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Sunday, May 8: 5th and Final Stage, Baku - Baku, 158 km

Stage 5 map

Michael Schwarzmann wins the Azerbaidjan Tour's final stage

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

Markus Eibegger (Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels) has won the overall title at the Tour d'Azerbaidjan after a strong display on the final day of racing. His closest challengers for the top spot overall, Rinaldo Nocentini (Sporting Tavira) and Nikita Stalnov (Astana City), were not able to make any significant moves for the classification in today's final stage, and after a spectacular bunch sprint it was Michael Schwarzmann who came through fastest, giving Bora - Argon 18 their second victory of the week.

It was a successful Tour d'Azerbaidjan for the German team, with Daniel Schorn also winning the green points jersey. Thomas Lebas of Bridgestone Anchor CT won the red mountain jersey after strong rides on the two mountain stages as well as taking the points on offer over the final climb of today's stage. The best young rider of this year's edition is Ildar Arslanov (Gazprom-Rusvelo) who has been leading this classification for almost the whole Tour. The best team of this year's Tour d'Azerbaidjan is the local and proud Synergy Baku Cycling Project. With Maksym Averin as best Azeri and the team taking two stage wins, it was a really successful race for the team.

In June the boulevard of Baku will be the scene for the Formula 1, but today all the eyes were on the Tour d'Azerbaidjan. The racing got underway on the same start - finish area as where the F1 will take place, and after 10 KM of attacks from the peloton, three riders were able to break clear and start building an advantage. Gil Martinez (Wilier Triestine-Southeast), Rubio Arribas (NASR-Dubai) and Lowndes (Drapac Pro Cycling) were in today's breakaway with a maximum advantage of three minutes.

The first intermediate sprint was won by Gil Martinez, the second one (also marking the start of five local finishing circuits) was won by Lowndes just before he was dropped from the leading group. The two remaining leaders pressed on and remained out front for some time further, even as the attacks started to fly from the peloton behind as the race entered the Old City of Baku. The game was finally up for the two leaders as the race crossedthe finish line for a third time, and the scene was set for a fast, bunch sprint.

In the remaining two laps, GC riders attacked in their final attempt to claim the leaders jersey back from Eibegger, but all were unsuccessful. In the final lap it was Mauro Finetto (Unieuro Wilier) who tried his hand at staying in front of the peloton, but he was caught going in the final kilometer. After a spectacular bunch sprint it was Schwarzmann with the fastest legs, bringing to a close another hugely successful edition of the Tour d'Azerbaidjan - a week of racing that has again shown what this amazing country has to offer.

Markus Eibegger (Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels, leader GC): "Today we had to work really hard to keep the jersey and the lead in the general classification, but our team did a great job by closing the gaps and putting me in the right position. I'm really happy that we did so well with the team, with two guys in the top of classification and also the points jersey. It was a great Tour d'Azerbaidjan for us!"

Michael Schwarzmann (Bora - Argon 18, stage winner): "I'm really happy with the win today, the second win for our team. It was a difficult and sometimes dangerous final, with the cobblestones and hard corners, but we managed to stay in front and pull off a good sprint. I'm glad that I could finish the job for my team."

Complete Stage 5 Results:

158 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.75 km/hr

1	Schwarzmann, Michael	Bora-Argon 18	3hr 41min 46sec
2	Cecchin, Alberto	Roth	s.t.
3	Schorn, Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon	s.t.
4	Averin, Maksym	Synergy Baku	s.t.
5	Boivin, Guillaume	Cycling Academy	s.t.
6	Thwaites, Scott	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
7	Wackermann, Luca	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
8	Mugerli, Matej	Synergy Baku	s.t.
9	Tamouridis, Ioannis	Synergy Baku	s.t.
10	Eibegger, Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon	s.t.
11	Malaguti, Alessandro	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
12	Scotson, Miles	Illuminate	s.t.
13	Manakov, Viktor	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
14	Sulzberger, Bernard	Drapac	s.t.
15	Easter, Griffin	Illuminate	s.t.
16	Nocentini, Rinaldo	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
17	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-Rusvelo	@ 2sec
18	Fonzi, Giuseppe	Wilier–Southeast	s.t.
19	Turrin, Alex	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
20	Lozano, David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
21	Pires, Bruno	Roth	s.t.
22	Stalnov, Nikita	Astana City	s.t.
23	Turek, Daniel	Cycling Academy	s.t.
24	Bárta, Jan	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
25	Carboni, Giovanni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
26	Kvasina, Matija	Synergy Baku	s.t.
27	Pozdnyakov, Kirill	Synergy Baku	s.t.
28	Herklotz, Silvio	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
29	Earle, Nathan	Drapac	s.t.
30	Finetto, Mauro	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 00' 06''
31	Toffali, Nicola	Roth	+ 00' 20''
32	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 00' 47''
33	Ávila, Edwin	Illuminate	+ 00' 54''
34	Pruus, Peeter	Estonia	s.t.
35	Schillinger, Andreas	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
36	Ezquerra, Jesús	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
37	Sabido, Hugo	Sporting Tavira	+ 01' 04''
38	Ray, Alexander	Illuminate	s.t.
39	Bauhaus, Phil	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
40	Intra, Felix	Sauerland	s.t.
41	Hatsuyama, Sho	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
42	Lebas, Thomas	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 01' 28''
43	Smirnovs, Andris	Alpha Baltic	+ 04' 34''
44	González, Mário	Sporting Tavira	+ 05' 13''
45	Nych, Artem	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 05' 20''
46	Sveshnikov, Kirill	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 05' 30''
47	Galeyev, Vadim	Astana City	s.t.
48	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 06' 06''
49	Lukševics, Viesturs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
50	Kovác, Maros	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
51	Rubio, Jesús	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
52	De La Fuente, David	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
53	Belda, David	Roth	s.t.
54	Evans, Brad	Drapac	s.t.
55	Canty, Brendan	Drapac	s.t.
56	Asadov, Elchin	Synergy Baku	s.t.
57	Jovanović, Nebojsa	Massi Kuwait	s.t.
58	Clarke, Will	Drapac	+ 07' 06''
59	Vahtra, Norman	Estonia	+ 08' 33''
60	Pung, Peeter	Estonia	s.t.
61	Viel, Mattia	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 08' 35''
62	Yechzkel, Aviv	Cycling Academy	s.t.
63	Akhmetov, Galym	Astana City	s.t.
64	Fritz, Fabian	Sauerland	s.t.
65	Vaidem, Josten	Estonia	s.t.
66	Stork, Florian	Sauerland	s.t.
67	Leinau, Joann	Sauerland	s.t.
68	Draperi, Matteo	Wilier–Southeast	s.t.
69	Batmunkh, Maral-Erdene	Terengganu	s.t.
70	Hadari, Zohar	Cycling Academy	s.t.
71	Janorschke, Grischa	Roth	s.t.
72	Mohd Shahrul, Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
73	Mahdar, Martin	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
74	Uchima, Kohei	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
75	Schweizer, Christoph	Sauerland	s.t.
76	Gil, Tomás	Wilier–Southeast	s.t.
77	Tedeschi, Mirko	Wilier–Southeast	s.t.
78	Leinau, Louis	Sauerland	s.t.
79	Rabitsch, Stefan	Felbermayr-Simplon	s.t.
80	Livramento, David	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
81	Rācenājs, Kristofers	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
82	Scotson, Callum	Illuminate	+ 08' 57''
83	Abelouache, Essaïd	Nasr Dubai	+ 13' 28''
84	Mirza, Yousif	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
85	Inoue, Kazuo	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 16' 37''
86	Williams, Chris	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
87	Lauk, Karl Patrick	Estonia	s.t.
88	Lefrançois, Nicolas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
89	Chsherbinin, Yuriy	Astana City	s.t.
90	Nikitin, Matvey	Astana City	s.t.
91	Suzuki, Ryu	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
92	Kamstra, Brian	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
93	Plebani, Davide	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
94	Sagiv, Guy	Cycling Academy	s.t.
95	Monier, Damien	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
96	Serģis, Kaspars	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
97	Lowndes, Jason	Drapac	s.t.
98	Auer, Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon	s.t.
99	Almansoori, Ahmed	Nasr Dubai	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 5

• GC winner: Markus Eibegger (Felbermayr-Simplon)
• Points classification winner: Daniel Schorn (Felbermayr-Simplon)
• Mountains classification winner: Thomas Lebas (Bridgestone Anchor)
• Young rider classification winner: Ildar Arslanov (Gazprom-Rusvelo)
• Team classification winner: Synergy Baku

791 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.66 km/hr

1	Eibegger, Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon	18hr 59min 12sec
2	Nocentini, Rinaldo	Sporting Tavira	@ 2sec
3	Stalnov, Nikita	Astana City	+ 00' 04''
4	Schorn, Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon	+ 00' 10''
5	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 00' 15''
6	Carboni, Giovanni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
7	Pires, Bruno	Roth	+ 00' 19''
8	Kvasina, Matija	Synergy Baku	s.t.
9	Easter, Griffin	Illuminate	+ 00' 26''
10	Herklotz, Silvio	Bora-Argon 18	+ 01' 19''
11	Bárta, Jan	Bora-Argon 18	+ 01' 58''
12	Boivin, Guillaume	Cycling Academy	+ 02' 23''
13	Averin, Maksym	Synergy Baku	s.t.
14	Pozdnyakov, Kirill	Synergy Baku	+ 02' 34''
15	Turek, Daniel	Cycling Academy	+ 03' 10''
16	Earle, Nathan	Drapac	+ 03' 23''
17	Mugerli, Matej	Synergy Baku	+ 03' 46''
18	Wackermann, Luca	Nasr Dubai	+ 07' 47''
19	Canty, Brendan	Drapac	+ 08' 36''
20	Lebas, Thomas	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 09' 15''
21	Ávila, Edwin	Illuminate	+ 09' 36''
22	Finetto, Mauro	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 10' 32''
23	Rabitsch, Stefan	Felbermayr-Simplon	+ 12' 12''
24	Lozano, David	Novo Nordisk	+ 13' 46''
25	Sabido, Hugo	Sporting Tavira	+ 13' 59''
26	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 14' 28''
27	Manakov, Viktor	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 14' 41''
28	Akhmetov, Galym	Astana City	+ 14' 50''
29	Schillinger, Andreas	Bora-Argon 18	+ 15' 38''
30	De La Fuente, David	Sporting Tavira	+ 16' 32''
31	Livramento, David	Sporting Tavira	+ 17' 05''
32	Nych, Artem	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 18' 02''
33	González, Mário	Sporting Tavira	+ 18' 08''
34	Batmunkh, Maral-Erdene	Terengganu	+ 19' 38''
35	Pruus, Peeter	Estonia	+ 19' 45''
36	Ezquerra, Jesús	Sporting Tavira	+ 19' 47''
37	Lukševics, Viesturs	Alpha Baltic	+ 19' 53''
38	Monier, Damien	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 20' 00''
39	Cecchin, Alberto	Roth	+ 23' 46''
40	Malaguti, Alessandro	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 23' 58''
41	Jovanović, Nebojsa	Massi Kuwait	+ 24' 54''
42	Rubio, Jesús	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
43	Asadov, Elchin	Synergy Baku	+ 24' 57''
44	Hatsuyama, Sho	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 26' 04''
45	Scotson, Miles	Illuminate	+ 26' 14''
46	Gil, Tomás	Wilier–Southeast	+ 26' 37''
47	Schwarzmann, Michael	Bora-Argon 18	+ 27' 01''
48	Turrin, Alex	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 27' 24''
49	Ray, Alexander	Illuminate	+ 28' 26''
50	Smirnovs, Andris	Alpha Baltic	+ 28' 32''
51	Sveshnikov, Kirill	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 29' 20''
52	Sulzberger, Bernard	Drapac	+ 29' 57''
53	Thwaites, Scott	Bora-Argon 18	+ 30' 29''
54	Fonzi, Giuseppe	Wilier–Southeast	+ 31' 23''
55	Toffali, Nicola	Roth	+ 31' 57''
56	Intra, Felix	Sauerland	+ 32' 22''
57	Tedeschi, Mirko	Wilier–Southeast	+ 32' 33''
58	Kovác, Maros	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+ 33' 28''
59	Vaidem, Josten	Estonia	+ 34' 00''
60	Clarke, Will	Drapac	+ 34' 52''
61	Tamouridis, Ioannis	Synergy Baku	+ 35' 32''
62	Abelouache, Essaïd	Nasr Dubai	+ 35' 43''
63	Belda, David	Roth	+ 38' 55''
64	Uchima, Kohei	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 39' 56''
65	Galeyev, Vadim	Astana City	+ 40' 15''
66	Nikitin, Matvey	Astana City	+ 40' 35''
67	Suzuki, Ryu	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
68	Viel, Mattia	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 43' 20''
69	Rācenājs, Kristofers	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
70	Mahdar, Martin	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
71	Draperi, Matteo	Wilier–Southeast	+ 43' 25''
72	Scotson, Callum	Illuminate	+ 43' 46''
73	Bauhaus, Phil	Bora-Argon 18	+ 43' 59''
74	Leinau, Louis	Sauerland	+ 44' 33''
75	Stork, Florian	Sauerland	+ 45' 36''
76	Lefrançois, Nicolas	Novo Nordisk	+ 47' 55''
77	Leinau, Joann	Sauerland	+ 48' 49''
78	Evans, Brad	Drapac	+ 49' 01''
79	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 50' 56''
80	Schweizer, Christoph	Sauerland	+ 51' 30''
81	Yechzkel, Aviv	Cycling Academy	s.t.
82	Janorschke, Grischa	Roth	+ 53' 55''
83	Hadari, Zohar	Cycling Academy	+ 55' 03''
84	Pung, Peeter	Estonia	+ 56' 07''
85	Mirza, Yousif	Nasr Dubai	+ 56' 23''
86	Fritz, Fabian	Sauerland	+ 57' 10''
87	Lowndes, Jason	Drapac	+ 57' 16''
88	Mohd Shahrul, Mat Amin	Terengganu	+ 57' 25''
89	Plebani, Davide	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 59' 32''
90	Williams, Chris	Novo Nordisk	+ 59' 32''
91	Serģis, Kaspars	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
92	Lauk, Karl Patrick	Estonia	s.t.
93	Chsherbinin, Yuriy	Astana City	s.t.
94	Vahtra, Norman	Estonia	+ 1h 00' 04''
95	Kamstra, Brian	Novo Nordisk	+ 1h 00' 05''
96	Sagiv, Guy	Cycling Academy	+ 1h 06' 00''
97	Inoue, Kazuo	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 1h 09' 02''
98	Almansoori, Ahmed	Nasr Dubai	+ 1h 14' 05''
99	Auer, Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon	+ 1h 21' 00''

Stage 5 map:

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Saturday, May 7: Stage 4, Gabala - Pirqulu, 115.3 km

Stage 4 map

Luca Wackermann wins Azerbaidjan stage 4

The Race: Here's the organizer's telling of the stage story.

Pirgulu, 7 May 2016 - After a hard uphill finish, just a few kilometres after an HC climb, Luca Wackermann (NASR-Dubai) won today's sprint for the victory. He left two other riders behind him, Nikita Stalnov (Astana City) and Rinaldo Nocentini (Sporting Tavira), who were not able to follow Wackermann as he pulled away 100 metres before the finish.

After today's stage there is a new leader in the general classification: Markus Eibegger (Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels). After being in the top five for almost every stage at this Tour, he now is rewarded with the blue Synergy leader's jersey. Stage winner Wackermann claims the green points jersey after his sprint of today. There is also a new leader in the KOM classification, as Nikita Stalnov (Astana City) received the red jersey after his first place at the HC climb just before the finish. The best young rider is still Ildar Arslanov (Gazprom-Rusvelo), who also today showed that he could compete with the favorites.

Where clouds dominated the views in Gabala yesterday, today was a perfect sunny morning when the riders left this city for the Queen Stage. It didn’t take long for the breakaway to form, with Andreas Schillinger (Bora - Argon 18), William Clarke (Drapac Pro Cycling), and Kaspars Sergis (Alpha Baltic-Maratoni) moving clear of the bunch after just a few kilometres of racing.

After a short while, Sergis dropped from the leading group, leaving Schillinger and Clarke alone as the two leaders of the race. They worked well together, establishing a lead of as much as 4'10" during today's stage.

The first two intermediate sprints and the first mountain points on the first of the three climbs were won by Schillinger of the Bora - Argon 18 team. It was the same Schillinger who attacked on the second climb (Cat. 1), leaving Clarke (Drapac Pro Cycling) behind him. At the same moment, the peloton split, with all the favorites for the GC in the first group. Schillinger also won the mountain points on the second climb, with Clarke one minute behind him and the twenty riders who were the first group of the peloton.

Going into the final 25km, Schillinger was still leading the race with an advantage of 2 minutes heading for the final climb of the day (HC). This advantage was quickly reduced after the first part of the peloton (nineteen riders) started chasing, with Sporting Tavira in the lead. After Schillinger was caught, the front of the peloton started attacking. Nikita Stalnov (Astana City) was the first to the top of the final climb, but had company going into the final kilometre. In the final sprint, Wackermann was the strongest man, beating Stalnov and Nocentini.

Complete Results:

115.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.63 km/hr

1	Wackermann, Luca	Nasr Dubai	2hr 54min 35sec
2	Stalnov, Nikita	Astana City	s.t.
3	Nocentini, Rinaldo	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
4	Eibegger, Markus	Felbermayr Simplon	@ 3sec
5	Canty, Brendan	Drapac	s.t.
6	Carboni, Giovanni	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 00' 11''
7	Schorn, Daniel	Felbermayr Simplon	+ 00' 13''
8	Kvasina, Matija	Synergy Baku	+ 00' 15''
9	Lebas, Thomas	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
10	Pires, Bruno	Roth	s.t.
11	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
12	Herklotz, Silvio	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
13	Easter, Griffin	Illuminate	+ 00' 25''
14	Earle, Nathan	Drapac	+ 00' 54''
15	Bárta, Jan	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
16	Monier, Damien	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 00' 56''
17	Turek, Daniel	Cycling Academy Team	+ 02' 04''
18	Manakov, Viktor	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
19	Averin, Maksym	Synergy Baku	+ 02' 26''
20	Boivin, Guillaume	Cycling Academy Team	s.t.
21	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 02' 29''
22	Pozdnyakov, Kirill	Synergy Baku	+ 02' 30''
23	Rabitsch, Stefan	Felbermayr Simplon	+ 02' 33''
24	Lukševics, Viesturs	Alpha Baltic	+ 02' 51''
25	Batmunkh, Maral-Erdene	Terengganu	+ 03' 34''
26	Mugerli, Matej	Synergy Baku	+ 03' 48''
27	Schillinger, Andreas	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
28	Akhmetov, Galym	Astana City	s.t.
29	Nych, Artem	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 05' 10''
30	Livramento, David	Sporting Tavira	+ 06' 03''
31	Ávila, Edwin	Illuminate	+ 06' 15''
32	Sabido, Hugo	Sporting Tavira	+ 10' 28''
33	De La Fuente, David	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
34	Hatsuyama, Sho	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
35	González, Mário	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
36	Finetto, Mauro	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
37	Sveshnikov, Kirill	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 10' 56''
38	Clarke, Will	Drapac	s.t.
39	Lozano, David	Novo Nordisk	+ 11' 19''
40	Rubio, Jesús	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
41	Asadov, Elchin	Synergy Baku	s.t.
42	Jovanović, Nebojsa	Massi Kuwait	s.t.
43	Pavlič, Marko	Cycling Academy Team	s.t.
44	Belda, David	Roth	s.t.
45	Abelouache, Essaïd	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
46	Stork, Florian	Sauerland	+ 16' 26''
47	Gil, Tomás	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
48	Vaidem, Josten	Estonia	s.t.
49	Tedeschi, Mirko	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
50	Smirnovs, Andris	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
51	Ray, Alexander	Illuminate	s.t.
52	Malaguti, Alessandro	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
53	Turrin, Alex	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
54	Pruus, Peeter	Estonia	s.t.
55	Vaitkus, Tomas	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
56	Nikitin, Matvey	Astana City	s.t.
57	Tamouridis, Ioannis	Synergy Baku	s.t.
58	Leinau, Joann	Sauerland	s.t.
59	Kovác, Maros	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
60	Ezquerra, Jesús	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
61	Suzuki, Ryu	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
62	Pasche, Frank	Roth	s.t.
63	Sulzberger, Bernard	Drapac	s.t.
64	Thwaites, Scott	Bora-Argon 18	+ 19' 33''
65	Schwarzmann, Michael	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
66	Zimany, Kristian	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+ 23' 49''
67	Pung, Peeter	Estonia	s.t.
68	Kamstra, Brian	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
69	Fonzi, Giuseppe	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
70	Williams, Chris	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
71	Viel, Mattia	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
72	Vahtra, Norman	Estonia	s.t.
73	Intra, Felix	Sauerland	s.t.
74	Serģis, Kaspars	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
75	Draperi, Matteo	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
76	Janorschke, Grischa	Roth	s.t.
77	Mirza, Yousif	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
78	Ducournau, Gilbert	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
79	Vilanova, Marc	Massi Kuwait	s.t.
80	Fritz, Fabian	Sauerland	s.t.
81	Lajcha, Juraj	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
82	Tybor, Patrick	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
83	Lefrançois, Nicolas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
84	Auer, Daniel	Felbermayr Simplon	s.t.
85	Rācenājs, Kristofers	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
86	Plebani, Davide	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
87	Lauk, Karl Patrick	Estonia	s.t.
88	Inoue, Kazuo	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
89	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
90	Sagiv, Guy	Cycling Academy Team	s.t.
91	Uchima, Kohei	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
92	Glasspool, James	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
93	Hadari, Zohar	Cycling Academy Team	s.t.
94	Yechzkel, Aviv	Cycling Academy Team	s.t.
95	Kulimbetov, Nurbolat	Astana City	s.t.
96	Mahdar, Martin	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
97	Toffali, Nicola	Roth	s.t.
98	Mohd Shahrul, Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
99	Mohd Saiful, Anuar	Terengganu	s.t.
100	Chsherbinin, Yuriy	Astana City	s.t.
101	Evans, Brad	Drapac	s.t.
102	Lowndes, Jason	Drapac	s.t.
103	Scotson, Miles	Illuminate	s.t.
104	Schweizer, Christoph	Sauerland	s.t.
105	Leinau, Louis	Sauerland	s.t.
106	Cecchin, Alberto	Roth	s.t.
107	Bauhaus, Phil	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
108	Scotson, Callum	Illuminate	s.t.
109	Almansoori, Ahmed	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
110	Galeyev, Vadim	Astana City	s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

633 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.4 km/hr

1	Eibegger, Markus	Felbermayr Simplon	15hr 17min 26sec
2	Stalnov, Nikita	Astana City	@ 2sec
3	Nocentini, Rinaldo	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
4	Schorn, Daniel	Felbermayr Simplon	+ 00' 10''
5	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 00' 13''
6	Carboni, Giovanni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
7	Pires, Bruno	Roth	+ 00' 17''
8	Kvasina, Matija	Synergy Baku	s.t.
9	Easter, Griffin	Illuminate	+ 00' 26''
10	Herklotz, Silvio	Bora-Argon 18	+ 01' 17''
11	Bárta, Jan	Bora-Argon 18	+ 01' 56''
12	Boivin, Guillaume	Cycling Academy Team	+ 02' 23''
13	Averin, Maksym	Synergy Baku	s.t.
14	Canty, Brendan	Drapac	+ 02' 30''
15	Pozdnyakov, Kirill	Synergy Baku	+ 02' 32''
16	Turek, Daniel	Cycling Academy Team	+ 03' 08''
17	Earle, Nathan	Drapac	+ 03' 21''
18	Monier, Damien	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 03' 23''
19	Rabitsch, Stefan	Felbermayr Simplon	+ 03' 37''
20	Mugerli, Matej	Synergy Baku	+ 03' 46''
21	Akhmetov, Galym	Astana City	+ 06' 15''
22	Wackermann, Luca	Nasr Dubai	+ 07' 47''
23	Lebas, Thomas	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
24	Livramento, David	Sporting Tavira	+ 08' 30''
25	Ávila, Edwin	Illuminate	+ 08' 42''
26	Finetto, Mauro	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 10' 26''
27	De La Fuente, David	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
28	Batmunkh, Maral-Erdene	Terengganu	+ 11' 03''
29	Nych, Artem	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 12' 42''
30	Sabido, Hugo	Sporting Tavira	+ 12' 55''
31	González, Mário	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
32	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 13' 41''
33	Lozano, David	Novo Nordisk	+ 13' 44''
34	Lukševics, Viesturs	Alpha Baltic	+ 13' 47''
35	Manakov, Viktor	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 14' 41''
36	Schillinger, Andreas	Bora-Argon 18	+ 14' 44''
37	Gil, Tomás	Wilier Triestina	+ 18' 02''
38	Pavlič, Marko	Cycling Academy Team	+ 18' 26''
39	Jovanović, Nebojsa	Massi Kuwait	+ 18' 48''
40	Rubio, Jesús	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
41	Pruus, Peeter	Estonia	+ 18' 51''
42	Asadov, Elchin	Synergy Baku	s.t.
43	Ezquerra, Jesús	Sporting Tavira	+ 18' 53''
44	Abelouache, Essaïd	Nasr Dubai	+ 22' 15''
45	Cecchin, Alberto	Roth	+ 23' 46''
46	Sveshnikov, Kirill	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 23' 50''
47	Smirnovs, Andris	Alpha Baltic	+ 23' 58''
48	Tedeschi, Mirko	Wilier Triestina	+ 23' 58''
49	Malaguti, Alessandro	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
50	Nikitin, Matvey	Astana City	s.t.
51	Suzuki, Ryu	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
52	Pasche, Frank	Roth	+ 24' 37''
53	Hatsuyama, Sho	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 25' 00''
54	Vaidem, Josten	Estonia	+ 25' 25''
55	Scotson, Miles	Illuminate	+ 26' 14''
56	Schwarzmann, Michael	Bora-Argon 18	+ 27' 01''
57	Kovác, Maros	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+ 27' 22''
58	Ray, Alexander	Illuminate	s.t.
59	Vaitkus, Tomas	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
60	Turrin, Alex	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
61	Clarke, Will	Drapac	+ 27' 46''
62	Sulzberger, Bernard	Drapac	+ 29' 57''
63	Thwaites, Scott	Bora-Argon 18	+ 30' 29''
64	Intra, Felix	Sauerland	+ 31' 18''
65	Lefrançois, Nicolas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Fonzi, Giuseppe	Wilier Triestina	+ 31' 21''
67	Uchima, Kohei	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
68	Toffali, Nicola	Roth	+ 31' 37''
69	Belda, David	Roth	+ 32' 49''
70	Viel, Mattia	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 34' 45''
71	Galeyev, Vadim	Astana City	s.t.
72	Rācenājs, Kristofers	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
73	Mahdar, Martin	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
74	Scotson, Callum	Illuminate	+ 34' 49''
75	Draperi, Matteo	Wilier Triestina	+ 34' 50''
76	Tamouridis, Ioannis	Synergy Baku	+ 35' 32''
77	Leinau, Louis	Sauerland	+ 35' 58''
78	Stork, Florian	Sauerland	+ 37' 01''
79	Tybor, Patrick	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+ 40' 11''
80	Leinau, Joann	Sauerland	+ 40' 14''
81	Lowndes, Jason	Drapac	+ 40' 39''
82	Plebani, Davide	Unieuro-Wilier	+ 42' 55''
83	Bauhaus, Phil	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
84	Williams, Chris	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
85	Evans, Brad	Drapac	s.t.
86	Serģis, Kaspars	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
87	Schweizer, Christoph	Sauerland	s.t.
88	Lauk, Karl Patrick	Estonia	s.t.
89	Chsherbinin, Yuriy	Astana City	s.t.
90	Mirza, Yousif	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
91	Yechzkel, Aviv	Cycling Academy Team	s.t.
92	Kulimbetov, Nurbolat	Astana City	s.t.
93	Kamstra, Brian	Novo Nordisk	+ 44' 13''
94	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+ 44' 50''
95	Janorschke, Grischa	Roth	+ 45' 20''
96	Mohd Saiful, Anuar	Terengganu	+ 45' 49''
97	Hadari, Zohar	Cycling Academy Team	+ 46' 28''
98	Lajcha, Juraj	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+ 47' 01''
99	Pung, Peeter	Estonia	+ 47' 34''
100	Fritz, Fabian	Sauerland	+ 48' 35''
101	Mohd Shahrul, Mat Amin	Terengganu	+ 48' 50''
102	Vilanova, Marc	Massi Kuwait	+ 49' 04''
103	Sagiv, Guy	Cycling Academy Team	+ 49' 23''
104	Vahtra, Norman	Estonia	+ 52' 10''
105	Ducournau, Gilbert	Wilier Triestina	+ 52' 24''
106	Inoue, Kazuo	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 52' 50''
107	Almansoori, Ahmed	Nasr Dubai	+ 58' 22''
108	Glasspool, James	Novo Nordisk	+ 1h 00' 00''
109	Zimany, Kristian	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+ 1h 04' 17''
110	Auer, Daniel	Felbermayr Simplon	+ 1h 04' 23''

Stage 4 map:

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Friday, May 6: Stage 3, Gabala - Gabala, 177.2 km

Stage 3 map

Matej Mugerli wins Azerbaidjan Tour stage 3

The Race: The organizer provided this summary:

Gabala, 6 May 2016 - Matej Mugerli made it back-to-back wins for Synergy Baku Cycling Project, sprinting to victory on the third stage of the Tour d’Azerbaidjan. Second place again went to Markus Eibegger (Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels) ahead of Luca Wackermann (NASR-Dubai), one second back.

Race leader Guillaume Boivin (Cycling Academy Team) lost his jersey today to Daniel Schorn (Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels) who finished fourth. On count back of finishing positions he is the new leader in the general classification. Schorn also assumes the lead in the green sprint jersey competition. The mountain competition and the best young rider saw no change on today's stage, with Mauro Finetto (Unieuro Wilier) and Ildar Arslanov (Gazprom-Rusvelo) maintaining their leads.

It was a five-man breakaway that led the way for most of the stage, but towards the final it was absorbed back into the field, making it to a bunch sprint that was won by Mugerli.

The peloton took off in Gabala under cloudy circumstances. It didn’t take long for the breakaway to form, with Sulzberger (Drapac Pro Cycling), Kurbatov (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Tybor (Dukla Banska Bystrica), Scotson (Team Illuminate), Saleh (Terengganu Cycling Team) moving clear of the bunch after just a few kilometers of racing.

Having taken the win at the first intermediate sprint, Saleh dropped back from the leading group. Soon after, Kurbatov was also not able to follow the wheels leaving three leaders up the road. At the start of the first and only climb of today's stage, the gap between the leaders and the peloton was 2'50" minutes.

Miles Scotson (Team Illuminate) won the mountain points after out sprinting Sulzberger (Drapac Pro Cycling) at the top of the climb. The three riders in the breakaway managed to maintain a decent advantage at the front of the race, with the gap hovering between two and three minutes for almost the whole stage. The second intermediate sprint was won by Tybor (Dukla Banska Bystrica), after this win he also was dropped from the leading group before they headed into the final 20 KM.

In the final 10 KM the two leaders were caught, making it a bunch sprint in Gabala. The final sprint was a tough, uphill rise making for a hard end to the stage, but Mugerli showed he was the strongest on the line, comfortably taking the win, and continuing his team's strong showing at their home race.

Matej Mugerli (Synergy Baku Cycling Project, 1st place): "I like this finish, and I've already finished second and third here, but today I finally got the victory. My team was helping Maksym Averin for another victory and I had a free role, so I went for it and did it. I was waiting for the right moment to go and then went full gas. I'm really happy for the team again today."

Daniel Schorn (Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels, leader GC): "To be honest, yesterday I was a little bit disappointed. On one hand I was really happy for my teammate Markus Eibegger who was second, on the other hand I knew I had to be more in front to get the leader's jersey already. With the superb work of the team today I was able to take the leader's jersey, what else could I wish for!"

Mauro Finetto (Unieuro Wilier, leader KOM): "I hope I can defend this jersey. For tomorrow, I hope to win the mountain stage and to also do a good ride for the general classification. Yesterday I was sixth, I hope it will be better tomorrow."

Complete Results:

177.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.09 km/hr

1	Matej Mugerli	Synergy Baku	4hr 18min 44sec
2	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr Simplon	s.t.
3	Luca Wackermann	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
4	Daniel Schorn	Felbermayr Simplon	s.t.
5	Michael Schwarzmann	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
6	Mauro Finetto	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
7	Matteo Draperi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
8	Callum Scotson	Illuminate	s.t.
9	Alberto Cecchin	Roth	s.t.
10	David De la Fuente	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
11	Guillaume Boivin	Cycling Academy	s.t.
12	Maxim Averin	Synergy Baku	s.t.
13	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
14	Silvio Herklotz	Bora-Argon 18	@ 4sec
15	Giovanni Carboni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
16	Griffin Easter	Illuminate	s.t.
17	Bruno Pires	Roth	s.t.
18	Nikita Stalnov	Astana City	s.t.
19	Thomas Lebas	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
20	Matija Kvasina	Synergy Baku	s.t.
21	Brendan Canty	Drapac	s.t.
22	Kirill Pozdnyakov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
23	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
24	Hugo Sabido	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
25	Edwin Ávila	Illuminate	s.t.
26	Peeter Pruus	Estonia	s.t.
27	Alexander Evtushenko	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
28	Vadim Galeyev	Astana City	s.t.
29	Viesturs Lukševics	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
30	Ioannis Tamouridis	Synergy Baku	s.t.
31	Damien Monier	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
32	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr Simplon	s.t.
33	Maroš Kovác	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
34	Nathan Earle	Drapac	s.t.
35	David Lozano	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
36	Jan Bárta	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
37	Andris Smirnovs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
38	Felix Intra	Sauerland	s.t.
39	Alexander Ray	Illuminate	s.t.
40	Daniel Turek	Cycling Academy	s.t.
41	Ryu Suzuki	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
42	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
43	Andreas Schillinger	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
44	Maral-Erdene Batmunkh	Terengganu	s.t.
45	Nebojša Jovanovic	Massi Kuwait	s.t.
46	Essaïd Abelouache	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
47	Phil Bauhaus	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
48	William Clarke	Drapac	s.t.
49	Tomas Vaitkus	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
50	Mirko Tedeschi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
51	Jason Lowndes	Drapac	s.t.
52	Davide Plebani	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
53	Scott Thwaites	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
54	Frank Pasche	Roth	s.t.
55	Galym Akhmetov	Astana City	s.t.
56	Jesús Alberto Rubio	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
57	Christopher Williams	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
58	Brian Kamstra	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
59	Martin Mahdar	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
60	Marko Pavlic	Cycling Academy	s.t.
61	Nicola Toffali	Roth	s.t.
62	Mattia Viel	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
63	Kristofers Racenajs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
64	Kaspars Sergis	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
65	Elchin Asadov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
66	Alessandro Malaguti	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
67	Nicolas Lefrançois	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
68	Peeter Pung	Estonia	s.t.
69	Alex Turrin	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
70	Viktor Manakov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1' 29''
71	Brad Evans	Drapac	+4''
72	Miles Scotson	Illuminate	s.t.
73	Florian Stork	Sauerland	+1' 33''
74	Marc Vilanova	Massi Kuwait	+1' 34''
75	Josten Vaidem	Estonia	s.t.
76	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	+4''
77	Tomás Gil	Wilier Triestina	+1' 38''
78	Nurbolat Kulimbetov	Astana City	+4''
79	Kirill Sveshnikov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1' 40''
80	Christoph Schweizer	Sauerland	+4''
81	Louis Leinau	Sauerland	s.t.
82	Joann Leinau	Sauerland	s.t.
83	Kohei Uchima	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
84	Mario González	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
85	Jesús Ezquerra	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
86	Rinaldo Nocentini	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
87	David Livramento	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
88	Grischa Janorschke	Roth	+1' 59''
89	Alexey Kurbatov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
90	David Belda	Roth	+2' 28''
91	Saiful Anuar Aziz	Terengganu	+2' 42''
92	Juraj Lajcha	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
93	Karl Patrick Lauk	Estonia	+4''
94	Yuriy Chsherbinin	Astana City	s.t.
95	Jannik Steimle	Felbermayr Simplon	+2' 58''
96	Yousif Mirza	Nasr Dubai	+4''
97	Ahmed Almansory	Nasr Dubai	+3' 00''
98	Gilbert Ducournau	Wilier Triestina	+3' 33''
99	Zohar Hadari	Cycling Academy	+3' 37''
100	Sho Hatsuyama	Bridgestone Anchor	+3' 40''
101	Norman Vahtra	Estonia	+4' 40''
102	Fabian Fritz	Sauerland	+5' 28''
103	James Glasspool	Novo Nordisk	+6' 03''
104	Bernard Sulzberger	Drapac	s.t.
105	Kazuo Inoue	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
106	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	+6' 28''
107	Guy Sagiv	Cycling Academy	+6' 32''
108	Aviv Yechezkel	Cycling Academy	+4''
109	Matvey Nikitin	Astana City	s.t.
110	Kristián Zimány	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+8' 57''
111	Patrik Tybor	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
112	Daniel Auer	Felbermayr Simplon	+10' 22''

GC after Stage 3:

517.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.82 km/hr

1	Daniel Schorn	Felbermayr Simplon	12hr 22min 48sec
2	Guillaume Boivin	Cycling Academy	s.t.
3	Alberto Cecchin	Roth	s.t.
4	Maxim Averin	Synergy Baku	s.t.
5	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr Simplon	s.t.
6	Mauro Finetto	Unieuro-Wilier	@ 1sec
7	Matej Mugerli	Synergy Baku	s.t.
8	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
9	David De la Fuente	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
10	Griffin Easter	Illuminate	+4''
11	Bruno Pires	Roth	+5''
12	Matija Kvasina	Synergy Baku	s.t.
13	Kirill Pozdnyakov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
14	Giovanni Carboni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
15	Nikita Stalnov	Astana City	s.t.
16	Rinaldo Nocentini	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
17	Silvio Herklotz	Bora-Argon 18	+1' 05''
18	Jan Bárta	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
19	Daniel Turek	Cycling Academy	+1' 07''
20	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr Simplon	s.t.
21	Tomás Gil	Wilier Triestina	+1' 39''
22	Peeter Pruus	Estonia	+2' 28''
23	David Lozano	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
24	Miles Scotson	Illuminate	s.t.
25	Edwin Ávila	Illuminate	+2' 30''
26	Brendan Canty	Drapac	s.t.
27	Nathan Earle	Drapac	s.t.
28	Hugo Sabido	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
29	Jesús Ezquerra	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
30	Damien Monier	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
31	Mario González	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
32	Galym Akhmetov	Astana City	s.t.
33	David Livramento	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
34	Marko Pavlic	Cycling Academy	+7' 10''
35	Michael Schwarzmann	Bora-Argon 18	+7' 31''
36	Felix Intra	Sauerland	+7' 32''
37	Maral-Erdene Batmunkh	Terengganu	s.t.
38	Nebojša Jovanovic	Massi Kuwait	s.t.
39	Nicolas Lefrançois	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
40	Jesús Alberto Rubio	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
41	Andris Smirnovs	Alpha Baltic	+7' 35''
42	Mirko Tedeschi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
43	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
44	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
45	Thomas Lebas	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
46	Alessandro Malaguti	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
47	Matvey Nikitin	Astana City	s.t.
48	Elchin Asadov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
49	Ryu Suzuki	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
50	Kohei Uchima	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
51	Luca Wackermann	Nasr Dubai	+7' 50''
52	Nicola Toffali	Roth	+7' 51''
53	Frank Pasche	Roth	+8' 14''
54	Josten Vaidem	Estonia	+9' 02''
55	Vadim Galeyev	Astana City	+10' 59''
56	Maroš Kovác	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
57	Alexander Ray	Illuminate	s.t.
58	Tomas Vaitkus	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
59	Mattia Viel	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
60	Viesturs Lukševics	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
61	Essaïd Abelouache	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
62	Kristofers Racenajs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
63	Andreas Schillinger	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
64	Scott Thwaites	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
65	Alex Turrin	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
66	Martin Mahdar	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
67	Callum Scotson	Illuminate	+11' 03''
68	Matteo Draperi	Wilier Triestina	+11' 04''
69	Alexander Evtushenko	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+11' 15''
70	Louis Leinau	Sauerland	+12' 12''
71	Viktor Manakov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+12' 40''
72	Kirill Sveshnikov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+12' 57''
73	Bernard Sulzberger	Drapac	+13' 34''
74	Sho Hatsuyama	Bridgestone Anchor	+14' 35''
75	Patrik Tybor	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+16' 25''
76	Jason Lowndes	Drapac	+16' 53''
77	William Clarke	Drapac	s.t.
78	Ioannis Tamouridis	Synergy Baku	+19' 09''
79	Davide Plebani	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
80	Phil Bauhaus	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
81	Christoph Schweizer	Sauerland	s.t.
82	Brad Evans	Drapac	s.t.
83	Christopher Williams	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
84	Yuriy Chsherbinin	Astana City	s.t.
85	Karl Patrick Lauk	Estonia	s.t.
86	Kaspars Sergis	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
87	Aviv Yechezkel	Cycling Academy	s.t.
88	Yousif Mirza	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
89	Nurbolat Kulimbetov	Astana City	s.t.
90	Brian Kamstra	Novo Nordisk	+20' 27''
91	Florian Stork	Sauerland	+20' 38''
92	Alexey Kurbatov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+21' 04''
93	David Belda	Roth	+21' 33''
94	Grischa Janorschke	Roth	+21' 34''
95	Jannik Steimle	Felbermayr Simplon	+22' 03''
96	Saiful Anuar Aziz	Terengganu	s.t.
97	Zohar Hadari	Cycling Academy	+22' 42''
98	Juraj Lajcha	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+23' 05''
99	Peeter Pung	Estonia	+23' 48''
100	Joann Leinau	Sauerland	+23' 51''
101	Fabian Fritz	Sauerland	+24' 49''
102	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	+25' 04''
103	Marc Vilanova	Massi Kuwait	+25' 18''
104	Guy Sagiv	Cycling Academy	+25' 37''
105	Norman Vahtra	Estonia	+28' 24''
106	Gilbert Ducournau	Wilier Triestina	+28' 38''
107	Kazuo Inoue	Bridgestone Anchor	+29' 04''
108	Ahmed Almansory	Nasr Dubai	+34' 36''
109	James Glasspool	Novo Nordisk	+36' 14''
110	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	+36' 43''
111	Kristián Zimány	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+40' 31''
112	Daniel Auer	Felbermayr Simplon	+40' 37''

Stage 3 map:

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Thursday, May 5: Stage 2, Baku - Ismayilli, 186.5 km.

Stage 2 map

Maksym Averin wins stage 2

The Race: Here's the organizer's summary of the stage.

Ismayilli, 5 May 2016 - After an exciting final through the streets of Ismayilli, Maksym Averin scored a home victory for Synergy Baku Cycling Project. The win is the first for Azeri rider at their home race, and a great boost for the development of cycling in Azerbaijan. Second place went to Markus Eibegger (Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels) and third to Alberto Cecchin (Team Roth).

Averin was part of a small group that survived to the finish after breaking clear over the final climb, along with the Canadian champion, Guillaume Boivin, of the Cycling Academy Team. With Boivin's higher placings over the two stages so far in this Tour d'Azerbaidjan he assumes the lead in the general classification.

The mountain jersey also swapped shoulders today, as Mauro Finetto (Unieuro Wilier) took the KOM points on offer at the first two climbs of today's stage. The sprint jersey is also a reward for Boivin, who has placed highly and scored points in both stage finishes so far.

It was under sunny skies that the peloton left the Velo Park in Baku and took off for the 187 kilometer stage to Ismayilli. There were multiple attempts to form a breakaway before one finally got clear, with nine riders gaining a maximum advantage of 1'30" before being caught with much of the stage still to race.

The breakaway of the day finally escaped from the peloton after 30 KM, staying in front for the majority of the stage, and building a maximum advantage of 1'50". With six riders involved in this escape, Brra - Argon 18 was keen to keep their advantage in check and gradually closing them down.

It was at 50 KM from the finish line in Ismayilli that the breakaway was caught by the chasing peloton. Shortly after the re-grouping, two riders tried to get clear heading into the final of the stage: Daniel Turek (Cycling Academy Team) and William Clarke (Drapac Pro Cycling).

However, it was not to be for this duo either, and just before the start of the final climb the whole peloton was back together. On the climb, a dangerous group of seventeen riders formed at the front. From this first peloton, William Clarke (Drapac Pro Cyling) again attacked. After taking the KOM points at the top of the climb, Clarke continued to press on in front of the chasing group. Nikita Stalnov (Astana City) joined him at the front of the race, heading into the final 20 KM.

After the 3 KM to go sign, the two leaders were caught by the second chasing group. It was this final selection that went all the way to the finish, deciding the stage honours in a sprint, with Averin being the fastest on the day.

Rider Quotes:

Maksim Averin (Synergy Baku Cycling Project, 1st place): "My first victory of this year, we made a long way for this. In the Tour of Croatia we already showed our strength, there I did my role to support our leaders there and today the team helped me out during today's stage. I'm very happy and really proud of this performance. It was a perfect sprint, but I knew the final corners. I was in perfect position and I'm really happy with the win."

Guillaume Boivin (Cycling Academy Team, GC leader): "This wasn't the first goal for today, but being in the top five in the first two stages gave me this jersey. It was a tough day today so I'm really happy with this result. I'm not a climber, so I'm just going to enjoy it for tonight and we'll see how it works out the following days. But for sure we're really happy that on today's Holocaust Memorial Day, being part of an Israelian team, we got this jersey."

Complete Results:

185.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.48 km/hr

1	Maxim Averin	Synergy Baku	4hr 29min 45sec
2	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr	s.t.
3	Alberto Cecchin	Roth	s.t.
4	Guillaume Boivin	Cycling Academy	s.t.
5	Daniel Schorn	Felbermayr	s.t.
6	Griffin Easter	Illuminate	s.t.
7	Mauro Finetto	Unieuro-Wilier	+1''
8	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
9	Matej Mugerli	Synergy Baku	s.t.
10	David De la Fuente	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
11	Rinaldo Nocentini	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
12	Bruno Pires	Roth	s.t.
13	Matija Kvasina	Synergy Baku	s.t.
14	Nikita Stalnov	Astana City	s.t.
15	Giovanni Carboni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
16	Kirill Pozdnyakov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
17	Tomás Gil	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
18	Silvio Herklotz	Bora-Argon 18	@ 1min 1sec
19	Jan Bárta	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
20	Daniel Turek	Cycling Academy	+1' 03''
21	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr	s.t.
22	Miles Scotson	Illuminate	+2' 24''
23	David Lozano	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
24	Peeter Pruus	Estonia	s.t.
25	Nathan Earle	Drapac	+2' 26''
26	Galym Akhmetov	Astana City	s.t.
27	Brendan Canty	Drapac	s.t.
28	Hugo Sabido	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
29	Edwin Ávila	Illuminate	s.t.
30	Jesús Ezquerra	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
31	Damien Monier	Bridgestone	s.t.
32	Mario González	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
33	David Livramento	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
34	Marko Pavlic	Cycling Academy	+7' 06''
35	Jesús Alberto Rubio	Nasr Dubai	+7' 28''
36	Felix Intra	Sauerland	s.t.
37	Nebojša Jovanovic	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
38	Nicolas Lefrançois	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
39	Josten Vaidem	Estonia	s.t.
40	Maral-Erdene Batmunkh	Terengganu	s.t.
41	Patrik Tybor	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
42	Bernard Sulzberger	Drapac	+7' 31''
43	Andris Smirnovs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
44	Mirko Tedeschi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
45	Matteo Draperi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
46	Elchin Asadov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
47	Matvey Nikitin	Astana City	s.t.
48	Michael Schwarzmann	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
49	Alessandro Malaguti	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
50	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
51	Kohei Uchima	Bridgestone	s.t.
52	Thomas Lebas	Bridgestone	s.t.
53	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
54	Ryu Suzuki	Bridgestone	s.t.
55	Nicola Toffali	Roth	s.t.
56	Frank Pasche	Roth	+7' 40''
57	Luca Wackermann	Nasr Dubai	+7' 50''
58	Mattia Viel	Unieuro-Wilier	+10' 55''
59	Alex Turrin	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
60	Alexander Evtushenko	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
61	Alexander Ray	Illuminate	s.t.
62	Andreas Schillinger	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
63	Louis Leinau	Sauerland	s.t.
64	Scott Thwaites	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
65	Tomas Vaitkus	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
66	Kristofers Racenajs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
67	Viesturs Lukševics	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
68	Essaïd Abelouache	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
69	Maroš Kovác	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
70	Martin Mahdar	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
71	Viktor Manakov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
72	Vadim Galeyev	Astana City	s.t.
73	Sho Hatsuyama	Bridgestone	s.t.
74	Kirill Sveshnikov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
75	Callum Scotson	Illuminate	+11' 03''
76	William Clarke	Drapac	+16' 49''
77	Jason Lowndes	Drapac	s.t.
78	Karl Patrick Lauk	Estonia	+19' 05''
79	Kaspars Sergis	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
80	Christopher Williams	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
81	Jannik Steimle	Felbermayr	s.t.
82	Brian Kamstra	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
83	Grischa Janorschke	Roth	s.t.
84	Juraj Lajcha	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
85	Davide Plebani	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
86	Brad Evans	Drapac	s.t.
87	Fabian Fritz	Sauerland	s.t.
88	Saiful Anuar Aziz	Terengganu	s.t.
89	Yousif Mirza	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
90	Zohar Hadari	Cycling Academy	s.t.
91	Yuriy Chsherbinin	Astana City	s.t.
92	Nurbolat Kulimbetov	Astana City	s.t.
93	Alexey Kurbatov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
94	David Belda	Roth	s.t.
95	Ioannis Tamouridis	Synergy Baku	s.t.
96	Florian Stork	Sauerland	s.t.
97	Guy Sagiv	Cycling Academy	s.t.
98	Kazuo Inoue	Bridgestone	s.t.
99	Christoph Schweizer	Sauerland	s.t.
100	Phil Bauhaus	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
101	Aviv Yechezkel	Cycling Academy	s.t.
102	Peeter Pung	Estonia	+23' 44''
103	Norman Vahtra	Estonia	s.t.
104	Marc Vilanova	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
105	Joann Leinau	Sauerland	+23' 47''
106	Gilbert Ducournau	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
107	James Glasspool	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
108	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
109	Kristián Zimány	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+30' 14''
110	Daniel Auer	Felbermayr	+30' 15''
111	Ahmed Almansory	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
112	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

340.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.2 km/hr

1	Guillaume Boivin	Cycling Academy	8hr 4min 4sec
2	Daniel Schorn	Felbermayr	s.t.
3	Alberto Cecchin	Roth	s.t.
4	Maxim Averin	Synergy Baku	s.t.
5	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr	s.t.
6	Griffin Easter	Illuminate	s.t.
7	Mauro Finetto	Unieuro-Wilier	+1''
8	Matej Mugerli	Synergy Baku	s.t.
9	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
10	Bruno Pires	Roth	s.t.
11	Matija Kvasina	Synergy Baku	s.t.
12	Rinaldo Nocentini	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
13	Kirill Pozdnyakov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
14	David De la Fuente	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
15	Tomás Gil	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
16	Giovanni Carboni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
17	Nikita Stalnov	Astana City	s.t.
18	Silvio Herklotz	Bora-Argon 18	@ 1'min 1sec
19	Jan Bárta	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
20	Daniel Turek	Cycling Academy	+1' 03''
21	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr	s.t.
22	Peeter Pruus	Estonia	+2' 24''
23	David Lozano	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
24	Miles Scotson	Illuminate	s.t.
25	Edwin Ávila	Illuminate	+2' 26''
26	Jesús Ezquerra	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
27	Brendan Canty	Drapac	s.t.
28	Nathan Earle	Drapac	s.t.
29	Mario González	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
30	David Livramento	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
31	Hugo Sabido	Sporting Tavira	s.t.
32	Galym Akhmetov	Astana City	s.t.
33	Damien Monier	Bridgestone	s.t.
34	Marko Pavlic	Cycling Academy	+7' 06''
35	Felix Intra	Sauerland	+7' 28''
36	Maral-Erdene Batmunkh	Terengganu	s.t.
37	Patrik Tybor	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
38	Nebojša Jovanovic	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
39	Nicolas Lefrançois	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
40	Josten Vaidem	Estonia	s.t.
41	Jesús Alberto Rubio	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
42	Mirko Tedeschi	Wilier Triestina	+7' 31''
43	Andris Smirnovs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
44	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
45	Matvey Nikitin	Astana City	s.t.
46	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
47	Bernard Sulzberger	Drapac	s.t.
48	Alessandro Malaguti	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
49	Michael Schwarzmann	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
50	Elchin Asadov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
51	Thomas Lebas	Bridgestone	s.t.
52	Kohei Uchima	Bridgestone	s.t.
53	Ryu Suzuki	Bridgestone	s.t.
54	Nicola Toffali	Roth	+7' 47''
55	Luca Wackermann	Nasr Dubai	+7' 50''
56	Frank Pasche	Roth	+8' 10''
57	Mattia Viel	Unieuro-Wilier	+10' 55''
58	Maroš Kovác	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
59	Tomas Vaitkus	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
60	Vadim Galeyev	Astana City	s.t.
61	Alexander Ray	Illuminate	s.t.
62	Kristofers Racenajs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
63	Essaïd Abelouache	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
64	Andreas Schillinger	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
65	Viesturs Lukševics	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
66	Alex Turrin	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
67	Scott Thwaites	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
68	Martin Mahdar	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
69	Sho Hatsuyama	Bridgestone	s.t.
70	Callum Scotson	Illuminate	+11' 03''
71	Matteo Draperi	Wilier Triestina	+11' 04''
72	Alexander Evtushenko	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+11' 11''
73	Viktor Manakov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
74	Kirill Sveshnikov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+11' 17''
75	Louis Leinau	Sauerland	+12' 08''
76	Jason Lowndes	Drapac	+16' 49''
77	William Clarke	Drapac	s.t.
78	Davide Plebani	Unieuro-Wilier	+19' 05''
79	Ioannis Tamouridis	Synergy Baku	s.t.
80	Phil Bauhaus	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
81	Jannik Steimle	Felbermayr	s.t.
82	Christoph Schweizer	Sauerland	s.t.
83	Alexey Kurbatov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
84	Yuriy Chsherbinin	Astana City	s.t.
85	Brad Evans	Drapac	s.t.
86	Aviv Yechezkel	Cycling Academy	s.t.
87	Karl Patrick Lauk	Estonia	s.t.
88	Guy Sagiv	Cycling Academy	s.t.
89	Christopher Williams	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
90	David Belda	Roth	s.t.
91	Yousif Mirza	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
92	Zohar Hadari	Cycling Academy	s.t.
93	Kaspars Sergis	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
94	Florian Stork	Sauerland	s.t.
95	Nurbolat Kulimbetov	Astana City	s.t.
96	Saiful Anuar Aziz	Terengganu	+19' 21''
97	Fabian Fritz	Sauerland	s.t.
98	Grischa Janorschke	Roth	+19' 35''
99	Brian Kamstra	Novo Nordisk	+20' 23''
100	Juraj Lajcha	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
101	Kazuo Inoue	Bridgestone	+23' 01''
102	Norman Vahtra	Estonia	+23' 44''
103	Peeter Pung	Estonia	s.t.
104	Marc Vilanova	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
105	Joann Leinau	Sauerland	+23' 47''
106	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	+25' 00''
107	Gilbert Ducournau	Wilier Triestina	+25' 05''
108	James Glasspool	Novo Nordisk	+30' 11''
109	Daniel Auer	Felbermayr	+30' 15''
110	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
111	Kristián Zimány	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+31' 34''
112	Ahmed Almansory	Nasr Dubai	+31' 36''

Stage 2 map

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Wednesday, May 4: Stage 1, Baku - Sungayit, 153.5 km

Stage 1 map

Phil Bauhaus wins Azerbaidjan stage 1

The Race: Here is the organizer's explanation of the day's racing.

Sumgayit, 4 May 2016 - Phil Bauhaus (Bora - Argon 18) has won the opening stage bunch sprint at the Tour d’Azerbaidjan, crossing the finish line in Sumgayit just ahead of Scott Sunderland (Team Illuminate) and Luca Wackermann (NASR-Dubai). The win also sees Bauhaus take hold of the first leader’s jersey of the race.

The day's early breakaway was formed of just one lone leader, with Zamri Mohd Saleh (Terengganu Cycling Team) moving clear early on before building an advantage of up to 8'35" over his 70 kilometer solo push. Mohd Saleh took maximum points at both the stage's first categorised climb and first intermediate sprint, giving him the KOM jersey.

The crosswinds made it a hard and fast race for the international peloton chasing behind. Shortly after entering Sumgayit, where five town centre laps would be ridden, a three-man escape group formed, with Elchin Asadov (Synergy Baku Cycling Project), Nurbolat Kulimbetov (Astana City) and Alexander Evtushenko (Gazprom-Rusvelo). Andreas Keuser (Kuwait Cycling Project) soon took off in pursuit and was able to catch the leading trio, with the four building up a maximum lead of 1'10".

The second intermediate sprint in the streets of Sumgait was contested between the four leaders, from where Asadov came over the line first.

The sprinters’ teams weren’t going to let their chance of a bunch sprint slip away, and shortly after the final intermediate sprint, taken by Keuser, the four leaders were brought back into the fold. From that moment on several attacks came and went but no one was able to break free from the bunch.

Bora - Argon 18 paved the way with a strong lead out for the young Bauhaus, who finished the job for his team, and in doing so also took the lead in the best young rider's classification.

Rider Quote: Phil Bauhaus (Bora - Argon 18, 1st place)

"This is a really nice win, as it's my first as a pro and my first win in the Bora - Argon 18 jersey. The team did a fantastic job so I could start my sprint with only 200 meters to go, and that was thanks to the perfect work of my team at the finish. We have more stages for sprinters to come and I hope we can maybe go for another win."

Complete Results & GC:

153.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.994 km/hr

1	Phil Bauhaus	Bora-Argon 18	3hr 34min 19sec
2	Scott Sunderland	Illuminate	s.t.
3	Luca Wackermann	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
4	Guillaume Boivin	Cycling Academy	s.t.
5	Ioannis Tamouridis	Synergy Baku	s.t.
6	Daniel Schorn	Felbermayr	s.t.
7	Davide Plebani	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
8	Jason Lowndes	Drapac	s.t.
9	Mauro Finetto	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
10	Alberto Cecchin	Roth	s.t.
11	Edwin Ávila	Illuminate	s.t.
12	Norman Vahtra	Estonia	s.t.
13	Jesús Ezquerra	Tavira	s.t.
14	Maxim Averin	Synergy Baku	s.t.
15	Vadim Galeyev	Astana City	s.t.
16	Maroš Kovác	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
17	Daniel Auer	Felbermayr	s.t.
18	Mirko Tedeschi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
19	Mattia Viel	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
20	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
21	Tomas Vaitkus	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
22	Matej Mugerli	Synergy Baku	s.t.
23	Bruno Pires	Roth	s.t.
24	Christoph Schweizer	Sauerland	s.t.
25	Andris Smirnovs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
26	Ildar Arslanov	Rusvelo-Gazprom	s.t.
27	Kristofers Racenajs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
28	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr	s.t.
29	Jannik Steimle	Felbermayr	s.t.
30	Alexander Ray	Illuminate	s.t.
31	Peeter Pruus	Estonia	s.t.
32	Alexey Kurbatov	Rusvelo-Gazprom	s.t.
33	Matija Kvasina	Synergy Baku	s.t.
34	Aviv Yechezkel	Cycling Academy	s.t.
35	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
36	Matvey Nikitin	Astana City	s.t.
37	Kirill Pozdnyakov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
38	Brendan Canty	Drapac	s.t.
39	Rinaldo Nocentini	Tavira	s.t.
40	Yuriy Chsherbinin	Astana City	s.t.
41	David Lozano	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
42	Essaïd Abelouache	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
43	Griffin Easter	Illuminate	s.t.
44	Mario González	Tavira	s.t.
45	Guy Sagiv	Cycling Academy	s.t.
46	Silvio Herklotz	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
47	Brad Evans	Drapac	s.t.
48	Daniel Turek	Cycling Academy	s.t.
49	Nathan Earle	Drapac	s.t.
50	Miles Scotson	Illuminate	s.t.
51	Artem Nych	Rusvelo-Gazprom	s.t.
52	Felix Intra	Sauerland	s.t.
53	David Livramento	Tavira	s.t.
54	Viesturs Lukševics	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
55	Andreas Schillinger	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
56	Maral-Erdene Batmunkh	Terengganu	s.t.
57	Tomás Gil	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
58	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr	s.t.
59	Karl Patrick Lauk	Esronia	s.t.
60	Bernard Sulzberger	Drapac	s.t.
61	David De la Fuente	Tavira	s.t.
62	David Belda	Roth	s.t.
63	Patrik Tybor	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
64	Alessandro Malaguti	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
65	Hugo Sabido	Tavira	s.t.
66	Giovanni Carboni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
67	Marko Pavlic	Cycling Academy	s.t.
68	Nicolas Lefrançois	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
69	Nebojša Jovanovic	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
70	Josten Vaidem	Estonia	s.t.
71	Alex Turrin	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
72	Yousif Mirza	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
73	Christopher Williams	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
74	Michael Schwarzmann	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
75	Callum Scotson	Illuminate	s.t.
76	Zohar Hadari	Cycling Academy	s.t.
77	Scott Thwaites	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
78	Nikita Stalnov	Astana City	s.t.
79	Jan Bárta	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
80	Joann Leinau	Sauerland	s.t.
81	Peeter Pung	Estonia	s.t.
82	Martin Mahdar	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
83	Florian Stork	Sauerland	s.t.
84	William Clarke	Drapac	s.t.
85	Thomas Lebas	Bridgestone-Anchor	s.t.
86	Elchin Asadov	Synergy Baku	s.t.
87	Damien Monier	Bridgestone-Anchor	s.t.
88	Jesús Alberto Rubio	Nasr Dubai	s.t.
89	Kohei Uchima	Bridgestone-Anchor	s.t.
90	Kaspars Sergis	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
91	Nurbolat Kulimbetov	Astana City	s.t.
92	Galym Akhmetov	Astana City	s.t.
93	Sho Hatsuyama	Bridgestone-Anchor	s.t.
94	Marc Vilanova	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
95	Scott Ambrose	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
96	Daniel Biedermann	Felbermayr	+16''
97	Zamri Saleh	Terengganu	s.t.
98	Saiful Anuar Aziz	Terengganu	s.t.
99	Viktor Manakov	Rusvelo-Gazprom	s.t.
100	Nicola Toffali	Roth	s.t.
101	Fabian Fritz	Sauerland	s.t.
102	Andreas Keuser	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
103	Alexander Evtushenko	Rusvelo-Gazprom	s.t.
104	Kirill Sveshnikov	Rusvelo-Gazprom	+22''
105	Frank Pasche	Roth	+30''
106	Grischa Janorschke	Roth	s.t.
107	Kristo Enn Vaga	Estonia	+1' 09''
108	Nor Umardi Rosdi	Terengganu	s.t.
109	Louis Leinau	Sauerland	+1' 13''
110	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
111	Gilbert Ducournau	Wilier Triestina	+1' 18''
112	Brian Kamstra	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
113	Salem Ali Ali	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
114	Juraj Lajcha	Dukla Banská Bystrica	s.t.
115	Vitalijs Kornilovs	Alpha Baltic	s.t.
116	Kristián Zimány	Dukla Banská Bystrica	+1' 20''
117	Axel Costa	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
118	Ahmed Almansory	Nasr Dubai	+1' 21''
119	Ryu Suzuki	Bridgestone-Anchor	s.t.
120	Matteo Draperi	Wilier Triestina	+3' 33''
121	Bremanis Ansis	Alpha Baltic	+3' 56''
122	Kazuo Inoue	Bridgestone-Anchor	+3' 56''
123	James Glasspool	Novo Nordisk	+6' 24''
124	Alajmi Abdulhadi	Massi-Kuwait	+7' 35''

Stage 1 map:

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Teams:

Team	Country	Class
1	Synergy Baku Cycling Project	Continental
2	RUSVELO-GAZPROM	Pro Continental
3	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING	Pro Continental
4	BORA - ARGON 18	Pro Continental
5	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	Pro Continental
6	TEAM ROTH	Pro Continental
7	SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA	Pro Continental
8	ALPHA BALTIC MAROTONI.LV	Continental
9	ASTANA CITY	Continental
10	BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR CYCLING TEAM	Continental
11	CYCLING ACADEMY TEAM	Continental
12	MASSI - KUWAIT CYCLING PROJECT	Continental
13	DUKLA BANSKA BYSTRICA	Continental
14	NASR-DUBAI	Continental
15	TEAM FELBERMAYR - SIMPLON WELS	Continental
16	TEAM ILLUMINATE	Continental
17	TEAM SAUERLAND NWR	Continental
18	TEAM TAVIRA	Continental
19	TERENGGANU CYCLING TEAM	Continental
20	UNIEURO WILIER	Continental
21	ESTONIAN NATIONAL TEAM	National Team