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Eden Grace Weatherhead wins 1593 Ceribian Tour
By Richard W. Wallace
Published: Nueva 28, 1593


Eden Grace Weatherhead won the Ceribian Tour along two high mountain stages and the Mountain classification.


Etora, Ceribia - Eden Grace Weatherhead (Tyrus-Empire) won his first Ceribian Tour.

The 1593 Ceribian Tour started with a 22-km team time-trial. The stage was surprisingly won by Sequoian team Le Cycle Super. BataVelo was second at twelve seconds while Vallish team Vançotte was third at eighteen seconds. Maurnnian Didier de Cromm was the first leader of the general classification.

Before the first mountain stage, the first week of the race took place in the Ceribian plains, in several flat and hilly places dominated by Nylander Anzcell Cycling team. Batavian sprinter won stage 2, while his teammate Nylander Michael Ahlgren won the next stage. Frederik de Jong would win again on stage 4, and he would repeat, winning his third stagae the next day, after defeating Lomarren Francesco Gassendi (Yetech-Druzhberg) and Kyrzbekistani Ilsat Alimur (KyrzAir). The Batavian sprinter would take the red jersey as leader of the general classification that day as well, along increasing his lead on the Point classification.

There were no surprises and Frederik de Jong won again on stage 6, the last one before the first high mountain stage, after defeating Ander Vitecz (Yetach-Druzhberg) and Kárdas Nyíregyházi (NDM Cycling).

The peloton started the first mountain stage, on stage 7, at a high speed, and, following the first attack by Mordvanian Rajko Kryzanek (Iskra Team) and Batavian Jaap Frisch (BataVelo), the main group was reduced to seven riders. Frisch won the stage after outpacing the Mordvanian in the final two kilometres, winning his first stage in a Grand Tour. Vallish climber Benoît Montfleury (Télecon Team) arrived thirty seconds after Frisch, and six seconds later arrived Eden Grace Weatherhead (Tyrus-Empire), Nerysian Wulf Käufer (Luft Wurberg) and Oslanburgan Soren Syndergaard (Scholden-Gulcron).

The Tour de Valland champion Eden Grace Weatherhead was the new leader of the general classification, although only two seconds ahead of Florinthian David Hayward (Télecon) and three seconds over Nerysian Wulf Käufer.

Stage 8, a medium-mountain stage, was expected to be a chance for riders looking for a successful breakaway but a calm stage for the general classification. However, several riders, including Kyrzbekistani Almas Cingur (KyrzAir), Lomarren Alessio Gagliardi (BataVelo) or Florinthian Ronald Frazer (AHN-Bank of Florinthus) joined the early breakaway, creating problems for Tyrus-Empire, which was unable to reduce the gap between the breakaway and the peloton. It was precisely Adwestene Art McLeod, the only Tyrus-Empire rider in the breakaway who would win the stage, after defeating Vallish Gaston Martel and August Thackeray in the final metres, but it turned into a bittersweet victory as Weatherhead ended the final kilometres isolated and lost extra seconds, losing the golden jersey. Florinthian David Hayward (Télecon) was the new leader of the general classification, with Kyrzbekistani Almas Cingur (KyrzAir) second at twenty-two seconds. Mordvanian Rajko Kryzanek (Iskra) was third at twenty-seven seconds while Weatherhead dropped to the fourth place at fifty-eight seconds.

Sprinters had another chance on stage 9, in which Anzcell Cycling and Dido-GDC frustrated any chance for a successful breakaway. Ceribian sprinter Sergo Gvarjaladze (Bagdati Team) defeated Mordvanian Miroslav Gradishar (Iskra) and Florinthian Quentin Symonds (Dido-GDC) to win his first stage in the Ceribian Tour, his second Grand Tour individual stage win after winning a stage on last Tour de Valland as well. Mordvanian Rajko Kryzanek was involved in a crash and lost about one minute, dropping from the top ten as consequence, which allowed Weatherhead to climb to the third place, with no further important changes in the general classification.

The peloton were only able to abort the breakaway on stage 10, a 231-km hilly stage, on the final kilometres, which was won by Filip Nauer (Yetech-Druzhberg), who defeated Kyrzbekistan Ilsat Alimur (KyrzAir) and Florinthian James McCabe (Dido-GDC) in a close and chaotic sprint. There were not important changes in the general classification that day.

After the first rest day, the first individual time-trial (ITT) of this Ceribian Tour was won by Adwestene Gerry Bowes-Heeley (Tyrus-Empire), in a great season for the Adwestene time-trialist, as he already won two stages in the last Tour de Valland. Florinthian David Hayward (Télecon) increased his lead on the general classification, over one minute ahead of Nerysian Wulf Käufer, who was now second. Mordvanian Walentyn Lauterpacht (Mordvelo) was third at one minute and twenty-seconds, while climbers such as Weatherhead or Cingur were distanced in the general classification.

The peloton had another calm day before reentering to the high mountain, with a flat stage on stage 12. The stage was won by Keszarian Kárdas Nyíregyházi (NDM Cycling), after defeating Julius Magnusson (Anzcell) and Sav Jacobs (Dido-GDC).

Tyrus-Empire and Magram teams imposed a high pace on stage 13, and leader David Hayward started to suffer in the first kilometres of the only and final climb of the day. The main was already reduced to fourteen riders and Hayward already struggling to not losing many metres from the group when Eden Grace Weatherhead attacked without opposition. Weatherhead would easily overcome Ceribian Shalva Jughasvili, who had attacked earlier on the stage, to win easily his third individual stage in a Ceribian Tour. Nerysian Wulf Käufer was the new leader of the general classification, with only seventeen seconds ahead of Mordvanian Walentyn Lauterpacht. Weatherhead recovered the third place in the general classification, now at one minute and sixteen seconds. David Hayward, who lost almost four minutes that day, was fourth at one minute and forty-six seconds.

On stage 14, another short high mountain stage, the main group was reduced to twenty riders before the last climb, while only Nylander Lars Brunewald (Magram) and the young Dyrheimer Roman Herzogenrath (Télecon) remained ahead from the breakaway. This time, only Goldecian Caleb Foster (Ogo Cycling) was able to follow Weatherhead. Weatherhead was not able to drop the young Dyrheimer climber in the last kilometres and Roman Herzogenrath (Télecon) won his first Ceribian Tour individual stage -after winning another high mountain stage in the last Tour de Valland- at only 23 years old.

Eden Grace Weatherhead (Tyrus-Empire) was the new leader of the general classification, with Nerysian Wulf Käufer at forty-eight seconds, with Mordvanian Walentyn Lauterpacht (Mordvelo) at one minute and one second. Herzogenrath (Télecon) was fourth at one minute and thirty-nine seconds, also taking the Youth classification jersey, while 1591 and 1592 champion Almas Cingur (KyrzAir) was third at two minutes and nine seconds, after losing more than a minute that day to Weatherhead.

Tyrus-Empire faced problems to control the third high mountain stage in a row, however, and Weatherhead, probably paying the efforts of the previous days, would suffer in the last climb, dropping from the main group after attacks by Caleb Foster and Benoît Montfleury. Roman Herzogenrath won the stage again, proving to be one of the most promising riders of the young generation, after defeating Jevgenijs Kalnins (Bagdati) in the final metres. Weatherhead was able to kept the golden jersey but his lead diminished to seventeen seconds ahead of Roman Herzogenrath (Télecon) while Wulf Käufer kept the other place in the podium at forty-eight seconds. Kyrzbekistani Almas Cingur was fourth at one minute and fourteen seconds.

Sprinters had another chance, the last one before the final day, in the next stage. Frederik de Jong (Anzcell) won his fifth individual stage this Ceribian Tour after defeating Kárdas Nyíregyházi and Ilsat Alimur. Frederik de Jong also clinched his Point classification jersey, which he would win for second time after 1589.

High mountain returned on stage 17. An early and large breakaway was formed, including top riders such as Jevgenijs Kalnins (Bagdati), Strathaen Tuathal Seòras (United Strathae), Lomarren Alessio Gagliardi and Batavian Jaap Frisch (BataVelo), Gehennan Max Pappenheim (Dido-GDC) and Vallish Germain Guimard (Scholden-Gulcron). Behind, Weatherhead imposed a high speed on the last climb, dropping his main rivals. Germain Guimard defeated Max Pappenheim in the sprint to win the stage.

One day before the lasta ITT, Weatherhead consolidated his lead in the general classification, with Wulf Käufer second at two minutes and twenty-two seconds. Kyrzbekistani champion Almas Cingur was third at two minutes and fifty-eight seconds, while the young Max Pappenheim climbed to the fourth place at three minutes and twenty-seconds. Roman Herzogenrath was fourth at four minutes and one second, and therefore losing the Youth jersey to Pappenheim.

Eden Grace Weatherhead did a great performance on the 27-km individual time-trial after the last rest day, and althoug he lost some time, his lead in the general classification was only reduced to two minutes and one second ahead of Nerysian Wulf Käufer, an apparently more than safe lead before the final mountain stage, while Max Pappenheim climbed to the third place at two minutes and fifty-seven seconds. Almas Cingur was fourth now at more than three minutes and therefore expectedly losing all options to the final victory.

Despite his safe lead, Eden Grace Weatherhead was not willing to give some ground to his rivals, and attacked in the final climb, following the first attacks by Almas Cingur and Amaury Servan (Nenergo Cycling). He would catch the two remaining riders from the breakaway, Mordvanians Zeljko Bratansek (Mordvelo) and Marcus Gucevicius (Vançotte) to easily win his second individual stage this Ceribian Tour and the Mountain classification as well. Forty seconds later arrived Wulf Käufer, who easily defended his second position, with Roman Herzogenrath and Nerysian Godomar Guur (MTS-Biassoni) arriving a few seconds after Käufer. Amaury Servan and Almas Cingun lost fifty-three seconds after Weatherhead.

After winning the three last Tour de Vallad with a lead on general classification behind one minute, the Adwestene champion Eden Grace Weatherhead showed in the Ceribian Tour that he has not rival in a three-week race, winning his first Ceribian Tour and becoming the seventh rider to win both Tour de Valland and Ceribian Tour the same season.

Nerysian Wulf Käufer (Luft Wurberg) was second at three minutes in the general classification, in the best performance in a Grand Tour for the Nerysiain rider. Kyrzbekistani Almas Cingur (KyrzAir) was third at four minutes and thirty-two seconds, in his fifth podium in a Grand Tour.

Roman Herzogenrath (Télecon) was fourth at five minutes and one second, winning the Youth classification with one minute and one second lead over Gehennan Max Pappenheim (Dido-GDC), who was fifth in the general classification.

On the final stage, ended on Etora, Batavian Frederik de Jong won his sixth stage this Ceribian Tour to prove he's the fastest sprinter on the peloton once again.