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56TH PRESIDENTIAL CYCLING TOUR OF TURKEY
EVENT’S STORY EVENT’S STORYFrench Delko team’s Spanish rider Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego clinched the victory of 56th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (TOUR 2021)
Briton athlete Mark Cavendish of Belgium’s Deceuninck-Quick Step team finished first the last and 8th stage of the 56th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey with a timing of 3 hours 24 minutes and 38 seconds.
In TOUR 2021, which started in Konya under the auspices of the Presidency and ended with the last stage of 160.3 kilometers between Bodrum and Kuşadası at the end of the 8th day, riders pedalled 1244 kilometers in total.
Gallego, a 26-year-old rider of Delko team, took the first place in the general classification with a timing of 29 hours 19 minutes 40 seconds at the end of eight stages, and captured the turquoise jersey and won the championship of TOUR 2021.
One second behind the Spanish rider, Australian Jay Vine of Belgium's Alpecin-Fenix team ranked second, and Argentinean Eduardo Sepulveda of Italy's Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec team took the third place, 6 seconds behind winner.
April 11 – 18, 2021