Presidential Tour of Turkey preview

Alexandr Dyachenko will finally appear under the spotlight as the defending champion of the Presidential Tour of Turkey, a title he received after the disqualification of Bulgarian veteran Ivailo Gabrovski, who tested positive for EPO after the 2012 edition. Dyachenko, a versatile cyclist from Astana hasn't won a race since, but he showed his good form fighting in the mountains of the Giro del Trentino prior to embarking on his journey from Alanya to Istanbul on the banks of the Mediterranean, the Aegean Sea and the Bosporus strait.

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