Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 2016
2016 UCI Asia Tour, race 31
Stage 6 of Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
Stage 6 of Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
Race details
Dates13–18 May 2016
Stages6
Distance1,004.6 km (624.2 mi)
Results
  Winner  Samad Pourseyedi (IRN) (Tabriz Shahrdari Team)
  Second  Ahad Kazemi (IRN) (Tabriz Shahrdari Team)
  Third  Rahim Emami (IRN) (Pishgaman–Giant)

Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 2016 is the 31st edition of Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) which took place between May 13 till May 18, 2016 in Iranian Azerbaijan. The tour had 6 stages and the total length is 1005 km. In 31st stage of the tour 21 teams from four continents participate.[1] For the first time in the history of Tour of Azerbaijan a cycling team from United States, Team Illuminate, participated in the tournament.[2]

Participant teams

UCI Professional Continental Teams
 Australia Drapac Professional Cycling
UCI Continental Teams
 Germany Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling
 United States Team Illuminate
 China Hy Sport–Look Continental
 Austria Hrinkow Advarics Cycleangteam
 China Team Lvshan Landscape
 Kuwait Massi–Kuwait Cycling Project

 

 Iran Pishgaman–Giant
 Kazakhstan Vino 4ever SKO
 Austria Amplatz–BMC
 Japan Team Ukyo
 Hong Kong HKSI Pro Cycling Team
 Malaysia NSC Mycron

 

 Iran Tabriz Shahrdari Team
 Taiwan RTS–Santic Racing Team
 Netherlands Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
 Iran Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team
 Malaysia Terengganu Cycling Team
National teams
 Iran

 

 Mongolia

 

 Syria

Stages of the Tour

Stage Date Start Finish Distance 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
1 [3] 13 May Tabriz Urmia 162.4 km  Connor McCutcheon (USA)A yellow jersey in stage 1 A green jersey.  Samad Pourseyedi (IRN)  Ahad Kazemi (IRN)A white jersey.
2 [4] 14 May Urmia Aras Free Zone in Jolfa 209.4 km  Peter Koning (NED)A yellow jersey.  Arvin Goodarzi (IRN)  Ahad Kazemi (IRN)A green jersey.
3 [5] 15 May Jolfa Tabriz 139.9 km  Derk Abel Beckeringh (NED)  Edwin Avila (COL)  Oleg Zemlyakov (KAZ)
4 [6] 16 May Tabriz Sarein 192.2 km  Samad Pourseyedi (IRN)A yellow jersey. A green jersey.A white jersey with red polka dots.  Rahim Emami (IRN)  Hamid Pourhashem (IRN)
5 17 May Sareyn Sahand Ski Resort 180.7 km  Ghader Mizbani (IRN)  Arvin Ghoudarzi (IRN)  Mehdi Sohrabi (IRN)
6 18 May Tabriz Tabriz 114 km  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ)  Jon Aberasturi (ESP)  Artem Tesler (UKR)

Final standing

Final general classification (1–10)[7]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Samad Pourseyedi (IRN) Tabriz Shahrdari Team 24h 7' 46"
2  Ahad Kazemi (IRN) Tabriz Shahrdari Team 1:45
3  Rahim Emami (IRN) Pishgaman–Giant 2:22
4  Arvin Moazemi (IRN) Pishgaman–Giant 2:28
5  Peter Koning (NED) Drapac Professional Cycling 3:18
6  Ghader Mizbani (IRN) Tabriz Shahrdari Team 3:19
7  Zhandos Bizhigitov (KAZ) Vino 4ever SKO 5:02
8  Connor McCutcheon (USA) Team Illuminate 6:08
9  Stefan Schumacher (GER) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling 6:38
10  Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRN) Pishgaman–Giant 7:09

References

  1. ↑ "World Cycling Stats".
  2. ↑ "Team Illuminate will be first US squad in Tour of Iran". 27 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "قهرمانی رکابزن تیم آمریکا در مرحله اول www.CFI.ir". Archived from the original on 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  4. ↑ "قهرمانی رکابزن دراپاک استرالیا www.CFI.ir". Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  5. ↑ "اخبار استان آذربايجان شرقی www.CFI.ir". Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  6. ↑ "قهرمانی پورسیدی در مرحله چهارم تور آذربایجان ایران www.CFI.ir". Archived from the original on 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  7. ↑ "Tour of Iran (Azarbaijan) 2016 Stage 6 results".
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