Tour of the Alps (Austria) - Press Release: The Russian secured his first career GC in Team Sky’s final stage race in cycling, but needed every bit of effort to do that after stage winner Masnada and Nibali put his lead under threat until the last meters.

You can never take anything for granted at the Tour of the Alps, and it proved it again in today’s final stage of the 43rd edition, running through Südtirol from Caldaro/Kaltern to Bolzano/Bozen (147,8 km). At the end, Pavel Sivakov of Team Sky deservedly achieved his first career GC win, and his rivals made sure he had to earn every bit of it, ending Team Sky’s legacy in stage races on the highest possible note.