Cycling

The 8th World Naked Bike Ride is taking place in Thessaloniki on June 5. Last year, over 2,000 naked cyclists participated in the event that aims to deliver an environmental message concerning pollution as well as a message focused on the human body.

One in four Greeks has a bicycle but only 3 percent use it as one of their main modes of transport and just 32 percent of owners have used their bikes over the last 12 months, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the Greek branch of WWF.

British cyclist Mark Cavendish has won the seventh stage of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, his third stage victory this week.

The 29-year-old racer for the Etixx - Quick-Step team won the 166 kilometers-long lap from Selçuk to ?zmir in 3 hours, 59  minutes and 49 seconds, beating more than 160 other cyclists from 21 teams on May 2.

Spanish cyclist Pello Bilbao has won the sixth stage of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey.

Bilbao completed the sixth day of the TUR 2015 tour for the Caja Rural-Seguros RGA team in four hours, 38 minutes and 46 seconds on May 1.
      
A total of 157 cyclists raced from the western province of Denizli to the Selçuk district in the central province of Konya.

Britain's Mark Cavendish of Etixx-QuickStep had a perfect start to the 2015 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (TUR), claiming the victory in the opening stage on April 26.

President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday urged as many people as possible to ride bicycles, showing that moving by means of a bicycle cuts road traffic and implicitly pollution.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has cycled a specially customized bike, based on a model used by a world biking champion, during the launch of the 51st Presidential Tour of Turkey (TUR).

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is scheduled to ride a specially customized bike, based on a model used by a world biking champion, during the launch of the Presidential Tour of Turkey (TUR).

The Presidential Tour of Turkey (TUR) enters its second half-century this year, and an international peloton of the highest order will join the opening celebrations at the seaside resort of Alanya, on the Mediterranean coast, where the first of the eight stages begins on April 26.

The largest Train-Bicycle Ride in Greece kicks off at 6 p.m. on Sunday at Thessaloniki Railway. Participants will load their bikes onto the train and head to Methoriako Station (Vyroneia Serron) for a ride to Kerkini Lake.

The event is aimed at promoting cycling as an alternative form of travel. Cost of participation is at 10 euros.