Azerbaijani cyclists to join Tour de Qinghai Lake
By Amina Nazarli
The Synergy Baku Cycling Project is returning to racing at the
Tour de Qinghai Lake, which it last rode in 2013. The 13-stage race
runs from July 7 to 18, and is ranked UCI 2.HC.
The team will send a strong squad to the race, with Maksym Averin,
Matej Mugerli and Ioannis Tamouridis. They will be supported by
Elchin Asadov, Alex Surutkovych, Markus Eibegger and Samir
Jabrayilov.
Qinghai Lake offers nine mountain stages, three circuit courses and
one flat stage.
“Matej and Ioannis will go for the GC,” said sport director Tomaz
Poljanec. “Elchin is of course always good for a break group, Alex
can look to the climbs, and we will ride for Max on the few sprint
possibilities. It will also be good preparation for Samir for the
upcoming European Championships. Markus will continue with his
come-back from his injury and we assume he will continue with his
good progress.”
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