The 2016 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan was a five-day cycling

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that took place in

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in May 2016. The race is the fifth edition of the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan. It was rated as a

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event as part of the

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. The race included five stages, starting in Baku on 4 May and returning there for the finish on 8 May. The race was won by

Markus Eibegger Markus Eibegger (born 16 October 1984) is an Austrian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2018. He was the winner of the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2009. Major results ;2005 : 5th O ...

(). He finished the race 2 seconds ahead of

Rinaldo Nocentini Rinaldo Nocentini (born 25 September 1977) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1999 and 2019 for the , , Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé, , and teams. In the 2009 Tour de France, his first participati ...

(), with

Nikita Stalnov Nikita Serikovich Stalnov (russian: Никита Серикович Стальнов, born 14 September 1991) is a Kazakhstani former cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He was named in the startlist for the 2017 and 2018 Vuelta a España ...

() third. Eibegger's teammate

Daniel Schorn Daniel Schorn (born 21 October 1988) is an Austrian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the , , and teams. Born in Zell am See, Schorn, and , made their Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro ...

won a stage and the points classification, while Synergy Baku won both the team classification and the mountains classification through

Alex Surutkovich Oleksandr Surutkovytch ( uk, Олександр Суруткович; born 8 January 1984 in Odesa) is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani former professional road cyclist. Major results ;2005 : 2nd Overall Tour of Romania ;2006 : 1st Time trial, Ukrain ...

. The youth classification was won by

Ildar Arslanov Ildar Rinasovich Arslanov (russian: Ильда́р Рина́сович Арсла́нов; born 6 April 1994) is a Russian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2014 and 2019 for the and teams. Major results ...

().

Schedule

Participating teams

Twenty-one (21) teams participated in the 2016 edition of the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan.

Classification leadership

References

External links

Official website
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