The competitor, cycling for the Lotto Soudal team, won the 132 kilometers-long race from Fethiye to Marmaris, in Mugla Province in 3 hours, 22 minutes and 8 seconds, beating more than 160 other cyclists from 21 teams.
The Italian Daniele Colli, racing for Nippo-Vini Fantini, came in second and another Italian Danielle Ratto from UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling came in third.
The fifth stage of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey will take place Thursday. The 160-kilometer race will link Mugla to Pamukkale, in Turkey's southwestern province of Denizli.
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 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 |
