Ilia Koshevoy will come back to Europe from Argentina with the important 5th place in the final general classification of the Tour de San Luis.
This result was achieved especially thanks to the impressive performances by the Byelorussian rider in the two summit arrivals of the South American race (5th at Cerro el Amago in the 4th stage and 4th in Merlo in the 6th stage).

For LAMPRE-MERIDA's rider this is the first top 5 in a stages race in his career: this goal is even more important considering that the fight for the overall classification victory saw the South American climber as protagonists. The race was won by Dyer Quintana, the gap of Koshevoy was 1'42".

The young blue-fuchsia-green rider had no problem to defend the 5th place in the final stage, 119,6 km of easy course with start and arrival in San Luis, which finished in a massive sprint won by Mareczko and in which the duo of sprinters from LAMPRE-MERIDA Cimolai-Ferrari could not realize a quality performance.
The first rider from sports director Maini's team to cross the arrival was Mohoric, 17th.

The greatest satisfactions for LAMPRE-MERIDA (photo Bettini) in Argentina came from Koshevoy, but also the good performances by Mohoric, the 11th place of Ferrari in the 2nd stage and the 7th position of Cimolai in the 5th stage were valuable too.