After more than three years, British cycling star Mark Cavendish has won. The 35-year-old world champion from 2011 won the second stage of the Around Turkey race in a mass spurt. After almost 145 kilometers behind him in the finish in Konya, he left the Belgian Jasper Philipsen and the German André Greipel.
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After more than three years, British cycling star Mark Cavendish has won.
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Cavendish has been worried about health problems in recent seasons and even considered ending his career last year. Finally, in December, he signed a contract with the Belgian stable Deceuninck-Quick Step, for which he raced from 2013 to 2015. In the initial shortened stage of the race Around Turkey, which belongs to the second highest series UCI ProSeries, he finished fourth, today they have expanded their rich collection success of the 147th victory.
One of the best sprinters in history, who has, among other things, 30 stage triumphs at the Tour de France, took the lead in the overall standings. He is in the lead with the same time as the second Dutchman Arvid de Kleijn, who won the Sunday stage shortened due to snowfall.
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