Tour Of Turkey: Italian Cyclist Wins Third Stage

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: