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Sunday, May 7: 5th and final stage, Baku - Baku, 158 km

Stage 5 map

Krists Nielands wins the final stage

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the final stage.

Israel Cycling Academy takes second stage victory while Synergy Baku Cycling Project wins home race for first time

At the end of the fifth and final stage of the 2017 Tour d'Azerbaidjan, Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy) managed to hold off a charging peloton to take an impressive solo victory in Baku. In the fight for the overall there was no change as race leader Kirill Pozdnyakov (Synergy Baku Cycling Project) finished in the peloton to take a home GC victory for his team.

With four hard stages in their legs, the peloton took off in a sunny Baku for the final stage of the Tour d'Azerbaidjan. After 89km of racing the parcours entered the Baku Circuit for five laps of 14km, including a 3rd category climb at the iconic Flame Towers.

Right from the start a group took off for today's breakaway: a group of six riders including Kohei Uchima (Nippo - Vini Fantini), Remy Di Grégorio (Delko Marseille Provence Ktm), Ryu Suzuki (Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team), Nils Friedl (Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang), Lubos Malovec (Dukla Banska Bystrica) and Emils Liepins (Rietumu Banka - Riga). The six managed to gain a maximum advantage of 3'15", but behind the race was controlled very well by the Synergy Baku Cycling Project.

The gap to the leaders dropped gradually as the riders entered the Baku Circuit, at which point the escape split into two groups. Going into the final lap and a half the last two riders out front were caught by the peloton and that was the moment Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy) took off in pursuit of stage victory. With an impressive solo effort, he took the stage win 21" in front of the peloton which was left sprinting for second place behind. Ahmet Orken (Torku Sekerspor) was the fastest of those from the bunch, just in front of Edwin Avila (Team Illuminate) who secured the green Points jersey in this Tour d'Azerbaidjan.

Kirill Pozdnyakov (Synergy Baku Cycling Project) defended his blue GC jersey and the red KOM jersey with success, and as an added extra he received the jersey for Best Azeri rider. The magenta Young jersey was successfully held by John Anderson Rodriguez Salazar (Delko Marseille Provence KTM). The best team at this year's Tour d'Azerbaidjan is Kolss Cycling Team who finished with four riders in the top ten.

Complete results:

158 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.524 km/hr

1	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	03h53'56''
2	ORKEN Ahmet	Torku Sekerspor	21''
3	AVILA Edwin	Team Illuminate	s.t.
4	BERTAZZO Liam	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
5	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
6	NIKITIN Matvey	Astana City	s.t.
7	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
8	ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
9	DICKEY Ansel	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
10	RÄIM Mihkel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
11	BALYKIN Ivan	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
12	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
13	GIOUX Romain	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
14	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
15	KULYK Andriy	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
16	VASYLYUK Andriy	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
17	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
18	BAZHKOU Stanislau	Minsk Cycling Club	s.t.
19	PANASSENKO Nikita	Astana City	s.t.
20	VORGANOV Eduard	Minsk Cycling Club	s.t.
21	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
22	KONONENKO Mykhaylo	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
23	AKHMETOV Galym	Astana City	s.t.
24	SAHBAOUI Soufiane	Vib Bikes	s.t.
25	BUTS Vitaliy	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
26	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
27	HATSUYAMA Sho	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
28	MAGER Christian	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
29	CECCHIN Alberto	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
30	PERRY Benjamin	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
31	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
32	RODRIGUEZ John Anderson	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
33	TURRIN Alex	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
34	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
35	BAJC Andi	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
36	BAKIRCI Nazim	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
37	POLIVODA Oleksandr	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
38	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
39	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
40	CHIRICO Luca	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
41	NAKANE Hideto	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
42	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
43	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
44	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
45	NISHIZONO Ryota	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
46	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
47	PRONSKIY Vadim	Astana City	s.t.
48	PELLAUD Simon	Team Illuminate	s.t.
49	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	Synergy Baku	s.t.
50	EASTER Griffin	Team Illuminate	48''
51	DRAPERI Matteo	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	59''
52	PIPER Cameron	Team Illuminate	01'43''
53	MAKHCHOUN Mounir	Vib Bikes	s.t.
54	RUBENIS Klavs	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
55	KOROŠEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	01'48''
56	BEARD Cameron	CCB Velotooler	04'00''
57	JABRAYILOV Samir	Synergy Baku	05'15''
58	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
59	LUCHSHENKO Sergey	Astana City	s.t.
60	ASADOV Elchin	Synergy Baku	s.t.
61	KULIMBETOV Nurbolat	Astana City	s.t.
62	SCHWEIZER Christoph	Sauerland NRW	05'18''
63	GAUGL Florian	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
64	LAGKUTI Sergiy	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
65	POLI Umberto	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	KUBOKI Kazushige	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
67	HÄRTIG Jonas	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
68	TYBOR Patrik	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
69	AKDILEK Ahmet	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
70	LIEPINS Emils	Rietumu Banka-Riga	06'18''
71	BECIS Armands	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
72	ALIZADA Elgun	Synergy Baku	08'14''
73	INTRA Felix	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
74	CLANCY Stephen	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75	RUMAC Josip	Synergy Baku	s.t.
76	SAGIV Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
77	PELIKÁN János Zsombor	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
78	NEAGOS Bradley	Team Illuminate	s.t.
79	MÜLLER Viktor	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
80	MONSALVE Yonnatta	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
81	ASANOV Enver	Synergy Baku	s.t.
82	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
83	PALCAK Jozef	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
84	MAHDAR Martin	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
85	IVASHKIN Anton	Minsk Cycling Club	s.t.
86	CULLY Jan Andrej	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
87	MALOVEC Lubos	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
88	MONIER Damien	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
89	WALZEL Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
90	UCHIMA Kohei	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
91	SUZUKI Ryu	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
92	DE MARCHI Mattia	Hrinkow Advarics	08'26''
93	ALAWI Sayed Ahmed	Vib Bikes	15'20''
94	SMALL Cory	CCB Velotooler	18'16''
95	HARRIS John	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
96	BARKUN Dzianis	Qinghai Tianyoude	18'29''
97	WANG Jiancai	Qinghai Tianyoude	24'06''

Final GC after Stage 5:

834.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.432 km/hr

1	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	Synergy Baku	20h10'08''
2	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	46''
3	POLIVODA Oleksandr	Kolss Cycling	01'12''
4	KONONENKO Mykhaylo	Kolss Cycling	01'16''
5	VORGANOV Eduard	Minsk Cycling Club	01'28''
6	VASYLYUK Andriy	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
7	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	01'49''
8	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-Rusvelo	02'09''
9	NAKANE Hideto	Nippo-Vini Fantini	02'15''
10	BUTS Vitaliy	Kolss Cycling	02'29''
11	BAKIRCI Nazim	Torku Sekerspor	02'52''
12	PERRY Benjamin	Israel Cycling Academy	03'11''
13	AVILA Edwin	Team Illuminate	03'42''
14	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-Rusvelo	03'44''
15	TURRIN Alex	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	03'47''
16	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	05'00''
17	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	05'33''
18	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
19	HATSUYAMA Sho	Bridgestone Anchorm	s.t.
20	CHIRICO Luca	Torku Sekerspor	05'38''
21	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	05'42''
22	NIKITIN Matvey	Astana City	05'46''
23	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	06'12''
24	RODRIGUEZ John Anderson	Delko Marseille Provence	12'18''
25	LUCHSHENKO Sergey	Astana City	12'43''
26	PRONSKIY Vadim	Astana City	13'27''
27	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	14'07''
28	MAGER Christian	Sauerland NRWy &	14'18''
29	BAZHKOU Stanislau	Minsk Cycling Club	14'37''
30	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	16'23''
31	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	18'15''
32	BEARD Cameron	CCB Velotooler	18'35''
33	MONSALVE Yonnatta	Qinghai Tianyoudem	19'00''
34	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Delko Marseille Provence	23'10''
35	PANASSENKO Nikita	Astana City	23'25''
36	SAHBAOUI Soufiane	Vib Bikes	23'29''
37	EASTER Griffin	Team Illuminate	23'52''
38	NISHIZONO Ryota	Bridgestone Anchorm	25'21''
39	INTRA Felix	Sauerland NRWy &	25'49''
40	AKHMETOV Galym	Astana City	27'52''
41	ASADOV Elchin	Synergy Baku	28'15''
42	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	29'35''
43	DRAPERI Matteo	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	30'19''
44	BERTAZZO Liam	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	30'22''
45	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-Rusvelo	30'32''
46	PELLAUD Simon	Team Illuminate	30'36''
47	ORKEN Ahmet	Torku Sekerspor	30'37''
48	BALYKIN Ivan	Torku Sekerspor	31'22''
49	PIPER Cameron	Team Illuminate	31'23''
50	MONIER Damien	Bridgestone Anchorm	31'25''
51	MAKHCHOUN Mounir	Vib Bikes	32'49''
52	CECCHIN Alberto	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	33'31''
53	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-Rusvelo	33'56''
54	BAJC Andi	Amplatz-BMC	35'52''
55	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Cycling Academy	37'34''
56	RUMAC Josip	Synergy Baku	38'25''
57	RÄIM Mihkel	Israel Cycling Academy	39'04''
58	GAUGL Florian	Hrinkow Advarics	41'45''
59	LIEPINS Emils	Rietumu Banka-Riga	44'56''
60	ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence	46'15''
61	KULYK Andriy	Kolss Cycling	47'40''
62	KOROŠEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	49'04''
63	RUBENIS Klavs	Rietumu Banka-Riga	52'19''
64	GIOUX Romain	Novo Nordisk	54'27''
65	DICKEY Ansel	CCB Velotooler	54'50''
66	ALIZADA Elgun	Synergy Baku	55'30''
67	IVASHKIN Anton	Minsk Cycling Club	55'33''
68	JABRAYILOV Samir	Synergy Baku	55'37''
69	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	55'51''
70	TYBOR Patrik	Dukla Banska Bystrica	55'54''
71	KUBOKI Kazushige	Nippo-Vini Fantini	58'04''
72	WALZEL Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	58'50''
73	MALOVEC Lubos	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
74	MÜLLER Viktor	Sauerland NRWy &	59'14''
75	SUZUKI Ryu	Bridgestone Anchorm	59'21''
76	KULIMBETOV Nurbolat	Astana City	01h00'13''
77	SAGIV Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	01h00'17''
78	UCHIMA Kohei	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
79	AKDILEK Ahmet	Torku Sekerspor	01h00'38''
80	BECIS Armands	Rietumu Banka-Riga	01h00'42''
81	MAHDAR Martin	Dukla Banska Bystrica	01h01'14''
82	CLANCY Stephen	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
83	PALCAK Jozef	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
84	POLI Umberto	Novo Nordisk	01h01'21''
85	DE MARCHI Mattia	Hrinkow Advarics	01h02'45''
86	LAGKUTI Sergiy	Kolss Cycling	01h02'58''
87	ASANOV Enver	Synergy Baku	01h03'34''
88	NEAGOS Bradley	Team Illuminate	01h04'17''
89	CULLY Jan Andrej	Dukla Banska Bystrica	01h04'38''
90	HÄRTIG Jonas	Sauerland NRWy &	01h05'18''
91	PELIKÁN János Zsombor	Amplatz-BMC	01h06'48''
92	SCHWEIZER Christoph	Sauerland NRWy &	01h07'41''
93	ALAWI Sayed Ahmed	Vib Bikes	01h08'10''
94	SMALL Cory	CCB Velotooler	01h08'52''
95	BARKUN Dzianis	Qinghai Tianyoudem	01h09'05''
96	HARRIS John	CCB Velotooler	01h13'41''
97	WANG Jiancai	Qinghai Tianyoudem	01h27'58''

Stage 5 map:

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Saturday, May 6: Stage 4, Gabala – Pirgulu, 164 km

Stage 4 map

Edwin Avila wins stage four

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Edwin Avila (Team Illuminate) has won stage 4 of the Tour d'Azerbaidjan after an impressive breakaway effort, followed by a strong finishing sprint. Besides the stage victory, Avila also assumes the lead in the green Points' jersey competition ahead of tomorrow's final stage. In the GC battle, the queen stage was always under control for the Synergy Baku Cycling Project team, who successfully defended the blue leader's jersey of Kirill Pozdnyakov.

After yesterday's chaotic final which saw six crashes in total, the peloton of 115 riders took off in Gabala for the queen stage of the race from Gabala to Pirgulu. With a high pace and some climbs in the beginning of the race, the results of the crashes were visible with abandons in the first hour of the race.

After some attacks of smaller groups that never gained more then a few seconds on the peloton, with 65km to race a breakaway was formed by three riders: Jan Andrej Cully (Dukla Banska Bystrica), Manabu Ishibashi (Bridgestone Anchor) and initiator Simon Pellaud (Team Iluminate). The three worked well together, building a maximum gap of 4'45". In the chase behind the peloton broke in two and several riders were dropped as the pace increased when climbing the final climbs of the stage.

The final of the stage would decide the stage win and most probably the overall general classification, as riders tackled two final climbs - a 1st category and HC category to finish. The three leaders were eventually caught at the top of the first classified climb of the day by a group of chasers, with the first KOM points of the stage going to Ishibashi. After the descent, going into the final 30km, the four chasers - Ildar Arslanov (Gazprom-RusVelo), Alex Turrin (Wilier Triestina - Selle Italia), John Anderson Rodriguez Salazar (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) and Edwin Avila (Team Illuminate) - dropped the three leaders and built a lead of 1'35" on the reduced peloton.

Going into the final 20km and at the start of the final climb the four leaders had an advantage of 2'20" on GC leader Pozdnyakov. On the climb proper, the peloton started to splinter, and the four leaders were able to hold their gap to a select chase group that included Pozdnyakov. In the final sprint it was Avila who gave Team Illuminate a deserved win after the team's coordinated efforts and attacking display on the day.

Complete Results:

1	Edwin Alcibiades AVILA	Team Illuminate	4hr 2min 1sec
2	Ildar ARSLANOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	@ 2sec
3	Alex TURRIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	@ 5sec
4	JOHN ANDERSON RODRIGUEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	@ 9sec
5	Vadim PRONSKIY	Astana City	+1:18
6	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
7	Kiryll POZDNYAKOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
8	Hermann PERNSTEINER	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
9	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:40
10	Ivan SANTAROMITA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:46
11	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
12	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:51
13	Luca CHIRICO	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
14	Christian Mager	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
15	Matteo DRAPERI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
16	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
17	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
18	Sho HATSUYAMA	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
19	Aleksei RYBALKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1:56
20	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss Cycling	+2:00
21	Dennis PAULUS	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
22	Eduard VORGANOV	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
23	Vitaliy BUTS	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
24	Matvey NIKITIN	Astana City	+2:04
25	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	+2:20
26	Ryota NISHIZONO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
27	Nazim BAKIRCI	Torku Sekerspor	+2:23
28	Dennis VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	+2:24
29	Cameron BEARD	CCB Velotooler	+2:28
30	Stanislau BAZHKOU	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
31	Soufiane SAHBAOUI	VIB Bikes	+2:42
32	Benjamin PERRY	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
33	Damien MONIER	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
34	Krists NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	+2:51
35	Daniel DIAZ	Delko Marseille Provence	+3:18
36	Felix INTRA	Sauerland NRW	+5:51
37	Cameron PIPER	Team Illuminate	+5:54
38	Matej MUGERLI	Amplatz-BMC	+6:10
39	Ivan BALYKIN	Torku Sekerspor	+7:15
40	Sergey LUCHSHENKO	Astana City	+7:20
41	Jonathan MONSALVE	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
42	Mounir MAKHCHOUN	VIB Bikes	s.t.
43	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+7:28
44	Elchin ASADOV	Synergy Baku	+11:16
45	Galym AKHMETOV	Astana City	s.t.
46	Nikita PANASSENKO	Astana City	s.t.
47	Griffin EASTER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
48	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+12:41
49	Andi BAJC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
50	Florian GAUGL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
51	Marek CANECKY	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
52	Manabu ISHIBASHI	Bridgestone Anchor	+14:27
53	Simon PELLAUD	Team Illuminate	+18:08
54	Liam BERTAZZO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
55	Guillaume BOIVIN	Israel Cycling Academy	+25:25
56	Mikel ARISTI GARDOKI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
57	Jan Andrej CULLY	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
58	Josip RUMAC	Synergy Baku	+26:50
59	Elgun ALIZADA	Synergy Baku	s.t.
60	Nils FRIEDL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
61	Andriy KULYK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
62	Christoph SCHWEIZER	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
63	Ansel DICKEY	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
64	Yauhen SOBAL	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
65	Ahmet ORKEN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
66	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
67	Andreas WALZEL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
68	Daniele COLLI	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
69	Jiancai WANG	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
70	Mirko TROSINO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
71	Sayed Ahmed ALAWI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
72	Peeter PRUUS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
73	John HARRIS	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
74	Umberto POLI	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75	Romain GIOUX	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
76	Anton IVASHKIN	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
77	Luca Felix HAPPKE	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
78	Martin MAHDAR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
79	Emils LIEPINS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
80	Dzianis BARKUN	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
81	Victor MÜLLER	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
82	Timothy MITCHELL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
83	Sergiy LAGKUTI	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
84	Klavs RUBENIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
85	Nurbolat KULIMBETOV	Astana City	s.t.
86	Armands BECIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
87	Ahmet AKDYLEK	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
88	Bradley NEAGOS	Team Illuminate	s.t.
89	Xiaoyong DONG	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
90	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
91	Benjamin GIRAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
92	Mihkel RÄIM	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
93	Cory SMALL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
94	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
95	Jozef PALCAK	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
96	Patrik TYBOR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
97	Rok KOROŠEC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
98	Eriks Toms GAVARS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
99	Stephen CLANCY	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	János Zsombor PELIKÁN	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
101	Lubos MALOVEC	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
102	Jin OKUBO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
103	Martin HARING	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
104	Jonas HÄRTIG	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
105	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
106	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
107	Enver ASANOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
108	Igor BOEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
109	Connor MCCUTCHEON	Team Illuminate	s.t.
110	Mattia DE MARCHI	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
111	Samir JABRAYILOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
112	Ryu SUZUKI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

1	Kiryll POZDNYAKOV	Synergy Baku	16hr 15min 51sec
2	Hermann PERNSTEINER	Amplatz-BMC	@ 46sec
3	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss Cycling	+1:12
4	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss Cycling	+1:16
5	Eduard VORGANOV	Minsk Cycling	+1:28
6	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
7	Dennis VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	+1:49
8	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+2:09
9	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+2:15
10	Vitaliy BUTS	Kolss Cycling	+2:29
11	Nazim BAKIRCI	Torku Sekerspor	+2:52
12	Benjamin PERRY	Israel Cycling Academy	+3:11
13	Edwin Alcibiades AVILA	Team Illuminate	+3:42
14	Ildar ARSLANOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+3:44
15	Alex TURRIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+3:47
16	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	+5:00
17	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+5:33
18	Ivan SANTAROMITA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+5:33
19	Sho HATSUYAMA	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
20	Luca CHIRICO	Torku Sekerspor	+5:38
21	Dennis PAULUS	Hrinkow Advarics	+5:42
22	Matvey NIKITIN	Astana City	+5:46
23	Krists NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	+6:33
24	Sergey LUCHSHENKO	Astana City	+7:49
25	Jonathan MONSALVE	Qinghai Tianyoude	+11:07
26	JOHN ANDERSON RODRIGUEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	+12:18
27	Vadim PRONSKIY	Astana City	+13:27
28	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+14:07
29	Christian Mager	Sauerland NRW	+14:18
30	Stanislau BAZHKOU	Minsk Cycling	+14:37
31	Cameron BEARD	CCB Velotooler	+14:56
32	Marek CANECKY	Amplatz-BMC	+16:23
33	Felix INTRA	Sauerland NRW	+17:56
34	Matej MUGERLI	Amplatz-BMC	+18:15
35	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	+23:10
36	Elchin ASADOV	Synergy Baku	+23:21
37	Nikita PANASSENKO	Astana City	+23:25
38	Griffin EASTER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
39	Soufiane SAHBAOUI	VIB Bikes	+23:29
40	Damien MONIER	Bridgestone Anchor	+23:32
41	Ryota NISHIZONO	Bridgestone Anchor	+25:21
42	Aleksei RYBALKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+26:03
43	Galym AKHMETOV	Astana City	+27:52
44	Daniel DIAZ	Delko Marseille Provence	+29:35
45	Matteo DRAPERI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+29:41
46	Cameron PIPER	Team Illuminate	+30:01
47	Liam BERTAZZO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+30:22
48	Josip RUMAC	Synergy Baku	+30:32
49	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
50	Simon PELLAUD	Team Illuminate	+30:36
51	Ahmet ORKEN	Torku Sekerspor	+30:37
52	Ivan BALYKIN	Torku Sekerspor	+31:22
53	Mounir MAKHCHOUN	VIB Bikes	+31:27
54	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+33:31
55	Andi BAJC	Amplatz-BMC	+35:52
56	Florian GAUGL	Hrinkow Advarics	+36:48
57	Guillaume BOIVIN	Israel Cycling Academy	+37:34
58	Manabu ISHIBASHI	Bridgestone Anchor	+38:34
59	Emils LIEPINS	Rietumu Banka	+38:59
60	Peeter PRUUS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
61	Yauhen SOBAL	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
62	Igor BOEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
63	Mihkel RÄIM	Israel Cycling Academy	+39:04
64	Connor MCCUTCHEON	Team Illuminate	+42:57
65	Mikel ARISTI GARDOKI	Delko Marseille Provence	+46:15
66	Elgun ALIZADA	Synergy Baku	+47:37
67	Rok KOROŠEC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
68	Andriy KULYK	Kolss Cycling	+47:40
69	Benjamin GIRAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
70	Anton IVASHKIN	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
71	Jin OKUBO	Bridgestone Anchor	+49:51
72	Samir JABRAYILOV	Synergy Baku	+50:43
73	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	+50:57
74	Patrik TYBOR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
75	Dzianis BARKUN	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
76	Klavs RUBENIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
77	Andreas WALZEL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
78	Martin HARING	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
79	Lubos MALOVEC	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
80	Cory SMALL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
81	Victor MÜLLER	Sauerland NRW	+51:21
82	Ryu SUZUKI	Bridgestone Anchor	+51:28
83	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	+52:24
84	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
85	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+53:07
86	Nils FRIEDL	Hrinkow Advarics	+53:11
87	Sayed Ahmed ALAWI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
88	Martin MAHDAR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	+53:21
89	Stephen CLANCY	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
90	Jozef PALCAK	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
91	Romain GIOUX	Novo Nordisk	+54:27
92	Daniele COLLI	Qinghai Tianyoude	+54:40
93	Mattia DE MARCHI	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
94	Armands BECIS	Rietumu Banka	+54:45
95	Ansel DICKEY	CCB Velotooler	+54:50
96	Timothy MITCHELL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
97	Nurbolat KULIMBETOV	Astana City	+55:19
98	Luca Felix HAPPKE	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
99	Mirko TROSINO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+55:24
100	Ahmet AKDYLEK	Torku Sekerspor	+55:41
101	Xiaoyong DONG	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
102	Enver ASANOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
103	John HARRIS	CCB Velotooler	+55:46
104	Bradley NEAGOS	Team Illuminate	+56:24
105	Umberto POLI	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
106	Jan Andrej CULLY	Dukla Banska Bystrica	+56:45
107	Eriks Toms GAVARS	Rietumu Banka	+57:34
108	Sergiy LAGKUTI	Kolss Cycling	+58:01
109	János Zsombor PELIKÁN	Amplatz-BMC	+58:55
110	Jonas HÄRTIG	Sauerland NRW	+1:00:21
111	Christoph SCHWEIZER	Sauerland NRW	+1:02:44
112	Jiancai WANG	Qinghai Tianyoude	+1:04:13

Stage 4 map:

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Friday, May 5: Stage 3, Gabala - Gabala, 177 km

Stage 3 map

Matej Mugerli wins stage 3

The race: Here's the organizer's race report.

Gabala, 05.05.2017 - Matej Mugerli (Amplatz - BMC) has won the third stage of the Tour d'Azerbaidjan after a chaotic final with crashes in the peloton. The ex-Synergy Baku rider was the fastest from a small group that managed to avoid any of the several crashes in the final kilometers of the stage. Points jersey wearer Mihkel Räim (Israel Cycling Academy) finished second, while KOM leader Vitaliy Buts (Kolss Cycling Team) came third. Kirill Pozdnyakov (Synergy Baku Cycling Project) remains in the blue leader's jersey, with a 39 seconds advantage.

In rainy and cloudy weather conditions the 115-strong peloton rolled out from Gabala for the 177.2km third stage, that would bring them from Gabala to Sheki and then back to Gabala for an uphill finish. After several attacks right from the start, a group of five riders formed the break that would stay clear for much of the stage.

Daniel Diaz (Delko Marseille Provence KTM), Christoph Schweizer (Team Sauerland NRW P/b Henley & Partners), Jan Andrej Cully (Dukla Banska), Eriks Tom Gavars (Rietumu Banka - Riga) and Ryota Nishizono (Bridgestone Anchor) built a maximum advantage of 5' over the peloton. In the heavy weather conditions, the peloton looked quite relaxed, but going into the final 50km they picked up the chase and the gap started to drop.

Looking to profit from his day out front, Schweitzer took maximum points at the two intermediate sprints from the breakaway. With 20km to go the leaders still had an advantage of 55" over the chasing peloton, but were down to four - including added firepower from Janos Pelikan (Amplatz - BMC) who bridged across the gap.

Diaz, Schweizer, Nishizono and Pelikan were working well together, maintaining their 55" advantage heading into the finale, but the peloton had its sights set on a sprint finish and in the final 10km the race came back together. On the run in to the finish the chaos unfolded, seeing several crashes affect the race and a final group of just 32 riders sprinted for the stage win, from which Mugerli came through as the strongest rider on the day.

Complete results:

1	Matej MUGERLI	Amplatz-BMC	4:20:32
2	Mihkel RÄIM	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
3	Vitaliy BUTS	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
4	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
5	Alex TURRIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
6	Edwin Alcibiades AVILA	Team Illuminate	s.t.
7	Christian Mager	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
8	Matvey NIKITIN	Astana City	s.t.
9	Stanislau BAZHKOU	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
10	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
11	Marek CANECKY	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
12	JOHN ANDERSON RODRIGUEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
13	Eduard VORGANOV	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
14	Kiryll POZDNYAKOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
15	Josip RUMAC	Synergy Baku	s.t.
16	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
17	Ivan SANTAROMITA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
18	Soufiane SAHBAOUI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
19	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
20	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
21	Ahmet ORKEN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
22	Nazim BAKIRCI	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
23	Patrik TYBOR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
24	Felix INTRA	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
25	Luca CHIRICO	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
26	Sho HATSUYAMA	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
27	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
28	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
29	Hermann PERNSTEINER	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
30	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
31	Benjamin PERRY	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
32	Liam BERTAZZO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
33	Dennis PAULUS	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
34	Sergey LUCHSHENKO	Astana City	s.t.
35	Dennis VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
36	Florian GAUGL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
37	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
38	Yauhen SOBAL	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
39	Lubos MALOVEC	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
40	Guillaume BOIVIN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
41	Peeter PRUUS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
42	Cameron BEARD	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
43	Nikita PANASSENKO	Astana City	s.t.
44	Anton IVASHKIN	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
45	Manabu ISHIBASHI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
46	Krists NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
47	Ivan BALYKIN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
48	Jonathan MONSALVE	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
49	Martin HARING	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
50	Griffin EASTER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
51	Mikel ARISTI GARDOKI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
52	Aleksei RYBALKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
53	Cameron PIPER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
54	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
55	Damien MONIER	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
56	Elgun ALIZADA	Synergy Baku	s.t.
57	Dzianis BARKUN	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
58	Andreas WALZEL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
59	Cory SMALL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
60	Rok KOROŠEC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
61	Victor MÜLLER	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
62	Elchin ASADOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
63	Andriy KULYK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
64	Klavs RUBENIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
65	Emils LIEPINS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
66	Benjamin GIRAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
67	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
68	Vadim PRONSKIY	Astana City	s.t.
69	Ildar ARSLANOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
70	Mounir MAKHCHOUN	VIB Bikes	s.t.
71	Ryota NISHIZONO	Bridgestone Anchor	+2:11
72	Jin OKUBO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
73	Nils FRIEDL	Hrinkow Advarics	+2:14
74	Sayed Ahmed ALAWI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
75	Jozef PALCAK	Dukla Banska Bystrica	+2:24
76	Martin MAHDAR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
77	Andi BAJC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
78	Stephen CLANCY	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
79	Samir JABRAYILOV	Synergy Baku	+3:06
80	Dominik HRINKOW	Hrinkow Advarics	+3:28
81	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+3:30
82	Romain GIOUX	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
83	Daniele COLLI	Qinghai Tianyoude	+3:43
84	Mattia DE MARCHI	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
85	Matteo DRAPERI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
86	Antti SIZKO	CCB Velotooler	+3:48
87	Ryu SUZUKI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
88	Armands BECIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
89	Jonas HÄRTIG	Sauerland NRW	+3:52
90	Connor MCCUTCHEON	Team Illuminate	+3:53
91	Timothy MITCHELL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
92	Ansel DICKEY	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
93	Igor BOEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+4:05
94	Luca Felix HAPPKE	Sauerland NRW	+4:22
95	Galym AKHMETOV	Astana City	s.t.
96	Nurbolat KULIMBETOV	Astana City	s.t.
97	Mirko TROSINO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+4:27
98	John HARRIS	CCB Velotooler	+4:29
99	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	+4:44
100	Enver ASANOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
101	Xiaoyong DONG	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
102	Ahmet AKDYLEK	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
103	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
104	Bradley NEAGOS	Team Illuminate	+5:27
105	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
106	Jiancai WANG	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
107	Umberto POLI	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
108	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
109	Daniel DIAZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
110	Eriks Toms GAVARS	Rietumu Banka	+6:37
111	Sergiy LAGKUTI	Kolss Cycling	+7:04
112	Jan Andrej CULLY	Dukla Banska Bystrica	+7:13
113	János Zsombor PELIKÁN	Amplatz-BMC	+7:58
114	Simon PELLAUD	Team Illuminate	+8:46
115	Christoph SCHWEIZER	Sauerland NRW	+11:47

GC after stage 3:

1	Kiryll POZDNYAKOV	Synergy Baku	12:12:32
2	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss Cycling	39
3	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss Cycling	43
4	Dennis VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
5	Eduard VORGANOV	Minsk Cycling	46
6	Hermann PERNSTEINER	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
7	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
8	Vitaliy BUTS	Kolss Cycling	+1:47
9	Nazim BAKIRCI	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
10	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
11	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
12	Sergey LUCHSHENKO	Astana City	s.t.
13	Benjamin PERRY	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
14	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+5:00
15	Edwin Alcibiades AVILA	Team Illuminate	s.t.
16	Alex TURRIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
17	Matvey NIKITIN	Astana City	s.t.
18	Marek CANECKY	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
19	Josip RUMAC	Synergy Baku	s.t.
20	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
21	Krists NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
22	Dennis PAULUS	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
23	Ildar ARSLANOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
24	Sho HATSUYAMA	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
25	Ahmet ORKEN	Torku Sekerspor	+5:05
26	Ivan SANTAROMITA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
27	Jonathan MONSALVE	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
28	Luca CHIRICO	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
29	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+7:57
30	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+8:30
31	Matej MUGERLI	Amplatz-BMC	+13:23
32	Felix INTRA	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
33	Elchin ASADOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
34	Guillaume BOIVIN	Israel Cycling Academy	+13:27
35	Nikita PANASSENKO	Astana City	s.t.
36	Emils LIEPINS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
37	JOHN ANDERSON RODRIGUEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
38	Stanislau BAZHKOU	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
39	Peeter PRUUS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
40	Griffin EASTER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
41	Yauhen SOBAL	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
42	Vadim PRONSKIY	Astana City	s.t.
43	Mihkel RÄIM	Israel Cycling Academy	+13:32
44	Liam BERTAZZO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
45	Christian Mager	Sauerland NRW	+13:45
46	Simon PELLAUD	Team Illuminate	+13:46
47	Cameron BEARD	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
48	Connor MCCUTCHEON	Team Illuminate	+17:25
49	Igor BOEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+17:32
50	Galym AKHMETOV	Astana City	+17:54
51	Soufiane SAHBAOUI	VIB Bikes	+22:05
52	Rok KOROŠEC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
53	Elgun ALIZADA	Synergy Baku	s.t.
54	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	+22:08
55	Mikel ARISTI GARDOKI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
56	Andriy KULYK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
57	Benjamin GIRAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
58	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
59	Damien MONIER	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
60	Anton IVASHKIN	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
61	Jin OKUBO	Bridgestone Anchor	+24:19
62	Ryota NISHIZONO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
63	Andi BAJC	Amplatz-BMC	+24:29
64	Samir JABRAYILOV	Synergy Baku	+25:11
65	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	+25:25
66	Mounir MAKHCHOUN	VIB Bikes	s.t.
67	Cameron PIPER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
68	Patrik TYBOR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
69	Ivan BALYKIN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
70	Aleksei RYBALKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
71	Dzianis BARKUN	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
72	Klavs RUBENIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
73	Martin HARING	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
74	Andreas WALZEL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
75	Florian GAUGL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
76	Lubos MALOVEC	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
77	Cory SMALL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
78	Manabu ISHIBASHI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
79	Dominik HRINKOW	Hrinkow Advarics	+25:33
80	Victor MÜLLER	Sauerland NRW	+25:49
81	Ryu SUZUKI	Bridgestone Anchor	+25:56
82	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	+26:52
83	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
84	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+27:35
85	Daniel DIAZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
86	Nils FRIEDL	Hrinkow Advarics	+27:39
87	Sayed Ahmed ALAWI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
88	Martin MAHDAR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	+27:49
89	Stephen CLANCY	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
90	Jozef PALCAK	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
91	Romain GIOUX	Novo Nordisk	+28:55
92	Daniele COLLI	Qinghai Tianyoude	+29:08
93	Mattia DE MARCHI	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
94	Matteo DRAPERI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
95	Armands BECIS	Rietumu Banka	+29:13
96	Antti SIZKO	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
97	Ansel DICKEY	CCB Velotooler	+29:18
98	Timothy MITCHELL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
99	Nurbolat KULIMBETOV	Astana City	+29:47
100	Luca Felix HAPPKE	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
101	Mirko TROSINO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+29:52
102	Ahmet AKDYLEK	Torku Sekerspor	+30:09
103	Xiaoyong DONG	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
104	Enver ASANOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
105	John HARRIS	CCB Velotooler	+30:14
106	Bradley NEAGOS	Team Illuminate	+30:52
107	Umberto POLI	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
108	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	+31:12
109	Eriks Toms GAVARS	Rietumu Banka	+32:02
110	Sergiy LAGKUTI	Kolss Cycling	+32:29
111	Jan Andrej CULLY	Dukla Banska Bystrica	+32:38
112	János Zsombor PELIKÁN	Amplatz-BMC	+33:23
113	Jonas HÄRTIG	Sauerland NRW	+34:49
114	Christoph SCHWEIZER	Sauerland NRW	+37:12
115	Jiancai WANG	Qinghai Tianyoude	+38:41

Stage 3 map:

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Thursday, May 4: Stage 2, Baku – Ismayilli, 187 km

Stage 2 map

Kirill Pozdnyakov gets an impressive solo win

The race: Here's the organizer's race report.

Ismayilli, 04.05.2017 - After an impressive solo effort in the final 15km of today's stage, Kirill Pozdnyakov (Synergy Baku Cycling Project) did the double in winning both the stage and taking the race lead of the Tour d'Azerbaidjan. Second and third place went to riders from a chasing group of seven: Oleksandr Polivoda (Kolss Cycling Team) and Dennis Van Winden (Israel Cycling Academy) respectively. There was no change in the KOM classification, with Vitaliy Buts (Kolss Cycling Team) scoring enough points to keep hold of the red jersey, while Pozdnyakov also took the lead in the points classification, with second place Mihkel Räim (Israel Cycling Academy) wearing green tomorrow.

The second stage would bring the international peloton from Baku to Ismayilli, covering a parcours with three climbs and two intermediate sprints that promised to be an interesting race like past years. After a fast start which saw attack after attack, a large group of 27 riders managed to break clear of the peloton over the first climb. Several crashes in the front group saw their number reduced to 20 riders at the front of the race.

After the first mountain and towards the first intermediate sprint the peloton almost caught the breakaway, the advantage dropping to just 35". However, the peloton slowed and the group now down to 18 riders, extended their advantage to over 2'. On the second climb of the day the group split in two, resulting in two small lead groups and one large chase group behind.

The man in the mountain's jersey, Vitaliy Buts (Kolss Cycling Team), was in the first group and managed to take maximum points at the first two KOMs, comforting his lead in the red jersey competition. On the final climb the leaders came back together, but again multiple attacks followed.

After the final KOM, which saw Pozdnyakov take maximum points, and the following decent, a group of 12 riders split off the front. They built a maximum advantage of 4'30", before Pozdnyakov escaped from the breakaway with less than 20km to race.

In the final 15km Pozdnyakov built his advantage from 10" to 40", taking a fine solo finish in Ismayilli ahead of a chase group of seven riders.

Complete results:

1	Kiryll POZDNYAKOV	Synergy Baku	4hr 47min 49sec
2	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss Cycling	@ 39sec
3	Dennis VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	@ 43sec
4	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
5	Eduard VORGANOV	Minsk Cycling	@ 46sec
6	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
7	Hermann PERNSTEINER	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
8	Vitaliy BUTS	Kolss Cycling	+1:47
9	Nazim BAKIRCI	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
10	Sergey LUCHSHENKO	Astana City	s.t.
11	Benjamin PERRY	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
12	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
13	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
14	Josip RUMAC	Synergy Baku	+5:00
15	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
16	Edwin Alcibiades AVILA	Team Illuminate	s.t.
17	Krists NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
18	Ildar ARSLANOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
19	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
20	Matvey NIKITIN	Astana City	s.t.
21	Alex TURRIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
22	Simon PELLAUD	Team Illuminate	s.t.
23	Marek CANECKY	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
24	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
25	Dennis PAULUS	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
26	Ivan SANTAROMITA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+5:05
27	Luca CHIRICO	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
28	Ahmet ORKEN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
29	Jonathan MONSALVE	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
30	Sho HATSUYAMA	Bridgestone Anchor	+6:05
31	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+7:57
32	Elchin ASADOV	Synergy Baku	+13:23
33	Matej MUGERLI	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
34	Felix INTRA	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
35	Cameron BEARD	CCB Velotooler	+13:26
36	Guillaume BOIVIN	Israel Cycling Academy	+13:27
37	Emils LIEPINS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
38	Griffin EASTER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
39	Vadim PRONSKIY	Astana City	s.t.
40	Nikita PANASSENKO	Astana City	s.t.
41	JOHN ANDERSON RODRIGUEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
42	Peeter PRUUS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
43	Igor BOEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
44	Stanislau BAZHKOU	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
45	Yauhen SOBAL	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
46	Hamid POURHASHEMI	Tabriz Shahrdary	+13:32
47	Galym AKHMETOV	Astana City	s.t.
48	Connor MCCUTCHEON	Team Illuminate	s.t.
49	Liam BERTAZZO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
50	Mihkel RÄIM	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
51	Christian Mager	Sauerland NRW	+13:45
52	Samir JABRAYILOV	Synergy Baku	+22:05
53	Soufiane SAHBAOUI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
54	Elgun ALIZADA	Synergy Baku	s.t.
55	Saeid SAFARZADEH	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
56	Andi BAJC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
57	Rok KOROŠEC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
58	Dominik HRINKOW	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
59	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	+22:08
60	Benjamin GIRAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
61	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
62	Mikel ARISTI GARDOKI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
63	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
64	Jin OKUBO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
65	Daniel DIAZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
66	Andriy KULYK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
67	Jiancai WANG	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
68	Anton IVASHKIN	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
69	Ryota NISHIZONO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
70	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
71	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
72	Damien MONIER	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
73	Ryu SUZUKI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
74	Cameron PIPER	Team Illuminate	+25:25
75	Nils FRIEDL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
76	Luca Felix HAPPKE	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
77	Antti SIZKO	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
78	Enver ASANOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
79	Bradley NEAGOS	Team Illuminate	s.t.
80	Mounir MAKHCHOUN	VIB Bikes	s.t.
81	Klavs RUBENIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
82	Ivan BALYKIN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
83	Eriks Toms GAVARS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
84	Stephen CLANCY	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
85	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
86	Christoph SCHWEIZER	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
87	Timothy MITCHELL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
88	Mirko TROSINO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
89	Aleksei RYBALKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
90	Matteo DRAPERI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
91	Umberto POLI	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
92	János Zsombor PELIKÁN	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
93	Romain GIOUX	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
94	Jan Andrej CULLY	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
95	Daniele COLLI	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
96	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
97	Dzianis BARKUN	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
98	Ansel DICKEY	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
99	Cory SMALL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
100	Xiaoyong DONG	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
101	Sergiy LAGKUTI	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
102	Nurbolat KULIMBETOV	Astana City	s.t.
103	Andreas WALZEL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
104	Armands BECIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
105	Jozef PALCAK	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
106	Sayed Ahmed ALAWI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
107	Ahmet AKDYLEK	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
108	John HARRIS	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
109	Martin MAHDAR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
110	Martin HARING	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
111	Manabu ISHIBASHI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
112	Patrik TYBOR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
113	Jonas HÄRTIG	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
114	Florian GAUGL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
115	Lubos MALOVEC	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
116	Mattia DE MARCHI	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
117	Victor MÜLLER	Sauerland NRW	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

1	Kiryll POZDNYAKOV	Synergy Baku	7hr 52min 0sec
2	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss Cycling	@ 39sec
3	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss Cycling	@ 43sec
4	Dennis VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
5	Eduard VORGANOV	Minsk Cycling	@ 46sec
6	Hermann PERNSTEINER	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
7	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
8	Nazim BAKIRCI	Torku Sekerspor	+1:47
9	Vitaliy BUTS	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
10	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
11	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
12	Sergey LUCHSHENKO	Astana City	s.t.
13	Benjamin PERRY	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
14	Edwin Alcibiades AVILA	Team Illuminate	+5:00
15	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
16	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
17	Simon PELLAUD	Team Illuminate	s.t.
18	Alex TURRIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
19	Matvey NIKITIN	Astana City	s.t.
20	Marek CANECKY	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
21	Krists NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
22	Josip RUMAC	Synergy Baku	s.t.
23	Ildar ARSLANOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
24	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
25	Dennis PAULUS	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
26	Ahmet ORKEN	Torku Sekerspor	+5:05
27	Ivan SANTAROMITA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
28	Jonathan MONSALVE	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
29	Luca CHIRICO	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
30	Sho HATSUYAMA	Bridgestone Anchor	+6:05
31	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+7:57
32	Matej MUGERLI	Amplatz-BMC	+13:23
33	Felix INTRA	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
34	Elchin ASADOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
35	Cameron BEARD	CCB Velotooler	+13:26
36	Emils LIEPINS	Rietumu Banka	+13:27
37	Nikita PANASSENKO	Astana City	s.t.
38	Guillaume BOIVIN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
39	Griffin EASTER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
40	Peeter PRUUS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
41	JOHN ANDERSON RODRIGUEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
42	Stanislau BAZHKOU	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
43	Igor BOEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
44	Vadim PRONSKIY	Astana City	s.t.
45	Yauhen SOBAL	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
46	Mihkel RÄIM	Israel Cycling Academy	+13:32
47	Liam BERTAZZO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
48	Galym AKHMETOV	Astana City	s.t.
49	Hamid POURHASHEMI	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
50	Connor MCCUTCHEON	Team Illuminate	s.t.
51	Christian Mager	Sauerland NRW	+13:45
52	Rok KOROŠEC	Amplatz-BMC	+22:05
53	Soufiane SAHBAOUI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
54	Elgun ALIZADA	Synergy Baku	s.t.
55	Andi BAJC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
56	Samir JABRAYILOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
57	Saeid SAFARZADEH	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
58	Dominik HRINKOW	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
59	Benjamin GIRAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	+22:08
60	Andriy KULYK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
61	Mikel ARISTI GARDOKI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
62	Ryu SUZUKI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
63	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
64	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
65	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
66	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
67	Damien MONIER	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
68	Jin OKUBO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
69	Daniel DIAZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
70	Anton IVASHKIN	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
71	Ryota NISHIZONO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
72	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
73	Mounir MAKHCHOUN	VIB Bikes	+25:25
74	Christoph SCHWEIZER	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
75	Daniele COLLI	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
76	Romain GIOUX	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
77	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
78	János Zsombor PELIKÁN	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
79	Nurbolat KULIMBETOV	Astana City	s.t.
80	Cameron PIPER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
81	Ansel DICKEY	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
82	Bradley NEAGOS	Team Illuminate	s.t.
83	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
84	Ahmet AKDYLEK	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
85	Armands BECIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
86	Ivan BALYKIN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
87	Aleksei RYBALKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
88	Umberto POLI	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
89	John HARRIS	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
90	Luca Felix HAPPKE	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
91	Klavs RUBENIS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
92	Dzianis BARKUN	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
93	Patrik TYBOR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
94	Mattia DE MARCHI	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
95	Nils FRIEDL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
96	Antti SIZKO	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
97	Eriks Toms GAVARS	Rietumu Banka	s.t.
98	Xiaoyong DONG	Qinghai Tianyoude	s.t.
99	Enver ASANOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
100	Andreas WALZEL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
101	Martin HARING	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
102	Sayed Ahmed ALAWI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
103	Timothy MITCHELL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
104	Matteo DRAPERI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
105	Jan Andrej CULLY	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
106	Sergiy LAGKUTI	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
107	Stephen CLANCY	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
108	Martin MAHDAR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
109	Mirko TROSINO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
110	Jozef PALCAK	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
111	Cory SMALL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
112	Lubos MALOVEC	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
113	Florian GAUGL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
114	Manabu ISHIBASHI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
115	Victor MÜLLER	Sauerland NRW	+25:49
116	Jonas HÄRTIG	Sauerland NRW	+30:57
117	Jiancai WANG	Qinghai Tianyoude	+33:14

Stage 2 map:

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Wednesday, May 3: Stage 1, Baku - Sumgayit, 150 km

Stage 1 map

Mihkel Raim (dark blue jersey, center) gets the win

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Mihkel Räim (Israel Cycling Academy) has won the opening stage bunch sprint at the Tour d’Azerbaidjan, crossing the finish line in Sumgayit just ahead of Emils Liepins (Rietumu Banka - Riga) and Pier Paolo De Negri (Nippo - Vini Fantini). The win also sees Räim take hold of the first leader’s jersey of the race.

It was a tough opening day for the riders at the Tour d'Azerbaidjan with a fierce fight for the day's breakaway seeing nothing stick. That meant the first and only KOM points of the day were raced for by the peloton, with Vitaliy Buts (Kolss Cycling Team) taking maximum points. His reward, the first red Mountain jersey of the race.

Crosswinds also made for a hard and fast race, and shortly after entering Sumgayit, where the riders took on five town centre laps, a five-man escape group formed taking a maximum lead of 2'40". With the sprinters' teams keen to make the most of today's opportunity, the break was eventually reeled back in, and going into the final lap the peloton caught the last remaining rider out front and the teams got ready for the final sprint.

There was still time for several late attacks as riders tried to jump the sprinters, but no one was able to break free from the bunch. In the final sprint Nippo - Vini Fantini took control, but it was the Estonian sprinter Mikel Räim (Israel Cycling Academy) who came through strongest on the day after an explosive finish.

After three years of competing at the Tour d'Azerbaidjan, it is the first stage win and the first GC-jersey for Mihkel Räim.

Complete Results:

1	Mihkel RÄIM	Israel Cycling Academy	3hr 4min 11sec
2	Emils LIEPINS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
3	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
4	Andriy KULYK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
5	Edwin Alcibiades AVILA	Team Illuminate	s.t.
6	Liam BERTAZZO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
7	Rok KOROŠEC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
8	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
9	Benjamin GIRAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
10	Daniele COLLI	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	s.t.
11	Eduard VORGANOV	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
12	Ryu SUZUKI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
13	Christoph SCHWEIZER	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
14	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Nurbolat KULIMBETOV	Astana City	s.t.
16	Mounir MAKHCHOUN	VIB Bikes	s.t.
17	Romain GIOUX	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
18	Galym AKHMETOV	Astana City	s.t.
19	Mikel ARISTI GARDOKI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	Nikita PANASSENKO	Astana City	s.t.
21	Soufiane SAHBAOUI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
22	Simon PELLAUD	Team Illuminate	s.t.
23	Ansel DICKEY	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
24	Matej MUGERLI	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
25	János Zsombor PELIKÁN	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
26	Guillaume BOIVIN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
27	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
28	Nazim BAKIRCI	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
29	Ahmet ORKEN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
30	Elgun ALIZADA	Synergy Baku	s.t.
31	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
32	Ahmet AKDYLEK	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
33	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
34	Alex TURRIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
35	Marek CANECKY	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
36	Matvey NIKITIN	Astana City	s.t.
37	Vitaliy BUTS	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
38	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
39	Armands BECIS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
40	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
41	Felix INTRA	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
42	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
43	Christian Mager	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
44	Cameron PIPER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
45	Mattia DE MARCHI	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
46	Krists NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
47	John HARRIS	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
48	Ildar ARSLANOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
49	Patrik TYBOR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
50	Bradley NEAGOS	Team Illuminate	s.t.
51	Andi BAJC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
52	Josip RUMAC	Synergy Baku	s.t.
53	Peeter PRUUS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
54	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
55	Griffin EASTER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
56	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
57	Aleksei RYBALKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
58	Saad ALSAADI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
59	Umberto POLI	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
60	Hermann PERNSTEINER	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
61	JOHN ANDERSON RODRIGUEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
62	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
63	Ivan BALYKIN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
64	Dzianis BARKUN	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	s.t.
65	Ivan SANTAROMITA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
66	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
67	Jonathan MONSALVE	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	s.t.
68	Samir JABRAYILOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
69	Stanislau BAZHKOU	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
70	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
71	Dennis PAULUS	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
72	Igor BOEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
73	Mirsamad POURSEYEDIGOLAKHOUR	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
74	Sergey LUCHSHENKO	Astana City	s.t.
75	Dennis VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
76	Damien MONIER	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
77	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
78	Benjamin PERRY	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
79	Klavs RUBENIS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
80	Martin HARING	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
81	Luca Felix HAPPKE	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
82	Mustafa SAYAR	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
83	Cameron BEARD	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
84	Mohammed ALSHBIL	VIB Bikes	s.t.
85	Xiaoyong DONG	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	s.t.
86	Sayed Ahmed ALAWI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
87	Andreas WALZEL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
88	Nils FRIEDL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
89	Antti SIZKO	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
90	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
91	Daniel DIAZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
92	Jin OKUBO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
93	Luca CHIRICO	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
94	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
95	Martin MAHDAR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
96	Sergiy LAGKUTI	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
97	Kiryll POZDNYAKOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
98	Hamid POURHASHEMI	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
99	Vadim PRONSKIY	Astana City	s.t.
100	Elchin ASADOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
101	Eriks Toms GAVARS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
102	Lubos MALOVEC	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
103	Jan Andrej CULLY	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
104	Matteo DRAPERI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
105	Saeid SAFARZADEH	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
106	Florian GAUGL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
107	Timothy MITCHELL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
108	Dominik HRINKOW	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
109	Enver ASANOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
110	Jozef PALCAK	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
111	Esmail CHAICHI	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
112	Yauhen SOBAL	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
113	Anton IVASHKIN	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
114	Ryota NISHIZONO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
115	Ghader MIZBANI IRANAGH	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
116	Vahid GHAFFARI	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
117	Sho HATSUYAMA	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
118	Cory SMALL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
119	Mirko TROSINO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
120	Stephen CLANCY	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
121	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
122	Connor MCCUTCHEON	Team Illuminate	s.t.
123	Manabu ISHIBASHI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
124	Kirill SVESHNIKOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	21
125	Victor MÜLLER	Sauerland NRW	24
126	Deins KANEPEJS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	49
127	Oleksandr GOLOVASH	Minsk Cycling	+1:16
128	Jonas HÄRTIG	Sauerland NRW	+5:32
129	Mansoor JAWAD	VIB Bikes	s.t.
130	Jiancai WANG	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	+11:06

GC after Stage 1:

1	Mihkel RÄIM	Israel Cycling Academy	3hr 4min 11sec
2	Emils LIEPINS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
3	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
4	Andriy KULYK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
5	Edwin Alcibiades AVILA	Team Illuminate	s.t.
6	Liam BERTAZZO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
7	Rok KOROŠEC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
8	Alexander PORSEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
9	Benjamin GIRAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
10	Daniele COLLI	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	s.t.
11	Eduard VORGANOV	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
12	Ryu SUZUKI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
13	Christoph SCHWEIZER	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
14	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Nurbolat KULIMBETOV	Astana City	s.t.
16	Mounir MAKHCHOUN	VIB Bikes	s.t.
17	Romain GIOUX	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
18	Galym AKHMETOV	Astana City	s.t.
19	Mikel ARISTI GARDOKI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	Nikita PANASSENKO	Astana City	s.t.
21	Soufiane SAHBAOUI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
22	Simon PELLAUD	Team Illuminate	s.t.
23	Ansel DICKEY	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
24	Matej MUGERLI	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
25	János Zsombor PELIKÁN	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
26	Guillaume BOIVIN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
27	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
28	Nazim BAKIRCI	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
29	Ahmet ORKEN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
30	Elgun ALIZADA	Synergy Baku	s.t.
31	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
32	Ahmet AKDYLEK	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
33	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
34	Alex TURRIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
35	Marek CANECKY	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
36	Matvey NIKITIN	Astana City	s.t.
37	Vitaliy BUTS	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
38	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
39	Armands BECIS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
40	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
41	Felix INTRA	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
42	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
43	Christian Mager	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
44	Cameron PIPER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
45	Mattia DE MARCHI	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
46	Krists NEILANDS	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
47	John HARRIS	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
48	Ildar ARSLANOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
49	Patrik TYBOR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
50	Bradley NEAGOS	Team Illuminate	s.t.
51	Andi BAJC	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
52	Josip RUMAC	Synergy Baku	s.t.
53	Peeter PRUUS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
54	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
55	Griffin EASTER	Team Illuminate	s.t.
56	Artem OVECHKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
57	Aleksei RYBALKIN	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
58	Saad ALSAADI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
59	Umberto POLI	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
60	Hermann PERNSTEINER	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
61	JOHN ANDERSON RODRIGUEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
62	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
63	Ivan BALYKIN	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
64	Dzianis BARKUN	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	s.t.
65	Ivan SANTAROMITA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
66	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
67	Jonathan MONSALVE	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	s.t.
68	Samir JABRAYILOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
69	Stanislau BAZHKOU	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
70	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
71	Dennis PAULUS	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
72	Igor BOEV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
73	Mirsamad POURSEYEDIGOLAKHOUR	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
74	Sergey LUCHSHENKO	Astana City	s.t.
75	Dennis VAN WINDEN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
76	Damien MONIER	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
77	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
78	Benjamin PERRY	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
79	Klavs RUBENIS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
80	Martin HARING	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
81	Luca Felix HAPPKE	Sauerland NRW	s.t.
82	Mustafa SAYAR	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
83	Cameron BEARD	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
84	Mohammed ALSHBIL	VIB Bikes	s.t.
85	Xiaoyong DONG	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	s.t.
86	Sayed Ahmed ALAWI	VIB Bikes	s.t.
87	Andreas WALZEL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
88	Nils FRIEDL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
89	Antti SIZKO	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
90	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
91	Daniel DIAZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
92	Jin OKUBO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
93	Luca CHIRICO	Torku Sekerspor	s.t.
94	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
95	Martin MAHDAR	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
96	Sergiy LAGKUTI	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
97	Kiryll POZDNYAKOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
98	Hamid POURHASHEMI	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
99	Vadim PRONSKIY	Astana City	s.t.
100	Elchin ASADOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
101	Eriks Toms GAVARS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	s.t.
102	Lubos MALOVEC	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
103	Jan Andrej CULLY	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
104	Matteo DRAPERI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
105	Saeid SAFARZADEH	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
106	Florian GAUGL	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
107	Timothy MITCHELL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
108	Dominik HRINKOW	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
109	Enver ASANOV	Synergy Baku	s.t.
110	Jozef PALCAK	Dukla Banska Bystrica	s.t.
111	Esmail CHAICHI	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
112	Yauhen SOBAL	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
113	Anton IVASHKIN	Minsk Cycling	s.t.
114	Ryota NISHIZONO	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
115	Ghader MIZBANI IRANAGH	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
116	Vahid GHAFFARI	Tabriz Shahrdary	s.t.
117	Sho HATSUYAMA	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
118	Cory SMALL	CCB Velotooler	s.t.
119	Mirko TROSINO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
120	Stephen CLANCY	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
121	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
122	Connor MCCUTCHEON	Team Illuminate	s.t.
123	Manabu ISHIBASHI	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
124	Kirill SVESHNIKOV	Gazprom-Rusvelo	21
125	Victor MÜLLER	Sauerland NRW	24
126	Deins KANEPEJS	Rietumu Banka-Riga	49
127	Oleksandr GOLOVASH	Minsk Cycling	+1:16
128	Jonas HÄRTIG	Sauerland NRW	+5:32
129	Mansoor JAWAD	VIB Bikes	s.t.
130	Jiancai WANG	Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling	+11:06

Stage 1 map: