Albanian National Road Race Championship Liechtensteiner National Road Race Championship Moldovan National Road Race Championship Turkish National Road Race Championship
A Pan-European championship containing riders from Albania, Liechtenstein, Moldova and Turkey, contesting a hilly route at an anonymous location.
Albania is the main supplier with four out of eleven participants: Kamberaj is the reigning champion and is challenged by Mukaj, Yzeiraj and Zhupa.
For Liechtenstein we have Banzer versus Mundle, the latter being the current champion with the former looking for his first ever championship.
Pluchkin doesn't need to bribe teammate Tanovitchii to win another Moldovan championship.
Finally, Carsi defends his Turkish jersey against Kal and Orken. Hasta would have been favorite but you need to participate to win.
An agreement between the nations to wait for the final hill to race. There were a few amateurs who didn't get the memo and formed a breakaway, being chased down eventually.
A group of 41 turns onto the final climb. It contains all eleven professionals from the four countries and a few amateurs no one has ever heard of.
In between the stands and four riders have a bit of a gap. Kamberaj leading, Tanovitchii and Pluchkin going head to head and Kal looking certain of the Turkish championships.
Aleksandr Pluchkin passes Xhuliano Kamberaj in the final meters to deny the Albanian the overall win. Both men leave the race with the national title of their respective countries: Moldova and Albania. Mirac Kal finishes third to lay his hands on the Turkish crown.
Further down the field, Gordian Banzer takes his first Liechtensteiner title, dethroning Mundle who finishes just behind him.
Albanian National Time Trial Championship Liechtensteiner National Time Trial Championship Moldovan National Time Trial Championship Turkish National Time Trial Championship
Pluchkin will annihilate the field, but for anyone who is not Moldovan he can simply be ignored.
Gordian Banzer completes the Liechtensteiner double, which wasn't that difficult as Mundle finished dead last. He is seventh overall in a time of 1h08'41.
The Albanian contest is a much closer affair, separated by only three seconds. It was Kamberaj who fell just short of the double, with the time trial jersey going to Donald Mukaj. Zhupa completing the local podium at 55 seconds.
The best Turkish time trialist is Mirac Kal, who does complete the double. Carsi is second at 1'42, but both are ahead of Mukaj on the virtual combined podium.
Aleksandr Pluchkin, World Time Trial Champion, also becomes Moldovan Time Trial Champion, meaning that jersey won't be worn in time trials next season. He is also fastest overall by three minutes over Kal, and leaves Tanovitchii eight minutes behind.