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“Tour d`Azerbaidjan” international cycling race ends (PHOTO)

Society Materials 5 May 2013 17:08 (UTC +04:00)
The fifth phase of the international cycling race "Tour d` Azerbaidjan", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the national leader Heydar Aliyev, ended in Azerbaijan on Sunday.
“Tour d`Azerbaidjan” international cycling race ends (PHOTO)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 9 /Trend H. Veliyev/

The fifth phase of the international cycling race "Tour d` Azerbaidjan", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the national leader Heydar Aliyev, ended in Azerbaijan on Sunday.

The fifth stage starts in Baku on Azadlig Square. The participants will pass through the main streets and avenues of the capital and will complete the stage after 12 laps.

The total length of the route is 144 kilometers.

The winner of the phase became Thomas Vaitkus of the Lithuanian national team. Second place won Sean de Bien Leopard-Trek Continental Team from Luxembourg, third place - Constant Gaudry of the Dutch "Rabobank".

Cyclist of the "Synergy Baku Cycling Project" Connor McConvey became the best on the mountain road of Tour d `Azerbaidjan. Sprint ladder won the representative of Azerbaijan team Kristof Schweizer.

The winner of the general classification was Sergey Grechin (Torku Sekerspor, Turkey). Second place was given to Alexander Surudkovich (Synergy Baku Cycling), third place - Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kazakhstan), which was called the best young rider bike of the Tour.

Portuguese team Efapel - Glassdrive won in general team classification. The best azerbaijani cyclist was declared Elchin Asadov.

The "Tour d'Azerbaidjan" is a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

The international cycling race is widely covered on Eurosport, Eurosport-2 and other TV channels. Employees of about 40 television channels have been sent to Azerbaijan to cover the event.

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