The ex-pro Gert Jõeäär (CFC) won last Saturday in Elva the Estonian Elite criterium Championships title ahead of Artjom Mirzojev (Ampler Development Team). Third of the race was our Finnish RR champion Antti Jussi Juntunen , but the Estonian criterium bronze belong to last year's winner Rait Ärm (Groupama Francaise des Jeux continental).
In U23 men category Artjom was crowned with the champion's title, Rait Ärm was second and Gleb Karpenko (Ampler Development Team) was third.
The race was organized on a 1.3km long flat circuit with 4 corners. The elite men had to cover 33 laps with a intermediate sprint (5,3,2,1pts) every 3rd lap. At the final sprint double points were awarded to the first four riders.
Riders with points:
Gert Jõeäär 28pts
Artjom Mirzojev 27pts
Antti jussi Juntunen 21pts
Rait Ärm 20pts
Mikutis Aivaras 9pts
Gert Kivistik 9pts
Norman Vahtra 5pts
Jörgen Matt 5pts
Pauls Rubenis 5pts
Alekss Krasts 1pts
Glep Karpenko 1pts
34 STARTERS, 14DNF
Photo: Oliver Matkur / Artjom Mirzojev winning the final sprint ahead of the race winner Gert Jõeäär and his teammate Antti Jussi Juntunen