The third stage of the cycling league concludes in Erbil governorate
The third stage of the Iraqi Clubs Cycling Championship concluded in Erbil Governorate on Saturday for the advanced, youth, and junior categories.
"Al-Saniya Club won the overall individual race for the junior category, over a distance of 45 km, followed by Al-Nidhal Club, while third place went to Erbil Club," according to a statement from the Central Cycling Federation, received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.
The statement included, "In the overall individual race for the 45 km youth category, Al-Hadba Club won first place, while Duhok Club came in second, and third place went to Awlad Raji Specialist Club. The individual results for the junior category resulted in Naft Al-Wasat Club player Ali Issam Majid winning first place, Al-Nidal Club player Ammar Ihab Abdul Khader coming in second, and Al-Saniya Club player Saif Abdul Hamza Hamid taking third place."
"In the individual junior competition, Al-Hadbaa Club player Yousef Ghazal Ali took first place, while Duhok Club player Abdul Rahman Shifan Akram took second place, and Al-Hadbaa Club player Osama Qutaiba Yassin came in third. In the individual time trial races for the youth category, over a distance of 24 km, Al-Sinaa Club player Murtadha Haider took first place, followed by his club teammate Mustafa Safwan, and Al-Sinaa player Mohammed Matin took third place," added the statement.
The second and final day's competitions concluded with an individual time trial race for the advanced category, over a distance of 32 km. Al-Sinaa Club player Hassan Askari took first place, while Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi Club player Aydin Bahnam took second place, and Al-Sinaa Club player Wahbi Suleiman took third place.
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