Iranian Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) outpaced his breakaway companions to win by 11 seconds over Giant Asia’s Rasoul Barati – also an Iranian. Third was Alexander Filippov from the Russian National Team. The Yellow jersey group finished just under 30 seconds behind with Slovenian Vladimir Kerkez winning the sprint for 4th place.

Radoslav Rogina (Loborika) powered to a convincing solo win, 45 seconds clear over second placed Kiel Reijnen (Jelly Belly USA). Chinese rider Jiang Kun of the China National Team takes the final podium spot in third. All the favorites for the overall classification finished in the top 20 and it looks like tomorrow’s shorter stage will not see any major shake up in the general classification.

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