Russia has a race in the hillside. Chernetskiy and Trofimov are the stars in this type of race but a surprise is always possible.
No morning breakaway at all this race, as if all amateur riders are only there for the camera to register a full field of riders.
Trofimov attacks on the penultimate climb. Chernetskiy doesn't want his biggest rival to ride away and follows, as does Pomoshnikov.
Trofimov was the only one who got away but he is caught after the descent. Kolesnikov and Rybalkin lead the group to the foot of the final climb. All major favorites are in the front group, only Kuznetsov was the victim of an unfortunate puncture just before the climb.
Chernetskiy takes the lead on the final climb. Trofimov, I. Zakarin and Rovny on the next row, Trofimov boxed in behind behind Chernetskiy, Rovny with free space. Pomoshnikov fifth and needs to move forward soon.
Chernetskiy falls away though, Zakarin now leading with Tsatevich out of nowhere on the left side.
Ilnur Zakarin is Champion of Russia! He fends off a late acceleration from Tsatevich, with Chernetskiy the best rider from Tinkoff in only third despite having nearly half the professional startlist. Rovny fourth, Pomoshnikov fifth, Trofimov sixth. Kritskiy best of the rest in seventh with the top ten completed by Ignatiev, Kulikovskiy and Vorobev.
Time trial is one of the biggest sports in Russia, look at their TTT win in last year's World Championships. The entry list is full of riders proficient in this discipline.
A. Zakarin is the second rider to start and puts in a 1h05'47 as reference for the other contenders.
Vorobev also starts early and beats his teammate him by exactly a minute.
Ovechkin is the best non-Tinkoff so far, eleven seconds down on Vorobev.
Kovalev was six seconds down on Vorobev at checkpoint one but turns it around to lead by ten at the second checkpoint. Towards the finish he loses a couple of seconds but takes the lead by eight.
Ignatiev is the last non-Tinkoff to start, but he can't take the fastest time. Same time as Ovechkin but ahead on milliseconds for third soon-to-be-fifth place. Two Tinkoffs left.
Current champion Yatsevich is expected to do better than Kovalev, and leads by twelve seconds at the first intermediate. He continues to extend his lead to finish 23 seconds faster.
But Kritskiy has the last say. His split times were ahead of Yatsevich by eight seconds, and he puts in extra effort to win by nineteen second!
The jersey stays at Tinkoff but switches from Yatsevich to Timofey Kritskiy!
Russian National Road Race Championship 
