Tour of Turkey: Spanish cyclist Jose Manuel Diaz wins fifth stage, takes overall lead
The Spaniard, who rides for French team Delko, sprinted ahead of the Australian Jay Vine and the Argentinian Eduardo Sepulveda at the finish, after a 12-kilometre climb at a 6.3 percent gradient, getting far steeper right at the end.
Representational image. AP Photo
Paris: Spanish rider Jose Manuel Diaz, took over the leader's jersey in the Tour of Turkey when he won the fifth stage above Elmali on Thursday, the only summit finish in the race.
The Spaniard, who rides for French team Delko, sprinted ahead of the Australian Jay Vine and the Argentinian Eduardo Sepulveda at the finish, after a 12-kilometre climb at a 6.3 percent gradient, getting far steeper right at the end.
The young Danish Anthon Charmig broke away 1,500 metres from the line but struggled with the wind and was overwhelmed in the last 200 metres.
Diaz, 26, who had previously won only one stage of the Tour of Rwanda last year, takes over the race lead from British sprinter Mark Cavendish who won the three previous stages.
In the general classification, he is four seconds ahead of Vine and six seconds better off than Sepulveda with three stages still to come.
also read
In Anindita Ghose's debut novel, lunar metaphors, myriad literary references and a depiction of women's inner lives
The premise of The Illuminated betrays a familiarity — as it seemingly revolves around the lives of a mother-daughter duo, Shashi and Tara Mallick, and the all-important men in their lives — only to catch the reader off-guard with its nuanced, sensitive, and often complex mappings of its protagonists' minds.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: German cycling official sent home after using racist slur during men’s time trial
German cycling federation sports director Patrick Moster used the slur while urging rider Nikias Arndt to catch up to riders from the African nations of Algeria and Eritrea
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Charlotte Worthington, Logan Martin earn gold in BMX freestyle Games debut
BMX freestyle put on an audacious aerial show in its Olympic debut, bursting onto the worldwide stage with a Sunday of soaring at the Tokyo Games.