Synergy Baku Cycling Project to Tour of Almaty

05.10.2014 [13:00]
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Baku, October 5 (AZERTAC). The Synergy Baku Cycling Project returns to racing at the one-day race Tour of Almaty in Kazakhstan this coming Sunday. The squad features five Azeri riders.

This is a rare appearance for the team in a race ranked 1.1 by the UCI, and will give the young Azeri riders the opportunity to measure themselves against some of the top riders in the world, including Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali of the Kazakh-based Team Astana.

Elchin Asadov, Enver Asanov, Ismail Iliasov, Tural Isgandarov and Samir Jabrayilov will represent Azerbaijan in the Synergy Baku colours. Matt Brammeier, Markus Eibegger and Christoph Schweizer round out the team.

“We are delighted to be back at the GP Almaty again and happy to see that the Kazakhstan Federation has been awarded a 1.1 class ranking,” said team manager David McQuaid. “In Kazakhstan, just like in Azerbaijan, they are investing heavily in cycling. But even though we are near neighbours, those friendships stop on Sunday — there is a race to win and I am sure our team will go close.”

The race is 186 kilometers, multiple laps of a circuit course in the former Kazakh capital city.

Synergy Baku Cycling Project to Tour of Almaty

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