Konya, the birthplace of the Whirling Dervishes, is a city still rooted in its Muslim heritage, finds Sara Evans.Konya, the birthplace of the Whirling Dervishes, is a city still rooted in its Muslim heritage.Local team Konya Torku retains the race lead despite the best efforts of some of cycling’s strongest riders.Ivailo Gabrovski riding of Konya Torku earned a Turkish team its first Tour of Turkey stage win.Ivailo Grabovski,riding for Turkish team Konya Torku, won the General Classification of the 48th Presidential Tour of Turkey.We follow one man as he becomes the only Israeli granted access to the inner sanctum of the whirling Dervish order.Do you like this? Tweet Following his third place overall at the Tour of Morocco earlier this month, Ivailo Gabrovski was considered a potential troublemaker for the nine ProTeams and the 14 Pro Continental teams lining up at the Presidential Tour of Turkey , but the way he soloed to victory in the queen stage to Elmali astonished a few people.Ivaïlo Gabrovski powered up the gruelling final climb at stage 3 of the Tour of Turkey to seal an historic win on home soil for the Turkish Continental Team Konya Torku Seker Spor.Andrea Di Corrado of Colnago attacked the breakaway and rode home alone to his first professional win in Stage Five of the Tour of Turkey.Ivaïlo Gabrovski won the third stage of the Tour of Turkey in Elmali to earn a first ever win on home soil for his team.