Rory Townsend capped a wonderful Tour of Almaty with the king of the mountains crown.
Meanwhile, Max Stedman produced a stunning performance to finish 13th on the second stage of the UCI 2.1 race in Kazakhstan.
That was enough to earn the 21-year-old climber 14th position in the general classification as BIKE Channel Canyon once again showed their class in the face of World Tour opposition.
Critérium du Dauphiné champion Jakob Fuglsang won Sunday’s finale for Astana as his team-mate Alexey Lutsenko bagged the overall title.
The Kazakh, who followed up victory on stage one with second on stage two, was celebrating his fourth successive win in his home race.
There was no shortage of success to celebrate for
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Fitting finale to stunning debut season