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2013 Tour of Turkey

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Dates
  
21–28 April

Distance
  
1,205 km (748.8 mi)

Winner
  
Natnael Berhane (ERI)

Stages
  
8

Winning time
  
29h 13' 13"

Second
  
Yoann Bagot (FRA)

The 2013 Tour of Turkey was the 49th edition of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey cycling stage race. It was held from 21 April to 28 April 2013, and was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In early 2014 Turkish Cycling Federation disqualified the original winner Mustafa Sayar and announced Natnael Berhane's victory.

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Teams

There were 25 teams participating in the 2013 Tour of Turkey. Among them were 9 UCI ProTeams, 15 UCI Professional Continental teams, and 1 UCI Continental team. Each team were allowed a maximum of eight riders on their squad, giving the event a peloton of 193 cyclists at its outset.

Stage 1

21 April 2013 – Alanya to Alanya, 143 km (88.9 mi)

Stage 2

22 April 2013 – Alanya to Antalya, 150 km (93.2 mi)

Stage 3

23 April 2013 – Antalya to Elmalı, 153.5 km (95.4 mi)

Stage 4

24 April 2013 – Göcek to Marmaris, 147 km (91.3 mi)

Stage 5

25 April 2013 – Marmaris to Bodrum, 183 km (113.7 mi)

Stage 6

26 April 2013 – Bodrum to Selçuk, 183 km (113.7 mi)

Stage 7

27 April 2013 – Kusadasi to Izmir, 124 km (77.1 mi)

Stage 8

28 April 2013 – Istanbul, 121 km (75.2 mi)

References

2013 Tour of Turkey Wikipedia
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