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Belgian cyclist Philipsen wins Tour of Turkey's 7th leg

Jasper Philipsen finishes race in 4 hours, 20 minutes, 45 seconds at 180-kilometer (111.8-mile) Marmaris-Turgutreis track

Muhammed Enes Çallı  | 17.04.2021 - Update : 18.04.2021
Belgian cyclist Philipsen wins Tour of Turkey's 7th leg

ANKARA 

Alpecin-Fenix team’s Jasper Philipsen clinched the seventh leg of the 56th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey on Saturday.

Belgium's 23-year-old Philipsen finished the race in 4 hours, 20 minutes, and 45 seconds at the 180-kilometer (111.8-mile) Marmaris-Turgutreis track in the south of Turkey.

Start-Up Nation's Andre Greipel from Germany came second, while Deceuninck-Quick Step's British cyclist Mark Cavendish third.

The 56th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey will end with the eighth leg on Sunday on the 160.3-kilometer (99.6-mile) Bodrum-Kusadası track.

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