Tour of Antalya cancelled after earthquakes in Turkey

The 2022 Tour of Antalya podium
The 2022 Tour of Antalya podium (Image credit: Tour of Antalya)

The Tour of Antalya, scheduled to take place in Turkey this week, has been cancelled following the major earthquakes that hit the country and nearby Syria at 4:17 a.m. local time on Monday. 

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the border with Syria in the early hours of Monday morning. A second earthquake occurred nine hours later in the same area, with risks of other earthquakes and aftershocks. 

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