The only team with multiple riders is the Ukrainian national team so this race will almost certainly be won by the break
Popoyych, Grivko and Gustov are the favourites
5 riders just ride off the front: Grabovski, Khalilov, Kvachuk, Ratiy and Djudja (a control rider)
due to Djudja not relaying Grabovski attacks clear
142km left and Krasnoperov attacks the peleton
which is down to 7 riders
100km to go and the situation is
Grabovski---3'23"---Kvachuk, Khailov and Ratiy---25"---Krasnoperov---2'06"---Djudja---3'27"---Peleton of remaining 14 riders
80km to go and Krasnoperov the other 3 breakaway riders
when Grabovski has 3 laps and 54km to go his lead is 6 minutes
While Podgorny decides to start a solo chase from the peleton, he is currently 12 minutes back though
1 lap to go and Grabovski has an 8 minute lead, he could walk to the finish line and win from here
Podgorny is now within 1'30" of the break
and with 12km to go he catches them
but Grabovski takes an epic solo victory after 180km of solo riding
Podgorny is 2nd 8 minutes back
and while Popovych catches the break he can't pass them so 3rd is Krasnoperov ahead of Kvachuk and Khailov
But the champion of Ukraine is Irn Bru's Dmitri Grabovski
Results:
1
Dmitri Grabovski
IrnBru - RBS
4h52'53
2
Ruslan Podgorny
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 7'40
3
Mikayil Krasnoperov
Rabobank
+ 8'43
4
Aleksander Kvachuk
Ukraine
s.t.
5
Mikhail Khalilov
Team Starbucks
s.t.
6
Jaroslav Popovych
Unicef RT
s.t.
7
Vadim Ratiy
Lipton Ice Tea
s.t.
8
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
9
Vladimir Bileka
White Bear - Wild Horse
+ 9'53
10
Maxim Rudenko
Ukraine
s.t.
11
Juri Krivtsov
Crédit Lyonnais
s.t.
12
Oleg Chuzhda
Ukraine
s.t.
13
Ruslan Grychenko
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
14
Dmitrij Goryainov
Ukraine
s.t.
15
Wladimir Gustov
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
16
Vladimir Djudja
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 12'53
17
Mikayil Grebinyuk
M&M Cycling
+ 15'49
18
Arthur Dorokhov
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
19
Arthur Balchos
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
20
Marjan Smigunov
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
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