100 metres, I looked behind and I saw nobody coming. I pushed as hard as I could until the finish line."

"My goal was to finish the Tour of Turkey in the top 3 and now I'm achieving even better since I'm in first place. It gives me more responsibilities. People's expectations will be higher than before."