The Tinkoff festival is on – who among them will take the title? Or can Sony somehow spoil the party?
As we near the final 3 kilometers, only seven non-Tinkoff riders remain in this group of 21.
On the finishing straight, Kulikovskiy is the only one of those who remains in contention. Can he hold Trakhov’s wheel, or even pass him?
He actually can! Kulikovskiy’s high speed and reasonable hill capabilities triumph over the pure puncheurs of Tinkoff! Tikhonin comes flying in, but it’s too little, too late!
Result
1
Alexandr Kulikovskiy
Sony - Force India
1h11'00
2
Evgenii Tikhonin
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
s.t.
3
Dmitry Trakhov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
s.t.
4
Dmitry Strakhov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
s.t.
5
Alexander Vlasov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha 2
s.t.
6
Matvey Mamykin
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha 2
s.t.
7
Artem Samolenkov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha 2
s.t.
8
Alexander Foliforov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha 2
s.t.
9
Petr Rikunov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
s.t.
10
Aydar Zakarin
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha 2
s.t.
11
Aleksey Rybalkin
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
s.t.
12
Nikita Razumov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha 2
s.t.
13
Aleksandr Bereznyak
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha 2
s.t.
14
Artem Nych
Polar
s.t.
15
Pavel Sivakov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
s.t.
16
Ildar Arslanov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha 2
s.t.
17
Nicolay Cherkasov
Sony - Force India
s.t.
18
Alexander Sulimov
Specialized
s.t.
19
Stepan Kurianov
Evonik - ELKO
s.t.
20
Gleb Syritsa
Spark Team NZ
s.t.
21
Viacheslav Ivanov
Zwift - Newton Foundation
s.t.
22
Mamyr Stash
MOL Cycling Team
+ 1'02
23
Ivan Menshov
Zwift - Newton Foundation
+ 1'09
24
Kiril Yatsevich
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha 3
s.t.
25
Lev Gonov
Spark Team NZ
+ 1'24
45
Savva Novikov
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
+ 4'08
51
Viktor Manakov
Assa Abloy
+ 5'05
52
Egor Igoshev
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
s.t.
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Russian National Championships
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Time Trial
After a shocker in the road race, there will be no bad surprises here for Tinkoff. Only question is, who takes the title?
Thanks to alphabetical ordering, Zakarin is already the first rider at the finish line. His time will be the measuring stick for everyone else, and it might just stand until the end of the race – Vlasov falls almost one minute short, an indication of a very good time for Zakarin.
Two other riders stand a reasonable chance to take the title away from Zakarin. Yatsevich is the first, and he’s close, but ultimately is 23 seconds slower.
But then Razumov arrives and he’s on another level today. By 49 seconds, he takes the title and is the Russian TT Champion!
Russian National Championships 
