GP OF SOCHI – SOCHI (RUSSIA)
2015, March 18th.
The pro continental squad of RusVelo opened this season’s winning score in the capital of 2014 winter Olympics, having taken all the three podium spots on the top of a long final climb to the ski resort of Rosa Khutor. Sergey Firsanov crossed the line ahead of his teammates Aleksandr Foliforov and Artem Ovechkin. The final 20 kilometers out of 168 km-long GP of Sochi Mayor course tested the peloton on a climb with 900 meters of vertical drop; the last eight kilometers with a lot of steep ramps were a real decider. RusVelo stuck to a classic tactical scenario of brining its climbers to the bottom of the ascent in the best possible conditions and then letting them strike a final blow. The plan was materialized to perfection.
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