Greipel centimetres away from first win for Israel Start-Up Nation at Tour of Turkey

MARMARIS TURKEY APRIL 16 Sprint Arrival Jasper Philipsen of Belgium and Team AlpecinFenix Andr Greipel of Germany of Poland and Team Bingoal WB during the 56th Presidential Cycling Tour Of Turkey 2021 Stage 6 a 1291km stag from Fethiye to Marmaris TUR2021 tourofturkeyTUR on April 16 2021 in Marmaris Turkey Photo by Stuart FranklinGetty Images
Greipel (right) narrowly missed out on victory in Marmaris to Philipsen (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

André Greipel came as close as it's possible to get to a stage victory on stage 6 of the Tour of Turkey in Marmaris on Friday afternoon, missing out by a centimetre margin to Alpecin-Fenix's Jasper Philipsen.

The German veteran took advantage of a stellar lead-out from his Israel Start-Up Nation team in the final kilometre of the stage, the fifth sprint of the race so far. After launching at 150 metres to go with five other sprinters poised to jump from behind, Greipel fell just short of taking his team's fourth win of 2021.

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