With a stage win for Arman Kamyshev and an overall third place, Astana ended their final race of 2014 Tour of Hainan on a positive note. The Kazakh team praises the organizers of the 9-day race in China.

“Arman’s stage win is the Tour of Hainan highlight," DS Jaan Kirsipuu said after stage nine at the Tour of Hainan. The organizers made a decisive race and every day was a new challenge."

Tuesday’s rolling stage from Dangzhou to Chengmai was the final day of racing in Hainan and the final race for Astana Pro Team in 2014 -

Arman Kamyshev won stage three into Yueliangwan, and Andrey Zeits finished third overall in the nine-stage race around China’s large tropical resort island.

Zeits also won the Best Asian Rider classification. The Pavlodar native has raced more than 14,000km this season in 93 calendar days of competition, including the Giro d’Italia in May and the Vuelta a España in August and September.