Aurélien de Comarmond had prepared well for yesterday’s individual time trial and said he was satisfied with his performance. © Krishna Pather
Great performance from Aurélien de Comarmond yesterday during the third stage of the Tour of Sharjah. The rider from the Mauritius selection, in fact, achieved the 14th time of this 11.16 kilometer individual time trial contested around Sharjah University, in 13 minutes and 54 seconds.
Victory went to the Frenchman from the Wagner Bazin WB team Quentin Bezza in 13:24.190, while the Estonian Rein Taaramäe (Kinan Racing Team) took second place in the same second (13:24.230). The podium is completed by the winner of the 2nd stage, the Serbian Dusan Rajovic at 3 seconds (13:27.240).
“After the first day in the breakaway, I felt pretty good. I had in mind to set a good time. I concentrated and prepared myself. I did my best and in the end I’m really happy. The legs are really good and I hope that this will be the case until the end of the Tour in order to be in good shape for the Tour of Algeria right after”confided Aurélien de Comarmond.
Regarding the other Mauritians, Alexandre Mayer takes 53rd place at 1:04; William Piat finished 95th at 1:39; Jeremy Raboude 105th at 1:49; Toréa Célestin 116th at 2 minutes and Hanson Matombé 123rd at 2:05.
In the general classification, the Spaniard from Burgos BH, Mario Aparicio is still in the lead but is only one second ahead of Taaramäe! Piat remains the first Mauritian with a 52nd place at 2:48 ahead of Mayer 54th at 2:57; Raboude 114ᵉ at 5:32; of Comarmond 134ᵉ at 8:17; Célestin 137ᵉ at 8:57 and Matombé 142ᵉ at 10:54.
-Note that Aurélien de Comarmond is on the podium in the mountain classification with 6 points. The jersey is worn by the Emirati Rashid Mohammad Ibrahim Al Blooshi who has 10 points, while Aparicio also finds himself with 6 points.
“The level is very high and we knew it was going to be difficult to achieve a result. We just want to honor the organizers by being active in the race. We were represented in the breakaway during the first two stages and today (yesterday), Aurélien took 14th place in the time trial, which is a very good result against very good riders, notably professionals. Tomorrow (today) is the big day with lots of climbs. Aurélien is 2ᵉ in the mountain classification. We’ll see how he feels and if it’s possible to grab a few points to take on the best climber jersey. In any case, it’s a very good experience for all the runners”analyzes, for his part, Trevor Court, the sporting director of the Mauritian selection.
Today, the queen stage of this 2025 edition of the Tour of Sharjah is taking place. Designed between Al Hefaiyah Lake and Al Suhub, this 4th stage is 132.32 km long and includes 3 climbs of 3rd category, one of 2nd category and ends with a first category pass. Notable changes are expected in the general ranking.
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