Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 2018 was a UCI Asia Tour 2.1 event and the 33rd edition of Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) which took place in six stages between September 29-October 4, 2018 in Iranian Azerbaijan. The race started in the city of Tabriz and traveled through Urmia, Jolfa, and Sarein.
Teams Thirteen teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:
Overview
Stages Stage 1 Tabriz – Urmia (150.1 km)
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 Russia s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7" 3 Russia + 12" 4 + 14" 5 + 15" 6 + 16" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 2 Urmia – Aras Free Zone (209.4 km)
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Russia 2 Iran + 1' 12" 3 s.t. 4 Russia + 3' 26" 5 + 3' 31" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Russia 2 + 3' 32" 3 + 3' 39" 4 + 3' 46" 5 + 3' 47" 6 + 3' 48" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 3 Aras Free Zone – Tabriz (147.8 km)
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Russia 2 Kenya s.t. 3 + 6" 4 Russia + 15" 5 + 29" 6 + 1' 01" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 + 1' 10" 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Russia 2 + 3' 21" 3 + 3' 28" 4 + 3' 36" 5 + 3' 37" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 + 3' 42" 9 + 3' 44" 10 s.t.
Stage 4 Tabriz – Sarein (196.2 km)
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 13" 3 + 1' 42" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Russia + 1' 49" 7 + 1' 54" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Russia 2 + 3' 12" 3 + 3' 36" 4 + 3' 37" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 3' 42" 8 + 3' 44" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 5 Sarein – Tabriz (198.9 km)
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Russia + 11" 3 + 19" 4 + 36" 5 + 38" 6 s.t. 7 + 41" 8 + 47" 9 + 49" 10 + 51"General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Russia 2 + 2' 36" 3 + 3' 24" 4 + 3' 36" 5 + 3' 39" 6 + 3' 40" 7 + 3' 44" 8 + 3' 46" 9 + 3' 47" 10 + 3' 56"
Stage 6 Tabriz – Tabriz (91.2 km)
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 Russia s.t. 4 Iran s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Russia s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Final standings Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Russia 2 + 2' 40" 3 + 3' 28" 4 + 3' 40" 5 + 3' 43" 6 + 3' 44" 7 + 3' 48" 8 + 3' 50" 9 + 3' 51" 10 + 4' 00"
Final mountains classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 62 2 46 3 39 4 Russia 24 5 22 6 22 7 13 8 12 9 11 10 10Final team classification Rank Team Time 1 2 Russia + 2' 34" 3 + 2' 55" 4 + 3' 10" 5 + 3' 29" 6 + 8' 48" 7 + 8' 54" 8 + 9' 27" 9 Iran + 10' 27" 10 + 1h 02' 46"
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