By Kerry Purget
Floriano Moutinho ensured AnnoDomini would be leaving the Perm Tour on a happy note as he emerged from a bunch sprint to take out Stage 4.
Here are some of the evening's talking points.
Skoglund wraps up sprint classification
Otto Skoglund ensured a memorable Perm Tour for Norwegian team CCFC as he finished top of the sprint classification.
Despite being involved in a crash early on in the race, the 28-year-old picked himself up to contest the bunch sprint at the end of the Perm Parade.
The wily Norwegian managed to find Moutinho's wheel as the Portuguese rider broke clear, and came in second place to bank in a cool 40 sprint points and an insurmountable lead.
While his five point gap to general classification winner Roy Rasmussen seemed easy enough to make up at the start of the race, Skoglund would have been aware of Ocaña's Baltazar Woriega lurking | | in third place, seven points behind.
However, the Spanish sprinter was stuck behind traffic in the final stanza, only managing to finish in fourth place behind riazor's Maximos Zisimatos.
Woriega would have to settle for second place in the sprint classification, with Zisimatos shooting up the standings after his third place finish to end up in fourth behind Rasmussen.
Moutinho rounded off the top five with his win, but an elated Skoglund would have been the happiest after having also won Stage 1.
CCFC boss Einar was looking proud as punch after the race, given he'd stated on Day 1 that his team were in it to win the sprint classification.
"Skoglund had a bit of an off day," he said. "But he still got second place and won the SC. He's superhuman."
Best of the babies
There was no change in the youth classification, with MrSjaakBraak's Zdislav Kyncl taking home the gold after his exploits in the high
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nonnies' Norberto Dávilo came in 7 seconds behind, while AnnoDomini's Orlando Kacciavurian wrapped up a slightly disappointing personal campaign in third place.
Youth classification winners have sometimes gone on to win Perm Tour in previous years, so perhaps these are names to watch out for in seasons to come.
The last word
We turn to our favourite dummy on tour, ryant for what went wrong for his team this time round.
Having blamed everyone from the judges to the establishment, the Britcycles boss is always good for a quote.
"For me, this was a very bad Perm to remember as we scored precisely 0 points here," he said. "I hope we can just forget this and move on quickly.
"I need my kebab fix now."
That's all folks! See you at the next Perm Tour, maybe.
Kerry Purget is a failed Australian road cyclist and current pundit for Dodge Pirate Radio Kommercial (formerly known as the Dodge Racing Channel).
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