2016 Tour d'Azerbaidjan (2.1)
5th edition: May 4 - May 8, 2016
Tour d'Azerbaidjan podium history | 2015 edition | Teams entered
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5
Sunday, May 8: 5th and Final Stage, Baku - Baku, 158 km
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'' |
Saturday, May 7: Stage 4, Gabala - Pirqulu, 115.3 km
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'' |
Friday, May 6: Stage 3, Gabala - Gabala, 177.2 km
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'' |
Thursday, May 5: Stage 2, Baku - Ismayilli, 186.5 km.
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'' |
Wednesday, May 4: Stage 1, Baku - Sungayit, 153.5 km
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'' |
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 |