June 06, 2018 (Seoul, Korea) – Canada’s Benjamin Perry (Israel Cycling Academy) claimed a strong 6th overall at the Tour of Korea that wrapped up on Sunday with the final 65km Stage 5 in Seoul. Fellow Canuck Alexander Cataford (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) was 52nd overall. Perry’s best performance was placing second on Stage 1 followed by 16th on Stage 3.

Results

Stage 2 – May 31 – Cheonan-Yeongju – 202.6km
1. Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy 4:58:47
2. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Team Ukyo
3. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
4. Joon Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling
5. Sang-hoon Park (Kor) LX Cycling Team

21. Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
57. Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

Stage 3 – June 1 – Yeongju-Jeongseon – 192.4km
1. Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 5:05:51
2. Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors 0:18
3. Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
4. Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:20
5. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 1:37

16. Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
53. Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 17:23

Stage 4 – June 2 – Jeongseon-Chungju – 137km
1. Joseph Cooper (Nzl) Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team 3:12:36
2. Luca Pacioni (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 2:30
3. Sung Baek Park (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling
4. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
5. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Team Ukyo

26. Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
51. Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

Stage 5 – June 3 – Seoul-Seoul – 65km
1. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Team Ukyo 1:21:05
2. Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy
3. Joon Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling
4. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
5. Tatsuki Amagoi (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team

42. Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
44. Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy

Final GC

1. Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 18:59:37
2. Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors 0:28
3. Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 0:37
4. Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:43
5. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Team Ukyo 1:41
6. Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 1:42

52. Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 27:26