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Cyclist Shane Archbold is 44th after the opening stage of the Tour of Turkey

Cyclist Shane Archbold is 44th after the opening stage of the Tour of Turkey

12 April 2021

The race marked the peloton return of Archbold's Deceuninck Quickstep team mate Fabio Jakobsen .

It comes eight months after numerous facial reconstruction surgeries following his life-threatening crash on a sprint at the Tour of Poland.

Jakobsen finished in 147th place.

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