Idman.biz
The international "Baku-Khankendi" cycling tour continues in Azerbaijan.
Idman.Biz reports that after the fourth stage, Yevgeni Fedorov, a member of the Kazakhstan's "XDS Astana" team, retained the lead in the overall standings. His overall result is 14 hours, 49 minutes, and 59 seconds. Alexander Balmer from the Italian team "Solution Tech NIPPO Rali" is in second place, 4 seconds behind the leader. Henok Mulubrhan, another member of the "XDS Astana" team, completes the top three, 8 seconds behind.
In the points classification, Marko Manenti from the Italian team "Bardiani CSF 7 Saber" leads with 62 points. Kristian David Pita from the Thai team "Roojai Insurance Winspace," who has the same number of points, is in second place. Gleb Suritsa from the Kazakhstan's "XDS Astana" team is in third place with 55 points.
In the mountain classification, Lennart Teugels from the Belgian team "Tarteletto-Isorex" leads with 20 points. Alexander Balmer from the Italian team "Solution Tech NIPPO Rali" is in second place (10 points), and David Alejandro Gonzalez from the Colombian team "Team Medellin–EPM" is in third place (5 points).
In the youth classification, Iker Gomez from the Spanish team "Equipo Kern Pharma" leads with a result of 14 hours, 58 minutes, and 19 seconds. Franciszek Matuszewski from the Polish team "Mazowsze Serce Polski" is in second place, 2 minutes and 8 seconds behind. Muhammad Sielchan from the Indonesian team "ASC Monsters Indonesia" is in third place, 5 minutes and 57 seconds behind.
In the team classification, Kazakhstan's "XDS Astana" team is in first place with 44 hours, 30 minutes, and 45 seconds. The Italian team "Bardiani CSF 7 Saber" is in second place, 9 seconds behind, and the Chinese team "Li-Ning Star" is in third place, also 9 seconds behind.
Among Azerbaijani cyclists, Musa Mikayilzade shows the best result in the overall standings and is in 52nd place. He is 14 minutes and 17 seconds behind the leader. According to the results of the fourth stage, he advanced 8 positions.
In turn, Nofal Nuriyev is in 117th place and is 36 minutes and 11 seconds behind the leader. Shahin Eyyazov is in 124th place and is 38 minutes and 26 seconds behind, while Ali Gurbanov is in 125th place and is 38 minutes and 40 seconds behind.
The Azerbaijani national team is in 23rd place in the team classification, 1 hour, 27 minutes, and 51 seconds behind the leader.
It is worth recalling that the fourth stage was held on the Ganja-Naftalan route and ended with the victory of Marko Manenti, a cyclist from the Italian team "Bardiani CSF 7 Saber." The final, fifth stage of the cycling race will be held tomorrow on the Tartar-Khankendi route.
