Tour of Turkey (Turkey) - Press Release: Belgian sprinter ace Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) took his second stage victory in Turgutreis twenty-four hours after breaking the ice in Marmaris. He outclassed Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and André Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation) after helping his team-mate Jay Vine to gain three seconds bonus and come into the last stage only one second on race leader José Manuel Diaz (Delko)!

“It was a hard day”, Philipsen said. “It started with a hard climb. Some riders wanted to make the race hard. The peloton split then it came back together but then we had the crosswinds. So it was actually never easy today. I’m yet to check my speed in the final sprint but that was a fast one for sure. At this speed, I had to come from behind. I know if I could do that, it would be very hard for the other guys to come over. I had a good power in my legs. At the intermediate sprint, we were dedicated to take the bonus seconds for Jay. It’ll be make it a nice final day tomorrow to fight for the GC. We’ll try to do our best to win the race overall. For me personally, two wins in a row is already nice, so we’ll see what tomorrow brings.”