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1595 Tour de Valland
Stage 1 - L'Evantois | ITT - 6 km
The 1595 Tour de Valland started this year in the Laurintian Kingdom, where it will continue for three days. The first stage was an individual time-trial stage, which took place in the urban streets of L'Evantois. The stage was relatively short -only six kilometres- and although the stage include a 400 m. hill, time-trial specialists were expected favourites to win the stage and took the red jersey as the first leader of the general classification.
24-year old Zechariah Ussishkin (Abbott Cycling) surprised the main favourites winning the stage, becoming the first Eretzoran rider to win a stage in the Tour de Valland. Andris Ozols (KyrzAir) and Svarna Hira Sabanis came afterwards, three seconds behind Ussishkin, which obviously became also the first Eretzoran to wear the general classification, points classification, and youth classification in the Tour de Valland history.
Stage 2 - L'Evantois-Nassoville | Flat stage - 198 km
The second stage, also in Laurentian territory, was a flat stage favourable to sprinters - in case that there was not a successful breakaway. That was certainly the case, as teams as NDM Cycling, Iskra Team, Yetech-Druzhberg and Dido-GDC worked hard to neutralize any attempt, and the winner of the stage was decided in a mass sprint.
Adwestene sprinter Kiel Albert Fyfe (Dido-GDC) defeated the young Ostlander Johannes Rapp (Scholden-Gulcron) and Nylander Michael Ahlgren (Anzcelll) to win the stage.
Stage 3 - Vastière-Merletour | Flat stage - 208 km
The next stage, the last one in Laurentian territory, followed a similar script, and it was decided in a mass sprint - although much more chaotic. The veteran Oslanburgan Sven-Ole Wieth, the 1594 World Champion, this season in the NDM team, defeated Vallish sprinter Christophe Villiers (Anzcell) in a close sprint to win his 45th stage in a Grand Tour. Strathaen Aonghus Tadg (United Strathae) and Florinthian Quentin Symonds (Dido-GDC) were third and fourth respectively.
Stage 4 - Gironde-Ayménoye | Hilly stage - 197 km
Ussishkin had not problems to keep the red jersey, but it was soon obvious that it was going to be harder on stage 4, as the peloton seemed unable to control the race, as riders had to ride through several small hills through the day.
A large breakaway was formed, with almost twenty riders of diverse characteristics. Although the peloton worked hard to reduce the gap - which reached up to four minutes only fifty km. to the finish- they seemed to give up in the last ten kilometres. This cheered the breakaway up, and after many attacks the group was reduced to nine riders in the last four kms.
Ferenz Racz (Anzcell) and Morten Holm (Luft Wurberg) attempted to leave behind their rivals, but they would be caught in the final kilometre. As Holm did not even try to follow them, the group was reduced to five riders. Despite the last attempt by Nylander Jacob Schuyler (BataVelo) in a last attack, the victory was to be decided in a small sprint.
Galeaen Melker Rausing (Yetech-Druzhberg) proved to be the fastest of all them, winning easily his first stage in the Tour de Valland. Mordvanian Marcus Gucevicius (Iskra) and Adwestene Gerry Howes-Heeley (KyrzAir) came second and third respectively. The peloton arrived about one minute after Rausing crossed the finish, so Jacob Schuyler became the new leader of the general classification, followed by Keszarian Ferench Racz. Gehennan Max Pappenheim (Dido-GDC, who finished fourth, was now leading the youth classification, as Ussishkin was not even able to finish in the main peloton, along about another thirty riders.
Stage 1 - L'Evantois | ITT - 6 km
The 1595 Tour de Valland started this year in the Laurintian Kingdom, where it will continue for three days. The first stage was an individual time-trial stage, which took place in the urban streets of L'Evantois. The stage was relatively short -only six kilometres- and although the stage include a 400 m. hill, time-trial specialists were expected favourites to win the stage and took the red jersey as the first leader of the general classification.
24-year old Zechariah Ussishkin (Abbott Cycling) surprised the main favourites winning the stage, becoming the first Eretzoran rider to win a stage in the Tour de Valland. Andris Ozols (KyrzAir) and Svarna Hira Sabanis came afterwards, three seconds behind Ussishkin, which obviously became also the first Eretzoran to wear the general classification, points classification, and youth classification in the Tour de Valland history.
Stage 2 - L'Evantois-Nassoville | Flat stage - 198 km
The second stage, also in Laurentian territory, was a flat stage favourable to sprinters - in case that there was not a successful breakaway. That was certainly the case, as teams as NDM Cycling, Iskra Team, Yetech-Druzhberg and Dido-GDC worked hard to neutralize any attempt, and the winner of the stage was decided in a mass sprint.
Adwestene sprinter Kiel Albert Fyfe (Dido-GDC) defeated the young Ostlander Johannes Rapp (Scholden-Gulcron) and Nylander Michael Ahlgren (Anzcelll) to win the stage.
Stage 3 - Vastière-Merletour | Flat stage - 208 km
The next stage, the last one in Laurentian territory, followed a similar script, and it was decided in a mass sprint - although much more chaotic. The veteran Oslanburgan Sven-Ole Wieth, the 1594 World Champion, this season in the NDM team, defeated Vallish sprinter Christophe Villiers (Anzcell) in a close sprint to win his 45th stage in a Grand Tour. Strathaen Aonghus Tadg (United Strathae) and Florinthian Quentin Symonds (Dido-GDC) were third and fourth respectively.
Stage 4 - Gironde-Ayménoye | Hilly stage - 197 km
Ussishkin had not problems to keep the red jersey, but it was soon obvious that it was going to be harder on stage 4, as the peloton seemed unable to control the race, as riders had to ride through several small hills through the day.
A large breakaway was formed, with almost twenty riders of diverse characteristics. Although the peloton worked hard to reduce the gap - which reached up to four minutes only fifty km. to the finish- they seemed to give up in the last ten kilometres. This cheered the breakaway up, and after many attacks the group was reduced to nine riders in the last four kms.
Ferenz Racz (Anzcell) and Morten Holm (Luft Wurberg) attempted to leave behind their rivals, but they would be caught in the final kilometre. As Holm did not even try to follow them, the group was reduced to five riders. Despite the last attempt by Nylander Jacob Schuyler (BataVelo) in a last attack, the victory was to be decided in a small sprint.
Galeaen Melker Rausing (Yetech-Druzhberg) proved to be the fastest of all them, winning easily his first stage in the Tour de Valland. Mordvanian Marcus Gucevicius (Iskra) and Adwestene Gerry Howes-Heeley (KyrzAir) came second and third respectively. The peloton arrived about one minute after Rausing crossed the finish, so Jacob Schuyler became the new leader of the general classification, followed by Keszarian Ferench Racz. Gehennan Max Pappenheim (Dido-GDC, who finished fourth, was now leading the youth classification, as Ussishkin was not even able to finish in the main peloton, along about another thirty riders.