Tour of Turkey: Italian cyclist wins third stage
Davide Rebellin wins third stage in 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey.
ANKARA, Turkey
Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin has won Tuesday the third stage of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey in the province of Antalya.
The 43-year-old competitor, cycling for the Poland-based CCC Sprandi-Polkowice team, won the 165 kilometers-long race from Kemer to Elmali, in Antalya Province in 4 hours, 34 minutes and 11 seconds, beating more than 160 other cyclists from 21 teams.
The Croatian Kristijan Durasek, racing for Lampre-Merida, finished just seven seconds later and the Argentinian Eduardo Sepulveda came in third.
The fourth stage of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey will take place Wednesday. The 132-kilometer race begins in Fethiye and ends in Marmaris, in Turkey’s southern province of Mugla.
Twenty-one teams, 168 cyclists, currently compete in eight stages of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, which began last Sunday in Turkey's Mediterranean resort town of Alanya and will last until May 3.
The tour hosts some of the world’s elite competitors like British cyclist Mark Cavendish, who has won the first two stages of the tour this year.
Stages of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour:
|
1st Stage |
Alanya-Alanya |
145 km |
April 26 |
|
2nd Stage |
Alanya-Antalya |
182 km |
April 27 |
|
3rd Stage |
Kemer-Elmali |
165 km |
April 28 |
|
4th Stage |
Fethiye-Marmaris |
132 km |
April 29 |
|
5th Stage |
Mugla-Pamukkale |
160 km |
April 30 |
|
6th Stage |
Denizli-Selcuk |
184 km |
May 1 |
|
7th Stage |
Selcuk-Izmir |
166 km |
May 2 |
|
8th Stage |
Istanbul-Istanbul |
124 km |
May 3 |
