Matteo wins stage of presidential cycling tour of Turkey

ANKARA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Irish biker Priamo Matteo won the Kalkan-Finike course of the 44th Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey on Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Some 125 cyclists from Turkey, Ireland and the Netherlands competed on the 103 kilometers long course starting from the southern province of Antalya's Kalkan region and ending the race at Finike.

Matteo completed the race in two hours 33 minutes and 14 seconds.

The tour will continue on Saturday with a 114km race on Finike-Antalya course.

The tour, comprised of one Grand Prix (Istanbul) and seven stages, will end on April 20. Cyclers will ride 1,071 kilometers during the tour.